For reference: Titanic ocean liner vs Tanker with happy people
Issues with the game:
* A bit of time to get in
* Porosity between specialists domain and their persona
Trends and topics:
* Hardware integration needs polishing and reduced UI complexity
* Applications UI needs polishing (we often miss the last mile)
* Interaction between devices / Syncing is not there
* Sharing data with people
* Data collection and organization per project/topic/study
* Flexible data association (contact/file for instance)
* Scary configuration (too complex and abstract, scattered)
* Behavior adaptation to context change (location, what's plugged)
* IM needs improvement
* Social web and the workspace
* Interaction with other ecosystems
- file formats
- device syncing
* Multi-language paper cuts
* Software installation and applications discoverability
* Missing FOSS "application store/marketplace"
* Resource consumption
Open questions:
* Is syncing between devices and sharing with people the same thing?
* Is it our job to do social networking?
* Carla is "forced" to use KDE, she has enough money to pay for Windows, Mac and not bother, why would she do otherwise?
- selling quality
- selling freedom
- forced by sysadmin? unhappy if it doesn't work well
* How to help the user fix unexpected situations? (e.g. connection loss)
* What's the Workspace scope?
