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=== Branding === | === Branding === | ||
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* Tagline: a memorable phrase associated with the brand (The happiest place on Earth) | * Tagline: a memorable phrase associated with the brand (The happiest place on Earth) | ||
* Elevator pitch: imagine the conversation between a user and potential user | * Elevator pitch: imagine the conversation between a user and a potential user | ||
* Character(s): similar to Duolingo, character(s) will be used in advertising, tutorials, reminders; much less so in the actual product | * Character(s): similar to Duolingo, character(s) will be used in advertising, tutorials, reminders; much less so in the actual product | ||
* Gamification: similar to Duolingo, users will be encouraged to regularly make meaningful improvements to their wiki | * Gamification: similar to Duolingo, users will be encouraged to regularly make meaningful improvements to their wiki | ||
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Perhaps the richest concept for gamification, although somewhat less distinctive because "digital garden" is already an established term. | Perhaps the richest concept for gamification, although somewhat less distinctive because "digital garden" is already an established term. | ||
==== Zet Wiki or Zettiki (ZET-ih-key) ==== | |||
Using zet.wiki, zetwiki.org, or zettiki.org. Note: [[wikipedia:Zettelkasten|Zettelkasten]] is a note-taking system developed by a German scientist in the 1700s and has been widely used among the academic community. The wiki project incorporates many elements of that system, and that part is a core element of the project, but overall a small element. | |||
Character: Zet (similar to WoK above) | |||
==== LifeNotes ==== | ==== LifeNotes ==== | ||
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The humor becomes a layer around the product rather than the product itself. | The humor becomes a layer around the product rather than the product itself. | ||
Prompt: Please create an image of a character that can be used as the mascot for | Prompt: Please create an image of a character named wok, that can be used as the mascot for a wiki farm called WikiWok. WikiWok Wok (or WoK or wok stands for web of knowledge) is a small round robot-like character with two antenna-like arms. When it encounters two related wiki pages, it grabs one with each arm and connects them. Occasionally it becomes tangled in all of the links. Its personality can be described as child-like, enthusiastic, and eager (perhaps too eager) to connect ideas and entities (wiki pages) together. | ||
'''Woking''' | |||
We could use a made-up word of "woking" or "wokin'" for the act of organizing wiki content. | |||
So the phrase "I'm wokin" could be paired in humorous ways with "I'm working", I'm walking, or I'm rocking. | |||
==== MyWok ==== | ==== MyWok ==== | ||
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The system could occasionally suggest: | The system could occasionally suggest: | ||
"You haven't visited this page in two years. Want to tend it?" | "You haven't visited this page in two years. Want to tend it?" The metaphor could therefore teach good knowledge-management behavior rather than merely decorating the application. | ||
The metaphor could therefore teach good knowledge-management behavior rather than merely decorating the application. | |||
The disadvantage is that "digital garden" is already an established concept, so differentiation could be more difficult. | The disadvantage is that "digital garden" is already an established concept, so differentiation could be more difficult. | ||
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Active this month 14 days | Active this month 14 days | ||
Longest streak 23 days | Longest streak 23 days | ||
</pre>This is preferable to something arbitrary such as: | </pre>This is preferable to something arbitrary such as: "Matthew has 17,482 XP!" | ||
"Matthew has 17,482 XP!" | |||
"Your knowledge web has 527 connections." | Instead, the application could say: "Your knowledge web has 527 connections." | ||
That reinforces the purpose of the application. | That reinforces the purpose of the application. | ||
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A particularly interesting feature could be a visualization of the user's knowledge network that grows over time. | A particularly interesting feature could be a visualization of the user's knowledge network that grows over time. | ||
For example, a new user might initially have:<pre> | For example, a new user might initially have:<pre>5 pages | ||
5 pages | 3 connections</pre>Six months later:<pre>300 pages | ||
3 connections | 1,400 connections</pre>That could become intrinsically satisfying. The user is not accumulating arbitrary points; the user is watching a personal knowledge structure grow. | ||
</pre>Six months later:<pre> | |||
300 pages | |||
1,400 connections | |||
</pre>That could become intrinsically satisfying. The user is not accumulating arbitrary points; the user is watching a personal knowledge structure grow. | |||
=== Using Mascots === | |||
The project could follow some of Duolingo's approach to characters, but use them considerably less frequently. | The project could follow some of Duolingo's approach to characters, but use them considerably less frequently. | ||