[Pattern-language] Finally — printing the pattern cards is looking more imminent...

[Doug Schuler]

First I wanted to mention that Bree Slosson is going to be an intern with the Public Sphere Project until at least the end of the year.

One of the things that we're definitely committed to is printing the Liberating Voices pattern cards in one or more ways. We don't think the patterns are obsolete and most of the people and groups who could use them most effectively have never seen them. 

I know that I've raised this issue before but we really need to hear any ideas that will help make the cards more compelling and useful.

The idea as it currently stands is to print cards that mostly look like the ones in the attachment. They'll be printed on 8.5" x 11" paper (or card stock or laminated paper?!) which is then cut into four equal cards.  It currently costs nearly $15 to create one deck of cards. (BTW, we're also interested in putting the cards on the Internet for free download.  A quite old set is there now. :-(    )

Although we're now somewhat focused on the cards, one thing that we're really interested in is having people use the cards, in workshops, etc.  So ideas along those lines will be very much appreciated. What groups could use the cards?  Do we need to develop smaller decks for specific audiences?   What scenarios do you  envision for using the cards?    General thoughts are very welcome!  But specific ideas about what groups to contact or where we might even find funding would be very useful. 

I'm excited that we almost certainly will actually get something rolling soon on this!

Please think about and share your thoughts with the whole list — I think that everybody would be interested.

In the meantime below is a list of questions that I've put forward for Bree to help us think about.

Thanks!!!!!!!

— Doug


1. Ask the pattern language list (and maybe other lists) several questions about the cards and workshops ...  (this letter is that!) 
2. Determine whether anything extra goes on the card (e.g. links or category)
3. Determine whether we want to use laminated or paper / card stock and what type
4. determine how (if?) we package the cards
5. determine what else goes with the cards (e.g. instructions, workshop ideas, background, information about PSP (how to reach us, etc.)
6. How to put the cards online; I could put them up somewhere at least temporarily so that people could  look at them.  
7. How to publicize the cards online (free) and the ones that we'll ship
8. See about pricing — for production and distribution
9. Verify sizes — Simply dividing an 8.5" x 11" paper into four has worked for us and would work in the online world (for people who use that size paper). 
10. Do quality control on the cards — e.g. Equal borders on each card, No typos or awkward phrasing, best available resolution, double check that we're using the image we have available.  This is the area in which I was thinking a graphic artist could be most helpful.





Douglas Schuler
douglas at publicsphereproject.org
https://twitter.com/doug_schuler

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Public Sphere Project
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Creating the World Citizen Parliament
     http://interactions.acm.org/archive/view/may-june-2013/creating-the-world-citizen-parliament
     
Liberating Voices!  A Pattern Language for Communication Revolution (project) 
     http://www.publicsphereproject.org/patterns/lv

Liberating Voices!  A Pattern Language for Communication Revolution (book)
     http://mitpress.mit.edu/catalog/item/default.asp?ttype=2&tid=11601






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