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Our Process

An overview of how our design team gets things done.

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About Us

TOPP is proud to be a flat organization with teammates who are self-motivated, curious, and flexible, and the Design Team at TOPP aims to leverage these strengths. We're a multidisciplinary collection of design talent—including user advocates, graphic designers, interaction designers, and web designers—working together to find solutions to design problems across our various initiatives. Read our jug!

Design Team Tracker

This is tracker lists primary priorities for each Wednesday-to-Wednesday design iteration. Rollie updates it frequently in anticipation of each meeting.

Week start AC CC CP PA RP SS
FUTURE GeoServer Documentation & Demos w/ MP;
Zozo Project brand (July/August); LSN press materials TOPP website; OpenCore theming support

LSN Product Tour; OpenPlans theme

LSN Homepage; LSN People; GeoMix; Open Design proposal LSG usability; User testing

TENTATIVE

Sep 17




TENTATIVE

Sep 10



TOPP website LSG/OpenPlans usability

CURRENT

Sep 3


GeoServer theming
Listen

Aug 27


[vacation, back 09/03]

Aug 20

Park(ing) Day Spot
[vacation, leaves 08/25] Park(ing) Day Spot; LSG usability

Aug 13

GeoServer identity
… [in NYC] Gotham Schools GeoView; TOPP Recruiting
[vacation, back 08/15]

Aug 6

[AC] starts 08/11 Street Smart
Melkjug web design; GeoServer Admin GeoView; AC setup
[vacation]

July 30

[BL] last day 08/01
[vacation]

[vacation, leaves 07/30]

July 23

GeoServer Admin Melkjug visual design; Gotham Schools

July 16

Exit strategy Park(ing) Day website Orton design
[vacation, back 07/21]

July 9

[vacation, back 07/14]
[vacation, back 07/13] [vacation, leaves 07/10] [out of office]

July 2

[vacation, leaves 07/03]

NYC Fix-It Map
Xinha; LSG usability

­June 25

­ … [out of office]
[vacation]
Xinha w/DM

June 18

Melkjug copywriting … [in Portland]
OpenGeo WP migration Orton design (implementation due 06/30) … [in Italy]

June 11

Melkjug copywriting; LSN user support
Car-free Portland
LSN firefighting
Orton design (theme ideas due 06/16) GeoServer Admin; GeoExt Alachua Melkjug w/ BL; OpenPlans/LSG interaction mapping

June 4

[vacation]

May 28


May 21

Woonerf testing; Woonerf copyediting and support Woonerf testing Woonerf testing

May 14


Woonerf implementation (05/19)

May 7

Woonerf copyediting and support Woonerf implementation (05/19); Finish OpenGeo website Melkjug IxD

Apr 30

GeoExt Alachua; Woonerf implementation (05/19)

Apr 23

LSG wiki improvements; Woonerf homepages

OpenGeo print materials

Woonerf implementation (05/19) OpenGeo website (4/30); Woonerf redesign and implementation LSG wiki improvements; Woonerf homepages

Apr 16

Woonerf redesign; BlockPartyNYC print; OpenGeo print materials (4/23) BlockPartyNYC; TOPP website Woonerf redesign; OpenGeo print materials (4/23) Wiki improvements; Streetswiki search

Apr 09

[vacation] BlockPartyNYC; OpenPlans web design

Apr 03

[vacation] Woonerf implementation; BlockPartyNYC OpenGeo visual design (4/16); Woonerf redesign and implementation Orton Community Almanac IxD; GeoExt Styler
Mar 31 Streetswiki content; LS Groups copyediting; LS Groups help & documentation Woonerf redesign; BlockPartyNYC TOPP website; BlockPartyNYC Woonerf redesign; OpenGeo website Orton Community Almanac IxD Melkjug product design and IxD
Mar 24 LS Groups copyediting Woonerf redesign TOPP website Woonerf redesign Vespucci Mailing lists

Also: older iterations of the design team tracker

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