15:59:18 <donuts> #startmeeting UX Team Weekly Meeting
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15:59:25 <donuts> Hello everyone 👋
15:59:32 <nicob> hellooo
15:59:45 <nah> o/
15:59:46 <donuts> I'm still updating the pad, so feel free to do the same with your sections while i get things ready
15:59:46 <donuts> https://pad.riseup.net/p/tor-ux-team-2022-keep
16:02:50 <nah> done
16:03:00 <nicob> also done
16:03:02 <championquizzer> me too and hello! :)
16:03:10 <nicob> o/
16:03:26 <donuts> hello hello
16:03:55 <donuts> so let's do announcements
16:04:11 <donuts> firstly, I've added S131 to the "What projects are we working on?" section in the pad
16:04:25 <donuts> although technically this project began last month in the applications team
16:04:51 <donuts> however we're not scheduled to do our part until July/Aug, and gaba's currently organizing a kickoff meeting for us
16:05:06 <donuts> nicob, I think you should have got an email with a doodle poll?
16:05:26 <nicob> oh yep I see that! need to fill it out
16:05:27 <nah> nice! will this require user research?
16:05:42 <donuts> nah: nope, zero UR in this project :)
16:05:48 <nah> ha!
16:06:23 <donuts> most of the UX updates required to produce the privacy browser will be aesthetic, since it's a fork of Tor Browser
16:06:29 <donuts> (kind of)
16:06:51 <nah> cool!
16:07:46 * donuts checks the pad...
16:07:49 <championquizzer> donuts: what is the privacy browser?
16:08:36 <donuts> championquizzer: it's a detorified Tor Browser, essentially
16:08:54 <championquizzer> i see. the one available on android?
16:09:05 <donuts> we're helping another org establish a fork of Tor Browser
16:09:16 <donuts> nope we're starting with desktop, Android may come later though
16:09:22 <championquizzer> oh ok. v nice. thanks!
16:10:09 <donuts> however this project is also helping us tidy up and fix a lot of things in the build process for TB, and will also increase our resources for release management in future too
16:10:27 <championquizzer> sounds great
16:11:27 <donuts> nicob and the comms team have finally published the annual report too!
16:11:35 <donuts> https://blog.torproject.org/2020-2021-annual-report/
16:11:37 <championquizzer> \o/
16:11:38 <nicob> woooo
16:11:48 <donuts> and I also finished the alpha tester blog post at long last, lol
16:11:54 <donuts> https://blog.torproject.org/vounteer-as-an-alpha-tester/
16:11:55 <nicob> \o/
16:12:11 <donuts> championquizzer has been helping recruit censored users on the forum as well, ty championquizzer <3
16:12:13 <nah> \o/
16:12:26 <championquizzer> oh yes and as a result of which we handed out the first alpha tester badges too!
16:12:35 <donuts> oh yes! that was exciting!
16:12:50 <nicob> yay badges!
16:13:49 <donuts> looks like we don't have anything in bold in the weekly planning section this week
16:14:08 <donuts> so I'll hand over to championquizzer for the user support check-in :)
16:14:17 <championquizzer> ty
16:14:45 <championquizzer> as donuts already mentioned, following in the footsteps of the alpha tester blog post. published this on the forum:
16:14:49 <championquizzer> https://forum.torproject.net/t/help-us-test-the-new-connection-assist-in-tor-browser-alpha/3654
16:15:02 <donuts> \o/
16:15:06 <championquizzer> hopefully we will be able to get some feedback on this feature!
16:15:37 <donuts> we definitely will when it launches, lol
16:15:50 <championquizzer> haha, that's for sure
16:15:52 <nah> hehe
16:16:04 * championquizzer remembers 11.0 release ;)
16:16:32 <championquizzer> on the user support front, we have received a few reports of https://gitlab.torproject.org/tpo/applications/tor-browser/-/issues/40536
16:17:31 <championquizzer> the reason for the error seems to be different from what we is mentioned in the ticket (for some users) and i will update this ticket (or create a new one) as we receive updates from these users
16:17:41 <donuts> hrm, okay I see richard's already aware
16:18:16 <donuts> i guess it's in the pile for when the team's capacity is restored
16:19:09 <championquizzer> ok. sounds good
16:19:23 <championquizzer> that's all the updates from me for this week :)
16:19:31 <donuts> thanks championquizzer!
16:19:42 <donuts> okay I have a few housekeeping things I wan't to rattle off before we wrap up
16:19:55 <nah> thanks championquizzer :)
16:20:19 <donuts> nah: when phase 6 begins for sponsor 9, can you remember to make sure nicob is invited to the syncs (in case I forget)?
16:20:42 <nah> tes1
16:20:44 <nah> ops
16:20:45 <nah> yes!
16:20:51 <nah> will do
16:20:55 <donuts> aha! thank you!
16:21:17 <donuts> nicob: sponsor 9 phase 6 includes some budget to review and update our UR materials/handouts
16:21:20 <donuts> it should be a lot of fun
16:21:26 <nah> <3
16:21:38 <nicob> ooh awesome!
16:22:09 <donuts> i'd love to take a look at the kind of materials carrie has designed for https://okthanks.com/resources too
16:22:29 <donuts> and maybe take some inspiration for new materials from there
16:22:41 <donuts> https://okthanks.com/exploratorium
16:22:43 <donuts> ^ better URL
16:23:05 <nicob> oh I think I saw these before! bookmarking though, thanks donuts
16:23:20 <nah> nice work! thanks for sharing
16:23:21 <donuts> we also want to work on some smaller activities that aren't traditional usability lab testing
16:23:48 <donuts> e.g. things that take less time, and can be performed with low bandwidth etc.
16:24:27 <donuts> how's bridges.torproject.org going nicob?
16:25:16 <nicob> It's getting a lot closer on desktop! Mobile has a bit more work to go
16:25:16 <donuts> (sorry, change of subject)
16:25:25 <donuts> fantastic
16:25:53 <donuts> let's invite nicob to S30 too, until bridges.torproject.org is released
16:26:13 <nah> next s30 is next week
16:26:22 <donuts> yep
16:27:01 <nah> i just sent the invitation, nicob :)
16:27:02 <donuts> thank you nah :)
16:27:07 <nicob> thanks nah :)
16:27:18 <donuts> okay nicob, please feel free to share updates about you and kez' progress there!
16:27:36 <nicob> oh perf will do!
16:27:42 <donuts> thanks nicob!
16:27:44 <donuts> nah: it looks like you have a lot on your plate this week again :d
16:27:49 <donuts> *:s
16:28:05 <nah> haha yes
16:28:19 <donuts> i'll transcribe that interview I did today
16:28:32 <nah> some are already half done (i had a productive morning :P)
16:28:44 <donuts> oh great!
16:29:24 <donuts> btw I was thinking (to help with issues like the S30 user research subject) we should create and maintain a short list of user research priorities each yeah or 6 months or something
16:29:28 <donuts> kind of like a UR roadmap
16:29:47 <nah> yes! i agree, specially we bc we have a lot of UR going on
16:29:51 <donuts> I know we have something like this on the community portal, but it's not really maintained
16:29:52 <nah> and sometimes they overlap
16:30:20 <donuts> great, let's chat about that in our 1:1 this week then?
16:30:37 <donuts> also please shout if you need any help with your workload this week!
16:30:44 <nah> ty!
16:30:53 <donuts> okay last thing –
16:31:28 <donuts> We potentially have some budget to bring onboard a contractor for a few months to help with the team's workload
16:31:42 <nicob> ooooh
16:31:50 <nah> \o/
16:32:14 <donuts> Nah and I are both working on lists of admin/project managemetn stuff we would like to handoff or get help with
16:33:27 <donuts> atm we're thinking we could either recruit a UX Coordinator, or potentially a new product designer (and I'll just be a fulltime ticketing machine for a few months)
16:34:04 <donuts> again, this would be temporary – probably around 6 months
16:34:44 <donuts> anyway, nicob: please also have a think about what kind of help would be useful for you too, and we can discuss it in our 1:1
16:35:16 <nicob> exciting! I will have a think
16:35:22 <donuts> okay I lied I have one more thing
16:35:25 <nicob> lol
16:35:41 <donuts> do we want to make the 15 minute overlap between our 1:1s permanent?
16:35:49 <donuts> I thought it was fun and useful
16:36:36 <nah> i agree to stablish and maintain while it makes sense :)
16:36:37 <nicob> I'm up for that! but I'll defer to nah since it takes up more of her 1:1
16:37:30 <donuts> great!
16:38:00 <donuts> okay this is the last thing for real this time...
16:38:09 <donuts> hackweek is next week
16:38:22 <donuts> have you had a think about what you're planning on doing?
16:38:22 <nicob> omg that came quick
16:38:47 <nah> i didn't have time to check it yet :(
16:38:54 <nicob> I'm a fan of setting time aside for the style guide
16:39:05 <donuts> it looks like some project proposals have been published here: https://hackweek.onionize.space/hackweek/schedule/#0
16:39:18 <donuts> nicob: I see there's a comms project listed there at the bottom
16:39:27 <donuts> "Creating a social media post bank for Tor"
16:40:22 <donuts> Nah, Raya has proposed an interesting project here too: https://hackweek.onionize.space/hackweek/talk/8GNJAZ/
16:40:45 <nah> yes! i was going to mention raya's proposal
16:40:52 <nah> looks interesting and fun :)
16:41:20 <nicob> hmm it looks like its mostly copywriting for the social media post project - not my strongest suit :s
16:41:56 <donuts> nicob: well that's just because al wrote the project proposal :P
16:42:02 <nicob> hahaha
16:42:13 <donuts> but a lot of these posts require visuals too
16:42:19 <nicob> I'm looking at raya's proposal though too now, looks cool!
16:42:42 <donuts> i.e. "a bank of varied social media content" isn't varied if it's all text
16:42:58 <nicob> yes good point lol
16:43:02 <donuts> also, there's kind of a quasi unofficial bank of old social images that comms have been using
16:43:11 <donuts> so I think that would be a good thing to review and update as part of that project
16:44:08 <donuts> okay I'm done for real this time
16:44:41 <donuts> let's talk about contractors and hackweek some more at our 1:1s this friday, and please have a think about both in the meantime
16:44:55 <nicob> sounds good!
16:45:00 <nah> perfect, thanks donuts!
16:45:03 <championquizzer> thanks all! :)
16:45:07 <donuts> thanks team! have a good week!
16:45:12 <donuts> #endmeeting