SnowCrew: Volunteer to Help Your Neighbors
From the post:
Here’s how to see who needs help shoveling near you:
- Zoom into the map on the left (below on mobile) to where you live or want to help shovel
- When you locate someone nearby, click on the issue for more information
- Click on the link on this issue to be taken to the issue on SeeClickFix
- While on the issue in SeeClickFix, leave a comment to let the person who requested help, and other volunteers know you are heading over to help.
- When you are done, go back to the issue and close it so the person who made the request and other volunteers know it is complete.
- Give yourself a Hi5 for being an awesome neighbor!
Disclaimer: By volunteering, you do so at your own risk.
A great illustration of a simple interface.
Compare and contrast with topic map interfaces where an errant select or keystroke, opens up new, possibly duplicated options.
If our “working memory” can only hold up to 7 items, what is the result of inflicting more seven options on users?
Pay attention to the next time you use a complex application, like a word processor or spreadsheet. Some people do quite complex operations with them but day to day, how many options do you use?
Certainly, a large number of options are available, when you need them, but how many do you use day to day?
I’ll tell you mine: open, close, save, search/replace, copy, paste, insert and I use what has been described as a “thermonuclear word processor.” 😉
It has more options than MS Word but I don’t have to use them unless needed.
That’s the trick isn’t it? To expose users to the options they need, but only when needed and not before.
A topic map interface that requires me to choose between Berkeley and Hume on causation (assuming I remember the arguments clearly), isn’t going to be popular or terribly useful.