[guardian-dev] otrfileconverter/keysync branding session

[Hans-Christoph Steiner]

On 07/15/2013 11:58 AM, Nathan of Guardian wrote:
> 
> 
> Hans-Christoph Steiner <hans at guardianproject.info> wrote:
> 
>>
>> Now that we have a fully working OTR key sync system, I think its time
>> we
>> figured out how this app should be represented to users.  I originally
>> chose
>> the name otrfileconverter just to have a working title.  Nathan
>> proposed keysync.
>>
>> I'm proposing we have a branding session where we figure out a name for
>> the
>> app, how to describe it and teach it, and how best to shape the app to
>> fit
>> into well established user patterns.  We could either do it at
>> SATELLITE if
>> Nathan and Abel overlap, otherwise we can do it on the internet.
> 
> I think we should broaden the discussion to the larger feature concept of key/identity 
> sharing and syncing between devices as well. For example, if we use NFC to sync public
> keyrings between devices, that feature or activity should also have a name.

I think it makes sense to talk about that as the long term goal of this work,
but I fear that it could turn into a big distraction, taking us away from
discussing how best to represent what we currently have working.  Identity
syncing is a big problem, and we only have one small part of it working.  So I
think we should focus on best describing the features we have now and can
deliver in the next few months.  We can talk about the long term goal of full
crypto identity sync as long as it directly informs what we have now.

So in terms of concrete things that we can do in this session:

1) discuss the OTR key sync bootstrapping experience and figure out how to
represent it in the desktop app

2) discuss naming and language to describe how to use it

3) figure out direction for logos, graphics, branding etc.

.hc


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