<html><head></head><body><div style="color:#000; background-color:#fff; font-family:verdana, helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:16px"><div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1453499090538_13023"><span id="yui_3_16_0_1_1453499090538_13226">Hey Ame,</span></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1453499090538_13023"><span><br></span></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1453499090538_13023"><span id="yui_3_16_0_1_1453499090538_13227">Thanks for the intro. I just recently joined this newsletter in hopes of helping out in any way I can. I am currently the UX lead at GSD&M (advertising agency) in the US. I occasionally do some freelance work on the side, but I am looking to spend more time on passion projects like this. I've actually just started the process of creating a style guide for the agency I work for. I intend to include some high level experience/interaction design guidelines to supplement the visual design guidelines as well. </span></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1453499090538_13023"><span><br></span></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1453499090538_13023" dir="ltr">So if there is any way I can help, I'd be happy to assist. I'd love to start helping out the Tor project any way I can. </div><div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1453499090538_13023" dir="ltr"><br></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1453499090538_13023" dir="ltr">Thanks for reaching out to the group!</div><div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1453499090538_13023" dir="ltr"><br></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1453499090538_13023" dir="ltr">Victor Solares</div><div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1453499090538_13023" dir="ltr">@hamburgerbutton</div><br> <div class="qtdSeparateBR" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1453499090538_13024"><br><br></div><div class="yahoo_quoted" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1453499090538_13028" style="display: block;"> <div style="font-family: verdana, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1453499090538_13027"> <div style="font-family: HelveticaNeue, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, Lucida Grande, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1453499090538_13026"> <div dir="ltr" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1453499090538_13025"> <font size="2" face="Arial" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1453499090538_13551"> <hr size="1"> <b id="yui_3_16_0_1_1453499090538_13562"><span style="font-weight:bold;" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1453499090538_13561">From:</span></b> Ame Elliott <ame@simplysecure.org><br> <b><span style="font-weight: bold;">To:</span></b> ux@lists.torproject.org <br> <b><span style="font-weight: bold;">Sent:</span></b> Friday, January 22, 2016 2:30 PM<br> <b><span style="font-weight: bold;">Subject:</span></b> [ux] Intro: Ame from Simply Secure<br> </font> </div> <div class="y_msg_container" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1453499090538_13058"><br><div id="yiv6937538524"><div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1453499090538_13057"><span id="yiv6937538524docs-internal-guid-0dcd07f0-6b07-b2e3-c0dd-0ba36cc71950" class="yiv6937538524"><div style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;" class="yiv6937538524" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1453499090538_13056"><span style="font-size:14.666666666666666px;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(34, 34, 34);background-color:rgb(255, 255, 255);vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;" class="yiv6937538524" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1453499090538_13560">Hello Everyone,</span></div><br class="yiv6937538524"><div style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;" class="yiv6937538524" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1453499090538_13134"><span style="font-size:14.666666666666666px;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(34, 34, 34);background-color:rgb(255, 255, 255);vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;" class="yiv6937538524" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1453499090538_13133">I’m Ame (sounds like Amy) from Simply Secure. We are part of a UX/Usability Lab sponsored by the Open Tech Fund to work with open-source groups to improve the user experience of their tools. </span></div><br class="yiv6937538524"><div style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;" class="yiv6937538524" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1453499090538_13104"><span style="font-size:14.666666666666666px;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(34, 34, 34);background-color:rgb(255, 255, 255);vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;" class="yiv6937538524" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1453499090538_13103">I had an exciting conversation with Isabela and Nima this week about ways we might support you all in your effort to improve the UX of different Tor tools. Based on what we discussed, I am interested in working to adapt traditional UX design processes to the open-source world, and in helping those in the Tor community who aren’t familiar with UX learn more about its culture and practices (with the goal of eventually attracting more UX designers to volunteer).</span></div><br class="yiv6937538524"><div style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;" class="yiv6937538524" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1453499090538_13183"><span style="font-size:14.666666666666666px;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(34, 34, 34);background-color:rgb(255, 255, 255);vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;" class="yiv6937538524" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1453499090538_13554">As a tactical first step, we thought that creating a UX style guide (</span><a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="https://simplysecure.org/blog/style-guide/" style="text-decoration:none;" class="yiv6937538524"><span style="font-size:14.666666666666666px;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(17, 85, 204);background-color:rgb(255, 255, 255);text-decoration:underline;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;" class="yiv6937538524">here’s a brief intro</span></a><span style="font-size:14.666666666666666px;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(34, 34, 34);background-color:rgb(255, 255, 255);vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;" class="yiv6937538524" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1453499090538_13552">) for the Tor Project could both act as a springboard for future UX efforts in the longer term, and go a long way toward giving new users confidence in Tor in the immediate term. We had a first conversation that talked about the many places the Tor logo appears (awesome stickers on laptops, in apps, etc). </span></div><br class="yiv6937538524"><div style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;" class="yiv6937538524" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1453499090538_13106"><span style="font-size:14.666666666666666px;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(34, 34, 34);background-color:rgb(255, 255, 255);vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;" class="yiv6937538524" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1453499090538_13105">Over the next month or so, I’m looking to understand more about how/where the Tor logo is used and if/how a style guide would help. I’m hoping to share back what I hear at the Dev meeting in Valencia.</span></div><br class="yiv6937538524"><div style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;" class="yiv6937538524" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1453499090538_13117"><span style="font-size:14.666666666666666px;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(34, 34, 34);background-color:rgb(255, 255, 255);vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;" class="yiv6937538524" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1453499090538_13558">If you’re interested in UX for Tor, I’d like to learn what you’re up to, so reach out.</span></div><br class="yiv6937538524"><div style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;" class="yiv6937538524" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1453499090538_13107"><span style="font-size:14.666666666666666px;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(34, 34, 34);background-color:rgb(255, 255, 255);vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;" class="yiv6937538524">Cheers,</span></div><div style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;" class="yiv6937538524" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1453499090538_13115"><a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="https://simplysecure.org/who-we-are/#ame" style="text-decoration:none;" class="yiv6937538524" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1453499090538_13114"><span style="font-size:14.666666666666666px;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(17, 85, 204);background-color:rgb(255, 255, 255);text-decoration:underline;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;" class="yiv6937538524" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1453499090538_13113">Ame</span></a></div><br class="yiv6937538524"></span></div></div><br>_______________________________________________<br>UX mailing list<br><a ymailto="mailto:UX@lists.torproject.org" href="mailto:UX@lists.torproject.org" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1453499090538_13112">UX@lists.torproject.org</a><br><a href="https://lists.torproject.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/ux" target="_blank" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1453499090538_13108">https://lists.torproject.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/ux</a><br><br><br></div> </div> </div> </div></div></body></html>