Announcing the 2010 project.
An idea?
An idea just popped like this some days ago. It was a simple, somewhat crazy but cool idea which might have some great impact, at least some minor incentive, on the Mauritian Web Design field. This crazy thing is currently called the “2010 project”. A better name might be found later on. Now, the cool thing about this idea is that this project will have a collective aspect. Yes COLLECTIVE in the sense that the Web Design Bureau’s (small handful of) readers will be associated to the project.
Why?
Why associate the Mauritian readership? Because the project concerns them, the project’s subject is some kind of representation of Mauritians all over the world. Yes you are right! You’re getting the idea of this project and what it will consist of. And you will participate!
What?
As said earlier, your representation on the web: the Mauritian government thing (yes, you can’t call that a website). The idea is that, as time goes by, more and more information is being added to this site. It is currently impossible to know how many pages there are in that site, how it is really organised and what SEO/SEM strategies are applied to it. I tried a spider simulator on it and ended with an #epic #fail (hello Twitter world) with a lot of 404 errors and a whopping 69 links in only one page while getting you lost in there.
So here is the project. It’s not said that it’ll be a killer success but it at least is an attempt to provide and alternative. The project is therefore a redux of the site.
How?
I have no idea yet but the concerned persons are Mauritians first. So we need to address the Mauritian public, well the site needs to address the Mauritian public. This is why major decisions on the design will be set as polls open to the readers. All ideas will be welcome and active participation will get interesting. No code will be generated, it is only a graphic design redux of the site just to imagine how it would have been if the right questions had been answered when necessary.
Let’s do this!
Ok, this project can be a huge flop but it has the advantage of budding (at least). The idea is not to take the place of anybody nor steal the job off anybody either. Just the fun of trying a real project management challenge on an equally challenging subject along with the web friends.
About the Author:
Sachin D. Brojmohun has extensive experience in terms of graphic design, CSS integration, usability and accessibility as well as in SEO. More about him and the Web Design Bureau of Mauritius here: Web Design Mauritius.
Twitter: kurtavish
says:
A more “user friendly” and private version of the Government site? Awesome idea.
Coz really…. I get EYES ACHE when I look at our gov site.
Kurt Avish´s last blog ..Britney Murphy Autopsy Result
Twitter: sachindb
says:
Thanks dude, I hope the project will be a success
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Twitter: gaiahelloworld
says:
good initiative
All the best to the 2010 project
Twitter: sachindb
says:
Thanks, Rabin (from l’Express Dimanche) already noted that if the initiative catches momentum it’ll have an article in the press. We’ll see how it turns out.
Twitter: YadhavDeerpaul
says:
Nice & great! At first, I didn’t really know what this is really about. But now it seems great and useful! :idea:
I still remember those days when the government site was launched and how much time it took for launch. I used to thought I am no one to blame them because they are genius! But I was wrong! And you know why! :cool:
Twitter: sachindb
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Thanks for the comment Yadhav. I am in no case blaming anybody. I think that it is really difficult for a project manager to deal with clients such as the government of Mauritius. There are too many parameters involved. It gets harder when it comes to “working from the inside”. This is why so many things are outsourced. The site does not boast about Mauritius now but the main idea is to see how to improve the speed and quality of the data.
@Sachin. Most definitely.
We’ll be following you guys closely. And as soon as a first step made (for example a core team created) we’ll be more than glad to talk about this initiative in l’express-dimanche.
Since Sachin you’ll be in Mauritius end of year. The timing would be great. We could get you, Kurt and any (or all) the other team members for
I meant start of the next year!
ps: great my old avatar just popped up from dunno where…
Twitter: sachindb
says:
Looks like part of your comment just popped out also
. Anyway, I’ll soon be in Mauritius and we’ll talk about that. It won’t be like replacing the core government website but more like how such a project would have been dealt with on my side. We’ve got one month to get this going. Cheers dude!