Comments for Flaming Desks is a blog... http://www.flamingdesks.com/blog ...that might turn into the world's leading desk-sharing/networking service! Thu, 11 Mar 2010 23:04:08 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6 Comment on Finally, some progress… by Dan http://www.flamingdesks.com/blog/2008/11/02/finally-some-progress/#comment-433 Dan Fri, 28 Nov 2008 17:42:26 +0000 http://www.flamingdesks.com/blog/?p=370#comment-433 Another web app going for map as the whole background thing: http://boundaries.tomtaylor.co.uk/ Another web app going for map as the whole background thing:
http://boundaries.tomtaylor.co.uk/

]]> Comment on Crash Padder by Stephen Rapoport http://www.flamingdesks.com/blog/2008/10/23/crash-padder/#comment-297 Stephen Rapoport Tue, 18 Nov 2008 10:41:39 +0000 http://www.flamingdesks.com/blog/?p=362#comment-297 Well well - my first mention on someone else's site! I'm touched. Thanks for the positive comments (I agree, your map is nicer. I'll be on to my developer this afternoon!) and best of luck with Flaming Desks - it's a really great idea. I think the net is going to prove a great place to use up excess capacity in loads of areas beyond desks and accommodation - ride-sharing and parking spaces are both getting a similar treatment at the moment. I'll keep checking back with interest and be straight on to find a desk as soon as I outgrow my office (sofa). Well well - my first mention on someone else’s site! I’m touched. Thanks for the positive comments (I agree, your map is nicer. I’ll be on to my developer this afternoon!) and best of luck with Flaming Desks - it’s a really great idea. I think the net is going to prove a great place to use up excess capacity in loads of areas beyond desks and accommodation - ride-sharing and parking spaces are both getting a similar treatment at the moment.

I’ll keep checking back with interest and be straight on to find a desk as soon as I outgrow my office (sofa).

]]> Comment on Roadmap (sort of) by Nick Armitage http://www.flamingdesks.com/blog/2008/11/12/roadmap-sort-of/#comment-237 Nick Armitage Wed, 12 Nov 2008 10:29:33 +0000 http://www.flamingdesks.com/blog/?p=384#comment-237 I think Neil's suggestion of "Why your office is ace..." is a great way of making it clearer and the tone of that sits nicely with the friendly image we wish to communicate. I have compiled a list of amendments, some which I think are necessary now, and some that are probably more just for consideration in future months.. either way, here they all are. I may have repeated a few things below that you've already mentioned in your post above Dave, I typed it last week, so just ignore any repetition! It would be a good idea for everyone else to consolidate their thoughts in the comments of this post also so Dave doesn't have to search around for it all at a later date. <strong>Flaming Desks tweaks and fiddles!</strong> <strong>General</strong> - “Welcome” / ”Hello” link - Flaming Desks is a free service that offers you the chance to find and list.. blah.. <strong>Searching for a desk</strong> - ‘Get directions’ option - ‘Zoom to location’ option - to save having to continuously double click/use zoom tool - Shouldn’t the ‘Find a desk’ button be the one that changes to the location’s profile as opposed to the ‘List a desk’ one? If you don’t realise it’s been replaced then when you come to listing a desk, you won’t know to close the location description. ‘Register an office’ should remain visible at all times, especially considering that getting people to list is our biggest challenge to date anyway! - Contact links on description: Skype, Email, Phone, Company website - “Your search returned 0 results” would make unsuccessful searches clearer - Really nice that you can register a desk in multiple industries but could we have a similar function in the search? (I.e less specific than ‘Advertising’, but more specific than ‘Any’) - After-thought: Probably far too picky actually! - After listing my house (including postcode) when I did a search by postcode (E1 7TB) in ‘Any’ industry, the results zoomed in on Ireland and showed no results however searching for E1 did work - Can we filter a search to ‘Anything near to postcode...’ - Pre-populated search box with greyed out “Town, City, Postcode” would be better than limiting to just a city search and would look nicer than “eg. London, UK” below. (Would save some space also) The Discogs search box looks nice:

 http://www.discogs.com <strong>Listing a desk</strong> - As a freelance graphic designer to search for desks within the entire creative and media industry rather than specifically just a graphic design office would be good. Maybe suggestions of related industries/desks in the area could display if your initial search is unsuccessful? Search results could display “Results” and below display “Related search results” - “Other” option for industry? - Whilst the photo uploads it would be nice to have a progress bar or something as I though it had crashed! - Once the thumbnail becomes visible, it says “undefined” next to it - No cropping capability - would be nice if we had some (I know Dave spent a lot of time trying to get technical with it, but even a simple basic form of it would be nice at this stage) - “Many thanks, your office is now listed!” message as an overlay and map zoomed in to your desk’s location would be awesome! Would save me from having to then do a manual search to find out if my listing had been successful - No “Login” / “View my desks” section so no way of editing my desk once listed <strong>Additional thoughts for the future</strong> “My favourite desks” section so you can refer to a list of previous places you've been to..? I think Neil’s suggestion of “Why your office is ace…” is a great way of making it clearer and the tone of that sits nicely with the friendly image we wish to communicate.

I have compiled a list of amendments, some which I think are necessary now, and some that are probably more just for consideration in future months.. either way, here they all are. I may have repeated a few things below that you’ve already mentioned in your post above Dave, I typed it last week, so just ignore any repetition!

It would be a good idea for everyone else to consolidate their thoughts in the comments of this post also so Dave doesn’t have to search around for it all at a later date.

Flaming Desks tweaks and fiddles!

General
- “Welcome” / ”Hello” link - Flaming Desks is a free service that offers you the chance to find and list.. blah..

Searching for a desk

- ‘Get directions’ option
- ‘Zoom to location’ option - to save having to continuously double click/use zoom tool
- Shouldn’t the ‘Find a desk’ button be the one that changes to the location’s profile as opposed to the ‘List a desk’ one? If you don’t realise it’s been replaced then when you come to listing a desk, you won’t know to close the location description. ‘Register an office’ should remain visible at all times, especially considering that getting people to list is our biggest challenge to date anyway!
- Contact links on description: Skype, Email, Phone, Company website
- “Your search returned 0 results” would make unsuccessful searches clearer
- Really nice that you can register a desk in multiple industries but could we have a similar function in the search? (I.e less specific than ‘Advertising’, but more specific than ‘Any’) - After-thought: Probably far too picky actually!
- After listing my house (including postcode) when I did a search by postcode (E1 7TB) in ‘Any’ industry, the results zoomed in on Ireland and showed no results however searching for E1 did work
- Can we filter a search to ‘Anything near to postcode…’
- Pre-populated search box with greyed out “Town, City, Postcode” would be better than limiting to just a city search and would look nicer than “eg. London, UK” below. (Would save some space also) The Discogs search box looks nice:

 http://www.discogs.com

Listing a desk

- As a freelance graphic designer to search for desks within the entire creative and media industry rather than specifically just a graphic design office would be good. Maybe suggestions of related industries/desks in the area could display if your initial search is unsuccessful? Search results could display “Results” and below display “Related search results”
- “Other” option for industry?
- Whilst the photo uploads it would be nice to have a progress bar or something as I though it had crashed!
- Once the thumbnail becomes visible, it says “undefined” next to it
- No cropping capability - would be nice if we had some (I know Dave spent a lot of time trying to get technical with it, but even a simple basic form of it would be nice at this stage)
- “Many thanks, your office is now listed!” message as an overlay and map zoomed in to your desk’s location would be awesome! Would save me from having to then do a manual search to find out if my listing had been successful
- No “Login” / “View my desks” section so no way of editing my desk once listed

Additional thoughts for the future
“My favourite desks” section so you can refer to a list of previous places you’ve been to..?

]]> Comment on We’re famous. (Thank you Velocity.) by Flaming Desks is a blog… » Blog Archive » We’re (more) famous… (Thank you Velocity!) http://www.flamingdesks.com/blog/2008/11/11/were-famous-thank-you-velocity/#comment-236 Flaming Desks is a blog… » Blog Archive » We’re (more) famous… (Thank you Velocity!) Wed, 12 Nov 2008 10:11:37 +0000 http://www.flamingdesks.com/blog/?p=377#comment-236 [...] on from Rob’s post about our little bit of editorial in Velocity magazine, here’s our feature in full. (Click to [...] [...] on from Rob’s post about our little bit of editorial in Velocity magazine, here’s our feature in full. (Click to [...]

]]> Comment on Roadmap (sort of) by Neil Cocker http://www.flamingdesks.com/blog/2008/11/12/roadmap-sort-of/#comment-235 Neil Cocker Wed, 12 Nov 2008 10:11:04 +0000 http://www.flamingdesks.com/blog/?p=384#comment-235 "Just renaming it probably won’t do, we might need some explanation or help." You could just say "Describe the desk/space/office", or "Why your office is ace"....? “Just renaming it probably won’t do, we might need some explanation or help.”

You could just say “Describe the desk/space/office”, or “Why your office is ace”….?

]]> Comment on We’re famous. (Thank you Velocity.) by Rob Mosley http://www.flamingdesks.com/blog/2008/11/11/were-famous-thank-you-velocity/#comment-231 Rob Mosley Tue, 11 Nov 2008 13:05:18 +0000 http://www.flamingdesks.com/blog/?p=377#comment-231 Fixed! Cheers for the heads up... Fixed! Cheers for the heads up…

]]> Comment on We’re famous. (Thank you Velocity.) by Neil Cocker http://www.flamingdesks.com/blog/2008/11/11/were-famous-thank-you-velocity/#comment-230 Neil Cocker Tue, 11 Nov 2008 13:00:51 +0000 http://www.flamingdesks.com/blog/?p=377#comment-230 Rob, "Velocity" and "Write Up" links are borked!!! :) Rob,

“Velocity” and “Write Up” links are borked!!!

:)

]]> Comment on Finally, some progress… by Nick Armitage http://www.flamingdesks.com/blog/2008/11/02/finally-some-progress/#comment-216 Nick Armitage Tue, 04 Nov 2008 15:33:05 +0000 http://www.flamingdesks.com/blog/?p=370#comment-216 Dave it looks great! As Robbie said above, we'll consolidate a list of tweaks and hand them over later in the week. As I'm sure I said earlier in my email, I shall request that hi-res image and get it over to you asap. I will need to add a link on the right hand side to her space as I did originally say I would do that in return for her letting us use her photo! Nice work! Dave it looks great!

As Robbie said above, we’ll consolidate a list of tweaks and hand them over later in the week.

As I’m sure I said earlier in my email, I shall request that hi-res image and get it over to you asap. I will need to add a link on the right hand side to her space as I did originally say I would do that in return for her letting us use her photo!

Nice work!

]]> Comment on Finally, some progress… by Robbie Greatrex http://www.flamingdesks.com/blog/2008/11/02/finally-some-progress/#comment-214 Robbie Greatrex Mon, 03 Nov 2008 14:59:06 +0000 http://www.flamingdesks.com/blog/?p=370#comment-214 Looking good Dave. Will play around with it and suggest some tweaks etc later this week. Looking good Dave. Will play around with it and suggest some tweaks etc later this week.

]]> Comment on Finally, some progress… by Rob Mosley http://www.flamingdesks.com/blog/2008/11/02/finally-some-progress/#comment-213 Rob Mosley Mon, 03 Nov 2008 06:56:21 +0000 http://www.flamingdesks.com/blog/?p=370#comment-213 Just had a play - on the train from P'boro. Looks lovely mate. Later in the week I'll do my best to break it, and get back to you with a big list of bugs. Muhahahahahahhahahahah! Just had a play - on the train from P’boro. Looks lovely mate.

Later in the week I’ll do my best to break it, and get back to you with a big list of bugs. Muhahahahahahhahahahah!

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