types of online communities
types of facilties availalbe
open source software which supports these communities.
Type of online communities
.Internet access, access costs, computer and browser types, geographic and time zone issues all affect the type of community you’ll build.
our audience is the Italian communities in Australia.
unsure that would they be flexible to access internet ,but basically should be.
there wont be any access costs, and computer and browser type would be friendly to pc and mac, the most popular one so that people easily access.
geographic – exhibition in Melbourne and online source system, there might be a problem for the residence not in Melbourne and overseas (Italian).
time zone should be consider.
And this is a public system, but as there involve sensitive problem, and need to in case for illness support group, user registered needed. business support or not ?
Type of communities
- Collaborative workgroups
- Family groups
- Social spaces
- Role playing
- Illness support groups
- Spaces for primarily face-to-face groups
- Ethnic groups
- Professional groups
- Geographically related groups
- Software support
- Intellectual discussion groups
- Special interest groups
- Creative groups sharing techniques and work
http://www.fullcirc.com/community/communitytypes.htm
Project Document
Title Page
Contents
Overview
Client/Audience
work flow/ time sheet
Design Process
sketches, brainstorming, thumnnails
concept development
site map(information architecture )
design valuation – spend one week to think what can i do;
conceptualization stuff
market research- Direct competitors and target audience and indirect competitors
same value research / same brand value
project brie/ return brief/ quote
Bright Bright :: Work Diary 
