Ordinal
says
Honestly, though, what is the point of all of this? Random splurging of money on consultancies who have no experience in the area for no...
Ordinal
says
... apparent reason - when there are dozens of really obvious things they should be addressing and know they should be addressing...
Ordinal
says
... - is the sort of practice that companies who are _deep in their own delusional worlds_ engage in.
Mrs Schwarzman
thinks
she must be dreaming —they hired a Flash development company ? To rethink SL’s interface ? 
jjacek
says
No, not to rethink the interface, to rethink newbie orientation
jjacek
says
Well, I guess thye might do some interface changes as part of that. They don't really say specifically. 
Tateru
says
I almost choked on my coffee. I've heard the term "Big Spaceship" in marketing departments before as a synonym for "Bullshit"
Tateru
says
"The board has a bunch of Big Spaceship ideas, so we're pretty much expecting this to bomb"
Ordinal
wonders
if this is some sort of deep-level irony, now
Annyka
says
I dont have anything against getting a fresh pair of eyes on things, but seems like an interactive web dev will have its own sets of ...
Annyka
says
preconceived notions of what works and what doesn't. I'd rather see a company that does usability tests on toothbrushes and coffee machines
Annyka
says
a *really* fresh set of eyes
Honestly: right now you could hire joe the plumber and you'd get some insight
Mrs Schwarzman
hopes
what Big Fish will really be doing is creating interactive Flash tutorials. That would at least be something they know about…
Mrs Schwarzman
hates
to think what Big Splash might do if they are really allowed to put their fingers on the UI of SL *shudders*
jjacek
says
Maybe one thing they will do is create a Flash page for customizing your avatar when you sign up 
Mrs Schwarzman
thinks
that would actually make sense as a first hour improvement. As would a first hour tutorial.