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# Web 2.0 Expo Berlin: The Wednesday Keynotes
- URL: https://onemanandhisblog.com/2008/10/web_20_expo_berlin_the_wednesd/
- Published: 2008-10-24T17:14:22.000Z
- Updated: 2015-04-08T14:20:57.000Z
- Author: Adam Tinworth
- Tags: berlin, design, drupal, index ventures, leisa reichelt, open source, rafi haladjian, saul kline, startups, w2eb, Web 2.0 Expo Berlin

**Leisa Reichelt – Drupal.org redesign**

How do you design for a large Open Source Community? That was the problem [Leisa Reichelt](http://www.disambiguity.com/?ref=onemanandhisblog.com)  
faced when commissioned to do the redesign of the [Drupal.org](http://www.drupal.org/?ref=onemanandhisblog.com) site.   
“You can’t do it behind closed doors,” she said, “and you need to give  
the community a say in what they consider their home.”

They  
built a form in Google Apps, to solicit community members who would  
give feedback during the design process. Wireframes were crowd-sourced  
on Flickr. They monitor Twitter for the “drupal” keyword.

In the end, they have something like 12,000 opinions, but Leisa suggested that you don’t need to respond to them all.

“You look at the themes,” she said “and you give feedback generally, to show that they are being listened to. “

**Rafi Haladjian of Violet**

[Violet](http://www.violet.net/index%5Fus.html?ref=onemanandhisblog.com) is the company behind the [Nabaztag](http://www.nabaztag.com/en/index.html?ref=onemanandhisblog.com) – the infamous internet connected rabbit. The comapny has a two-stage plan:

- Step 1: Connect rabbits
- Step 2: Connect everything else.

They  
believe that currently we keep data in a “fishbowl”, concentrated in a  
single space in our homes, usually the PC. The remaining stuff is dumb  
and unconnected.

[![Mirror](https://i1.wp.com/www.onemanandhisblog.com/content/images/2008/10/mirror-thumb-200x156.gif?resize=200%2C156)](https://i2.wp.com/www.onemanandhisblog.com/content/images/2008/10/mirror.gif?ref=onemanandhisblog.com)

They’re  
going to push forwards with connected objects by launching the mir:ror  
– an RFID-reading mirror that can talk to your computer. For example,  
waving your Oyster card overit will make your commputer immediatly  
show you travel conditions. You’ll be able to buy RFID tags and add  
them to your own objects and choose what they do.

He  
wasn’t very good at giving compelling examples of why things should be  
connected to the internet – but boy, he believes they should be.