Last week at IFF I was invited by Eileen from Simply Secure to a session
about "Writing good documentation":
https://platform.internetfreedomfestival.org/en/IFF2018/public/schedule/custom/426
One of the practical exercises we gave to people was to rethink the
description of Tails that we have on our homepage to turn it into a
metaphor to explain Tails.
Two groups of 4 people worked on that and I collected the output :)
Something funny is that both groups came up with similar metaphors in
parallel. I heard about "bicycle", "caravan", and "tent" in both groups.
The strongest one, I think, is the metaphor of a tent:
« - Amnesic
- Empty every time its setup
- Stored in backpack ("USB stick") along with "stuff" which can be
moved into the tent ("persistence") or not.
- Incognito
- Can move around (change "address")
- Many tents look alike
- Works best among other tents (not in a library)
- Live
- Can carry around in backpack
- Can set up in backyard (own laptop) or away from home »
I dumped what people had written in their notes on the blueprint where I
collect info that might be useful in the future when we start working on
explaining what is Tails:
/!\ Wild notes →
https://tails.boum.org/blueprint/explain_tails/
And thank you Eileen and Adriana for the great session!
