Great timing! Aza Raskin's presentation at Interaction09 yesterday was specifically targeting this very topic. Mozilla for one is really pushing to get us together and help bushwack that path. In my opinion, there was an underlying theme of global empathy running through the conference, and with a user base of something like 240 million people using firefox, it's a great opportunity to use our skills to 'make a difference' and affect some change. check out http://labs.mozilla.com for a start.
On Mon, Feb 9, 2009 at 8:37 AM, Mike Caskey <[email protected]> wrote: > Here's an interesting slideshare+audio (hit play button for audio and slide > sync): > > http://www.slideshare.net/jsonin/flirt-date-commit-injecting-design-into-an-open-source-project-presentation > > I agree that a lot of open source projects out there could benefit from > this, and of course, the community would benefit as a result. > > Mike C. > > > > > Tom Coombs wrote: > >> I've been thinking about the open source movement. >> >> I know very little of the UX community's involvement, so firstly I'm >> posting >> to ask what has been happening so far. Mozilla, Open Office and some >> others >> must have had serious UX involvement. Secondly, if it doesn't already >> exist, I wonder if there's the potential for us to structure some kind of >> virtual agency that would allow us to engage effectively. >> >> Few thoughts >> >> - In my opinion, several OS projects are incredible achievements that are >> hampered by small usability problems or even just language issues. I >> really >> believe in the movement. I think some corners of it need our help. >> >> - UX involvement, unlike coder involvement, might be more effective if >> the >> people weren't aligned to a single project, so maybe the movement doesn't >> naturally structure itself to include us. >> >> - Be a good way to spread the UX word, and a good way for us to >> collaborate >> and learn from each other. Might be especially useful for people trainign >> in UX. Maybe meetings like the book club but instead the topic is an open >> source project that everyone's looked in advance. >> >> Any thoughts? Knowledge of UX involvement so far? >> >> Tom >> >> >> >> >> >> >> ........................................... >> Tom Coombs >> http://www.manwomanandchild.com >> +44 (0) 7968 151198 >> ________________________________________________________________ >> Welcome to the Interaction Design Association (IxDA)! >> To post to this list ....... [email protected] >> Unsubscribe ................ http://www.ixda.org/unsubscribe >> List Guidelines ............ http://www.ixda.org/guidelines >> List Help .................. http://www.ixda.org/help >> >> >> > ________________________________________________________________ > Welcome to the Interaction Design Association (IxDA)! > To post to this list ....... [email protected] > Unsubscribe ................ http://www.ixda.org/unsubscribe > List Guidelines ............ http://www.ixda.org/guidelines > List Help .................. http://www.ixda.org/help > ________________________________________________________________ Welcome to the Interaction Design Association (IxDA)! To post to this list ....... [email protected] Unsubscribe ................ http://www.ixda.org/unsubscribe List Guidelines ............ http://www.ixda.org/guidelines List Help .................. http://www.ixda.org/help
