Hi Geraint, Sorry about the delayed reply. On Wed, Oct 28, 2009 at 2:17 PM, Geraint Jones <zcjt...@ucl.ac.uk> wrote:
> Natan Yellin wrote: > > Hello Natan, > > Hello Geraint, > > > > On Tue, Oct 27, 2009 at 7:36 PM, Geraint Jones <zcjt...@ucl.ac.uk > > <mailto:zcjt...@ucl.ac.uk>> wrote: > > > > Hi all! > > > > I recently finished a usability related postgrad (Human Computer > > Interaction with Ergonomics at UCLIC), and I'm interested in getting > > involved with open source usability projects. If anyone has any > advice > > with regards to this, I'd be much obliged. > > > > We're currently trying improve usability in the GNOME Zeigeist > > project. If you're interested, we'd love to hear from you on our > > mailing list zeitgeist@lists.launchpad.net > > <mailto:zeitgeist@lists.launchpad.net> or in the #zeitgeist channel on > > freenode.irc.net <http://freenode.irc.net>. > I'd be really interested in helping with Zeigeist. - I've taken a quick > look round the launchpad site, and it looks really interesting. Would > you be able to point me to who's heading up the usability side of > things, and what kind of stuff needs doing? > > Whats the etiquette with regards to announcing myself at the zeitgeist > mailing list? Is this post enough, or should I start a new thread > specifically there? > I'd stop by the IRC channel to introduce yourself and ask what needs doing. You may want to look over Zeitgeist's APIs to get a feel for what it's capable of and then just sit down and make a mockup for how Zeitgeist can be used. If you're computer graphic skills are weak then you can always just draw something on paper and scan it into the computer. > > > > > > My first degree was psychology, so I'm pretty good at user testing > and > > research, and I'm an incurable hacker so I'm equally happy with > > prototyping and implementation. I'm weaker on graphic design, but I > > would nevertheless be interested to learn. If anybody knows of a > > project > > where I could apply my skills, give me a shout! > > > > Cool. I hope that you can help us come up with a better/new UI for > > GNOME 3.0. :) > I hope so too! > > Natan
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