While bring UX to open source is not impossible and there are great people putting up a great fight. These are more the exceptions than the rule.
We need to realize that until the culture of OSS evolves from one where code contribution is king, to one where idea contribution (in ALL its forms, including code) is king, it will remain difficult. I think there needs to be a bit of a revolution and one I'm hoping to have something to do with (maybe even with Aza's help). In the spirit of Carpe Diem, I really want to "just do it" and create an OSS project, even if only experimental that starts out with attempting to answer the question, "What would a designer led open source software project look like?" The goal isn't to negate the developer, but create a space totally different from before. The outcome is not to learn how to lead developers, but to create a space for exploring design in its relation to development in a new way and see what succeeds and what fails. The ultimate goal would be to work towards modeling a new culture where business, development and design can co-mingle/lead OSS initiatives/projects. -- dave . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Posted from the new ixda.org http://www.ixda.org/discuss?post=38371 ________________________________________________________________ Welcome to the Interaction Design Association (IxDA)! To post to this list ....... disc...@ixda.org Unsubscribe ................ http://www.ixda.org/unsubscribe List Guidelines ............ http://www.ixda.org/guidelines List Help .................. http://www.ixda.org/help
