We should also think about open-source design apart from open-source development. Just as developers come up with neat ideas, build something, and put it out there for others to download and use, there's no reason why some thoughtful designers can't iterate over a great product idea and publish the design for the world to see (with no initial concern for developer collaboration)... Then, some developers, business types, etc., could download the full design and implement it.
On Tue, Feb 10, 2009 at 2:15 PM, William Selman <wsel...@gmail.com> wrote: > Having worked with open source tools as a developer and with > developers for five years now, I think the cultural obstacles > mentioned in the Paula Bach article above (which is an excellent > piece, thanks for the link!) are very real. I think it would be > useful to seriously consider strategies for overcoming and/or > resolving these obstacles before approaching specific projects. > Obviously, there will be some project communities that would love IxD > contributions. However, I just want to emphasize that some project > communities may offer resistance (or just ambivalence) and that > thinking through how to overcome those reactions would make > successful collaborations more possible. > > > . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . > 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 > ________________________________________________________________ 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
