I thought you'd like to know about this workshop I am organizing with a colleague who also does research with open source and usability. Please forward the call to people in the GNOME community who might be interested.
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ACM CHI 2010 Workshop on
Free/Libre/Open Source Software and HCI
April 11, 2010, Atlanta, GA, USA
Submission deadline: December 14, 2009
http://flosshci.org
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In the past 10 years, Free/Libre/Open Source Software (FLOSS) has become a ubiquitous and vital force in business, education, government, and research. This vibrant new community of software developers creates new opportunities and challenges for HCI that are only beginning to be explored and understood.
This workshop will:
* identify key differences between FLOSS environments and closed source software production with respect to culture, practices, and motivations for HCI,
* examine how these differences can (or should) impact the design of tools and practices for usability/UX in FLOSS development, and
* explore the development of new theoretical approaches, tools, and practices for HCI in the FLOSS community.
An important, overarching goal of the workshop is to bring the two communities together to explore collaboration opportunities. As such, the workshop invites practitioners and researchers in both the CHI and FLOSS communities.
Interested individuals should submit one of the following in a two-page conference publication format:
* A case study describing experiences in introducing and/or practicing usability/UX in a FLOSS development context
* A summary of research conducted in the FLOSS community related to the workshop’s theme (for example, understanding motivations of designers in FLOSS, mapping design conversations, design tools and methods used in FLOSS, etc.)
Submissions should use the HCI Archive Format template found here:
http://www.chi2010.org/authors/format.html#archiveformat
Deadline for submissions is December 14, 2009. Submissions should be emailed to
flosshci gmail com.
More information about the workshop can be found at the workshop website:
http://flosshci.org. Questions about the workshop can be directed to
flosshci gmail com.
Workshop organizers:
Paula Bach (University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, USA)
Michael Terry (University of Waterloo, Canada)
