Re: [Usability] Fwd: FLOSS and usability workshop at CHI 2010

[Charline <charline poirier canonical com>]

Calum Benson wrote:
> I'm just writing up the Q4 Usability team report for Stormy, and wondering if anybody submitted a paper for this that I could mention? (I'd hoped to, but didn't quite get around to it :/)
>   
Yes, I have.  Not sure abou the title yet.  What would you need?

Sorry for the late response.

C.
> Thanks,
> Calum.
>
> On 6 Nov 2009, at 21:00, Stormy Peters wrote:
>
>   
> > ---------- Forwarded message ----------
> > From: Paula Bach <pbach illinois edu>
> > Date: Fri, Nov 6, 2009 at 1:47 PM
> > Subject: FLOSS and usability workshop at CHI 2010
> > To: stormy gnome org
> >
> >
> > Hi Stormy,
> >
> > 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.
> >
> > Thanks,
> > Paula
> >
> > ========================================================================
> >                       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
> > ========================================================================
> >
> > 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)
> >
> >
> > Paula Bach
> > Computing Innovation Postdoctoral Research Fellow
> > Graduate School of Library and Information Science
> > University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign
> > http://cscl.ist.psu.edu/public/users/pbach/index.html
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> >     
>
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