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Scott Jenson on Open Source UX

The Informed Life

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Is Open Source Software a Good Idea?

I get the sense that a lot of it revolves around the design of mobile experiences. I think open source software has all of the right motivations, right? It's trying to not worry about capturing the user or having incremental income and just tackle the specific problem. So that's why I'm really attracted by it. But there's this concern that several of the projects don't quite tend to have the same polish as more for profit companies. And I've given a couple of talks on that to help the open source community understand how to get started with better UX design.

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