As a user, but not a contributor to open source software, I had trouble personally getting used to the fact that it was more community-driven and much slower. One of the fundamental aspects of UX design is that you are fighting for perspective. Who is the user? Who are the users? What are their primary, what are their secondary goals? How do you layer them? How do they prioritize?
Scott Jenson has done strategic UX design work for some of tech’s most important companies, including Apple and Google. Now he’s semi-retired and focused on improving the experience of using open source software. In this conversation, we talk about what’s different about open source, how design can make it better, and how designers can benefit from participating in open source projects.
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https://theinformed.life/2022/12/18/episode-103-scott-jenson-on-open-source/
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