In this conversation I caught up with the second part to my conversation with Scott Jenson to explore how Designer can actively get more involved with the free and open source software movement. We speak more about why this is of such an interest to Scott, and he gives his awesome advice to others on how they can get involved.

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Listen to Scott Jenson 'From Apple, Symbian to Google - Exploring the World of Free and Open Source Software (FOSS)'Links from this episode;

Open Source Job Postings
Job Postings
Youtube FOSSBack links
#FOSSBack: Scott Jenson - Why is UX so hard to contribute to FOSS 2021 (The problem)
#FOSSBack: Scott Jenson – Calling all UX Designers! 2022 (How maintainers can attract UX designers)
#FOSSBack: Scott Jenson – Plan Like Einstein 2023 (How to move the culture to include UX)
Open source research about using CRDTs (a new experimental file format) to have an alternative to Google Docs
Upwelling: Combining real-time collaboration with version control for writers.
A 1-pager on how to discuss design in a more thoughtful and cooperative way
Guidelines for Discussing UX

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Scott Jenson ‘Part 2 of 2: Open Source Design Movement: How Designers can help change the game’