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Máirín is a senior principal interaction designer at Red Hat. She is passionate about software freedom and free & open source tools, particularly in the creative domain: her favorite application is Inkscape (http://inkscape.org).
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Boy, do I wish I had this guide when I was a freshman in college!! This is awesome. I do have a little nit, though... :)
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4. Getting the <strong>Code</strong>, by Greg DeKoenigsberg and Mel Chua
5. Building the <strong>Code</strong>, by Greg DeKoenigsberg
6. Debugging the <strong>Code</strong>, by Greg DeKoenigsberg
7. Fixing the <strong>Code</strong>, by Jeff Sheltren
8. Explaining the <strong>Code</strong>: the Art of Documentation, by Karsten Wade
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We need a chapter or chapters on open source <strong>design</strong> too, don't you think? ;-)
There's a <a href="http://flosshci.org">FLOSS HCI workshop</a> next week at ACM's CHI conference in Atlanta. I put together <a href="http://mairin.wordpress.com/2010/04/06/contributing-to-free-open-source-software-as-a-designer/">a case study</a> (with tons of help from Mel :) ) on some of the issues and suggestions for designers in open source communities for it - do you think it could be a good start?
http://linuxart.com/log/archives/2010/03/25/some-thoughts-on-open-source-design/