Call for Support: OpenUsability Sponsored Student Projects

OpenUsability (www.openusability.org) is an initiative that brings Open Source Software (OSS) development and usability together. The idea is simple. There are many usability experts who want to contribute to software projects. And there are many developers who want to make their software more usable, and as a consequence, more successful. Representatives of both camps see this as a symbiosis beneficial for both sides. The same spirit is carried over into now offering a series of sponsored student projects. As the first project, the GNU Image Manipulation Program (GIMP, see: www.gimp.org) has been chosen.

Ellen Reitmayr, usability engineer at relevantive in Berlin, says: 'OpenUsability's mentored student projects are an excellent way for usability, user-interface design, and interaction design students to gain experience in the interdisciplinary and collaborative development of user interface solutions in international software projects.

The project is looking for a student who who will on the user interface for the next generation of GIMP. Over a period of three months, the student will closely work together with Peter Sikking, principal interaction architect at M+MI Works. Activities will include methodically performing a full expert evaluation and analysis of the software, being fully involved in every decision, and performing the bulk of the project work. The team promises it will offer a great opportunity to learn the ropes in interaction architecture in a project that matters.

For details and information how to apply, see www.openusability.org/studentprojects (linked below).

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