FOSS Backstage 2024

Jan Dittrich

Jan Dittrich is a user researcher, anthropologist and occasional developer. Before they started working on their PhD on learning with instructions at the University of Siegen, they worked at USEEDS° and Wikimedia Deutschland e.V. on Wikipedia and Wikidata. They are also long-time member of the Open Source Design community.


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Session

03-05
15:30
30min
Why UX and FOSS clash and what we can do about it
Jan Dittrich

Open source programs have often been seen as hard to use. UX Designers are professionals who try to make things easier to use – that seems to be a great match! However, practices and values of both cultures often clash, and I describe why.

Governance & Community
Stage Wintergarten