Why we need designers in open-source projects.pptx

Presentation given on Coscup 2023

1. Why We Need Designers in Open-Source Projects? Tofus (Terry Fusyuan Wang) UX Designer, g0v Taiwan / National Taiwan University | Taiwan

2. My experience in open-source community Reasons of w hy “you” should contribute in open-source community Roles of d esigner in open-source projects Ways to contribute your design into open-source community Things we will cover today

3. My experience | Taiwan

4. | Taiwan

5. | Taiwan

6. There’s something interesting

7. Developers Designers 👨‍💻🧑‍💻👩‍💻👨‍💻🧑‍💻👩‍💻👨‍💻🧑‍💻👩‍💻👨‍💻🧑‍💻👩‍💻👨‍💻🧑‍💻👩‍💻👨‍💻🧑‍💻👩‍💻👨‍💻🧑‍💻👩‍💻👨‍💻🧑‍💻👩‍💻👨‍💻🧑‍💻👩‍💻👨‍💻🧑‍💻👩‍💻👨‍💻🧑‍💻👩‍💻👨‍💻🧑‍💻👩‍💻👨‍💻🧑‍💻👩‍💻👨‍💻🧑‍💻👩‍💻👨‍💻🧑‍💻👩‍💻👨‍💻🧑‍💻👩‍💻👨‍💻🧑‍💻👩‍💻👨‍💻🧑‍💻👩‍💻👨‍💻🧑‍💻👩‍💻👨‍💻🧑‍💻👩‍💻👨‍💻🧑‍💻👩‍💻👨‍💻🧑‍💻👩‍💻👨‍💻🧑‍💻👩‍💻👨‍💻🧑‍💻👩‍💻👨‍💻🧑‍💻👩‍💻👨‍💻🧑‍💻👩‍💻👨‍💻🧑‍💻👩‍💻👨‍💻🧑‍💻👩‍💻👨‍💻🧑‍💻👩‍💻👨‍💻🧑‍💻👩‍💻 👨‍🎨🧑‍🎨👩‍🎨

8. Developers in g0v be like:

9. “ “ There are tons of opportunities waiting of designers to explore in open-source community

10. Current situation | Taiwan

11. Over 78% of companies in the world use open-source software * Data credit: Zipdo | Taiwan ✅✅✅✅✅ ✅✅✅🚫🚫

12. | Taiwan 👩‍💻🧑‍💻 👩‍💻🧑‍💻👨‍💻 There are many of the developers are likely to use open-source software because of its nature 👩‍💻:🛠️+🖌️ But in most of the case (especially individual developers) They often build the whole stuff just by themselves (including design, coding, and everything)

13. | Taiwan ⏳ Time Two of the most valuable economic resources when we are building stuff 💪 Energy

14. “ “ It is unreasonable to ask every developer to develop an open source software perfectly by themself

15. | Taiwan Product Design Process By Ted Goas, Dialpad, published on Medium of UX Collective Design Process Development Process

16. Designers and developers are actually doing the same thing: Building the product Building a product is just like run a relay race Designers are responsible on solving questions like: “What thing should we build?” Developers are responsible on solving questions like: “How to build it right?”

17. Developers’ time allocation when they build their side projects Designers’ time allocation when they build their side projects *Not real data, diagram for reference and demonstration only

18. Harder techniques are easier to implement Highly functional (can live on internet or be published on app store!!!) Lack of usability and accessibility Not look very good on its appearance Developer’s side project | Taiwan

19. Meet user’s need Better appearance Higher user satisfaction Can’t use harder techniques Sometimes it’s not functional (just like a toy, not even a real product) Designer’s side project | Taiwan

20. “ “ Collaboration between designers and developers is crucial to an open-source project ’s success

21. How to collaborate in open-source community? | Taiwan

22. Ways to collaborate in open-source projects Sync Async 🚀👨‍🚀👩‍🚀 🗂️💬🗓️

23. Real-time communication Simultaneous participation Reduced misunderstandings Pros of Sync collaboration | Taiwan

24. Time constraints Interruptions Delayed responses Cons of Sync collaboration | Taiwan

25. Flexible schedule Cross-time-zone collaboration Thoughtful contributions Pros of Async collaboration | Taiwan

26. Communication delays Information asynchrony Neglect of urgencies Cons of Async collaboration | Taiwan

27. Rapid issue resolution + urgent ➡️ Sync Needs flexible schedule + cross time-zone collaboration ➡️ Async Tips when you’re choosing collaboration method

28. “ “ Release early, Release often

29. “ “ Release early, Release often 🗣️ 🗣️ 🗣️ 🗣️ 💬 💬 💬 💬 💬

30. “ “ Release early, Release often 👍 👍 👍 👍 👍 👍 👍 👍 👍

31. Tools I use in design collaboration

32. Tools I use in design collaboration Channel discussion Design file sharing Documentation

33. However there’s a truth

34. g0v Taiwan didn’t have a clear way for designers to contribute their works

35. 2023/08/26 Institute of Information Science, Academia Sinica Build a collar note about possibilities of design collaboration in g0v Taiwan Let’s have a discussion in g0v hackathon! | Taiwan Hackathon tickets Join g0v Slack

36. #designer Can’t join us in person? Follow In g0v Slack (And maybe we can have an online discussion) Join g0v Slack Join g0v Slack

37. “ “ Do not ask “why nobody does this”, because you are that "nobody."

38. Thanks for listening! —Tofus (Terry Fusyuan Wang) | Taiwan Hackathon tickets Join g0v Slack