Call for Students - Project Openings 2008
Published on March 17th, 2008 by Ellen ReitmayrWe are proud to announce the Season of Usability 2008, a series of projects for students of usability, user interface design, interaction design and related.
We accept 10 students for design tasks, user research and UI analysis. The openings represent a wide range of applications, such as instant messaging, office suites, web applications and the One Laptop Per Child desktop.
Full list: Season of Usability - Project Openings 2008
Students of usability, user interface design, interaction design or related are encouraged to apply until April, 14.
Project work will start in May. During a three-month cooperation, you will closely work together with experienced professionals and get insights in to their way of work. An involvement of 15 hours per week is expected.
Depending on your location, you will be invited to a meeting with the development and usability team. Otherwise the collaboration will take place via the established channels of OSS development - email, IRC, VoIP, and etc.
Students receive a stipend of $1000USD, kindly sponsored by Google Inc., the Open Society Institute and Trolltech ASA.
| Project Opening 1: Redesigning DrProject’s Administration Interface |
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| Project Opening 2: Redesigning Gallery’s Image Upload Tools |
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| Project Opening 3: Human Interface Guidelines and Design Patterns for KDE4 |
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| Project Opening 4: Toolbox and Palette Interaction for KOffice |
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| Project Opening 5: 3d Widgets for MakeHuman |
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| Project Opening 6: Handheld-Mode Interface for the OLPC XO Laptops |
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| Project Opening 7: Improving HDR imaging with Qtpfsgui |
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| Project Opening 8: Instant Messaging and VoIP with SIP Communicator |
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| Project Opening 9: Supporting TV Viewers with TV-Browser |
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Update March 31: Unfortunately, the Pidgin student project was called back. As an alternative, the usability mentor now offers HDR imaging with Qtpfsgui. We are sorry for the inconvenience and encourage you to apply for this or one of the alternative projects!
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March 23rd, 2008 at 4:54 pm
Excellent idea!
How many applications can we send??
many thanks in advance,
niki
March 24th, 2008 at 5:42 pm
You can apply for more than one project, but should concentrate on 2 or 3 projects.
April 13th, 2008 at 10:42 pm
In which format should we send our applications? In text, pasted into the body of the e-mail, or (and I prefer this method) as an attachment of ODF Text (.odt)?
April 13th, 2008 at 11:28 pm
@Tamas: You can use the format you prefer.