Eriol Fox
where else to find them
github:Erioldoesdesign
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mastodon:@erioldoesdesign@hachyderm.io
linkedin:eriolfox
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what they talk about
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where they keep going back
- FOSS Backstage3 editions2024–2026
- FOSDEM2 editions2021–2022
- All Things Open2 editions2019–2020
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on a stage with
- Abigail Makoloonce
- Bernard Tyersonce
- Christoph Onoonce
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who talks about the same things
- Abigail Makolo3 talks
- Victory Brown4 talks
- Nathalie Rosenberg2 talks
- Bernard Tyers16 talks
- Leslie Hawthorn23 talks
- Nithya A. Ruff47 talks
| title | conference | date |
|---|---|---|
| Navigating engineering-focused environments | FOSS Backstage 2026 | 2026-03-16 |
Open source teams embed UX by treating design as part of the code workflow: using GitHub issues and PRs for design QA, keeping design feedback in the same… | ||
| The Secret Lives of OSS Designers: Understanding Designers Contributing To OSS | Open Source Summit Europe 2025 | 2025-08-25 |
A 10–16 week diary study with five designers across USA Canada Nigeria Brazil and Germany shows designers struggle with developer platforms like GitHub and… | ||
| Open Design Guide | FOSS Backstage 2025 | 2025-03-10 |
Open Design Guide is a 100% open-source, 12-chapter guide that maps practical routes for designers into open-source work, from basic concepts to advanced… | ||
| The secret lives of designers in OSS | FOSS Backstage 2024 | 2024-03-04 |
A diary study follows five designers for 16 weeks (participants paid) tracking tools like GitHub/GitLab and Figma, artifacts produced, and weekly reports. Key… | ||
| Eriol Fox on "The secret lifes of designers in Open Source" | FOSS Backstage 2024 | 2024-03-04 |
Diary studies of designers in open source find slow feedback is common and repeatedly causes designers to assume their work is poor, not just delayed. The… | ||
| Introduction to Open Source Design | FOSDEM 2022 | 2022-02-05 |
Every year we take some time to introduce the Open Source Design collective, what we do, where to find us and how to get involved. | ||
| Synthesising user testing insights with OSS tool teams | FOSDEM 2022 | 2022-02-05 |
So you’ve done some user testing or usability testing as an open source software team and now you have interesting user insights collected. But...what do you… | ||
| 1 year of the Sustaining open source design podcast | FOSDEM 2022 | 2022-02-05 |
What key themes emerged from 1 year and 17 episodes of design in open source podcasts?
The Sustaining open source design podcast has been hosting… | ||
| UX research and Ethnographic design for humanitarian technology | UX Y’all Conference 2021 | 2021-09-23 |
Three-year Isooko and a six-month Dispatcher MVP tested resilience tech over six months using living labs, participatory workshops and embedded ethnography… | ||
| Lessons from Mentoring and Supporting Designers in OSS | GitLab Commit Virtual 2021 | 2021-08-03 |
Designers remain scarce in FLOSS and many burn out; mentoring boosts contributor numbers by removing entry friction. Practical tactics: kick off discussions… | ||
| Mentoring designers in open Source Software. | FOSDEM 2021 | 2021-02-06 |
What I've learned mentoring and supporting designers in OSS.
Designers are still relatively rare in the FL/OSS space and those that have been around and… | ||
| Open Source Design Contributions for your OSS project | All Things Open 2020 | 2020-10-19 |
Open Design claims a repeatable way to get designers into OSS: ran design jams with Adobe Designit and Ushahidi (Berlin, Seattle, Taipei, Bangalore), built a… | ||
| UX research and ethnographic design for humanitarian technology | Inclusive Design 24 (#id24) 2020 | 2020-09-17 |
Describes two concrete projects: Isooko (three-year EU consortium) and a six-month prototype Dispatcher, both run with Ushahidi tools and using Living Labs… | ||
| Open Source Design Contributions for Your OSS Project | Open Source 101 at Home 2020 | 2020-05-12 |
Concrete claims and artifacts: a crisis tool called TenFour moved from closed to open source, a series of piloted design jams (one roomful in Berlin) and… | ||
| UX research and Ethnographic design for humanitarian technology | Future Sync 2020 | 2020-04-16 |
Summarises fieldwork from two projects: Suku (peacebuilding, Rwanda and Kenya) and Dispatcher (6‑month MVP for crisis resilience), using participatory methods… | ||
| Diversity and Inclusion Best Practices: A panel discussion | All Things Open 2019 | 2019-10-13 |
Conference panel gives concrete signals: open source shows under 10% women and under 5% underrepresented minorities, companies start publishing diversity… | ||
| Diverse representations in design and awkward conversations with colleagues | Inclusive Design 24 (#id24) 2018 | 2018-10-11 |
Design work at a Kenyan NGO produces concrete lessons: an illustration of a family with visible disabilities is rejected by brand leads after awkward… | ||
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