Linux.com: OpenUsability Funds Student Projects
Aug 29, 2006, 08:15 (0 Talkback[s])
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"OpenUsability, the organization of software interface usability
experts, has begun taking applications for the first in a series of
funded student projects. Similar to the Google Summer of Code,
selected students will be paired with mentors and set to work on
projects to be completed over a three-month period, with a reward
of $700 upon success. Students applying now will be competing for
the first such position--an opportunity to do interaction design
for the GIMP.
"OpenUsability engineer Ellen Reitmayr, also a member of KDE
Usability, admits to inspiration from Google, but notes a
longstanding effort to attract students. "Before, we were more
focused on single universities, offering them lists of possible
student projects that might be part of the curriculum. The success
was not too high, so that's why we decided to offer projects on a
broader base." FLOSS Usability and Aspiration Technology are
collaborating with OpenUsability to launch the student
projects..."
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