# Communication and collaboration

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## [Create Show-and-Tell videos for basic UX topics](https://discourse.opensourcedesign.net/t/create-show-and-tell-videos-for-basic-ux-topics/2362)

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**Author:** [@jdittrich](https://discourse.opensourcedesign.net/u/jdittrich)\
**Replies:** 9\
**Last updated:** [February 24, 2021, 9:19pm UTC](https://discourse.opensourcedesign.net/t/create-show-and-tell-videos-for-basic-ux-topics/2362 "2021-02-24T21:19:15Z")

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It is often easy to read up on things but harder to imagine how to act based on what you read. The idea: have videos with small worked examples how we do use design and research methods, each 3-10min long showing a real…

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## [30 sec - 1 min videos about OSS + design wanted!](https://discourse.opensourcedesign.net/t/30-sec-1-min-videos-about-oss-design-wanted/2093)

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**Author:** [@Erioldoesdesign](https://discourse.opensourcedesign.net/u/Erioldoesdesign)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [November 2, 2020, 10:25am UTC](https://discourse.opensourcedesign.net/t/30-sec-1-min-videos-about-oss-design-wanted/2093 "2020-11-02T10:25:34Z")

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Hey there OSD! I’m lookinhg for the open source design community to help me out with my Drupal Con Europe keynote (eep! a keynote?!) I’m less and less convinced that people want to hear me speak and less and less intere…

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## [Casual online workshops about your workflows](https://discourse.opensourcedesign.net/t/casual-online-workshops-about-your-workflows/1846)

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**Author:** [@amit.lzkpa](https://discourse.opensourcedesign.net/u/amit.lzkpa)\
**Replies:** 12\
**Last updated:** [September 30, 2020, 3:45am UTC](https://discourse.opensourcedesign.net/t/casual-online-workshops-about-your-workflows/1846 "2020-09-30T03:45:37Z")

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We had a brief discussion about sharing workflows on our monthly call and it resonated well with a lot of us. I wanted to post it here to check if more of us would be interested in something like this. Here’s a gist of …

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## [Design Patterns for Decentralized Systems](https://discourse.opensourcedesign.net/t/design-patterns-for-decentralized-systems/1043)

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**Author:** [@bumbleblue](https://discourse.opensourcedesign.net/u/bumbleblue)\
**Replies:** 7\
**Last updated:** [September 14, 2020, 12:03pm UTC](https://discourse.opensourcedesign.net/t/design-patterns-for-decentralized-systems/1043 "2020-09-14T12:03:17Z")

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Exciting news! Simply Secure was awarded a SamsungNEXT grant for design in decentralization. This allows us to develop our long-standing idea of a pattern library for decentralized systems. What do we mean by that? By …

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## [Connect Open Source Design with more designers](https://discourse.opensourcedesign.net/t/connect-open-source-design-with-more-designers/1813)

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**Author:** [@Kai](https://discourse.opensourcedesign.net/u/Kai)\
**Replies:** 14\
**Last updated:** [July 16, 2020, 5:09pm UTC](https://discourse.opensourcedesign.net/t/connect-open-source-design-with-more-designers/1813 "2020-07-16T17:09:59Z")

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## [Decentralization, Patterns and Design](https://discourse.opensourcedesign.net/t/decentralization-patterns-and-design/1610)

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**Author:** [@jdittrich](https://discourse.opensourcedesign.net/u/jdittrich)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [March 9, 2020, 6:16pm UTC](https://discourse.opensourcedesign.net/t/decentralization-patterns-and-design/1610 "2020-03-09T18:16:58Z")

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Jan: Since I had some conversations with @bumbleblue about decentralization and design, I thought I put up some reads, artifacts,… and comments on them here. Post is wiki-fied, so you all should be able to edit. Basic …

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## [Open Source Design + Adobe + Designit](https://discourse.opensourcedesign.net/t/open-source-design-adobe-designit/1108)

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**Author:** [@Erioldoesdesign](https://discourse.opensourcedesign.net/u/Erioldoesdesign)\
**Replies:** 9\
**Last updated:** [August 30, 2019, 9:23pm UTC](https://discourse.opensourcedesign.net/t/open-source-design-adobe-designit/1108 "2019-08-30T21:23:10Z")

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Hi everyone, Eriol from Ushahidi here. I’ve spoken to a few of you in the monthly call last year and at MozFest 2018 about how Ushahidi Design team is tackling the ideas around open design contributions. It’s definitel…

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## [Limits of peer production](https://discourse.opensourcedesign.net/t/limits-of-peer-production/1209)

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**Author:** [@jdittrich](https://discourse.opensourcedesign.net/u/jdittrich)\
**Replies:** 4\
**Last updated:** [August 26, 2019, 5:49pm UTC](https://discourse.opensourcedesign.net/t/limits-of-peer-production/1209 "2019-08-26T17:49:52Z")

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I came across this interesting and easy to read paper on “limits of self organization”. It makes the following argument: Web based per production is based on two assumptions, which the author calls “Laws of Quality”: “…

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## [A Hub for Design contributions](https://discourse.opensourcedesign.net/t/a-hub-for-design-contributions/1106)

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**Author:** [@fanialivio](https://discourse.opensourcedesign.net/u/fanialivio)\
**Replies:** 11\
**Last updated:** [August 4, 2019, 2:03pm UTC](https://discourse.opensourcedesign.net/t/a-hub-for-design-contributions/1106 "2019-08-04T14:03:03Z")

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At LGM 2019 in Saarbrũcken, we held a discussion about how designers can collaborate more efficiently with devs. You can read the result of the brainstorming here: https://pad.collective68.tech/p/lgm19 One of the ideas…

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## [Cathedral, Bazaar and Design](https://discourse.opensourcedesign.net/t/cathedral-bazaar-and-design/1084)

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**Author:** [@jdittrich](https://discourse.opensourcedesign.net/u/jdittrich)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [June 15, 2019, 6:34pm UTC](https://discourse.opensourcedesign.net/t/cathedral-bazaar-and-design/1084 "2019-06-15T18:34:49Z")

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Hi, After tweeting this UX and open source are uneasy bedfellows: In Open Source, ideally, users are also creators of the product: “You are also the creator!” they say to their users. In UX, user and creator are id…

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## [Searchable Linkable Open Public Indexed (SLOPI) communication ("sloppy") for design teams](https://discourse.opensourcedesign.net/t/searchable-linkable-open-public-indexed-slopi-communication-sloppy-for-design-teams/1073)

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**Author:** [@pdurbin](https://discourse.opensourcedesign.net/u/pdurbin)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [May 26, 2019, 6:13pm UTC](https://discourse.opensourcedesign.net/t/searchable-linkable-open-public-indexed-slopi-communication-sloppy-for-design-teams/1073 "2019-05-26T18:13:45Z")

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How do design teams for open source projects communicate what’s going on this week or this month? The Dataverse design team has a Trello board for to communicate what’s “in flight” at https://trello.com/b/ySoeAeCc/datav…

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## [VisBug tool](https://discourse.opensourcedesign.net/t/visbug-tool/824)

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**Author:** [@pdurbin](https://discourse.opensourcedesign.net/u/pdurbin)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [December 29, 2018, 5:33pm UTC](https://discourse.opensourcedesign.net/t/visbug-tool/824 "2018-12-29T17:33:20Z")

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Remember the “free-as-in-freedom tools for designer/dev communication and creation” thread? There’s a new tool called VisBug I think people here would like. It’s a Chrome extension and work is underway for a Firefox addo…

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## [Free-as-in-freedom tools for Designer Dev communication and creation](https://discourse.opensourcedesign.net/t/free-as-in-freedom-tools-for-designer-dev-communication-and-creation/316)

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**Author:** [@simonv3](https://discourse.opensourcedesign.net/u/simonv3)\
**Replies:** 6\
**Last updated:** [December 29, 2018, 6:59pm UTC](https://discourse.opensourcedesign.net/t/free-as-in-freedom-tools-for-designer-dev-communication-and-creation/316 "2018-12-29T18:59:58Z")

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@jdittrich commented on May 16, 2015: Problem to solve: many open source projects mainly use text based tool for collaboration. Git IRC Mailinglists There tools are highly developed long existing de facto standards …

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## [Infrastructuring for Crowdsourced Co-Design](https://discourse.opensourcedesign.net/t/infrastructuring-for-crowdsourced-co-design/598)

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**Author:** [@dbonilla](https://discourse.opensourcedesign.net/u/dbonilla)\
**Replies:** 4\
**Last updated:** [March 10, 2018, 1:42pm UTC](https://discourse.opensourcedesign.net/t/infrastructuring-for-crowdsourced-co-design/598 "2018-03-10T13:42:19Z")

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Hi everyone, I’m currently doing my master’s thesis about Infrastructuring for Crowdsourced Co-Design. I would like to find out about your current development process and methods for user’s feedback. It would great if t…

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## [Ura Design Newsletter](https://discourse.opensourcedesign.net/t/ura-design-newsletter/551)

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**Author:** [@elioqoshi](https://discourse.opensourcedesign.net/u/elioqoshi)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [January 24, 2018, 5:22pm UTC](https://discourse.opensourcedesign.net/t/ura-design-newsletter/551 "2018-01-24T17:22:10Z")

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Hey folks! We recently launched our Newsletter at Ura covering only Open Source Design stuff, have a look at the first edition: Since Ura was founded, we always wanted to do a Newsletter but never got around it. We a…

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## [Identihub Patreon Launch](https://discourse.opensourcedesign.net/t/identihub-patreon-launch/525)

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**Author:** [@elioqoshi](https://discourse.opensourcedesign.net/u/elioqoshi)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [December 29, 2017, 2:16am UTC](https://discourse.opensourcedesign.net/t/identihub-patreon-launch/525 "2017-12-29T02:16:15Z")

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Hi there folks, hope you enjoy the holidays! At Ura, we recently pivoted our Patreon from general Open Source Design to building Identihub, open source self-hosted software for managing brand and visual assets of your p…

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## [Hard to create a great customer experience in an agile context](https://discourse.opensourcedesign.net/t/hard-to-create-a-great-customer-experience-in-an-agile-context/469)

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**Author:** [@pdurbin](https://discourse.opensourcedesign.net/u/pdurbin)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [December 3, 2017, 6:56pm UTC](https://discourse.opensourcedesign.net/t/hard-to-create-a-great-customer-experience-in-an-agile-context/469 "2017-12-03T18:56:26Z")

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I’m reading Sense & Respond by Jeff Gothelf and Josh Seiden (subtitle: How Successful Organizations Listen to Customers and Create New Products Continuously) and on page 135 they say, “It can be hard to create a great …

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## [Open Design Kit](https://discourse.opensourcedesign.net/t/open-design-kit/459)

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**Author:** [@simonv3](https://discourse.opensourcedesign.net/u/simonv3)\
**Replies:** 5\
**Last updated:** [November 18, 2017, 3:24pm UTC](https://discourse.opensourcedesign.net/t/open-design-kit/459 "2017-11-18T15:24:18Z")

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Posted on IRC / Riot by @/thematizer (dunno what your username is on here, sorry!) this looks like a good overview toolkit that we should contribute to and talk about: It reminds me of this thing that we have, just qu…

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## [Workflow-Co-Documentation](https://discourse.opensourcedesign.net/t/workflow-co-documentation/442)

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**Author:** [@jdittrich](https://discourse.opensourcedesign.net/u/jdittrich)\
**Replies:** 5\
**Last updated:** [November 9, 2017, 6:37pm UTC](https://discourse.opensourcedesign.net/t/workflow-co-documentation/442 "2017-11-09T18:37:49Z")

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At the recent WikidataCon I organized a workshop in which we would document each other’s workflows. The method needs some felt pens, some A3 or larger paper and at least two participants. It’s result are documentations o…

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## [Convincing Designers to embrace OS methods](https://discourse.opensourcedesign.net/t/convincing-designers-to-embrace-os-methods/312)

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**Author:** [@cameralibre](https://discourse.opensourcedesign.net/u/cameralibre)\
**Replies:** 14\
**Last updated:** [November 6, 2017, 3:56am UTC](https://discourse.opensourcedesign.net/t/convincing-designers-to-embrace-os-methods/312 "2017-11-06T03:56:09Z")

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Here is the initial documentation of the Analog Open Source Collaboration workshop from day 1 of the Open Design summit. \[jan-andreas\] We focused on the barriers preventing designers from becoming involved with F/LOSS …

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## [Transparency in design](https://discourse.opensourcedesign.net/t/transparency-in-design/438)

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**Author:** [@pdurbin](https://discourse.opensourcedesign.net/u/pdurbin)\
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**Last updated:** [November 4, 2017, 11:21am UTC](https://discourse.opensourcedesign.net/t/transparency-in-design/438 "2017-11-04T11:21:05Z")

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The other day my article on transparency was published as part of the Open Organization Workbook project and under the Challenges in transparency section I talked a bit about design: Transparency in design presents som…

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## [Common Conversations Designers have with Developers](https://discourse.opensourcedesign.net/t/common-conversations-designers-have-with-developers/315)

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**Author:** [@simonv3](https://discourse.opensourcedesign.net/u/simonv3)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [October 29, 2017, 12:46pm UTC](https://discourse.opensourcedesign.net/t/common-conversations-designers-have-with-developers/315 "2017-10-29T12:46:41Z")

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@simonv3: Recently we’ve noted a series of common conversations that designers have to have with developers (and vice-versa) over and over again. It’d be great if we could document these all and add a variety of source…

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## [Design tooling](https://discourse.opensourcedesign.net/t/design-tooling/419)

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**Author:** [@pdurbin](https://discourse.opensourcedesign.net/u/pdurbin)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [October 28, 2017, 4:09pm UTC](https://discourse.opensourcedesign.net/t/design-tooling/419 "2017-10-28T16:09:08Z")

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At the very end of episode 46 (~29:30) of the Women in Tech Show, Una Kravets says, I think one part where we’re still working on it as a design and dev community is design tooling. No one has solved that still. There …

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## [Teaching Open Source collaboration to designers (without digital tools!)](https://discourse.opensourcedesign.net/t/teaching-open-source-collaboration-to-designers-without-digital-tools/289)

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**Author:** [@cameralibre](https://discourse.opensourcedesign.net/u/cameralibre)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [October 16, 2017, 5:19pm UTC](https://discourse.opensourcedesign.net/t/teaching-open-source-collaboration-to-designers-without-digital-tools/289 "2017-10-16T17:19:28Z")

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Over the next 12 weeks I will be developing a project called Cut, Copy & Paste as part of the Mozilla Open Leadership program, and I would like to run a workshop during the Open Design Summit next month. Cut, Copy & Pas…

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## [Design Processes: Do they work? And if yes, what for?](https://discourse.opensourcedesign.net/t/design-processes-do-they-work-and-if-yes-what-for/310)

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**Author:** [@jdittrich](https://discourse.opensourcedesign.net/u/jdittrich)\
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**Last updated:** [October 14, 2017, 12:36pm UTC](https://discourse.opensourcedesign.net/t/design-processes-do-they-work-and-if-yes-what-for/310 "2017-10-14T12:36:27Z")

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At our Summit, we also discussed design processes. I did some research in how design processes work for designers. The brief summary is, that they are based on in ideas that were popular in the early 20th century: scient…

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## [User story mapping](https://discourse.opensourcedesign.net/t/user-story-mapping/283)

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**Author:** [@pdurbin](https://discourse.opensourcedesign.net/u/pdurbin)\
**Replies:** 4\
**Last updated:** [September 27, 2017, 2:03pm UTC](https://discourse.opensourcedesign.net/t/user-story-mapping/283 "2017-09-27T14:03:26Z")

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I just read http://jpattonassociates.com/the-new-backlog/ and noticed that there’s a book on user story mapping by the same author, Jeff Patton: https://www.amazon.com/User-Story-Mapping-Discover-Product/dp/1491904909/ .…

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## [How to handle criticism of your open project by Laura Hilliger](https://discourse.opensourcedesign.net/t/how-to-handle-criticism-of-your-open-project-by-laura-hilliger/279)

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**Author:** [@pdurbin](https://discourse.opensourcedesign.net/u/pdurbin)\
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**Last updated:** [August 25, 2017, 9:34am UTC](https://discourse.opensourcedesign.net/t/how-to-handle-criticism-of-your-open-project-by-laura-hilliger/279 "2017-08-25T09:34:21Z")

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I thought folks here might find https://opensource.com/open-organization/17/8/what-to-do-when-nobody-participates interesting as well as the “open organization” project in the article. It covers handling criticism and la…

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## [OpenSourceDesign Jobs process](https://discourse.opensourcedesign.net/t/opensourcedesign-jobs-process/277)

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**Author:** [@evalica](https://discourse.opensourcedesign.net/u/evalica)\
**Replies:** 6\
**Last updated:** [August 21, 2017, 1:54pm UTC](https://discourse.opensourcedesign.net/t/opensourcedesign-jobs-process/277 "2017-08-21T13:54:35Z")

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I want us to think about (and if we were to reach some conclusions at the summit would be ideal) on what is the process we want to promote / encourage / decide for our Job Board. What is the purpose of our Job Board? I…

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## [Introducing design to engineering focused culture: an building-upon approach](https://discourse.opensourcedesign.net/t/introducing-design-to-engineering-focused-culture-an-building-upon-approach/215)

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**Author:** [@jdittrich](https://discourse.opensourcedesign.net/u/jdittrich)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [June 19, 2017, 8:34am UTC](https://discourse.opensourcedesign.net/t/introducing-design-to-engineering-focused-culture-an-building-upon-approach/215 "2017-06-19T08:34:25Z")

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Challenge: I would like to introduce methods of design in a team (design here referring to making decisions about having functions and how they are exposed to the user). Currently, decisions are probably well thoug…

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## [Cost of design versus cost of implementation](https://discourse.opensourcedesign.net/t/cost-of-design-versus-cost-of-implementation/128)

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**Author:** [@simonv3](https://discourse.opensourcedesign.net/u/simonv3)\
**Replies:** 11\
**Last updated:** [May 23, 2017, 11:50pm UTC](https://discourse.opensourcedesign.net/t/cost-of-design-versus-cost-of-implementation/128 "2017-05-23T23:50:53Z")

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In OpenFarm we're facing something that I don't quite know how to deal with, and I would love people's inputs. It might be pretty unique in open source, but I think the effect of it is not. One of the volunteers on ou…

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