Free-as-in-freedom tools for Designer Dev communication and creation

[grahamperrin]

@simonv3

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Thanks! A thought-provoking round-up/reminder of things that were (maybe still are) scattered across GitHub

I’m reminded of a handful of things, one of which is mentioned in post 2 above – InVision:

InVision (invisionapp.com)

I first heard of InVision on https://softwareengineeringdaily.com/2017/03/28/software-psychology-with-bjorn-freeman-benson/ (transcript at http://softwareengineeringdaily.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/04/SED322-InVision.pdf ) and it sounds great but I wanted to hear more from customers, ideally from the open source perspective. As luck would have it, Richard D. Bartlett from Loomio has already recorded a video in which he demos his use of InVision. Here’s a link to half an hour into his fantastic…

Open source design needs better collaboration tools

From Open source design needs better collaboration tools – Open Source Design (Studio Spring, 2017-03-27): … to improve the user experience of open source software. Because open source software development is distributed, certain critical infrastructure is necessary. I am talking about a way for designers to share and build upon ideas, interact, reach consensus and collaborate with other designers and all the other stakeholders involved in the creation of software. … … dedicated platform …

There’s more, but (sorry) I’ll probably not find time to properly revisit the round-up until December at the earliest. I’m weaving my way …

… through tangles elsewhere at the moment!

Thanks again