Design From The Realm of
Open-Source
Open Source Is the New Sauce - Abati Adewale
Shodipo Ayomide | Open Source Initiative - State of the Source Conference 2020
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I DO OPEN SOURCE
@developerayo
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Developer Advocate and Community Evangelist
unStack Africa
Developers Circles Lagos from Facebook
React.js Lagos Open Source Community Africa
AfricaHacks
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Let’s get cooking
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Designers can’t get less creative, the more you produce
design assets the more creative you get overtime
#experience
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The Problem
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It’s quite hard to find a single
designer who contribute to open-
source efficiently.
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Perception of designers not
needed in open-source, but just
make it work ideology
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The Solution
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Resources: tailored towards
how to contribute to open-source
as a designer.
Thanks to Open Source Design, Open
Source Initiative and others creating
design related content in relation to Open
Source for Designers.
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Getting started with OSS
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Open-Source in a nutshell is a free
software built by the community for
the community with improvements
shared across different technical
talents.
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The Web has been open-
source since `View Page
Source`
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Crappy things
some engineers
say about design.
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Design is an ideology
not a professional
profession.
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if the end product is
quality software, why
can't designers code?
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Start Writing
Documentations for other
designers to see and follow
along
It’s a trend someone has to
start
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Someone didn’t start because
they believed someone else
would, at the end, no one
end’s up starting until a
couple of years later.
@developerayo
Screenshot & Tweet This:
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Some Resources
https://opensource.org/
https://opensourcedesign.net/
https://www.oscafrica.org/
https://itsfoss.com/
https://opensource.facebook.com/
https://opensource.google/
https://opensource.microsoft.com/
https://opensource.twitter.com/
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Thank You
Question?
Ask & Follow me on Twitter and GitHub
@developerayo
Shodipo Ayomide | Open Source Initiative - State of the Source Conference 2020