MEETING-DATE:December 16, 2009
MEETING-LOCATION:DC 1331
MEETING-TIME:1:30
MEETING-CHAIR:Gabriel Esteves
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FORTH-DATE1:January 6, 2010
FORTH-DATE2:January 13, 2010
FORTH-DATE3:January 20, 2010
FORTH-DATE4:January 27, 2010
FORTH-LOCATION1:DC 1304 1:30
FORTH-LOCATION2:DC 1304 1:30
FORTH-LOCATION3:DC 1304 1:30
FORTH-LOCATION4:DC 1304 1:30
FORTH-CHAIR1:Eugene Greene
FORTH-CHAIR2:Elodie Fourquet
FORTH-CHAIR3:Marshall Hahn
FORTH-CHAIR4:Craig Kaplan
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FORTH-TP1:Cherry Zhang
FORTH-TP2:Gabriel Esteves
FORTH-TP3:Elodie Fourquet
FORTH-TP4:Eugene Greene
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TPNAME:Mike Terry
TPTITLE:Usability in the Free/Open Source Software Community
TPABSTRACT:In the past 10 years, the free/open source software (FOSS) community has demonstrated effective new ways to develop software. However, it is just beginning to develop practices to address usability needs. In this talk, I describe results from an interview study of 27 individuals, from 11 different projects, that examined how FOSS developers think about, act on, and are motivated by usability issues. Our results show that FOSS developers possess rather sophisticated notions of software usability, similar to those found in HCI textbooks. Results also reveal that the primary motivator for attending to usability is the high quality, positive feedback received from respected end-users during development, rather than the desire to increase the software?s user base, as is commonly perceived. Finally, I describe some of the unique ways we found FOSS developers attend to usability issues, including the use of "reference users," or users close to the project who provide continual feedback on emerging designs. <nl>Collectively, these findings suggest a need to reconceptualize HCI methods to better integrate with the distinct reward structure and work practices of FOSS development.<nl>
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SEMINARS:<dl><dt>Ashif Harji PhD Thesis Presentation: <em>Non-blocking versus Blocking Sendfile</em></dt><nl><dd>1:00 p.m.; DC2314</dd><nl><dt>Karim Ali Master's Thesis Presentation: <em>Algorizmi: An Open-source Configurable Virtual Testbed for<nl>Intrusion Detection System Evaluation</em></dt><dd>Mon Dec 21st 9:00 a.m.; DC 1331</dd><nl>