-------- Forwarded Message -------- Subject: [Announce] Cartesian Creative partners with Linux Australia Grants Program to improve open source UX Date: Sun, 19 Mar 2017 10:35:27 +1100 From: Linux Australia President <president@linux.org.au> Organization: Linux Australia Dear Colleagues, Cartesian Creative, a Melbourne-based design and software agency, are partnering with Linux Australia, offering up to $4k matched funding on Grants aimed at improving the user experience (UX) of open source software projects. Matched dollar for dollar by Linux Australia, this means that UX improvement projects could receive up to $AUD 8k in funding. Duncan Macneil, Senior UX Analyst at Cartesian Creative was excited at the value the partnership will deliver. "Open Source projects don't often get the luxury of time spent on UX concerns. By co-sponsoring this grant, Cartesian Creative recognise the contribution Free, Libre and Open Source projects make in the tech community, along with the importance of compelling user experiences." Linux Australia President, Kathy Reid, was delighted with the partnership. "User experience is an often undervalued component of software, hardware and digital projects, and time and again in the open source community we see products which are very functional, but barely usable. We're thrilled to be partnering with a company with such strong UX credentials to help improve open source UX. Innovation truly does happen at the intersection of art and science." More information on the Grants Program, including how to apply, is available at: https://linux.org.au/projects/grants <https://linux.org.au/projects/grants> Cartesian Creative is a Melbourne-based consultancy: http://cartesiancreative.com.au With kind regards, Kathy Reid -- Kathy Reid President Linux Australia 0418 130 636 president@linux.org.au http://linux.org.au Linux Australia Inc GPO Box 4788 Sydney NSW 2001 Australia ABN 56 987 117 479