This whole discussion just makes me as a designer want to go and help some project.
As a developer, I've already helped a few opensource projects.
What's missing? A centralized location for designers to meet developers. github is unfortunately designer-unfriendly. It's developer oriented, and code-centric. Fixing github into having a design aspect will surely repair this.
I once tried to help out interpals.net. The usability of the site is non-existent, and the visual elements look like they were made by a four-year-old. Thus, I've come up with sketches and UI elements and gave it to the founder. He was amazed and seemed eager to work with me. At the end wanted someone more experienced. By that, he meant someone who can code, not only design. He wanted a developer. At the time I wasn't one.
Beggars can't be choosers. His site continues to be dead-ugly.
I really want to help anything because I need to exercise design as much as coding.
As a developer, I've already helped a few opensource projects.
What's missing? A centralized location for designers to meet developers. github is unfortunately designer-unfriendly. It's developer oriented, and code-centric. Fixing github into having a design aspect will surely repair this.
I once tried to help out interpals.net. The usability of the site is non-existent, and the visual elements look like they were made by a four-year-old. Thus, I've come up with sketches and UI elements and gave it to the founder. He was amazed and seemed eager to work with me. At the end wanted someone more experienced. By that, he meant someone who can code, not only design. He wanted a developer. At the time I wasn't one.
Beggars can't be choosers. His site continues to be dead-ugly.
I really want to help anything because I need to exercise design as much as coding.