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<p>Dear Colleagues, <br>
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<p>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. <br>
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<p>Duncan Macneil, Senior UX Analyst at Cartesian Creative was
excited at the value the partnership will deliver. <br>
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<p>"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."</p>
<p>Linux Australia President, Kathy Reid, was delighted with the
partnership. <br>
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<p>"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."<br>
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<p>More information on the Grants Program, including how to apply,
is available at: <br>
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<a class="m_3450149878352211367moz-txt-link-freetext"
href="https://linux.org.au/projects/grants" target="_blank">https://linux.org.au/projects/<wbr>grants</a><br>
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Cartesian Creative is a Melbourne-based consultancy: <br>
<br>
<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://cartesiancreative.com.au">http://cartesiancreative.com.au</a> <br>
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With kind regards, <br>
Kathy Reid<br>
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Kathy Reid
President
Linux Australia
0418 130 636
<a class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated" href="mailto:president@linux.org.au">president@linux.org.au</a>
<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://linux.org.au">http://linux.org.au</a>
Linux Australia Inc
GPO Box 4788
Sydney NSW 2001
Australia
ABN 56 987 117 479 </pre>
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