Celeste Lyn Paul
Encyclopedia
Celeste Lyn Paul is an expert in interface design and usability. She is a contributor to KDE
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. She has led the KDE Usability Project since 2005. Since 2009, she has also been a member of KDE e.V.
board of directors. Additionally, she held a seat on the Kubuntu
Council from May 2008 to May 2010. She has also won Best Non-Application of Akademy
Awards 2009 because her usability work.
KDE
KDE is an international free software community producing an integrated set of cross-platform applications designed to run on Linux, FreeBSD, Microsoft Windows, Solaris and Mac OS X systems...
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School
Celeste awarded B.A. in Multimedia at Duquesne University in 2003, and awarded M.S. in Interaction Design & Information Architecture at University of Baltimore in 2007. Currently, she is working on a PhD in Human-Centered Computing at University of Maryland Baltimore County.Free software
Celeste participates in the KDE Usability Project since 2004, and designs KDE Human interface guidelinesHuman Interface Guidelines
Human interface guidelines are software development documents which offer application developers a set of recommendations. Their aim is to improve the experience for the users by making application interfaces more intuitive, learnable, and consistent. Most guides limit themselves to defining a...
. She has led the KDE Usability Project since 2005. Since 2009, she has also been a member of KDE e.V.
KDE e.V.
KDE e.V. is a registered non-profit organization that represents the KDE community in the legal and financial entities. The association supports KDE’s work in cash, hardware, and other donations, and then the use of donations to help the KDE development, but not influence on development. “e.V.”...
board of directors. Additionally, she held a seat on the Kubuntu
Kubuntu
Kubuntu is an official derivative of the Ubuntu operating system using the KDE Plasma Desktop instead of the Unity graphical environment. It is part of the Ubuntu project and uses the same underlying system. It is possible to install both the KDE Plasma Desktop as well as the Unity desktop on...
Council from May 2008 to May 2010. She has also won Best Non-Application of Akademy
AKademy
Akademy is an annual contributors and users conference of the KDE community. Akademy is held at varying venues in Europe....
Awards 2009 because her usability work.