Eriol Fox
They/them 🏳️🌈 🌻
Human-rights centred designer
erioldoesdesign.github.io
D&D 🎲
Open Source Design
@opensrcdesign
- Writing a big document with examples of potential sensitive data types and you gotta stick in some easter eggs for the anime lovers in there right? I was gonna add 'race/ethnicity' as sensitive data type, which is true but for Vash I wouldn't have felt correct not writing 'plant' in that category.
- The wrap up article for FOSS Backstage is out! Check out opensourcedesign.net/design/open/... for the full wrap up and some thoughts from myself on the current state of open source and design. #opensource #oss #opensourcedesign #designersinfoss #foss #floss #usercentereddesign #design
- Please come and join me and other fantastically inspirational femme folk on talking about driving innovation in open source! please do share widely! ACM-W Celebrating Technology Leaders series Women Driving Innovation in Open Source 📅 May 14, 2025 | 🕛 12:00 PM PT www.linkedin.com/posts/eriolf...
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View full threadWhether you’re just curious or deeply involved in open source, this session will be packed with insight, inspiration, and practical tips. 👉 Register here: bit.ly/44oNxhh Catch past episodes: bit.ly/4iTMZDE #OpenSource #WomenInTech #ACMWomen #TechCareers #CTLWebinar
- Apols everyone! due to unforeseen circumstance the webinar later today was cancelled and will be rescheduled soon!
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- I'm not sure if it'll be available online but everything that was talked about tonight will be public already if not very soon is my understanding
- Design tooling not just for the elite and those that have the means.
- Design tokens! Woohoo!
- Working on my submission! highly recommend folks apply!
- Back in March I helped out during the sustainoss.org summit by facilitating a session about mentoring and planning for succession in open source software projects. Find the summarised thoughts from our discussion over on github github.com/sustainers/m... #mentoring #sustainoss #oss #opensource
- The more and more I detach myself from being a pleasant and palatable 'femme' person the more risky it feels to exist. youtu.be/n3U20CRp_4k?...
- if you wanna see me being a degenerate lesbian (again) online you can watch that. www.youtube.com/watch?v=H8vN...
- Today i have the most DnD brain rot. Our character's are going to homecoming next game and also there are gonna be so many JUICY RP scenes to witness from my fellow players and I'm planning my character's outfit for their semester final exam battle. TTRPG brain go brrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr
- Current affirmation on repeat in my brain: I am an OSS maintainer. I don't do what most typical OSS maintainers do but i am a good maintainer and I belong in maintainer spaces.
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- 🥹🥹🥹🥹🥹 thank you~~~~~
- With host Bushra Anjum, Ph.D., our panelists Eriol Fox, Rizel Scarlett, Mary Grygleski, and Carlisia P. Campos will explore: 🔹 How they found their path in open source 🔹 Advice for newcomers and contributors 🔹 Building inclusive and sustainable OSS communities
- To elaborate a little more about the opendesign.guide #opensource #oss #opensourcedesign #designersinfoss #foss #floss #usercentereddesign #design
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View full threadThis allowed the designers involved in editing and critiquing the content to not feel like we're hurting any authors feelings and we could be ruthless in deciding what was good, what needed work and what needed removing.
- What resulted was a series of online 'reading clubs' where we read a chapter, discussed the content and edited it through pull request changes. Check out the guide here: opendesign.guide Send a pull request to change or add to the content here: github.com/GBKS/opendes...
- The initial chapter content was generated by AI - this wasn't because we though AI was the best writer on the topic of designing in and for open source, but was more about detaching any individual designer-author from the first draft of the source-material.
- Back in early march I was lucky enough to share the #fossbackstage stage with Christoph (github.com/GBKS) of bitcoin.design to speak about contributing to the opendesign.guide #opensource #oss #opensourcedesign #designersinfoss #foss #floss #usercentereddesign #design
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View full threadTalk blurb: Designers often have a hard time seeing open-source as a place they might be comfortable in. So we are building a guide to make these journeys easier.
- It starts with a basic introduction to open-source, the role of design, how to get started, up to more advanced topics. The ambition is that the guide can be used for solo learning, group learning, and educational environments. It's a 100% open-source project, fully built in public.
- I've personally created resources through my many OSS roles to help designers new to OSS get involved but the opendesign.guide evolved that work into something co-created and community owned. Watch our talk here: bit.ly/FOSSBKST25
- Continuing the FOSDEM 2025 Open Source Design posts here's a couple of wonderful and kind comments we had from folks that came to the Open Source Design Devroom in 2025.
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View full threadOf course we did have some other comments like wanting better accessibility options for those with hearing and sight impairments. We're looking into what we might be able to do ahead of FOSDEM 2026 to be more inclusive.
- See the talks on the FOSDEM hosted video's here: fosdem.org/2025/schedul... and read the wrap up article here: bit.ly/osd-fosdem25 #opensource #oss #opensourcedesign #designersinfoss #foss #floss #usercentereddesign #design
- "I've been coming to FOSDEM for 10 years and the open source design devroom is the best room" "I'm looking to change from software development to UX design and I didn't think it was possible until after this Dev room"
- "The open source design devroom is one of the most accessible devrooms in terms of topic. I might not understand design in the same way as designers but I can always understand and appreciate the topics in the room"
- Monday's is cyberpunk red ttrpg day and we successfully DIDN'T start shooting our targeted and did some very preem acting.
- Back posting stuff on my instagram! been writing a few articles for @opensourcedesign.bsky.social over the last few months and trying to kick-myself back into being more present and active while also doing as many useful contributions as possible! www.instagram.com/p/DJRYPKBojDF/
- Having a great time playing my freshly divorced drow/aasimar stars druid in high level DnD at level 17. Look at that insight. wild.
- ok we're fighting Zariel. whatever. cool cool.
- Love this @chadwhitacre.com openpath.quest got me in the feels.
- Community support and solidarity is so wonderful i'm worried it'll soften my resilience hardened heart.
- My favourite time of the year. The sun is shining, birds are singing, flowers are in bloom. And perhaps most importantly: butter is spreadable at room temperature
- It's also acceptable to eat ice cream at any point in the day! a joyous time of the year
- Rediscovering after a period of somewhat forced hibernation and/or complexity around my 'persona' and realising that what really gets my energy up is having open and honest conversations about the nature of OSS and it's future and sustainability.
- Having these conversations honestly without the context switching, the pressures of interpreting or 'divining' a strategy or caution around what I can and can't say has helped me re-discover why I first cared about OSS.
- I feel like I'm slowly reclaiming an identity that got lost in the deep dark woods of expectation, leads, 'presentation' and unclear intentions. I don't think i'm out of the woods yet. But i'm making my way there.
- it's why i put lol :)))) :3 :D or no worries! No PROBLEM ok!!! after any message or maybe i just don't message
- Quick #oss #design #ossdesign poll Do open source design tools that aim to 'empower' developers in the design processes give you the confidence that those tools are not angling to replace human designers with automated and software based design assertions?
- Are designers feeling threatened? How are designers adapting to tooling and openness? Thoughts on whether enough support is being given to designers generally in the software product space regardless of OSS intention or not?
- Why Software Devs Keep Burning Out youtu.be/XW-02QiiHDM?... I really enjoy Dr. K's videos and work
- Inside Eriol voice: Eriol, i need you to lock the fuck in. Other Inside Eriol voice: *whispers*...No :)
- One of my new DnD players sent me the most well-laid out and readable character dossiers. 😍
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- Yessssss!
- Love watching some lovely buddies talk about dragons and also draw some amazing dragons too! www.youtube.com/watch?v=iLUK...
