Jan-Christoph Borchardt | |
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![]() Jan-Christoph Borchardt at
GUADEC 2015 | |
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Nationality | German |
Occupation | open source designer |
Known for | ownCloud, Nextcloud, Terms of Service; Didn't Read |
Website | jancborchardt.net |
Jan-Christoph Borchardt (born 3 May 1989 in Minden, Germany) is a German open source interaction designer. He is primarily known for his work on Open Source Design, Terms of Service; Didn't Read, ownCloud, and now Nextcloud. [1] [2]
In his bachelor thesis "Usability in Free Software" he argues that "For a software to truly be free, people need to be able to easily use it without help". His thesis has the subtitle "Freedom 4: The freedom to use the program effectively, efficiently and satisfactorily", a reference to the four freedoms of free software. [3] [4]
He is a cofounder of Open Source Design, "a community of designers and developers pushing more open design processes and improving the user experience and interface design of open source software". [5] [6] To that effect he has been responsible for the introduction of the “Open Source Design room” in 2015 at FOSDEM as well as FOSSASIA in 2016. [7]
In 2013 he was a lecturer for Design in Open Source Software at the nationally recognised University of Design, Art and Media "Merz Akademie" in Stuttgart, Germany. [8]
Borchardt contributes to several open-source projects and communities. This includes Shotwell (software), [9] Diaspora (social network), [10] elementary OS [11] as well as the Nextcloud and ownCloud projects. [1]
In 2012 he co-founded Terms of Service; Didn't Read, [12] a community project aiming to analyze and grade the terms of service and privacy policies of major internet sites and services. [13] He is co-chair of the W3C Unhosted Web Community Group. [14]
Based on his belief that contributing to open-source is already difficult enough [15] he is also a cofounder of the Stuttgart JS and Tel Aviv JS meetups. As well as several other community events such as AfricaHackTrip. [6]
Since early 2011 he has been the lead designer of ownCloud. [16] [17] As of 2016 after the fork of ownCloud into Nextcloud he is employed by Nextcloud as design lead. [18]
Jan-Christoph Borchardt | |
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![]() Jan-Christoph Borchardt at
GUADEC 2015 | |
Born | |
Nationality | German |
Occupation | open source designer |
Known for | ownCloud, Nextcloud, Terms of Service; Didn't Read |
Website | jancborchardt.net |
Jan-Christoph Borchardt (born 3 May 1989 in Minden, Germany) is a German open source interaction designer. He is primarily known for his work on Open Source Design, Terms of Service; Didn't Read, ownCloud, and now Nextcloud. [1] [2]
In his bachelor thesis "Usability in Free Software" he argues that "For a software to truly be free, people need to be able to easily use it without help". His thesis has the subtitle "Freedom 4: The freedom to use the program effectively, efficiently and satisfactorily", a reference to the four freedoms of free software. [3] [4]
He is a cofounder of Open Source Design, "a community of designers and developers pushing more open design processes and improving the user experience and interface design of open source software". [5] [6] To that effect he has been responsible for the introduction of the “Open Source Design room” in 2015 at FOSDEM as well as FOSSASIA in 2016. [7]
In 2013 he was a lecturer for Design in Open Source Software at the nationally recognised University of Design, Art and Media "Merz Akademie" in Stuttgart, Germany. [8]
Borchardt contributes to several open-source projects and communities. This includes Shotwell (software), [9] Diaspora (social network), [10] elementary OS [11] as well as the Nextcloud and ownCloud projects. [1]
In 2012 he co-founded Terms of Service; Didn't Read, [12] a community project aiming to analyze and grade the terms of service and privacy policies of major internet sites and services. [13] He is co-chair of the W3C Unhosted Web Community Group. [14]
Based on his belief that contributing to open-source is already difficult enough [15] he is also a cofounder of the Stuttgart JS and Tel Aviv JS meetups. As well as several other community events such as AfricaHackTrip. [6]
Since early 2011 he has been the lead designer of ownCloud. [16] [17] As of 2016 after the fork of ownCloud into Nextcloud he is employed by Nextcloud as design lead. [18]