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Celeste Lyn Paul is an interaction designer, researcher, and open source contributer.

I am currently employed by User-Centered Design, Inc., a small human factors engineering and design firm in Ashburn, Virginia. I also lead the KDE Usability Project, am a mentor for the OpenUsability Season of Usability, and am involved in Kubuntu Linux (a part of Ubuntu).

Read more about my design adventures in open source software on my blog.

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Recent Publications

  • Paul, C.L. (to appear). A Survey of Usability Practices in Free/Libre/Open Source Software. To appear in the proceedings of Open Source Systems 2009.
  • Paul, C.L. (2008). A Modified Delphi Approach to a New Card Sorting Methodology. UPA Journal of Usability Studies, 4(1). 7-30. (PDF 355KB).