Celeste Lyn Paul (seele(at)obso1337(dot)org)
M.S. Interaction Design & Information Architecture, University of Baltimore
B.A. Multimedia, Duquesne University
Personal weblog: The adventures of Human-Computer Interaction in Open Source Software
Sample work:
Expert Review of KNetworkManager 0.7 (PDF 867KB), July 20 2008
Preliminary Results of Modified-Delphi Interviews to Discover Plasma User Types (PDF 16KB), April 10 2008
Paul, C.L. (2008). Usability in Open Source Software. The UPA Voice, 10(1).
KDE for Windows Installer Expert Review (PDF 885KB), January 2008
Google Summer of Code/WordPress Contextual Help Source Code (Gzip Archive 26.3KB), August 20 2007
Usability Testing of the Kubuntu Installation Process (PDF 1.4MB), June 2007
GeeXBox Season of Usability Project, November 2006 - June 2007
Muehlig, J. and Paul, Celeste. (2006). OpenUsability.org -- Usability and Open Source Software. British HCI Group Interfaces Magazine, 66, 18-21. (PDF 142KB), Spring 2006
The KDE Usability Project: Open Usability for an Open Community presented at World Usability Day in Washington, D.C. (PDF 1MB), November 3 2005
Research-based Alternatives to the KMenu presented at aKademy 2005 in Málaga, Spain (PDF 2MB), September 2 2005
KBruch Usability Review and Interface Recommendations, October 22 2005
Usability Review of KHangMan (PDF 87KB), August 19 2004
Google Summer of Code/WordPress Contextual Help Source Code (Gzip Archive 26.3KB), August 20 2007
Information Architecture Proposal for the Center for Plain Language (PDF 240KB), May 10 2006
GotPlans.info Usability Review, November 7 2005
Linking To Files On FEMA.gov, June 1 2005
Paul, C.L. (2008). A Practitioner's Guide to the Modified-Delphi Card Sort. To appear in the proceedings of UPA 2008 Annual Conference. Preprint (PDF 51KB), June 2008
Paul, C.L. (Under Review). A Modified Delphi Approach to a New Card Sorting Methodology.
Paul, C.L. (2008). Usability in Open Source Software. The UPA Voice, 10(1).
Paul, C.L. (2007). A Modified Delphi Approach to a New Card Sorting Methodology. Graduate thesis. University of Baltimore. (PDF 696KB), July 2007
Paul, C.L. (2007). Investigation of Applying the Delphi Method to a New Card Sorting Technique. Response to the 2006 Information Architecture Institute Process Grant. June 2007.
Decentralized, Non-proprietary Knowledge Production (PDF 46KB), October 19 2006
A Critique of Mackenzie's Analysis of Keyboard and Mouse Workload Biases (PDF 78KB), October 18, 2006
Gestalt Considerations in Search Box Location and Design (PDF 73KB), October 4 2006
The Effects of Lower-literacy on Mental Models to Support Website Navigation (PDF 77KB, September 23 2006
How Indexes Support Good Information Scent (PDF 69KB), September 20 2006
Reflections on information structures -- mental effort and task appropriateness (PDF 74KB), September 6 2006
Study of Desktop Start Menu System Usability (PDF 632KB), August 28 2006
Information Breakdowns in Usability Engineering (PDF 148KB), August 25 2006
Muehlig, J. and Paul, C. (2006). OpenUsability.org -- Usability and Open Source Software. British HCI Group Interfaces Magazine, 66, 18-21. (PDF 142KB), Spring 2006
A Practitioner's Guide to the Modified-Delphi Card Sort presented at UPA Annual Conference 2008, June 2008
A Quick and Dirty Introduction to User Centered Design in Open Source Development presented at SCALE 2008 (PDF 2.5MB), February 9 2008
Modified-Delphi Card Sorting presented at the DC Chapter UPA Meeting (PDF 371KB), May 24 2007
An Introduction to Delphi Card Sorting presented at IASummit 2007 in Las Vegas, Nevada (PDF 518KB), March 25 2007
Usability in Open Source Development presented at SCALE 2007 Women in Open Source Mini-conf in Los Angeles, CA (PDF 430KB), February 9 2007
Wikipedia Usability presented at WikiMania Hacking Days, Boston, MA (PDF 170KB), August 2 2006
The KDE Usability Project: Open Usability for an Open Community presented at World Usability Day in Washington, D.C. (PDF 1MB), November 3 2005
Research-based Alternatives to the KMenu presented at aKademy 2005 in Málaga, Spain (PDF 2MB), September 2 2005
LinuxWorld: SCaLE 6x: Interview with Celeste Lyn Paul, February 10 2008
UXpod: Open Source Usability, and the Modified Delphi Card Sorting Method - and Interview with Celeste Lyn Paul (MP3 8.84MB), December 12 2007
People Behind KDE: Celeste Lyn Paul, August 30 2006
KDE://radio Celeste Paul: Usability (OGG 9.2MB), July 6 2006