Some Thoughts on Community Bonding
LH
I posted a bit more about the community bonding period here:
http://googlesummerofcode.blogspot.com/2007/04/so-what-is-this-community-bonding-all.html
Students, if you haven't heard from your mentor, let us know. You
should also know that engaging with your community at this time is
critical. If you disappear or are unresponsive between now and May
28th, your organization may decide that they're not confident in your
ability to execute on your project during the summer and they're free
to drop you if such is the case.
Then again, you're all no doubt happily lurking in IRC already. ;)
I'd love to hear from folks what folks are doing to encourage their
students to participate in their communities during this time.
Students, if your organization is doing something you feel is
particularly cool, I'd love to hear from you, too!
Cheers,
LH
Gail
> Students, if your organization is doing something you feel is
> particularly cool, I'd love to hear from you, too!
I'm planning on attending Libre Graphics Meeting [http://
www.libregraphicsmeeting.org/] in Montreal. Figured since I live in
Ottawa, I have no excuse not to attend! Will be very nice to meet some
of the Inkscape folks in person.
Gail
brahmana
On Apr 19, 6:40 am, LH <lho...@gmail.com> wrote:
> Hello everyone,
>
> I posted a bit more about the community bonding period here:http://googlesummerofcode.blogspot.com/2007/04/so-what-is-this-commun...
>
> Students, if you haven't heard from your mentor, let us know. You
> should also know that engaging with your community at this time is
> critical. If you disappear or are unresponsive between now and May
> 28th, your organization may decide that they're not confident in your
> ability to execute on your project during the summer and they're free
> to drop you if such is the case.
>
> Then again, you're all no doubt happily lurking in IRC already. ;)
>
> I'd love to hear from folks what folks are doing to encourage their
> students to participate in their communities during this time.
>
> Students, if your organization is doing something you feel is
> particularly cool, I'd love to hear from you, too!
>
Hello,
I am with the Mozilla Foundation this summer and the folks there are
really awesome. Its simply fun to be there. I am getting a lot of help
and support there. My mentor doesn't just tell me technical stuff but
also about the culture and different ways followed there. He
introduced to me a social channel on our irc server and its a good
experience to hang out there and talk about various things with all
those core developers there(We have some good comedy time also). The
community as a whole is really cool and I am happy to be there.
> Cheers,
> LH
Regards
Brahmana
Leslie Hawthorn
> Students, if your organization is doing something you feel is
> particularly cool, I'd love to hear from you, too!
>
Hello,
I am with the Mozilla Foundation this summer and the folks there are
really awesome. Its simply fun to be there. I am getting a lot of help
and support there. My mentor doesn't just tell me technical stuff but
also about the culture and different ways followed there. He
introduced to me a social channel on our irc server and its a good
experience to hang out there and talk about various things with all
those core developers there(We have some good comedy time also). The
community as a whole is really cool and I am happy to be there.
Glad to hear it!
Anyone else want to chime in?
Cheers,
LH
Rakesh Pandit
> Anyone else want to chime in?
I am with GNU Project and working on knowledge import/export. I was
already involved in development of GNOWSYS on which my proposal has
been accepted. So, I have already started working in the direction.
I have had a wonderful experience for past few weeks(busy
with exams for some time though). The community (here as well as my
organisation) simply rock and have always been up , ready and helping
in all respect. There are some assignments given to me by my mentor
that are really new and challenging. My mentor is really cool and we
have been interacting since day one, when I submitted my proposal.
Everyday, I am learning something new.
There seems to be more fun when you have some challenge where
you try different things, if they fail then you backtrack and if they
pass then you move to next step. I have enjoyed every moment till now.
Let's get set and go guys and make this summer special!!
--
Regards
Rakesh
Leslie Hawthorn
This is great to hear, and thanks for your infectious enthusiasm!
I'd love to hear from other folks who'd like to share.
Cheers,
LH
Damitha Fernando
> I am with the Mozilla Foundation this summer and the folks there are
> really awesome. Its simply fun to be there. I am getting a lot of help
> and support there.
>
Hey,
Well, Brahmana said it. Although i'm really new to working in open
source communities Mozilla simply ROCK!
So I'm really happy that I fell into the company of mozilla and most
probably will continue to work there even after soc 2007 finishes. (I
hope its the same with all of you :) )
Regards,
Damitha
(disclaimer : this doesn't say in anyway that the other organizations
aren't cool ;) )
Leslie Hawthorn
Hey,
Well, Brahmana said it. Although i'm really new to working in open
source communities Mozilla simply ROCK!
So I'm really happy that I fell into the company of mozilla and most
probably will continue to work there even after soc 2007 finishes. (I
hope its the same with all of you :) )
Regards,
Damitha
(disclaimer : this doesn't say in anyway that the other organizations
aren't cool ;) )
Awesome - always good to hear from new comers to open source who are doing well!
Anyone else have something to add?
Cheers,
LH
Marcus D. Hanwell
Hi Damitha,
On 5/5/07, Damitha Fernando < domm...@gmail.com> wrote:Well, Brahmana said it. Although i'm really new to working in open
source communities Mozilla simply ROCK!
So I'm really happy that I fell into the company of mozilla and most
probably will continue to work there even after soc 2007 finishes. (I
hope its the same with all of you :) )
Awesome - always good to hear from new comers to open source who are doing well!
Anyone else have something to add?
I just wanted to add that I am really pleased to be taking part in the Google Summer of Code. This is the last year I will be a student and I found what I think is the absolute perfect summer project combining my love of open source software, KDE, C++, Qt, some cool OpenGL visualisation and being part of the team creating what I think will be one of the best 3D molecular editors available.
I can't thank you guys enough for giving me the opportunity to work on this project full time over the summer. I have contributed to open source for several years and am already a Gentoo developer. I have been wanting to get more involved in the actual coding work for years, and had been doing some coding as part of my PhD research.
The KDE community has been really friendly and I am really looking forward to the summer. This is a great programme and I hope everyone taking part takes full advantage of the opportunities offered to them. A big thanks to Google from me for creating such a unique programme and accepting my application :) I fully intend to continue contributing beyond the summer.
Thanks,
Marcus
Leslie Hawthorn
I just wanted to add that I am really pleased to be taking part in the Google Summer of Code. This is the last year I will be a student and I found what I think is the absolute perfect summer project combining my love of open source software, KDE, C++, Qt, some cool OpenGL visualisation and being part of the team creating what I think will be one of the best 3D molecular editors available.
I can't thank you guys enough for giving me the opportunity to work on this project full time over the summer. I have contributed to open source for several years and am already a Gentoo developer. I have been wanting to get more involved in the actual coding work for years, and had been doing some coding as part of my PhD research.
The KDE community has been really friendly and I am really looking forward to the summer. This is a great programme and I hope everyone taking part takes full advantage of the opportunities offered to them. A big thanks to Google from me for creating such a unique programme and accepting my application :) I fully intend to continue contributing beyond the summer.
Great post - thanks for sharing your thoughts with us.
Anyone else want to chime in?
LH
--
Leslie Hawthorn
Open Source Program Office
Google Inc.
Will Thompson
You
should also know that engaging with your community at this time is
critical. If you disappear or are unresponsive between now and May
28th, your organization may decide that they're not confident in your
ability to execute on your project during the summer and they're free
to drop you if such is the case.
Course, some of us have exams starting on May 28th, and wrote disappearing for a few months into our schedules. ;-)
Then again, you're all no doubt happily lurking in IRC already. ;)
#pidgin on Freenode provides all kinds of interesting reading material, as always!
-wjt
Darmawan Salihun
> Anyone else want to chime in?
It's been a long time I want to join the LinuxBIOS community.
Nevertheless, I still don't have enough coding and firmware-level skills
back then. Surprisingly, just when I thought I need to start being
involved in LinuxBIOS (after 4+ years tinkering with closed-source BIOS
binaries reverse engineering), GSoC starts and my proposal accepted.
What a coincidence!
The folks there are very responsive and I can assure they are really the
folks I want to collaborate with. Maybe I'm not yet in their level in
terms of coding skill and software engineering practices because my
background is not Computer Science. But hey, they are very helpful and
often give insights about how to implement "coding best practices" from
the software engineering point of view. I really thankful about it.
Surely, my intention to be involved in the LinuxBIOS community is far
beyond just this summer. I've been working with BIOS for 4+ years now,
it's just too fun and exciting to left the field. Moreover, I have quite
a lot of ideas that won't be able to be realized in just one summer.
Vendor support is also just getting better every single day. Some
technical people from them are very active in the community. AMD in
particular ;-).
Cheers,
Darmawan
Leslie Hawthorn
Leslie Hawthorn wrote:
> Anyone else want to chime in?
Hi Leslie,
It's been a long time I want to join the LinuxBIOS community.
Nevertheless, I still don't have enough coding and firmware-level skills
back then. Surprisingly, just when I thought I need to start being
involved in LinuxBIOS (after 4+ years tinkering with closed-source BIOS
binaries reverse engineering), GSoC starts and my proposal accepted.
What a coincidence!
Very, very cool! :)
The folks there are very responsive and I can assure they are really the
folks I want to collaborate with. Maybe I'm not yet in their level in
terms of coding skill and software engineering practices because my
background is not Computer Science. But hey, they are very helpful and
often give insights about how to implement "coding best practices" from
the software engineering point of view. I really thankful about it.
Surely, my intention to be involved in the LinuxBIOS community is far
beyond just this summer. I've been working with BIOS for 4+ years now,
it's just too fun and exciting to left the field. Moreover, I have quite
a lot of ideas that won't be able to be realized in just one summer.
Vendor support is also just getting better every single day. Some
technical people from them are very active in the community. AMD in
particular ;-).
Great news!
Anyone else have thoughts to share? How are your mentors helping you get involved with your community?
Cheers,
LH
Richard Knutsson
> Leslie,
>
> On 19/04/07, *LH* <lho...@gmail.com <mailto:lho...@gmail.com> > wrote:
>
> You
> should also know that engaging with your community at this time is
> critical. If you disappear or are unresponsive between now and May
> 28th, your organization may decide that they're not confident in your
> ability to execute on your project during the summer and they're free
> to drop you if such is the case.
>
>
> Course, some of us have exams starting on May 28th, and wrote
> disappearing for a few months into our schedules. ;-)
Richard Knutsson
