On Sun, May 11, 2008 at 10:02 AM, Jan Alonzo <jan.lists@???> wrote:
> (1) How about having existing contributors mentor wannabe contributors?
> Organize a codefest or some workshop and invite/encourage people (especially
> students) who are willing to learn and contribute to FOSS. And oh, join
> Google SOC.
I like this idea! Although it's going to be difficult putting
everyone involved together physically, I think this is very much
possible if we collaborate online (as is usually the case in FOSS. :)
Maybe we can set some time to check out projects that aspiring
contributors are interested in, and work these out via email or IRC.
> (2) Think BIG and OWN your contributions and make sure it is something that
> most people really need or want.
Actually, a lot of FOSS projects started out the opposite: as
something to scratch a hacker's itch with. It ranges from being easy
to difficult to see how an individual project could be useful to
others, and sometimes it takes quite a while before someone makes use
of your project in unanticipated ways.
> (3) Find a really obscure hardware and make drivers for it. Or for those
> 30ish people <wink><wink>, plug your hacked vacuum tube and see what you can
> do with it.
Yes, hack some vacuum tube and scrap metal, and build a miniature arc
reactor FTW!
Cheers,
Zakame
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