Hey Colten, Nice to have you on board :) I've been too busy to follow recent freenet developments, but I'd like to give some advice.
The writings on the website are somewhat idealistic; freenet itself has a lot of improvements to be made in that direction. Related to this, there are two things to keep in mind: - Don't get too idealistic and out-of-touch with reality; always make sure you understand the limitations of current existing resources. - On the other hand, don't let the (potentially massive) reality-ideal gap demotivate you from your work. Right now the project is fairly disorganised, with regards to infrastructure and documentation. The academic literature around this topic is also quite sparse and disorganised. If you're not very experienced with software design, or open source project co-ordination, you should probably start off experimenting with smaller personal "pet projects". Personally, I'm quite idealistic, and on occasion this has led me to bite off more than I can chew. This can be very frustrating, so I'm giving a heads-up about it. Lastly, you should definitely think about applying for Google Summer of Code with us next year - you can read more about it on our new-wiki, as well as google's web pages. Hope this was useful, Ximin On 07/12/10 17:16, Colten Jackson wrote: > I'm a college student, twenty years old, and this past year I've changed my > entire career path in large part because of Freenet, among other > inspirations. I changed schools and majors from jazz theory at an arts > school to mathematics and programming. > > I have a passion for improving the internet in the interest of living in a > better world, an extreme distaste for advertisements, and enthusiasm for > really any subject I can find someone to talk to about. > > I've only just started my education - having taken a semester in .NET > programming, I'm making myself comfortable using linux and vi and any dev > tools I can play with. So though I don't have a lot of skills to offer right > away, I fully intend to grow with the development of Freenet and learn along > the way, contributing anything I can. > > Mostly, I appreciate the opportunity to collaborate with people who are > working on what I see as the frontier of electronic communication. > > I look forward to working with all of you, > > > > > _______________________________________________ > Devl mailing list > Devl at freenetproject.org > http://freenetproject.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/devl -- GPG: 4096R/5FBBDBCE
