On Sat, May 19, 2012 at 3:46 PM, Will Hardy <e.willha...@gmail.com> wrote: > Seeing as we have to deal with a stale data issue anyway, I thought I > would throw an idea into the mix. > > I think it'd be nice to have something where the data is a little more > open, allowing anyone to create an index of developers. For example, > each developer who wants to be index sticks a json file somewhere > online with loosely standard information: who they are, whether or not > they are currently available, where they are happy to work, what their > relevant interests are, some experience and links to > github/twitter/etc accounts. > > This way, a developer would need only update the file and the changes > would propagate to whatever index others have built. For employers, it > means the index only contains people clever enough to put a json file > on their website/github/etc :-) > > There are of course no doubt issues with this (verification etc), but > I thought I would mention a worthy goal. At the very least, > people.djangoproject.com could provide a simple API, in effect hosting > such information and letting others build fancy indicies. As someone > who is looking for competent developers, I'd be happy to work on this > if others find it useful.
Hi, Quick update, the data issue has been resolved and we're working on the deployment of the new site. The infrastructure should be ready in a couple of days. If people are interested in playing with new ideas, the code is on github and should contain all the information to get started: https://github.com/brutasse/djangopeople Bruno -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Django developers" group. To post to this group, send email to django-developers@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to django-developers+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/django-developers?hl=en.
