Hi Wayne, once you involve other people then there expectations too meet and ultimately stress.
I'm looking for a 'reference' project, something that can be reimplemented in Scala or Ruby, allows me to set up Hudson and some plugins that seem interesting.... The actual project is a means to an end! R On Tue, Mar 9, 2010 at 5:49 PM, Wayne Fay <[email protected]> wrote: > > The thing about choosing a project based on something I'm interested in > is > > that you won't know if its possible or not, requirements may not be clear > - > > hey I'm a developer not a customer! > > You're going about this the wrong way... YOU should be the customer. > The next time you're doing something and think to yourself, hey I wish > there was an app that would help me do X, you should BUILD IT. And if > you don't have any needs right now, either wait a little bit until > something occurs to you OR ask your significant other/friends if they > have a need, and use that as the base for your work. > > I've scratched plenty of my own (and my wife's) itches in this manner. > In her case, I've built a few things they actually use at her > workplace, mostly to export data out of one app and into the format > required for something else (reporting, another app, etc). They really > appreciate the help and think I'm some kind of super hero as a result > of a few simple data transforms, and it makes her look good too. > > Also, this same topic was discussed in the last 2-3 weeks, so check > the list archives for suggestions from other people. Search for > "photocrop" to find it. ;-) > > Wayne > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "The Java Posse" group. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > [email protected]<javaposse%[email protected]> > . > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/javaposse?hl=en. > > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "The Java Posse" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/javaposse?hl=en.
