Ok, I am up for it. If someone else volunteers, I think its a good idea to split the projects up. Otherwise, may be with a little inspiration I can take it up. As you also indicated that not all projects might be done/ready.
In any case, let me know whats the next step. Thanks, ::akbar On 8/25/05, Luis Villa <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On 8/25/05, Akbar Pasha <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Hi Luis, > > > > This sounds like a very good plan. But I have couple of questions though. > > > > 1. I see about 12 bounties from GNOME as a part of SoC. Does that > > mean, each volunteer (the person who would be crafting the article) > > would get to cover one bounty each? > > My thinking was that one person do them all, so that they are > consistent in tone, content, etc. Note that when I said 'interview' I > meant 'send an email with 3-4 questions'- given that there are so > many, the writeups must be brief so as not to be boring or repetitive. > But I imagine that if they were split 2-3 ways a little bit of editing > could still bring consistency. > > Also, probably worth noting that I believe some of the projects are > not going to be finished- so if Seth or JRB can identify which those > are, perhaps the number will be less than 12. > > > I would like to make an attempt at it, but considering that all these > > projects may require different types of questions (or I guess there > > would be some standard questions) I think its kinda big for one person > > to handle. Also there are some projects/bounties which I am not > > interested in and would do no justice to interview the person. Please > > shed some more light on this. > > Perhaps if someone else volunteers you could each pick six or four? > > > 2. I understand that I need to get to right people on both Gnome > > Journal & SoC side, but are there any restrictions on SoC side that > > the interns are not allowed to divulge? Is GNOME authorized to know > > the status of the project sponsored by Google? I haven't read the FAQ > > on SoC though, but that is the first question that arises in mind. > > The projects are entirely public- some projects have even set up > planets specially for summer of code: > http://gaim.sourceforge.net/summerofcode/planet/ > > > I would like to volunteer for this > > Great! > > > as I think I do have the > > requirements of bugging the hell out of people through emails (just > > kidding!!). > > A very valuable skill- what do you think bugmastering is? :) > > Anyone else interested in splitting these? > > [One other note, just to be clear- the deadline for this to be written > and submitted is Sept. 1st, so it is probably desirable that the > emails to the SoC folks be sent by some time tomorrow or Saturday.] > Luis > > > On 8/25/05, Luis Villa <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > Hey, so... I'm aiming this email mostly at lurkers on the cc'd lists, > > > who might want to find a starting point to jump in and help out. > > > Requirements are confidence to email total strangers, ability to > > > convincingly/politely ask those strangers to help, and good enough > > > english to write up the results. Oh, and enough free time to do all > > > this in the next 7 days. Should be lots of people like that on the > > > list, I hope :) > > > > > > As most of you probably know, Google has funded the 'summer of > > > code'(SoC), where gnome (among other projects) had 10 people sponsored > > > to work on GNOME-related projects for the summer. > > > > > > Their work is nearly ready to wrap up, they and their work have not > > > really been sufficiently publicized, and the next gnome-journal is > > > nearly ready to publish. A match made in heaven. :) > > > > > > The basic idea here would be to do an overview of the successful SoC > > > projects- describe the projects briefly, interview the authors > > > briefly, ask what they found most fun, most challenging, how > > > successful they feel they were in meeting their initial project goals, > > > etc. Should be pretty easy- same basic questions and format for each > > > hacker and piece, just need to track them down and ask the questions > > > :) > > > > > > There is a list of the people and projects here: > > > http://live.gnome.org/SummerOfCode > > > > > > Please email the marketing list if you plan on tackling this, so > > > someone can help give you pointers to the right people on both sides > > > (gnome-journal and SoC) and so we don't get a half-dozen people all > > > emailing the SoC kids. > > > > > > Really hope someone can take this idea up and get us a kick-ass > > > article for the next gnome-journal- would be great for the journal, a > > > nice note for the hackers to end their summers on, and good for gnome > > > to write up and publicize these things. > > > > > > Luis > > > _______________________________________________ > > > gnome-love mailing list > > > [email protected] > > > http://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/gnome-love > > > > > > -- marketing-list mailing list [email protected] http://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/marketing-list
