For those of you, not lucky enough to get accepted in Google Summer of Code 2012:
I created a Google+ with objective to help (through summer of 2012) students as well and professional software developers, interested in contributing and learning from big open source projects (LibreOffice, Firefox etc.) Visit : https://plus.google.com/u/0/b/108003659347237968125/ -- Vijay On Fri, Mar 23, 2012 at 9:19 AM, Vijay Patil <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi, > > Some people mistakenly thought I am mentor in Google Summer of Code > (GSoC) 2012. No I am not. > > I am not part of any organization in accepted list for GSoC 2012 > (http://www.google-melange.com/gsoc/accepted_orgs/google/gsoc2012). > BTW, It is a nice list representing best (active and latest > technology) open source projects out there. > > Specifics of Firefox projects are here : > http://www.google-melange.com/gsoc/org/google/gsoc2012/mozilla > > If you are a student interested in participating GSoC 2012, please > visit list of accepted organizations, their projects/ideas/tasks and > prepare nice application and submit to relevant organization. I think > for students it opens on March 26, so hurry up. > > If you need, I offer to help you in preparing a good application, only > if you are interested project of following organization (in accepted > organization). > > + BRL-CAD > + CGAL (Computational Geometry Algorithms) > + Inkscape > + Libreoffice > + Mono Project > + OpenStreetMap > > Please do NOT contact me (because I cannot help) > + if you have never USED above software, or at least given a try. > + if you don't know basics of programming languages required for above > projects (that means c, c++, GTK, Javascript etc.). > > Drop me a mail with your contact no. > > -- > Vijay > > On Tue, Mar 20, 2012 at 8:59 AM, Vijay Patil <[email protected]> > wrote: > > Hello, > > > > Truly inspiring video. > > > > Being C++ programmer, I always wanted to contribute to Firefox, and > > few years back came very close (when I learned XUL and browser > > add-ons), but got busy with other stuff. > > > > In the spirit of Google Summer of code, if anyone reading this (in > > Pune area) interested in contributing to Mozilla Firefox, but not sure > > about how it will happen, please do contact me. I offer following: > > > > + Very good office-like space (in Hinjewadi Phase I) > > + Fast Internet connection and a PC > > + Guidance to get started with contributing source code to Firefox and > > other projects. > > + If you have a laptop, bring it. > > > > We will do a small project around Firefox and some other related open > > source projects. Objective: At the end of 2 months, you should have a > > small but significant contribution accepted in a famous project like > > Firefox. > > > > Who Am I? > > I have 8+ years of software development experience. Passionate about > > open source (Firefox, Libreoffice etc, anything with large C++ code > > base). See > http://randomnodes.blogspot.in/2010/01/mozillian-inspiration.html. > > I maintain few open source projects, prominently : > > http://code.google.com/p/cspsol/ > > > > Contact me now (8793146232) if you want get started contributing to > > open source (free software) revolution and not just be passive > > consumer (a.k.a loser). Ready? > > > > -- > > Vijay > > > > On Tue, Mar 6, 2012 at 9:41 PM, Mayuresh <[email protected]> wrote: > >> http://www.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/10.0.2/firstrun/ > >> > >> (Saw it today. With fast release cycles, don't know if it's old news for > >> many!) > >> > >> Mayuresh. > >> > >> _______________________________________ > >> Pune GNU/Linux Users Group Mailing List > > > > > > > > -- > > Vijay Patil > > > > -- > Vijay Patil > -- Vijay Patil _______________________________________ Pune GNU/Linux Users Group Mailing List
