Re: [Sugar-devel] Google Summer Of Code

2024-03-31 Thread Walter Bender
I echo Quozl's remark. Is this a Sugar or Sugarizer project. Also, I don't understand what you are planning to do with Project Gutenberg. Maybe a high-level block diagram of your design would help. On Sun, Mar 31, 2024 at 12:55 AM Sanjay Srikanth wrote: > Hello, this is Sanjay Srikanth and I

Re: [Sugar-devel] Google Summer Of Code

2024-03-31 Thread James Cameron
Hello, Perhaps in your document the word Sugarizer should be Sugar? On Sun, Mar 31, 2024 at 10:24:40AM +0530, Sanjay Srikanth wrote: > Hello, this is Sanjay Srikanth and I have made my project proposal for the > following problem statement: Add an AI chatbot to the Chat Activity. > > Here is

Re: [Sugar-devel] Google Summer Of Code 2018

2018-05-05 Thread divyanshu rawat
Hi, Thanks, Utkarsh for letting me know. I will remember to do it next time, ‌Best Divyanshu On Sat, May 5, 2018 at 7:02 AM, Utkarsh Tiwari wrote: > Hi, > > Thanks for the update Divyanshu. From next time please mention the date as > well so as to avoid confusion for

Re: [Sugar-devel] Google Summer Of Code 2018

2018-05-04 Thread Utkarsh Tiwari
Hi, Thanks for the update Divyanshu. From next time please mention the date as well so as to avoid confusion for people from different time zones. Regards, Utkarsh Tiwari On Sat, May 5, 2018, 12:26 AM divyanshu rawat wrote: > So, I Shivank and Anmol will be having

Re: [Sugar-devel] Google Summer Of Code 2018

2018-05-04 Thread divyanshu rawat
So, I Shivank and Anmol will be having our gsoc meeting for project port to python 3 at 4:00 P.M IST tomorrow. The meeting will take place at #sugar-meeting All community members are invited to join as well. Best Divyanshu On Fri, 27 Apr 2018 at 10:13 PM, Anmol Mishra

[Sugar-devel] Google Summer of Code 2018

2018-01-13 Thread Walter Bender
We are still in the midst of wrapping up Google Code in -- almost 1200 students participating -- but we need to get moving quickly on Google Summer of Code, as the application period closes on 23 January. I've finished the boilerplate portion of the application and Devin Ulibarri has agreed to be

Re: [Sugar-devel] Google Summer of Code Mentor Summit '17 Recap

2017-10-20 Thread Samson Goddy
Hello all, It was indeed an interesting summit. Not just because it was my first time in America, but i was able to meet with Michael and Cristina. Both of them was awesome, we all supported and discuss Sugar to some folks in other organizations. I was able to meet with some folks on Oppia

[Sugar-devel] Google Summer of Code Mentor Summit '17 Recap

2017-10-20 Thread Michaël Ohayon
Hi everyone ! Last week was the Google Summer of Code Mentor Summit '17 in Sunnyvale. Cristina, Samson and I had the luck to represent Sugar Labs ! The summit is an unconference (Open-space conference, attendants do the sessions). The event started Friday ~6pm and ended Sunday ~4pm. You can

Re: [Sugar-devel] Google Summer of Code 2017

2017-01-22 Thread Devin Ulibarri
Walter Bender: > Anyone interested in either being a > mentor or an administrator? I am interested in being a mentor. I probably will not have time for administrator this summer. My goal is to finish the summer with a completely functional, stable (and fun, of course) Music Blocks, which I

Re: [Sugar-devel] Google Summer of Code 2017

2017-01-22 Thread Walter Bender
On Sun, Jan 22, 2017 at 9:59 AM, Charles wrote: > Hello Walter, > > I'm new to Sugar but have recently started working on contributions so > Sugarizer and also to Sugar. I would like to be involved in Sugar's GSOC > this year as a mentor, or other. I have the experience with

Re: [Sugar-devel] Google Summer of Code 2017

2017-01-22 Thread Charles
Hello Walter, I'm new to Sugar but have recently started working on contributions so Sugarizer and also to Sugar. I would like to be involved in Sugar's GSOC this year as a mentor, or other. I have the experience with Python and JavaScript, just not with Sugar all this time until now. What is

[Sugar-devel] Google Summer of Code 2017

2017-01-22 Thread Walter Bender
We are still wrapping up GCI and already Google has announced that the application window for Google Summer of Code [1] is open. Before I pursue the possibility of Sugar Labs participating, I wanted to get a sense of the opinion of the Sugar Labs community and the Sugar Labs oversight board.

[Sugar-devel] Google Summer of Code 2015

2015-02-15 Thread Rohan Goel
Dear Developers, I am Rohan Goel , Computer Science undergraduate at BITS Pilani , India and am interested in working for your organization in GSoC 2015. As I am a beginner in open source coding , it would be great help if you guide me where to start from. My primary language of interest is

Re: [Sugar-devel] Google Summer of Code 2015

2015-02-15 Thread Walter Bender
Step 1 is to set up the developer environment (See developer.sugarlabs.org) Step 2 is to start hanging out in our IRC channel. regards. -walter On Sun, Feb 15, 2015 at 9:43 AM, Rohan Goel rohangoel0...@gmail.com wrote: Dear Developers, I am Rohan Goel , Computer Science undergraduate at

Re: [Sugar-devel] Google Summer of Code Blog

2013-07-16 Thread suraj ks
Thanks for the input Walter and Manuel. I've sent a mail to the planetmas...@sugarlabs.org Awaiting confirmation. And yes, I'll keep updating it as I progress. On 16 July 2013 06:58, Walter Bender walter.ben...@gmail.com wrote: Having just gone through the process of writing my first JS Sugar

Re: [Sugar-devel] Google Summer of Code Blog

2013-07-16 Thread Manuel Quiñones
2013/7/15 Walter Bender walter.ben...@gmail.com: Having just gone through the process of writing my first JS Sugar activity, I think it would be good to document a few things that I found confusing. (Undoubtedly, much of my confusion stems from my unfamiliarity with JS.) Maybe you can add

[Sugar-devel] Google Summer of Code Blog

2013-07-15 Thread suraj ks
Hi, I started writing a blog tracking the development of the my GSoC '13 project Sugar Framework for writing activity in full HTML5 here [1]http://surajgillespie123.wordpress.com/2013/07/08/gsoc/ . Basically, I've summed up my understanding of the working of the framework. My initial plan was

Re: [Sugar-devel] Google Summer of Code Blog

2013-07-15 Thread Walter Bender
don't forget to add it to planet.sl.o -walter On Mon, Jul 15, 2013 at 4:01 PM, suraj ks suraj.gilles...@gmail.com wrote: Hi, I started writing a blog tracking the development of the my GSoC '13 project Sugar Framework for writing activity in full HTML5 here [1]. Basically, I've summed up

Re: [Sugar-devel] Google Summer of Code Blog

2013-07-15 Thread Walter Bender
Having just gone through the process of writing my first JS Sugar activity, I think it would be good to document a few things that I found confusing. (Undoubtedly, much of my confusion stems from my unfamiliarity with JS.) Maybe you can add these tidbits, refined, to your blog: (1) It wasn't

[Sugar-devel] Google Summer of Code 2013

2013-05-27 Thread Walter Bender
Congratulations to Casey, Erik, Rahul, Suraj, Kalpa, Marian, Anna, and Akshit who are participating in Google Summer of Code this summer working with mentors from Sugar Labs. Details of their projects can be found on the Google website [1]. I'll be sending out an email regarding getting

Re: [Sugar-devel] Google Summer of Code

2013-05-09 Thread Aneesh Dogra
I'll be coming! On Thu, May 9, 2013 at 12:31 AM, Martin Abente martin.abente.lah...@gmail.com wrote: See you all there :) On Wed, May 8, 2013 at 2:58 PM, Dr. Gerald Ardito gerald.ard...@gmail.com wrote: I'll be there. Gerald On Wed, May 8, 2013 at 2:57 PM, Dr. Gerald Ardito

Re: [Sugar-devel] Google Summer of Code

2013-05-09 Thread Gerald Ardito
Walter, I am not going to be able to join. I completely agree with Gonzalo's list. Gerald On May 9, 2013 4:00 PM, Gonzalo Odiard gonz...@laptop.org wrote: I will not be able to participate. Here are my votes: Open Video Chat Cross Platform Port (Casey DeLorme)

[Sugar-devel] Google Summer of Code - Slots assigned

2013-05-08 Thread Aneesh Dogra
Hello list, We have been assigned 8 slots for Google summer of code. We have received about 37 applications. Out of these around 20 applications are weak and we don't really need to care about those. We have around 17 good enough applications and we need to cut down that to 8. I think the best

Re: [Sugar-devel] Google Summer of Code - Slots assigned

2013-05-08 Thread Sebastian Silva
Count me in! Does the student get to decide who will mentor them when there is more than one mentor offering? Regards, Sebastian El 08/05/13 01:35, Aneesh Dogra escribió: Hello list, We have been assigned 8 slots for Google summer of code. We have received about 37 applications. Out of

Re: [Sugar-devel] Google Summer of Code - Slots assigned

2013-05-08 Thread Samuel Greenfeld
If you want to do anything public discussing the Summer of Code proposals, you need to be careful while doing so. Google does not want students notified of acceptance or rejection until they announce it for every student on Monday, 27 May. The tracking system is setup so Sugar Labs can draft

Re: [Sugar-devel] Google Summer of Code

2013-05-08 Thread Walter Bender
As you probably have heard, we have 8 slots for GSoC. I'd like to have a quick meeting Thursday evening on irc to discuss how we will get to our final decision on students. Would 6pm EST (22UTC) work for everyone? We need to keep this a private meeting for the moment, so let's agree to use

Re: [Sugar-devel] Google Summer of Code

2013-05-08 Thread Remy DeCausemaker
I will def be there. Congrats on getting additional slots :) --RemyD. On Wed, May 8, 2013 at 10:58 AM, Walter Bender walter.ben...@gmail.comwrote: As you probably have heard, we have 8 slots for GSoC. I'd like to have a quick meeting Thursday evening on irc to discuss how we will get to our

Re: [Sugar-devel] Google Summer of Code

2013-05-08 Thread Dr. Gerald Ardito
On Wed, May 8, 2013 at 11:48 AM, Remy DeCausemaker re...@civx.us wrote: I will def be there. Congrats on getting additional slots :) --RemyD. On Wed, May 8, 2013 at 10:58 AM, Walter Bender walter.ben...@gmail.comwrote: As you probably have heard, we have 8 slots for GSoC. I'd like to have

Re: [Sugar-devel] Google Summer of Code

2013-05-08 Thread Dr. Gerald Ardito
I'll be there. Gerald On Wed, May 8, 2013 at 2:57 PM, Dr. Gerald Ardito gerald.ard...@gmail.comwrote: On Wed, May 8, 2013 at 11:48 AM, Remy DeCausemaker re...@civx.us wrote: I will def be there. Congrats on getting additional slots :) --RemyD. On Wed, May 8, 2013 at 10:58 AM, Walter

Re: [Sugar-devel] Google Summer of Code

2013-05-08 Thread Martin Abente
See you all there :) On Wed, May 8, 2013 at 2:58 PM, Dr. Gerald Ardito gerald.ard...@gmail.comwrote: I'll be there. Gerald On Wed, May 8, 2013 at 2:57 PM, Dr. Gerald Ardito gerald.ard...@gmail.com wrote: On Wed, May 8, 2013 at 11:48 AM, Remy DeCausemaker re...@civx.us wrote: I will

Re: [Sugar-devel] Google Summer of Code

2013-05-05 Thread Walter Bender
We have just 24 hours to finish reviewing applications. Please take some time to give a quick assessment of as many of the applications as you can -- focus on the ones that you may be interested in mentoring, but also please read any of the ones with reasonably high average ratings so as to help

Re: [Sugar-devel] Google Summer of Code

2013-05-05 Thread Dr. Gerald Ardito
Walter, I am trying to review these. I applied as a mentor, but when I go to the dashboard link you posted yesterday, I don't see any projects. What should I do? Thanks. Gerald On Sun, May 5, 2013 at 11:44 AM, Walter Bender walter.ben...@gmail.comwrote: We have just 24 hours to finish

Re: [Sugar-devel] Google Summer of Code

2013-05-05 Thread Walter Bender
On Sun, May 5, 2013 at 12:16 PM, Dr. Gerald Ardito gerald.ard...@gmail.comwrote: Walter, I am trying to review these. I applied as a mentor, but when I go to the dashboard link you posted yesterday, I don't see any projects. What should I do? Are you logged in? On your dashboard, there

Re: [Sugar-devel] Google Summer of Code

2013-05-05 Thread Walter Bender
Sorry. I misread the email from Carol. We have more time for reviewing applications. But we do need to decide on our amazing and desired thresholds by tomorrow, so a first pass through the applications is important. Thanks. -walter On Sun, May 5, 2013 at 11:44 AM, Walter Bender

[Sugar-devel] Google Summer of Code

2013-05-03 Thread Walter Bender
Sugar Labs has 37 applications applications for GSoC. We have the next three days to review the applications and rank them by preference. I don't know yet how many slots we will get -- probably between 2 and 5, so we are only going to be able to accept about one in ten applications. Please, if

[Sugar-devel] Google Summer of Code project ideas

2013-03-26 Thread Walter Bender
We have been accumulating project ideas for Google Summer of Code 2013 [1]. Please take a few minutes to add a favorite project or sign on as a co-mentor to an existing project. Also, feel free to help us refine the descriptions on the pages. (I've added a bit of text to the end of each project,

Re: [Sugar-devel] Google Summer of Code project ideas

2013-03-26 Thread Jeff Elkner
Wow, the list of proposals pretty well covers the things I'd like to see happen as a classroom teacher! I will be waiting with anticipation for the Summer work to begin. In order to contribute, I have a student this Summer who will be completing his community college career studies certificate

Re: [Sugar-devel] Google Summer of Code project ideas

2013-03-26 Thread Dr. Gerald Ardito
Walter, I am looking over this list. I am wondering about the requirements for a mentor. Thanks. Gerald On Tuesday, March 26, 2013 at 2:17 PM, Walter Bender wrote: We have been accumulating project ideas for Google Summer of Code 2013 [1]. Please take a few minutes to add a favorite

Re: [Sugar-devel] Google Summer of Code project ideas

2013-03-26 Thread Walter Bender
On Tue, Mar 26, 2013 at 4:22 PM, Dr. Gerald Ardito gerald.ard...@gmail.com wrote: Walter, I am looking over this list. I am wondering about the requirements for a mentor. (1) be a member of the community (2) be willing to put in a few hours a week (a bit more time in the beginning) keeping

Re: [Sugar-devel] Google Summer of Code project ideas

2013-03-26 Thread Martin Abente
I just added my proposal, if anyone wants to join as co-mentor is welcome! On Tue, Mar 26, 2013 at 4:28 PM, Walter Bender walter.ben...@gmail.comwrote: On Tue, Mar 26, 2013 at 4:22 PM, Dr. Gerald Ardito gerald.ard...@gmail.com wrote: Walter, I am looking over this list. I am wondering

[Sugar-devel] Google Summer of code starts accepting org applications today!

2013-03-18 Thread Alexandro Colorado
*Google Summer of Code* is a global program that offers students stipends to write code for open source projects. We have worked with the open source community to identify and fund exciting projects for the upcoming summer. http://www.google-melange.com/gsoc/homepage/google/gsoc2013 Mentoring

Re: [Sugar-devel] Google Summer of code starts accepting org applications today!

2013-03-18 Thread Rafael Ortiz
Yep.. We need more proposals and mentors at: http://wiki.sugarlabs.org/go/Summer_of_Code/2013 Cheers. On Mon, Mar 18, 2013 at 4:00 PM, Alexandro Colorado j...@oooes.org wrote: *Google Summer of Code* is a global program that offers students stipends to write code for open source projects.

[Sugar-devel] Google Summer of Code (GSOC) important

2012-03-02 Thread Walter Bender
First, thanks to everyone who has proposed a project on our GSOC page for 2012 [1]. We are still open to more ideas. (Note that adding a project is not a binding commitment -- just a way to express your interest.) We are still looking for co-mentors for most of the projects. Please add your name

Re: [Sugar-devel] Google Summer of Code (GSOC) important

2012-03-02 Thread Jeff Elkner
Any chance you could send us a direct link to the mentor registration form? I went looking for it, but quickly got lost in the wealth of documentation there. Thanks! jeff elkner On Fri, Mar 2, 2012 at 11:02 AM, Walter Bender walter.ben...@gmail.com wrote: First, thanks to everyone who has

Re: [Sugar-devel] Google Summer of Code (GSOC) important

2012-03-02 Thread Walter Bender
On Fri, Mar 2, 2012 at 11:08 AM, Jeff Elkner j...@elkner.net wrote: Any chance you could send us a direct link to the mentor registration form?  I went looking for it, but quickly got lost in the wealth of documentation there. I am not sure how to find it. I think you just need to create an

[Sugar-devel] Google Summer of Code mentors

2012-02-29 Thread Walter Bender
We've accumulated a number of interesting projects here [1]. More are welcome, but we are also seeking mentors. If you see a project you would be interested in helping to mentor, please add your name next to the Contact name as a Co-mentor. We can have as many mentors as we want, so don't be shy.

[Sugar-devel] Google Summer of Code

2012-02-08 Thread Walter Bender
It is that time of year again. We need to start soliciting participants in Google Summer of Code [1, 2]. We also need to organize our application to the program as a mentoring organization. Please contact me if you are interested in participating as a coder, a mentor, or administrator. regards.

Re: [Sugar-devel] Google Summer of Code

2012-02-08 Thread Rafael Ortiz
On Wed, Feb 8, 2012 at 6:15 PM, Walter Bender walter.ben...@gmail.comwrote: It is that time of year again. We need to start soliciting participants in Google Summer of Code [1, 2]. We also need to organize our application to the program as a mentoring organization. Please contact me if you

[Sugar-devel] Google Summer of Code

2010-02-01 Thread Peter Robinson
Hi All, I can't remember if SL participates in the GSOC but I've noticed they're starting to gear up for GSOC 2010 so it might be worthwhile starting to think about it from the SL perspective. Peter ___ Sugar-devel mailing list

Re: [Sugar-devel] Google Summer of Code

2010-02-01 Thread Rafael Enrique Ortiz Guerrero
Hello Peter. On Mon, Feb 1, 2010 at 9:31 PM, Peter Robinson pbrobin...@gmail.com wrote: Hi All, I can't remember if SL participates in the GSOC but I've noticed they're starting to gear up for GSOC 2010 so it might be worthwhile starting to think about it from the SL perspective. Peter SL

Re: [Sugar-devel] Google Summer of Code

2010-02-01 Thread Andrés Ambrois
On Tuesday 02 February 2010 03:20:52 am Rafael Enrique Ortiz Guerrero wrote: Hello Peter. On Mon, Feb 1, 2010 at 9:31 PM, Peter Robinson pbrobin...@gmail.com wrote: Hi All, I can't remember if SL participates in the GSOC but I've noticed they're starting to gear up for GSOC 2010 so it

[Sugar-devel] Google Summer of Code proposal: Speech Synthesis (Small Achievment)

2009-04-01 Thread chirag jain
Hi!! I am Chirag Jain. I am proposing for Speech Synthesis at GSoC 2009. For more information and suggestions please visit: http://wiki.sugarlabs.org/go/speech-synthesis Recently I have prepared a small code in python that can speak any text selected anywhere in any window. I have mentioned

Re: [Sugar-devel] Google summer of Code proposal: Speech Synthesis

2009-03-29 Thread Benjamin M. Schwartz
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 chirag jain wrote: The doubt is how to provide the button in sugar core? If you have any ideas or suggestions please reply. It sounds like a good plan to me. On my XO, build candidate-801 (8.2.1), I can easily do: yum install xclip [select some

Re: [Sugar-devel] Google summer of Code proposal: Speech Synthesis

2009-03-29 Thread Aleksey Lim
On Mon, Mar 30, 2009 at 12:41:35AM +0530, chirag jain wrote: Hi!! I have created a rough proposal of speech synthesis. Please have a look at: http://wiki.sugarlabs.org/go/speech-synthesis Well the basic idea is to provide a button in core sugar like a home button which is always

Re: [Sugar-devel] Google summer of Code proposal: Speech Synthesis

2009-03-29 Thread Carol Farlow Lerche
This feature doesn't seem solely intended solely as an assistive technology. But having a buttonless mode is a good idea. On Sun, Mar 29, 2009 at 12:50 PM, Aleksey Lim alsr...@member.fsf.orgwrote: On Mon, Mar 30, 2009 at 12:41:35AM +0530, chirag jain wrote: Hi!! I have created a rough

Re: [Sugar-devel] Google summer of Code proposal: Speech Synthesis

2009-03-29 Thread Aleksey Lim
On Sun, Mar 29, 2009 at 01:51:44PM -0700, Carol Farlow Lerche wrote: This feature doesn't seem solely intended solely as an assistive technology. But having a buttonless mode is a good idea. yeah looks like, but assistive technologies could be a good point for sugar-0.86 anyway :) chirag: did

[Sugar-devel] Google summer of Code proposal: Speech synthesis in core sugar (Chirag Jain)

2009-03-28 Thread chirag jain
Hi!! I am an undergraduate student from Netaji Subash Insititute of Technology, New Delhi. I am interested in the speech synthesis project in GSoC. My project aims at speech synthesis in core sugar. Means it will provide a basic functionality to sugar by which any text can be speak out. Not only

[Sugar-devel] Google Summer of Code proposal: Improvements in Listen and Spell (Chirag Jain)

2009-03-24 Thread chirag jain
Hi, I am a second year computer science student at NSIT. I am looking to participate in GSoC this year. I am interested in Listen Spell project. I am in contact with its potential mentor Mr. Assim Deodia. Based on the conversation and discussion with him I have created an idea list related to

Re: [Sugar-devel] Google summer of Code?

2009-03-13 Thread Mel Chua
2009/3/8 Jameson Quinn jameson.qu...@gmail.com: No definite agreement has been made, but in preliminary chats, it seems that both organizations agree that anything for XS or specific to XO hardware should go in OLPC, and everything else (general Sugar improvements, frameworks, or

Re: [Sugar-devel] Google summer of Code?

2009-03-13 Thread Jameson Quinn
On Fri, Mar 13, 2009 at 1:56 AM, Mel Chua m...@melchua.com wrote: 2009/3/8 Jameson Quinn jameson.qu...@gmail.com: No definite agreement has been made, but in preliminary chats, it seems that both organizations agree that anything for XS or specific to XO hardware should go in OLPC, and

Re: [Sugar-devel] Google summer of Code?

2009-03-13 Thread Benjamin M. Schwartz
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Jameson Quinn wrote: Honestly, this is news to me. (and I am the co-administrator of the Sugarlabs program). If I had to articulate my view of our priorities, it would be something like the following: 7-10 points: Key sugar core improvements.

Re: [Sugar-devel] Google summer of Code?

2009-03-13 Thread Jameson Quinn
On Fri, Mar 13, 2009 at 7:24 AM, Benjamin M. Schwartz bmsch...@fas.harvard.edu wrote: -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Jameson Quinn wrote: Honestly, this is news to me. (and I am the co-administrator of the Sugarlabs program). If I had to articulate my view of our