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Seth’s Blog: Yeah, but he really knows his stuff… I think you should fire this person immediately. Okay, maybe give him exactly one warning. You’ll find someone else who really knows this stuff. No...
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A Patch, The First Milestone « This week in panospace Similarly, you need to quickly build the same level of trust with our community. Do you have the tools it takes to hack into the code? and do you...
View Article7 problems GSoC admins encounter
At the always-excellent Mentor Summit for the Google Summer of Code, I ran a session titled “Best Practices for GSoC Admins.” Many of these practices appear specific to a program like GSoC at first...
View ArticleGentoo & X.Org in the Google Summer of Code!
Google Summer of Code (GSoC) is an amazing program for college students that enables them to spend their summers working with open-source projects. Google chips in the money, and FOSS projects provide...
View ArticleThe DOs and DON’Ts of Google Summer of Code: Student Edition
I’d like to point any potential Google Summer of Code applicants to a post on DOs and DON’Ts for students over on the Google Open Source blog that I wrote with Lydia Pintscher and Kevin Smith. They’re...
View ArticleA vote for me is a vote for action
I’m running for the Gentoo council this year, and I wanted to post my “platform” here: who I am, why I’m running, how I see the council, and how I see Gentoo. For anyone newer, I’d like to first...
View Article3 days left to apply for the Google Summer of Code
Students, this Friday at 1900 UTC is the deadline to apply for this year’s GSoC. It’s an awesome program that pays you to work on open-source projects for a summer (where you == a university/college...
View ArticleHow to recruit open-source contributors
I just posted a video and write-up on how to recruit open-source contributors over on my RedMonk blog. It’s based on my years of experience as admin for Gentoo’s involvement in the Google Summer of...
View ArticleGet paid to write open-source software this summer
If you’re a university student, time is running out! You could get paid to hack on Gentoo or other open-source software this summer, but you’ve gotta act now. The deadline to apply for the Google...
View Article3 days left to apply for the Google Summer of Code
Students, this Friday at 1900 UTC is the deadline to apply for this year’s GSoC. It’s an awesome program that pays you to work on open-source projects for a summer (where you == a university/college...
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