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Posted to dev@community.apache.org by Shane Curcuru <as...@shanecurcuru.org> on 2013/03/02 19:37:58 UTC
GSoC 2013: non-code projects on website, branding?
Quick sanity check: would it be worthwhile to explore having a non-code
project? We often decry the lack of understandable or organized
technical documentation, especially on the apache.org site. Similarly,
we could do a much better job simply clearly describing things for
branding, making fundraising look a little prettier, having an easier to
navigate events area, etc.
Should I try to find enough discrete tasks here to submit a
documentation-type GSoC idea? Or is that not likely to find any
students / going to be too much work to pull together?
I love the idea of offering a non-heavy-code project, and I will have a
little spare time over the summer (when I'm taking a 12 week leave of
absence from $dayjob).
Ideas? Anyone want to help?
- Shane
Re: GSoC 2013: non-code projects on website, branding?
Posted by Suresh Marru <sm...@apache.org>.
Hi Shane,
a big + 1 for what you want to accomplish, but I am afraid it might not qualify as a GSOC project. There was a discussion on gsoc mentor lists recently if CSS qualifies as a gsoc project. There were mixed opinions without concluding thoughts but it was clear documentation does not quality. GSOC seem to emphasize on the coding aspects [1].
Few options come to my mind though:
* HCI students may want to pick it as a good use case and deliver. It will be tough to motivate but if they can pick it up as a capstone project or get attracted to earn commitership in ASF they might.
* Free lance content strategists might be very interested to do this kind of a job in return for some visibility. I have come across few of them some time ago but blank at this minute to provide pointers.
* Similar to logo contest, may be we should post this as a task and cross fingers if it gets picked up.
Suresh
[1] - http://www.google-melange.com/document/show/gsoc_program/google/gsoc2012/faqs#goals
On Mar 2, 2013, at 1:37 PM, Shane Curcuru <as...@shanecurcuru.org> wrote:
> Quick sanity check: would it be worthwhile to explore having a non-code project? We often decry the lack of understandable or organized technical documentation, especially on the apache.org site. Similarly, we could do a much better job simply clearly describing things for branding, making fundraising look a little prettier, having an easier to navigate events area, etc.
>
> Should I try to find enough discrete tasks here to submit a documentation-type GSoC idea? Or is that not likely to find any students / going to be too much work to pull together?
>
> I love the idea of offering a non-heavy-code project, and I will have a little spare time over the summer (when I'm taking a 12 week leave of absence from $dayjob).
>
> Ideas? Anyone want to help?
>
> - Shane
Re: GSoC 2013: non-code projects on website, branding?
Posted by Ulrich Stärk <ul...@spielviel.de>.
I believe GCI will start after GSoC is over, which would be end of next month.
Uli
On 2013-08-24 04:32, Tim Williams wrote:
> On Sat, Mar 2, 2013 at 9:05 PM, Ross Gardler <rg...@opendirective.com> wrote:
>> On 2 March 2013 17:58, Tim Williams <wi...@gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>>>
>>> Wow, that's pretty awesome, I'd like for us to start participating in
>>> this - these are tomorrow's committers:) What a great soft
>>> introduction!
>>>
>>>
>> Brilliant. Consider yourself committed ;-)
>>
>> I'll nag you nearer the time.
>
> Not sure when exactly things start to kick off for this but I wanted
> to just remind you I'm interested in this...
>
> --tim
>
Re: GSoC 2013: non-code projects on website, branding?
Posted by Tim Williams <wi...@gmail.com>.
On Sat, Mar 2, 2013 at 9:05 PM, Ross Gardler <rg...@opendirective.com> wrote:
> On 2 March 2013 17:58, Tim Williams <wi...@gmail.com> wrote:
>
>>
>> Wow, that's pretty awesome, I'd like for us to start participating in
>> this - these are tomorrow's committers:) What a great soft
>> introduction!
>>
>>
> Brilliant. Consider yourself committed ;-)
>
> I'll nag you nearer the time.
Not sure when exactly things start to kick off for this but I wanted
to just remind you I'm interested in this...
--tim
Re: GSoC 2013: non-code projects on website, branding?
Posted by Carl Hall <ca...@gmail.com>.
If you need any other committers for GCI, put me down!
On Sat, Mar 2, 2013 at 6:05 PM, Ross Gardler <rg...@opendirective.com>wrote:
> On 2 March 2013 17:58, Tim Williams <wi...@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> >
> > Wow, that's pretty awesome, I'd like for us to start participating in
> > this - these are tomorrow's committers:) What a great soft
> > introduction!
> >
> >
> Brilliant. Consider yourself committed ;-)
>
> I'll nag you nearer the time.
>
> Ross
>
>
> > --
> > Ross Gardler (@rgardler)
> > Programme Leader (Open Development)
> > OpenDirective http://opendirective.com
> >
>
Re: GSoC 2013: non-code projects on website, branding?
Posted by Ross Gardler <rg...@opendirective.com>.
On 2 March 2013 17:58, Tim Williams <wi...@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> Wow, that's pretty awesome, I'd like for us to start participating in
> this - these are tomorrow's committers:) What a great soft
> introduction!
>
>
Brilliant. Consider yourself committed ;-)
I'll nag you nearer the time.
Ross
> --
> Ross Gardler (@rgardler)
> Programme Leader (Open Development)
> OpenDirective http://opendirective.com
>
Re: GSoC 2013: non-code projects on website, branding?
Posted by Tim Williams <wi...@gmail.com>.
On Sat, Mar 2, 2013 at 5:47 PM, Suresh Marru <sm...@apache.org> wrote:
> On Mar 2, 2013, at 8:02 PM, Ross Gardler <rg...@opendirective.com> wrote:
>
>> On 2 March 2013 10:37, Shane Curcuru <as...@shanecurcuru.org> wrote:
>>
>>> Quick sanity check: would it be worthwhile to explore having a non-code
>>> project?
>>
>>
>> Google have always, in the past, been against non-code projects in GSoC.
>>
>> Assuming this has not changed, your ideas are better suited to the other
>> initiative which is more high school level (I forget its name) but it runs
>> later in the year and projects are discreet and less code focussed. We've
>> not participated in that programme for a good few years but that's only
>> been due to lack of someone to drive our engagement.
>
> Is it Google Code-in [1] ? Documentation seems to rightly fit here.
Wow, that's pretty awesome, I'd like for us to start participating in
this - these are tomorrow's committers:) What a great soft
introduction!
--tim
Re: GSoC 2013: non-code projects on website, branding?
Posted by Suresh Marru <sm...@apache.org>.
On Mar 2, 2013, at 8:02 PM, Ross Gardler <rg...@opendirective.com> wrote:
> On 2 March 2013 10:37, Shane Curcuru <as...@shanecurcuru.org> wrote:
>
>> Quick sanity check: would it be worthwhile to explore having a non-code
>> project?
>
>
> Google have always, in the past, been against non-code projects in GSoC.
>
> Assuming this has not changed, your ideas are better suited to the other
> initiative which is more high school level (I forget its name) but it runs
> later in the year and projects are discreet and less code focussed. We've
> not participated in that programme for a good few years but that's only
> been due to lack of someone to drive our engagement.
Is it Google Code-in [1] ? Documentation seems to rightly fit here.
Suresh
[1] - https://developers.google.com/open-source/gci/2012/
>
> Ross
>
>
>
>> We often decry the lack of understandable or organized technical
>> documentation, especially on the apache.org site. Similarly, we could do
>> a much better job simply clearly describing things for branding, making
>> fundraising look a little prettier, having an easier to navigate events
>> area, etc.
>>
>> Should I try to find enough discrete tasks here to submit a
>> documentation-type GSoC idea? Or is that not likely to find any students /
>> going to be too much work to pull together?
>>
>> I love the idea of offering a non-heavy-code project, and I will have a
>> little spare time over the summer (when I'm taking a 12 week leave of
>> absence from $dayjob).
>>
>> Ideas? Anyone want to help?
>>
>> - Shane
>>
>
>
>
> --
> Ross Gardler (@rgardler)
> Programme Leader (Open Development)
> OpenDirective http://opendirective.com
Re: GSoC 2013: non-code projects on website, branding?
Posted by Ross Gardler <rg...@opendirective.com>.
On 2 March 2013 10:37, Shane Curcuru <as...@shanecurcuru.org> wrote:
> Quick sanity check: would it be worthwhile to explore having a non-code
> project?
Google have always, in the past, been against non-code projects in GSoC.
Assuming this has not changed, your ideas are better suited to the other
initiative which is more high school level (I forget its name) but it runs
later in the year and projects are discreet and less code focussed. We've
not participated in that programme for a good few years but that's only
been due to lack of someone to drive our engagement.
Ross
> We often decry the lack of understandable or organized technical
> documentation, especially on the apache.org site. Similarly, we could do
> a much better job simply clearly describing things for branding, making
> fundraising look a little prettier, having an easier to navigate events
> area, etc.
>
> Should I try to find enough discrete tasks here to submit a
> documentation-type GSoC idea? Or is that not likely to find any students /
> going to be too much work to pull together?
>
> I love the idea of offering a non-heavy-code project, and I will have a
> little spare time over the summer (when I'm taking a 12 week leave of
> absence from $dayjob).
>
> Ideas? Anyone want to help?
>
> - Shane
>
--
Ross Gardler (@rgardler)
Programme Leader (Open Development)
OpenDirective http://opendirective.com