In a assignment I have, I'm supposed to interview a open-source developer, and I would like to interview someone in here, if possible.
It's more of a "Simple questions I have to ask" rather than a real interview, but anyways:
I wish to know why have you entered a open-source project, your motivation in development of said project and thoughts on the open-source subject (open-source community, open-source at all, etc)
Is it important for you that you work on a open-souce project? Why? (both yes or no)
If possible, answer as completly as possible, and sorry for any grammar mistakes or if I occupy your time.
Thanks in advance.
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Hi,
Although I have not posted here previously I have visited this site for information. It’s been quite useful in regards with flashing and un-bricking my k-jam. Thanks for providing such a useful information portal.
I would like to help out around with projects or anything in general. I am a retired experienced reverse engineer on an x86 platform as well as dabbling in arm on the palm many years ago. Although my previous reversing skill may have been used in black areas (removing completely & emulating DRM systems), I am quite interested in taking up a hobby with the Windows Mobile/Arm area to further the free development and use of these phones.
So if anyone has a project that I could help with please let me know I am more than happy to help.
Welcome to the xda-developers forum,your knowledge and skills will certainly be a very valuable assets and beneficial for the forum and community at large.Plz Read and check out the 'Development And hacking' Forum and post there for any help of your services or see if you can participate in some projects there.
Cheers
Hi, I'm a senior in highschool. The academy that I'm in requires that we do a senior project over winter break that is relevant to our desired major in college. Since I'm highly interested in Android development and want to do computer engineering in college, I thought I would try to answer either 1) what truly goes on when you flash a custom rom. or 2) what makes android different than linux (something along the lines of that).
So now I would love to get support from any developers out there with any insight, interview possibility, if you know someone who would be of great help, or suggestions for my project.
I will also be posting this in the general android forum.
Thanks in advance!
Hello guys!:laugh: So basically I'm opening this thread to(hopefully) gather some advice, feedback(criticism is welcome) and ideas on my Project Work for Cambridge A Levels(equivalent of SATs) this year.
Just a brief description, Project Work is a learning experience which aims to provide candidates with the opportunity to synthesise knowledge from various areas of learning, and critically and creatively apply it to real life situations. This process, which enhances candidates' knowledge and enables them to acquire skills like collaboration, communication and independent learning, prepares them for lifelong learning and the challenges ahead.
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I'm a Singaporean student studying in Singapore, so this is set in a Singaporean context. Hey, any fellow Singaporeans out there? Give me a heads up! :highfive:
This year's themes are Access and Choice. I plan to do a project pertaining to Access. My project is to solve a lack of easy access to a recognised, public platform to showcase talent.
I believe that there are plenty of talented people in Singapore, but there are barriers inhibiting them from fully developing their talents. One of this barriers is the lack of easy access to a platform for them to showcase their talent in a way such that they will gain recognition from the public, should they deserve it. My vision for this platform is to allow users to showcase their talents, and as such gain more recognition from the public and have greater chance to gain the attention of recruitment agents etc, thus presenting to them the opportunity to further develop their talents(which are usually also their passions) into careers.
The goal of this project to to create a public web platform to allow people to showcase their talents(singing, art, design, photography, writing etc).
The website will be powered by a Wordpress CMS (see where I'm going?), with some built-in internal social networking features, and will feature deep integration with existing Social Media like Facebook etc. Users will be allowed to register, post and comment on other user's works etc. And of course, there will be a moderation platform.
So.... opinions?
If you want to make a platform accessible to the general public so they can judge the talents of members, a website is only a small stepping-stone. You need to come up with something much larger. Or you can simply make the public aware of your website through advertisement. And how do you intend to showcase members' talent on the website? Short clips would be the most efficient means of doing so.
I didn't quite understand the moderation platform bit. What are they going to do?
CIE A Levels you say? I have my O Levels coming up in 2015. If it isn't too much of a hassle, can you give me a brief, yet as accurate as possible, idea of the O Levels via PM? Also if you have the Math and English papers and mark schemes, could you send them to me? Hope it's not too much to ask.
Good luck with your project and your A Level Examinations.
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Hey guys!
My name is Tobias Gawrisch and I'm a student of social science / sociology at Ruhr-University Bochum in Germany. I'm now starting with my master thesis and for that I want to do some research about what motivates programmers to work on open source software and other free software projects. Most people studying economics will say that money is the driving motivator in our economy but I think that especially the open source community is a fine example of people being motivated to work without the prospect of earning a lot of money with their work. This hypothesis is the basis for a short Web Survey in order to get some first hand data about the reason why programmers are "working for free". It will take about 10 min. max. and is, of course, completely anonymous. And I'll be glad to provide all my outcomes afterwards.
I would really appreciate your help in this matter, this would boost my master thesis a lot!
Here is the link to the survey: www (dot) soscisurvey (dot) de (slash) codesharingmotivation (I'm sorry but as a new user I'm apparently not allowed to post links. This post has permission from the Administrators, so maybe a moderator could alter this link to be clickable?)
This is an open survey, so please feel free to share it with everyone you see fit. I need as many participants as possible to get valid data.
I took the liberty to ask up front if it would be OK to post such a survey in this forum and received permission for that after using the contact form from the Administrators. This is a solely academic survey.
Regards,
Tobias Gawrisch
Just wanted to have a short shout out to everyone, half of the time for my survey has passed and I really need more participants, so please take part in this survey and pass it on to everyone you see fit! You would really help me out!
Regards,
Tobias
Hi, I am Tobi from London, UK. I am setting up a new development team for a mobile application platform connecting individuals to services. Currently I am looking for Apple developers to embark on this project. This is the first time I am using this forum to source developers but I was advised by a close friend. I have no expectations on who to work with. I am more focused on developing a useful business for the community outside.
About me
I have successfully developed a game application with a few friends at a young age which we sold for not so muchh but it helped pay my studies. i attend a lot of tech expo's. It is impossible not to get inspired with what is taking place.
I left the app creation world for a while but now I would like to create something different to help make some of our lives easier. As apps are do.
I would love to here from you. What you enjoy building? What are you passionate about outside of here? And who you would be one person you would want as a team mate?
Thanks for reading.