Start hacking already!
/whoami
● Bert Desmet● Belgium● 21 years old● Student electronics-IT in Ghent (college)
● President CFK● Student board
● Fedora● Ambassador● Spins wrangler
And oh! I love beer and chocolate ;-)
about
● How does a community work?● Why would I?● How can I do it?
Open source?
Open source...
How does a community work?
Things a project needs..
● A project● Software?● Hardware?
● People● Developers● Marketeers ● Designers● ...
● ...
And a community looks like...?
SEEK
SHARE
PARTICIPATE
Contributors (5%)
Participants (15%)
Consumers (80%)
So, why join?
influ
ence
FutureUser Pool
FutureUser Pool
UserPool
and...
● Networking!● Learn cool things! ● Think about your future!● Respect ;-)
I'm a hacker..
● I will write code for awesome projects● I learn new techniques ● I am not the smartest guy around..● I get things :-)
I get things...
I'm an ambassador
● I give (sucky) presentations● I man booths ● I support other users● I get to places
I get to places
I am not a designer
● But you can be one!● But I once made something too :-)
What things?
● Whatever you want! ● As long as you believe in it!
so....
● http://join.fedoraproject.org● http://join.sugarlabs.org● http://maemo.org/community/contribute/● http://www.gnome.org/community/● ...
Questions?
E-mail: [email protected]: @biertieidenti.ca: @bdesmetWeb: http://bdesmet.be