This is blog by one of the participants.... <a href="http://lifeasiknowit-nik.blogspot.in/2012/04/pes-ayana-12-experience.html">http://lifeasiknowit-nik.blogspot.in/2012/04/pes-ayana-12-experience.html</a> :)<br><br><div class="gmail_quote">
On Tue, May 1, 2012 at 1:02 PM, Boudewijn Rempt <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:boud@valdyas.org" target="_blank">boud@valdyas.org</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">
<div class="im">On Monday 30 April 2012 Apr, Shrikrishna Holla wrote:<br>
> Hello everybody!<br>
><br>
> My name is Shrikrishna Holla, a second year BE student in PES Institute of<br>
> Technology, Bangalore, India. I have been selected in GSoC for the<br>
> project "Adding<br>
> an Infinite Canvas / Wraparound mode for<br>
</div>> Krita<<a href="http://www.google-melange.com/gsoc/proposal/review/google/gsoc2012/shrikrishna_holla/1#" target="_blank">http://www.google-melange.com/gsoc/proposal/review/google/gsoc2012/shrikrishna_holla/1#</a>>".<br>
<div class="im">> This project would add two canvas modes. One, where the canvas will be made<br>
> infinite, so the user can paint textures of any size without stopping, and<br>
> secondly, a "Wraparound mode" for creating tileable textures where painting<br>
> strokes that go off the canvas, wrap over on the opposite side avoiding<br>
> texture seams along the edges.<br>
><br>
> My mentors for this project would be Boudewijn and Dmitry Kazakov.<br>
><br>
> I liked the project because of its innovativeness, its out-of-the-ordinary<br>
> nature, and its beauty (from a programmer's point of view). I really love<br>
> this community because of its vibrant nature, helpful members, and great<br>
> documentation (in the sources). Really looking forward to a great summer<br>
> and a wonderful future with you all! :)<br>
<br>
</div>Welcome!<br>
<div class="im"><br>
> PS: My apologies for being so late in introducing myself. I was very busy<br>
> last week as I was one of the organizers for a technical event<br>
</div>> "Ayana<<a href="http://ayana.pes.edu/" target="_blank">http://ayana.pes.edu/</a>>"<br>
<div class="im">> held in my college. We had tech talks by Indian open source contributors<br>
> and a 24-hour hackathon. During the hackathon, we had live interaction<br>
> sessions from Richard M Stallman, Yukihiro "Matz" Matsumoto (Ruby creator)<br>
> and a video message from Bruce Perens (OSI). It was a great success, and we<br>
> have since been receiving a lot of appreciation for conducting such a novel<br>
> event in an engineering college. (The event report will be uploaded on the<br>
> site shortly)<br>
<br>
</div>That's great to hear! Any blogs we can read about the event?<br>
<span class="HOEnZb"><font color="#888888"><br>
--<br>
Boudewijn Rempt<br>
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</div></div></blockquote></div><br><br clear="all"><div><br></div>-- <br>Regards,<div>Shrikrishna</div><br>