<html><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; ">Let me see if I can be your mentor first xD<div>I've done some apps for Android, but I don't know if I can be a "mentor". Anyway, If I'm not your mentor, I can help you too ;)</div><div><br></div><div><br><div><div>El 07/04/2010, a las 14:04, Silvère Lestang escribió:</div><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"><blockquote type="cite">Hi Ester,<br> thank you to propose your help for the Android dev, help is always welcome.<br> Do you think you can be my mentor for the GSoC? I don't know what is necessary to be a mentor and how much time its take.<br> Most of the information to be a mentor are here:<br> <a href="http://socghop.appspot.com/document/show/gsoc_program/google/gsoc2010/userguide#depth_mentapply">http://socghop.appspot.com/document/show/gsoc_program/google/gsoc2010/userguide#depth_mentapply</a><br> <br> Cheers,<br> Silvère<br><br><div class="gmail_quote"> 2010/4/6 Ester Sanchez de Vera <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:esanchez@misato.es" target="_blank">esanchez@misato.es</a>></span><br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); padding-left: 1ex;"> Hi,<br> <br> If you need help doing Android stuff, I can help you ^^<br> Also I think your idea is a good one, I could do also an iPhone client<br> if the rest of the people agrees.<br> <br> Cheers!<br> <br> <br> El 06/04/2010, a las 17:46, Silvère Lestang escribió:<br> <div><div></div><div><br> > Hi all,<br> > I would like to work on ownCloud for the GSoC as this project really<br> > interested me, but I have little knowledge of C++/Qt and the<br> > proposal of a syncing client for KDE is already taken.<br> > I think that a syncing client for another platform can be good idea<br> > and will make ownCloud less KDE centric. I know quite well Java for<br> > using it in many modules at the Uni and I want to make a Android<br> > application but never find a good idea of app to make. So I would<br> > like to develop an ownCloud syncing client for Android platform as a<br> > GSoC project.<br> ><br> > The number of Android devices is currently increasing rapidly and<br> > will certainly explode in the incoming months/years, making the<br> > Android platform a relevant choice to bring ownCloud to a maximum of<br> > users.<br> > Furthermore mobile device have typically a little of storage making<br> > difficult to keep in it a lot of files but as you always have it<br> > with you, it's the perfect device to access all your data wherever<br> > you are. So the Android syncing client could download files only on<br> > request (e.g. from your mobile, you browse your files which are<br> > store on your ownCloud server and when you find the one that you<br> > want, the client download it) and upload only when certain rules are<br> > follow (e.g. upload all my new files to the server only when I am<br> > connect with wifi). I need to think more about the uniqueness of the<br> > mobile platform and how we can handle them but I think I can make it.<br> ><br> > Do you think my idea is good? Do you think it's can work as a GSoC<br> > project?<br> > I am conscious than I need to find a mentor with knowledge of the<br> > Android platform and that most people working on ownCloud are from<br> > the KDE community, where can I find a mentor? (Android dev mailing<br> > list?)<br> > I am also conscious that I start to think about this quite late as<br> > the deadline for student application is Friday of this week but it<br> > was difficult to me devote time to this because of the Uni.<br> ><br> > Cheers,<br> ><br> > Silvère<br> </div></div>> _______________________________________________<br> > Owncloud mailing list<br> > <a href="mailto:Owncloud@kde.org" target="_blank">Owncloud@kde.org</a><br> > <a href="https://mail.kde.org/mailman/listinfo/owncloud" target="_blank">https://mail.kde.org/mailman/listinfo/owncloud</a><br> <br> _______________________________________________<br> Owncloud mailing list<br> <a href="mailto:Owncloud@kde.org" target="_blank">Owncloud@kde.org</a><br> <a href="https://mail.kde.org/mailman/listinfo/owncloud" target="_blank">https://mail.kde.org/mailman/listinfo/owncloud</a><br> </blockquote></div><br></blockquote></div><br></div></body></html>