Hi Markus,<br>
<br>
Thanks for the email and welcome!<br>
<br>
I know that interest is booming for Plasma, which is turning into both
a blessing and a curse for Aaron. Hopefully with aKademy coming
up shortly, more information and immediate tasks will be forthcoming.<br>
<br>
In the interim, for people who are just joining this young project, can I recommend:<br>
* Give everyone a brief synopsis of your background (student/professional, home country, software experience, KDE experience)<br>
* List where you think you might fit in initially (and remember that
not everyone can just step in and do the fun work of drawing on a
whiteboard and having legions do their C++ bidding)<br>
* Do your project homework. Learn as much about Plasma as you can from:<br>
<a href="http://plasma.kde.org/cms/1086">http://plasma.kde.org/cms/1086</a><br>
<a href="http://plasma.kde.org/wiki/">http://plasma.kde.org/wiki/</a><br>
<a href="http://kde-artists.org/main/component/option,com_smf/Itemid,48/expv,0/board,5.0">http://kde-artists.org/main/component/option,com_smf/Itemid,48/expv,0/board,5.0</a><br>
<a href="http://appeal.kde.org/wiki/Appeal">http://appeal.kde.org/wiki/Appeal</a><br>
<a href="http://netdragon.sourceforge.net/ssuperkaramba.html">http://netdragon.sourceforge.net/ssuperkaramba.html</a> (for historical reference)<br>
Competitive analysis: Apple, MS, Gnome, 3rd party widgets<br>
* Do your functional homework. For example, if you plan on
helping with usability, make sure you are familiar with sites like:<br>
<a href="http://www.openusability.org/">http://www.openusability.org/</a><br>
<a href="http://www.kde.org/areas/guidelines/html/">http://www.kde.org/areas/guidelines/html/</a><br>
(and many other interface guidelines...like <a href="http://apple.com">apple.com</a>'s work)<br>
Or, if you plan on coding, of course you want to be familiar with:<br>
<a href="http://developer.kde.org/">http://developer.kde.org/</a><br>
<a href="http://www.trolltech.com/developer/">http://www.trolltech.com/developer/</a><br>
<a href="http://qtdeveloper.net/">http://qtdeveloper.net/</a><br>
Any site that help with OOA/OOD/Design Patterns<br>
<br>
These simple steps can help others learn more about you, help Aaron
organize skill sets and person-power, and minimize initial delays due
to lack of preparation.<br>
<br>
No matter how people feel about software development bureaucracy, there
are very basic project planning and resourcing tasks that have to be
coordinated with such a large disparate group forming so quickly.<br>
<br>
Not only is Plasma going to be unbelievable, but it's really going to
get people to learn about more sophisticated programming techniques,
usability and various testing methodologies. I'd say this group
is a microcosm of what going to go on with KDE in general as it
expreiences growing pains.<br>
<br>
So welcome, and hold tight while things get organized, but hopefully
there's plenty everyone can do in the meantime to sharpen their skills
and familiarity.<br>
<br>
Wade<br>
<br>
*Note: This email does not necessarily reflect the views of those that know their head from their arse.<br>
<br><br><div><span class="gmail_quote">On 8/24/05, <b class="gmail_sendername">Markus Hofmann</b> <<a href="mailto:markus.hofmann@gmail.com">markus.hofmann@gmail.com</a>> wrote:</span><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;">
Hi everybody,<br><br>I want to join the plasma team too.<br><br>For four weeks I read an interesting article about the plasma project<br>and I subscribed the mailing list. With the help of Hans I got kde4<br>compiled on my computer.
<br><br>I don't have experience in QT programming but I'm interested to learn.<br><br>I'm really motivated to help you.<br><br>Greeting<br><br>Markus<br>_______________________________________________<br>Panel-devel mailing list
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