start hacking already

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: bert@bdesmet.beTwitter: @biertieidenti.ca: @bdesmetWeb: http://bdesmet.be