Anyone in Australia want to see if there are potential doc writers in this program? DocBook/XML is much easier to learn than most programming, is a real world skill, and we sure could use docs from regular users for regular users.
Open source projects for those on the dole Angus Kidman APRIL 26, 2005 The Australian http://australianit.news.com.au/articles/0,7204,15083420%5E15317%5E%5Enbv%5E...
A NEW "hack for the dole" scheme will allow unemployed people to meet their mutual obligation requirements by working on open-source software projects.
Linux Australia has gained approval for the scheme being launched as part of its CommunityCode.org project to encourage software development. It is trying to attract skilled enthusiasts to work as mentors.
Project developer Matthew Palmer said he had begun working with a mother who was developing educational software for children.
He said early interest in the project, launched last week at Linux.conf.au 2005 in Canberra, had been strong. "I've talked to heaps of people and they've all been really keen on it," he said.
As well as coding, other tasks under the scheme could include documenting and art.
As a community organisation, Linux Australia meets government requirements for organising mutual-obligation projects for the long-term unemployed.
Mr Palmer said, although Linux was easy to use as a desktop operating system, one goal for the Community Code.org project was to make contributing software modifications an equally straightforward task for everybody.
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On Wed, 2005-04-27 at 14:55 -0700, Karsten Wade wrote:
Anyone in Australia want to see if there are potential doc writers in this program? DocBook/XML is much easier to learn than most programming, is a real world skill, and we sure could use docs from regular users for regular users.
The Professional Writing people at Purdue University have a programme that matches up student tech writers with OSS projects:
Apparently they've done docs for Drupal.
(I just read about it a while ago and bookmarked their site - no other connection).
On Thu, 28 Apr 2005, Stuart Ellis wrote:
On Wed, 2005-04-27 at 14:55 -0700, Karsten Wade wrote:
Anyone in Australia want to see if there are potential doc writers in this program? DocBook/XML is much easier to learn than most programming, is a real world skill, and we sure could use docs from regular users for regular users.
The Professional Writing people at Purdue University have a programme that matches up student tech writers with OSS projects:
I recommend leaping into this relationship with both feet.
If there's one model I'd like to pursue aggressively, it's the "teach college students from the womb to contribute to open projects" model.
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