[Bradford] Fwd: [GMG-Devel] We're in Google Summer of Code and the GNOME Outreach Program for Women! It's official!

Sun Apr 14 19:27:10 UTC 2013

Thanks David (x2) + Brian

There are definitely some good suggestions here - cheers!

If there are any other non-coding-specific, tech-oriented, summer holiday work placement opportunities for a 17 y.o. with sights set on a future in the creative industries - please pass on the gen/contacts/ideas too.

P.

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> From: "david at davidparkin.com" <david at davidparkin.com>
>To: Brian A <bradlug at techchico.org.uk>; BradLUG <bradford at mailman.lug.org.uk> 
>Sent: Thursday, 11 April 2013, 13:00
>Subject: Re: [Bradford] Fwd: [GMG-Devel] We're in Google Summer of Code and the GNOME Outreach Program for Women! It's official!
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>Python rocks, from a former python hater.
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>Brian A <bradlug at techchico.org.uk> wrote:
>I may have got the wrong end of the stick here but, in reply to Paul, I think you are wanting a way for your son to get some experience in coding. 
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>>I learn a lot from YouTube. There are lots of tutorials on there - of course they vary in quality. 
>>I have followed a tutorial,of over 50 videos,on html5/CSS3 by Bucky Roberts a.k.a. 'TheNewBoston'. I like the way he teaches. Unlike so many others, who have little idea on how to teach, I think that he is good. He has lots of coding tutorials. He is an amazing guy, if you look at his range of activities you'll see what I mean.
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>>I think that this is a good way to learn and get a quick appreciation of a subject. 
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>>Whilst others may disagree I think that html5/CSS3 & Javascript are going to be important. Those together with another language - maybe Python - I don't know any Python, my preferred language is PHP and I've not seen anything yet that makes me want to learn Python over what I can do already.
>>If any of the coding is to involve the web then I'd suggest installing a server on a home computer. It is very easy to do. I sent my Tomboy note, on server installation, to a friend, who had never installed a server before, and he had no problems doing it. Personally I don't like LAMP (the package) as an installation because I can so easily get a web server up and running using individual components such as Apache2, PHP5 & MySql in a matter of minutes. That way I have up to date packages.
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>>I will finish by saying that I am not a professional coder. I have written many 1000s of lines of code  but I am almost entirely self taught, mostly from books.
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>>On 11 April 2013 09:55, David Carpenter <david.carpenter at nornir.co.uk> wrote:
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>>Depending on how much coding he has done - it might be worth looking at:
>>>http://www.codecademy.com/learn
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>>>I'm a bit sceptical at the best of times, but I think this is quite a
>>>good resource.
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>>>I'm not sure what's available this side of the Pennines, but my
>>>colleague in Manchester is involved in Young Rewired State, MadLab,
>>>and code clubs, all of which will have young people specific
>>>activities/coding/electronics based over the summer.
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>>>Google them and if they are of interest, then let me know if you need
>>>an introduction - I suspect that remote participation is also an
>>>option.
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>>>Cheers
>>>David
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>>>On 10 April 2013 21:46, Paul Colley <pchcolley at yahoo.co.uk> wrote:
>>>> Hi Dick (all)
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>>>> Initially when I saw this and the reference to students I hoped it might be
>>>> applicable to my son who is only 17 and doing his A levels at the moment -
>>>> but it looks crazy advanced (even tho he's a smart cookie). He's wanting to
>>>> go to Lancaster Uni to do an MSc in ICT for Creative Industries (aiming
>>>> high!) and hoping to maybe do something over the summer holidays this year -
>>>> but this seems like a bridge too far with very little coding experience
>>>> under his belt. Do you have any ideas of anything that might be applicable
>>>> for someone a little earlier in his development - maybe some kind of work
>>>> placement that might give him experience in the field that would put him in
>>>> a more advantageous position when going for Uni interviews?
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>>>> Really appreciate any ideas from anyone out there. I know I'm his biased dad
>>>> but he's a level-headed, motivated, fast learning young man and I'd like to
>>>> find him something that would be cool and developmental.
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>>>> Thanks for giving this your consideration.
>>>>
>>>> Paul Colley
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>>>> From: Dick Thomas <xpd259 at gmail.com>
>>>> To: Bradlug Mailing list <bradford at mailman.lug.org.uk>
>>>> Sent: Tuesday, 9 April 2013, 17:31
>>>> Subject: [Bradford] Fwd: [GMG-Devel] We're in Google Summer of Code and the
>>>> GNOME Outreach Program for Women! It's official!
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>>>> Any students on the mailing list looking for something to do this summer?
>>>> mediagoblin has the chance to be an awesome piece of software
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>>>> Dick
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>>>> About.me http://about.me/dick.thomas
>>>> Blog: http://www.xpd259.co.uk/
>>>> G+:   www.google.com/profiles/xpd259
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>>>> ---------- Forwarded message ----------
>>>> From: Christopher Allan Webber <cwebber at dustycloud.org>
>>>> Date: 9 April 2013 16:33
>>>> Subject: [GMG-Devel] We're in Google Summer of Code and the GNOME Outreach
>>>> Program for Women! It's official!
>>>> To: MediaGoblin Devel <devel at mediagoblin.org>
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>>>> Hey all!
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>>>> I just wrote a blogpost that's worth getting excited about:
>>>>   http://mediagoblin.org/news/opw-gsoc-2013.html
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>>>> That's right, we're participating in both OPW and GSoC!
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>>>> If you know students and/or any women who are interested in getting
>>>> their feet wet with free software contributions in something like
>>>> MediaGoblin, please encourage them to apply!
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>>>> This summer is gonna be awesome!
>>>>  - Chris
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>>>> (PS: Thanks to those of you who signed up as mentors!)
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