[sudo-discuss] How do we help SudoRoom become more project-based?

[Romy Ilano]

Thanks for the realism Cere!

I think contests and hackathons can be fun, but so many of them are heavily
corporate. Is there anything that wouldn't be a big turnoff to hackers?

I guess a non-profit or "for the good of humanity" deal would be cool. I
know when people work on SudoMesh there is a strong "Yeah I'm doing this
for the good of humanity" feeling.

*Porftolio Competition*

   - From time to time we've gotten code bootcamp people wandering around
   our hackrrspace. I would always tell them to update the wiki, find a cool
   project go finish that would benefit the space.


*Feeling Good for Finishing Stuff Reward*

   - For me personally, there comes a reward in finishing off a project
   since it's so hard to finish one in general.


I dunno, good ideas!




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Romy Ilano
romy at snowyla.com



On Wed, Feb 8, 2017 at 3:40 PM, Cere Misc <cere.misc at gmail.com> wrote:

> I just want to a note sobering note of realism around this fantastic
> conversation.  I think one of the reasons why we don’t see more project
> based work at both spaces is that people are just struggling to finish
> whatever project earns them money from day to day.  I think we could really
> get more people involved if there was some promise of personal fame or
> fortune.  Just because it’s “open” doesn’t mean there can’t be prize
> money.  So what cool contests should we consider entering?
>
> On Wed, Feb 8, 2017 at 2:40 PM, Patrik D'haeseleer <patrikd at gmail.com>
> wrote:
>
>> On Wed, Feb 8, 2017 at 9:46 AM, Romy Ilano <romy at snowyla.com> wrote:
>>
>>> Thanks for the advice Patrik!
>>>
>>> Something tells me that a group-led project might not work so well at
>>> SudoRoom. I hope someone can prove me wrong!
>>>
>>
>> Sudomesh seems to do pretty well though! That's an excellent example of
>> the kind of team projects I was suggesting. (If it were up to me, I would
>> have SudoMesh meet *in* Sudo Room though, rather than treating it as a
>> completely separate spinoff project)
>>
>>
>>> It's is a big benefit that CCL/BioCurious have more "restrictions"
>>> around biohacking. You don't have to be on a computer to do it, and it does
>>> require specialized laboratory equipment.
>>>
>>
>> Not sure I understand why you consider that a benefit,or more conducive
>> to team projects. And note that there are plenty of purely bioinformatics
>> or software-based projects that CCL could be working on as well. It's just
>> that nobody has taken the initiative of creating a group project around
>> that so far.
>>
>> Patrik
>>
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