i'm not eligable for either a mentor or student position, but...
> 1. the project should be of personal interest to the student. it helps guide
> decisions, it helps motivation, etc. build something for yourself that
> happens
> to be of interest to the community.
> 2. the project needs to be fully scoped out. some projects are conceptually
> straightforward, but require mountains of code to implement. some projects
> are conceptually interesting and take less code. projects that require lots
> of
> code often run into trouble.
i was just reminded of an idea for a tag-based filing system. in this
context, i would imagine a file server that took, say:
crypto/
djb/
salsafamily.pdf
math/
djb/
grumpy.pdf
and turned it into:
crypto/
djb/
salsafamily.pdf
salsafamily.pdf
math/
djb/
grumpy.pdf
grumpy.pdf
djb/
crypto/
salsafamily.pdf
math/
grumpy.pdf
salsafamily.pdf
grumpy.pdf
just to throw it out there.
tristan
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