On Wednesday 05 January 2011 19:44:25 Bill Ritchie wrote: > I've been using freenet for some time now, and I've always wanted do more to > help. > > Perhaps I should explain what I can do first: > > 1) I can program - Mostly in C. I plan on starting to help squish > some of the smaller bugs, soon though.
If you can program in C you can learn Java reasonably quickly, although you will have to get your head round the object oriented thing. > > 2) I suck at documentation. Really don't ask me to help unless you > want it to read like a 3rd grade school paper :) > > 3) Testing - I can.. But I know what I'm doing most of the time and > smart enough to figure it out if I don't. Doesn't make for a good tester. It makes for a good debugger, no? > > 4) Infrastructure - I've submitted one of my systems to be a seednode, > but I have lots of spare servers, and bandwidth. Is there any way I can help > with the test network? If it helps I can throw resources at it (or whatever > else that is need) all day long. Perhaps. We will post if we need additional infrastructure e.g. for simulations. > > 5) Public exposure - I'm a reclusive hermit. (Seriously) Which is > why I like freenet. I suck at communication (see #2), so I try not to. > (posting this little email is like pulling teeth(but I want to help so I'm > sucking it up)). However I don't care if people know who I am, know what my > real name is, or what I'm doing. So I'm not afraid of being associated with > freenet. :) > > 6) Organizational skills - I'm middle of the road . I know a lot of > strange people with a lot different backgrounds (me included) but I have that > hard time communicating. > > 7) Thickness of head/skin - People can tell me that I'm a flaming 'tard > if they want. I'm not going to cry if they do, or if I'm wrong. I DO get > frustrated over not being able to communicate my point clearly some times. Usually a good thing around here. :) Try not to get bogged down though. > > Anyway my point is that I can and want to help. If you can code that is probably the most valuable thing... -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: signature.asc Type: application/pgp-signature Size: 197 bytes Desc: This is a digitally signed message part. URL: <https://emu.freenetproject.org/pipermail/devl/attachments/20110105/27318254/attachment.pgp>
