shame,but yes it's better to start this slowly and smartly Looking forward to the event and eventual results!
> Anecdote/note on event perspective: > In a discussion with a friend, I heard the following utterance: > "Do you know why there are just a few opensource graphic programs, but > hundreds of feature-packed hex editors? Because programmers have the > knowledge and motivation to create the tools they need, while the > artists lack either or both". Certainly a striking quote. The first is the truest issue,to me. I have plenty of motivation, but knowledge... And it's not a matter of learning ,it's that I haven't got a mind suited to coding. I can do it,but with much difficulty. And I'm an artist who is a bit more technical then most. (in my experience) > Date: Wed, 28 Nov 2012 13:15:40 +0100 > From: [email protected] > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: [Mypaint-discuss] Planning a MyPain bugfix hackathon > > I'm postponing the event till 2013. Still too many points of failure, > but this _will_ happen eventually. > > > Some details: > - We still haven't got a reliable infrastructure for food preparation > and beverage distribution, and the expected deadline for these was > postponed several times. > - Ongoing workspace rearrangements. > - I have a feeling we may encounter possible promotional issues at this > stage (and time of year). > - Prior to such event I want to hold a few talks about creative process > with opensource software, briefly present a workflow with Blender, > MyPaint, Gimp and Krita, attract/build the artistic and > programmer/gamedev audiences. > > I'm aiming to make this a stable, recurrent event, and establish a good > base of programmers/users/ugrammers around it, so it will be wiser to > actually put some more preparation into it rather that rush it just > because of Windows users and the GTK+ bug ;)). I hope this catches on, > so keep your fingers crossed! > > > > Anecdote/note on event perspective: > In a discussion with a friend, I heard the following utterance: > "Do you know why there are just a few opensource graphic programs, but > hundreds of feature-packed hex editors? Because programmers have the > knowledge and motivation to create the tools they need, while the > artists lack either or both". > > _______________________________________________ > Mypaint-discuss mailing list > [email protected] > https://mail.gna.org/listinfo/mypaint-discuss
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