https://fandev-central.dreamwidth.org/ FanDev Central - Dreamwidth Studios Mon, 10 Oct 2011 21:31:11 GMT LiveJournal / Dreamwidth Studios fandev_central community https://fandev-central.dreamwidth.org/614.html Mon, 10 Oct 2011 21:31:11 GMT https://fandev-central.dreamwidth.org/614.html Posted by: <span lj:user='elz' style='white-space: nowrap;' class='ljuser'><a href='https://elz.dreamwidth.org/profile'><img src='https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png' alt='[personal profile] ' width='17' height='17' style='vertical-align: text-bottom; border: 0; padding-right: 1px;' /></a><a href='https://elz.dreamwidth.org/'><b>elz</b></a></span><br /><br />So I was thinking the other day about whether it would be practical/useful to try to do something like a coding version of <a href="http://nanowrimo.org">NaNoWriMo</a>, where people would aim to start and finish a reasonably ambitious project in the month of November. It could be anything - a site, an app, a utility, a new CSS front-end for a site, a major feature you've been wanting to implement. Obviously coding works a bit differently from novel-writing, but it can still be rewarding to resolve to build something or learn something you might have been putting off and be able to hit your goal within a set period of time.<br /><br />Would anybody else be interested in something like that?<br /><br /><img src="https://www.dreamwidth.org/tools/commentcount?user=fandev_central&ditemid=614" width="30" height="12" alt="comment count unavailable" style="vertical-align: middle;"/> comments https://fandev-central.dreamwidth.org/614.html code nano public elz 5 https://fandev-central.dreamwidth.org/504.html Wed, 05 Oct 2011 01:00:49 GMT https://fandev-central.dreamwidth.org/504.html Posted by: <span lj:user='elz' style='white-space: nowrap;' class='ljuser'><a href='https://elz.dreamwidth.org/profile'><img src='https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png' alt='[personal profile] ' width='17' height='17' style='vertical-align: text-bottom; border: 0; padding-right: 1px;' /></a><a href='https://elz.dreamwidth.org/'><b>elz</b></a></span><br /><br />Greetings!<br /><br />A few words of introduction: fandom is full of awesomely talented people, and fans have been making websites, archives and other tools for ourselves and each other for decades now. A lot of us are tech types in some respect: coders, designers, sysadmins; hobbyists and professionals. After the recent shake-ups with Delicious, there were a lot of conversations about building our own system, and it occurred to me that while Dreamwidth and AO3 both have their own dev communities and there are a myriad of tech sites on the internet, we don't really have a place within fandom for people to pool their knowledge, brainstorm about projects, and <del>plot world domination</del> generally keep in touch with one another.<br /><br />So, here goes! Feel free to introduce yourselves and share a little about what you're working on or what you'd like to learn more about. Posting is currently open to anyone who joins - don't feel shy about tossing out questions or discussion topics!<br /><br /><img src="https://www.dreamwidth.org/tools/commentcount?user=fandev_central&ditemid=504" width="30" height="12" alt="comment count unavailable" style="vertical-align: middle;"/> comments https://fandev-central.dreamwidth.org/504.html intro public elz 0