[Bf-committers] Google Summer of Code 2006

[Scott Johnson]

Chris:

Thanks for letting me know more about the project.  I am really 
interested in doing this Summer of Code for Blender.  I have quite a bit 
of experience with OpenGL, and programming in general.  I have also had 
extensive work with Software Engineering methods, including research in 
UML and UML to code implementations.  In addition, I am really excited 
about Blender as a product - I use it regularly, and would really like 
to give back to the organization.

Thanks for letting me know about the group project rules.  I think we 
were kind of looking at doing separate projects, but both in the same 
area: i.e. both of us working on Blender if possible.  Since we are both 
in the same town, it would be easier to bounce ideas off of each other & 
code together.

Is this the best place to be discussing the Summer of Code, or should I 
use a different list/forum?  I know there was some mention of the forums 
on the Blender site.  I didn't know whether or not it was acceptable to 
use the developer list.  Let me know if there is another medium for 
discussion, as I don't want to clog up talks about coding and development.

Thanks!

~Scott

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Scott Johnson
Student
Department of Computer Science
University of North Dakota
scottj at cs.und.edu
(701) 777-5532
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Chris Want wrote:

> Scott Johnson wrote:
>
>> Hello.
>>
>> My name is Scott Johnson.  I am currently entering school this fall 
>> as a Ph.D. student at the University of Minnesota, specializing in 3D 
>> graphics.  My collegue Ryan Langseth and I are interested in working 
>> on a Blender Development project this summer, in Google's Summer of 
>> Code 2006.  I have been working with Blender (in a user setting) for 
>> about  a year now.  I know that Google's 2005 Summer of Code  
>> resulted in a number of excellent new features for Blender, and I am 
>> extremely interested in helping create new features to this great 
>> open source project.
>> I was wondering if anyone on this developer list might have an idea 
>> of who I could speak with to discuss possible projects that Blender 
>> will be looking at submitting for this summer's session.  I can be 
>> reached at scottj at cs.und.edu.
>> Thank you very much!
>>
>> ~Scott
>
>
> Hi Scott,
>
> There is a preliminary project ideas page that might
> change a bit before being officially published:
>
> http://mediawiki.blender.org/index.php/BlenderDev/SOC_2006_ideas
>
> Also, be sure to check Google's SoC student FAQ: for example,
> group submissions are not allowed, so you would not be able
> to work with Ryan on a project.
>
> Regards,
> Chris