[Soc-2005-dev] Ping! (status update please)

[thomas lewis]

Heya...
I might be in a little bit of trouble, but I'm prepared to pull crunchtime the next 5 weeks if necessary. My mentor had some personal issues beyond his control to deal with early on, and I've pretty much heard nothing from him beyond basic introductions. I've had limited contact with a couple of other people in the community, plus their programmer irc channel (My mentoring organisation is Blender), but have spent about 3 times as long on design as I thought, trying to make all the decisions myself as well as self-teaching the physics engine APIs and blender source, neither of which I've used before. Nonetheless, the people I have been able to contact have been helpful, and I think I may almost be ready to start putting together some actual code. I'm really glad of this opportunity, but I think perhaps it could have been better organised. In some ways though, dealing with strange organisation issues helps one get a feel for the real world too.
-Thomas Lewis

P.S. How rigid are the initial specifications? One (as far as I can tell) non-google person suggested narrowing this if it wasn't looking feasible in its current state. Can we do this? 

----- Original Message -----
From: Chris Want <cwant at ualberta.ca>
Date: Monday, July 18, 2005 6:53 am
Subject: [Soc-2005-dev] Ping! (status update please)

> Hi gang,
> 
> We're 3 weeks into this thing,  so I guess it would now
> be a good time to make sure that things are going the
> way we expect them to. I've been in fairly close contact
> with several of the students, and know how they are doing,
> but from some others I haven't really heard a peep.
> If it appears that your project might have a chance
> of failing, it's best that we address this now
> rather than later. If you have a moment and are able
> to update us on the status of your project, that would
> be great. I'd like to know how is your project doing?
> Does it seem likely that you'll be done on time? Do you
> think you are getting as much guidance as you would like
> from your mentor? Any issues such as bad scheduling/timezone
> with mentor? If you are having problems, can you let us
> know what they are, and if you can, can you recommend a remedy?
> 
> You can email me directly if you don't feel comfortable
> mailing the list -- although I think mailing the list would
> be better, since then you'll have almost twenty people
> that can help find a solution, rather than just one
> overworked guy (and heck, we're all on the same team
> anyways).
> 
> Cheers guys,
> Chris
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