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Kindness in Open Source

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Kindness in Open Source

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March 03, 2013
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Transcript

  1. KINDNESS IN OPEN SOURCE

  2. Parker Moore @parkr

  3. Cornell University

  4. None

  5. INTERN AT

  6. None
  7. None

  8. WHO MAINTAINS AN OPEN SOURCE PROJECT HERE?

  9. EVER HAD A TOTAL N00B POST AN ISSUE OR PULL

    REQUEST?

  10. and what’s our first reaction?

  11. None

  12. WE’RE ALL LIKE:

  13. SOME REALLY DOPEY IDEAS

  14. BUT THINK OF THEM LIKE

  15. deserve :heart: and compassion

  16. newbies are valuable

  17. dopey ideas sometimes turn into amazing features

  18. they need your constructive criticism to get better take advantage

    of your opportunity to teach

  19. in short order, these newbies will submit great pull requests

    that support and improve your project

  20. NBLFTPVSDPNNVOJUZ GBSCFUUFS

  21. MATZ IS NICE SO WE ARE NICE

  22. TAKE A MINUTE TO HELP THE N00BS HANGING AROUND YOUR

    PROJECTS THANKS!