Archives Tag: Google Summer of Code
Chrome Next Steps: Extension API
Chrome is an amazing browser and I’m very thankful that Google released it. It has helped set the standard much higher for browsers and for what is to come in future releases of all browsers. The primary component about Chrome that I love is how fast the JavaScript engine is. It’s amazingly fast. But one [...]
Full StorySummer of Code 2009
Summer of Code 2009 has begun! It’s well into March 2009 right now and summer is just around the corner! First things first though, for those that do not know what Summer of Code is, it is an event sponsored by Google that participates with a number of open sources applications such as Drupal, Gallery, [...]
Full StoryGoogle Launches Summer of Code 2008
Google holds an annual Summer of Code event. Today, they announced the beginning of this year’s event. Last year, they didn’t announce the event until mid-March, so it’s a little bit earlier for 2008. The announcement indeed came earlier, but registration still won’t begin until early March. “We’ll begin accepting applications from mentoring organizations on [...]
Full StorySummer of Code 2007 Kick-off
Summer of Code 2007 has officially kicked off as of Thursday, March 15th, 2007. What are some of my favorite projects that are involved with Summer of Code? Drupal (ideas) Eclipse (ideas) Gallery (ideas) Mozilla Foundation (ideas) Subversion (ideas) Wordpress (ideas) Ubuntu (ideas) These are just a few of my favorite open source projects that are being involved with Summer of Code. A particular highlight would have to be Wordpress though, since that is what powers this website and many others I manage and write for.
Full StorySummer of Code Program Overhaul
According to Leslie Hawthorn, open source program coordinator at Google, the biggest change for 2007 is the increased preparation time. While in previous years the program has started taking applications in April and started in late May, this year the program was announced in February, with mentor organizations applying to participate from March 5-12 and students from March 14-23. Successful applicants will be announced on April 9, and the program
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