The document discusses open source projects and how everyone can participate in them. It reveals that there is no real distinction between those developing a project ("we") and outsiders ("them"), but rather that individuals play various roles within and across projects. It encourages the reader to get involved by choosing a role like contributor, tester, or documenter, and provides tips on how to start, such as learning source control, unit testing, blogging, and creating your own gems or plugins. The overarching message is that permission is not needed and the reader should not keep any secrets, but rather get involved in an open source project of their choosing.

1. Everyone can
participate
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2. Everyone can
participate
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4. If you cannot understand me,
its not my fault! hehehe
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5. Before code
we hacked
cars...
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6. then we hacked computers...
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7. now we hack code
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8. Open source projects
sourceforge: 100,000+
github: 19,000 projects &
9,500 forks
rubyforge: 6,500 projects
& 3,500 gems
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9. gem install xyz
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10. You care
about some
projects more
than others
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11. Or perhaps
too many
projects
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12. We need help!
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13. You in the future
Opportunities
Greater skills
Self confidence
Public renown
Mother will be proud
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14. “There is a
secret you
need to know
first...”
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15. “We need help”
“Help us!”
“Their project is...”
“I wish they would...”
“Those !#@s didn’t
accept my patch :( ”
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16. Overview
1. The secrets
2. How to do it
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17. Overview
1. The secrets
2. How to do it
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18. The secrets
There is no “we” or “them”
Individuals play roles
You can play any role, any
time
Permission is optional
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19. The secrets
There is no “we” or “them”
Individuals play roles
You can play any role, any
time
Permission is optional
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20. There is no “them”
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21. The secrets
There is no “we” or “them”
Individuals play roles
You can play any role, any
time
Permission is optional
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22. Parenting
Daddy baths all children
Daddy reads books
Daddy makes breakfast
Daddy plays
Daddy goes to the park
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23. Individuals play roles
Founder/creator
Maintainer
Documenter
Tester
Promoter
Contributor/patcher/cleaner
Bug/ticket creator
User
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24. The secrets
There is no “we” or “them”
Individuals play roles
You can play any role, any
time
Permission is optional
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25. You choose:
Founder/creator
Maintainer
Documenter
Tester
Promoter
Contributor/patcher/cleaner
Bug/ticket creator
User
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26. The secrets
There is no “we” or “them”
Individuals play roles
You can play any role, any
time
Permission is optional
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27. Choose it NOW:
Founder/creator
Maintainer
Documenter
Tester
Promoter
Contributor/patcher/cleaner
Bug/ticket creator
User
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28. The secrets
There is no “we” or “them”
Individuals play roles
You can play any role, any
time
Permission is optional
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29. Overview
1. The secrets
2. How to do it
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30. Overview
1. The secrets
2. How to do it
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31. How to be awesome
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32. Path to Awesomeness
Learn source control
Learn unit testing
Start a blog
Learn to create
Improve your craft
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33. Learn source control
Learn Subversion and Git
svn checkout ...
git clone ...
git svn clone ...
Alt Git logo: http://henrik.nyh.se/2007/06/alternative-git-logo-and-favicon
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34. Learn unit testing
Rule: don’t touch code
without its own tests
Suggestion: write a test that
makes you write code
Suggestion: for reported
bugs, reproduce error as a
unit test
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35. Testing sample
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36. Start a blog
Buy your own domain
Get a free blog account or
host on own server
Share what you learn
Blog == live CV/resume
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37. Learn to create
http://www.sndgems.com/logo513.jpg
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38. newgem
1.gem install newgem
2.newgem myproject
3.cd myproject
4.rake install_gem
5.rake release VERSION=0.0.1
6.rake -T
7.update your README
See http://newgem.rubyforge.org/ and http://newgem.rubyforge.org/rubyforge.html
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39. Improve your craft
Start/attend dev meetings
Show your code at dev
meetings
Fix other people’s code
Answer questions on
forums
English speakers translate!
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40. Path to Awesomeness
Learn source control
Learn unit testing
Start a blog
Learn to create
Improve your craft
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41. Overview
1. The secrets
2. How to do it
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42. Overview
1. The secrets
2. How to do it
3. Final secret
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43. Don’t keep secrets!
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44. Everyone AND YOU
can participate
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45. Everyone AND YOU
can participate
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