SarahStrong

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Sarah Strong

Contact information

  • Your Name: Sarah Strong
  • Email Address: sarah.e.strong@gmail.com

  • IRC nickname: aganice
  • Launchpad ID: sarahstrong
  • Skype username: sarah-strong
  • Webpage/blog: www.sarahstrong.110mb.com
  • College-University: University of Toronto
  • Major: Computer Science, Software Engineering Specialist

Please hold tight for more information once classes end April 1st.

Project

  • Project Name: Clipboard Improvement
  • Project Description: Your own description of the project
  • If you would be willing and able to do other projects instead, which ones?
  • Why did you like this idea?
  • Please describe a tentative project architecture or an approach to it:
  • Give us details about the milestones for this project
  • Why will your proposal benefit Ubuntu?

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Open Source

  • Previous Open Source development experience: Co-creator of the open source project TracSNAP, a social network analysis tool for developers using the Trac project management system. Currently contributing to pylint, a code analysis tool for python.

/* * Why are you interested in Open Source? They've all heard the FOSS social importance & importance to students push before - what can I say that's more personal? */

Availability

  • How long will the project take? When can you begin? I expect to begin mid-May.
  • How much time do you expect to dedicate to this project? (weekly) Approximately 40 hours/week, including not just writing and testing code but also communication with my sponsor and related communities.
  • Where will you based during the summer? Toronto , ON and Montreal, QC
  • Do you have any commitments for the summer? (holidays/work/summer courses) I plan to take one distance course, an introduction to economic philosophy taught using a book I've already read. I don't expect it to take much time.

/* * Please designate a back up student (in case you need to withdraw your application): Not yet determined

Other

  • Have you ever participated in a previous GSoC? No
  • Have you applied for any other 2010 Summer of Code projects? If yes, which ones? Nope
  • Why did you apply for the Google Summer of Code? Interest (...)
  • Why did you choose Ubuntu as a mentoring organisation? Ongoing user, it seems to be a distro most often complained about by those trying an alternative to Mac/Windows (...)
  • Why do you want to participate and why should Ubuntu choose you? Add resume fluff here, plus breakdown usability improvement goals.

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