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Title:

Coding for Pleasure: Developing Killer Spare-Time Apps

Your vote:
Yes No
Organizer:
Adam Pash, Lifehacker
Description:
Every startup origin story is about a couple of developers who abscond to a garage and end up building the Next Big Thing. But money and fame don't need to be your end goal. You can significantly improve your life--and impact others' lives--by coding for pleasure in your spare time.
Questions
Answered:
  1. What's a part-time developer?
  2. Why should I work on something for nothing?
  3. What kind of applications can you build in your spare time?
  4. How can I streamline spare-time development?
  5. Should I really make software development my hobby if it's already my job?
  6. What if I don't know anything about programming?
  7. Should I open source my work?
  8. How can I get my employer to sponsor this kind of development?
  9. How can I find people interested in collaborating on a part-time project?
  10. Should I start my own project or contribute to a large open-source project?
Level:
Beginner
Category:
Education, Open Source, Self-Help / Self-Improvement, User Generated Content, Web Apps / Widgets
Type:
Panel
Event:
Interactive 2010
Gina Trapani
on 17/8/09
[this will be good]
franje123 d'onofrio
on 17/8/09
I voted for this,it sounds tres tres molto cool!

Could you youtube it por favor?
Sathish Paul Leo
on 17/8/09
I voted too!!! Keep up the good work guys :)
Adam Pash
on 17/8/09
Thanks everybody. The lineup's not solidified yet, but Gina Trapani is a definite yes. For my part, I've developed and released several open source Windows applications of varying popularity (the most successful of which is probably Texter), and I've also launched a web site called MixTape.me--all done in my spare time when I'm not busy at Lifehacker (http://lifehacker.com).

Similarly, Gina has released a gaggle of popular Firefox extensions (most notably Better Gmail) and headed other open source projects, like the Todo.txt command line interface--also all developed in her spare time.

As I said, I haven't solidified other speakers, but I promise, they'll be great.
Henry Armitage
on 18/8/09
Please do! Very interested in the topic!

Be sure to YouTube and/or Podcast it
Sue Zen
on 18/8/09
Looking forward to it. Love ya guys!
David Kadavy
on 2/9/09
Very cool idea. I'd love to see a panel from Adam. You may want to consider David Weekley of PBworks as a panelist. Hardly a "part-time developer," but PBworks originated as a little weekend project.
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on 20/10/09
Good idea for a panel. Case studies ARE good. :)
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