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: This is definitely a productive working meeting. They tackle one issue at a time, and try to either work through whatever is blocking as a group or at least point the person in a productive direction. When issues are more work than they are worth, they table the issue and find more productive things to work on. | : This is definitely a productive working meeting. They tackle one issue at a time, and try to either work through whatever is blocking as a group or at least point the person in a productive direction. When issues are more work than they are worth, they table the issue and find more productive things to work on. | ||
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| + | : I found the IRC channel easily using a web search for "mifos freenode." There are 1 or 2 people hanging out on the channel, but no discussion going on at present. The channel topic indicates that the channel is logged, but the link to the log goes to a non-responsive server. The Internet Archive [http://www.archive.org] has record of an IRC session log from 2010, but the log itself did not get archived. | ||
Revision as of 19:20, 13 October 2014
Dr. Steven P. Crain
I am an Assistant Professor in Computer Science at the lovely SUNY Plattsburgh [1] nestled in the Champlain Valley at the base of the Adirondack Mountains. When I am not working with students, I am often seen hiking in the mountains or sliding silently along a ski trail. (OK, so really I am seen in a jumbled up mess at the bottom of a small hill....) I am an aspiring 46er [2] and have hiked 12 of the 46 high peaks in the Adirondacks so far, though I am aiming to add 4 more this week.
My research area is machine learning, with a special interest in humanitarian applications. I often work with the Diabetes Hands Foundation [3] on search and recommendation projects. As a rule, I would rather focus on involving undergraduate students in my work than on churning out publications.
Notes on Participation in HFOSS
IRC
- How do people interact?
- The interactions are informal, productive and collegial.
- What is the pattern of communication?
- The meeting focuses on one person at a time, but everyone chimes in with whatever will be helpful, either for solving a problem the focal person is facing or to build community. Normally the post is understood to be directed to the focal person, but a specific person can be addresses if they raise a point that warrants discussion.
- Are there any terms that seem to have special meaning?
- There are many common software development terms (e.g. VM, UML). Beyond that, "lab" may have special meaning.
- Can you make any other observations?
- This is definitely a productive working meeting. They tackle one issue at a time, and try to either work through whatever is blocking as a group or at least point the person in a productive direction. When issues are more work than they are worth, they table the issue and find more productive things to work on.
- Summarize your observations of #mifos
- I found the IRC channel easily using a web search for "mifos freenode." There are 1 or 2 people hanging out on the channel, but no discussion going on at present. The channel topic indicates that the channel is logged, but the link to the log goes to a non-responsive server. The Internet Archive [4] has record of an IRC session log from 2010, but the log itself did not get archived.
