Hello Planet GNOME!
Yay! I am on Planet GNOME!! Hi everyone! I’m a 20 years old Brazilian student at UFPel studying Computer Science. For the first time I’ve been accepted into the Google Summer of Code program. This...
View Article#GSoC: Community Bonding period
This period between the accepted students announcement and the hands-on part of GSoC is called the ‘Community Bonding period’. It’s when students meet their mentors/community, and read documentation. I...
View Article#GSoC Report II
Hello everyone! I’m a little late on my report, but [finally] it’s here now. It’s been hard to conciliate college and GSoC but I’m making good progress on my task. As I told you before, my first task...
View Article#GSoC Report III
Hey, it’s been almost two weeks since my last report, but I’m still here working. I am [finally] free of my university exams, i. e., GSoC is my new full-time occupation. In my last report, I described...
View ArticleI’m attending GUADEC!
I almost forgot to announce that I’m attending GUADEC in A Coruña, Spain. I’m sure it will be a great opportunity to go deeper into GNOME development, meet new people, make new friends and put faces on...
View Article#GSoC: midterm evaluations
They say time goes faster when you are having fun. This first-half of GSoC has passed in a blink of eye, really! Despite having a hard time conciliating GSoC with my university duties, this period is...
View ArticleGUADEC 2012
I’ve had such a wonderful time at this year’s GUADEC. It was a great opportunity of making new friends, meeting awesome rockstars/ninjas, and visiting a beautiful [and delightful] city. I’ve fallen in...
View Article#GSoC Report IV
Hey! I’ve finished the work that was necessary on Tracker to make it better able to serve Documents and other applications. I just need to get my patch reviewed and perform the necessary alterations....
View Article#GSoC Report V
Hey, this is not my GSoC final report. I didn’t expect to be still talking about my work on Tracker at this time, but Martyn Russel has made some nice suggestions of modifications to my code on his...
View Article#GSoC Final Report
Hey, I can believe it’s over. This Summer passed way too fast! It was a great opportunity of learning more about free software development, programming, and GNOME. To describe and evaluate my Google...
View ArticleBye FISL 14! See you all next year!
Last week I attended the 14th edition of the Free Software International Forum (FISL) in Porto Alegre, Brazil. It was a great opportunity to see in real life people I see daily on IRC/mail-lists/social...
View ArticleGoing to GUADEC 2013!
Hooray! Thanks to the GNOME Foundation, I will be attending this years’ GUADEC. Once again I’m having the terrifc opportunity of meeting my fellow GNOMErs in-real-life, meet new ones, and help this...
View ArticleProgramming Marathon training at UFSC
July was a very busy month for me. I’ve attended FISL14 and a Winter School of Programming Marathon at UFSC, Florianópolis. Now I’m blogging from GUADEC in Brno, Czech Republic. Since I’m still a...
View ArticleGUADEC 2013
My journey starts by crossing the Atlantic Ocean and fighting its most dangerous threads. Basically monsters, dragons, and pirates. In Lisbon, Portugal, I have stepped ashore. My sailing days were...
View ArticleGNOME 3.10 is out!
GNOME 3.10 is the result of 6 months work by 985 contributors, and includes an amazing 34,786 changes. Check out the release notes for details.
View ArticleBye 2013! Happy 2014!
When a new year comes, it’s time to reflect (not regret) and set up new goals. With this in mind, I have to say that last year was the best year ever… so far! I have attended FISL 14 in Porto Alegre,...
View ArticleChanges
One of my New Year’s Resolution has been achieved. It’s been two months now since I started working at Parafernalia Interativa. We’re building with Endless Mobile an operating system to power computers...
View ArticleGNOME 3.12 Released!
The GNOME Project has released GNOME 3.12 today. Congratulations to all the approximately 1140 contributors that made 34236 really awesome changes in this release. Bastian Hougaard and Karen Sandler...
View ArticleSee you at FISL 15!
Hey everyone, I’m just passing by to say that I will be attending FISL 15 from May 7 to 10th in Porto Alegre, Brazil. At May 8th, 9 a.m., we will be conducting a GNOME Community Meeting where you will...
View ArticleFISL 15!
The latest edition of FISL was a blast! Even though I have noticed a smaller number of attendees compared to 2013, it is quality rather than quantity that matters. We had less GNOMErs this year as...
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