{"id":494,"date":"2007-03-24T07:16:22","date_gmt":"2007-03-24T12:16:22","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.bytebot.net\/blog\/archives\/2007\/03\/24\/leaving-summer-of-code-applications-to-the-last-minute"},"modified":"2007-03-24T07:16:24","modified_gmt":"2007-03-24T12:16:24","slug":"leaving-summer-of-code-applications-to-the-last-minute","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.bytebot.net\/blog\/archives\/2007\/03\/24\/leaving-summer-of-code-applications-to-the-last-minute","title":{"rendered":"Leaving Summer of Code applications to the last minute?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>We had about a 70% increase in applications for the Google <a href=\"http:\/\/code.google.com\/soc\">Summer of Code<\/a>, in the last 24-hours. This prompted me to post to the <a href=\"http:\/\/groups.google.com\/group\/google-summer-of-code-discuss\">summer-discuss<\/a> list, <a href=\"http:\/\/groups.google.com\/group\/google-summer-of-code-discuss\/t\/da48ecbff8f73f24\">pimping<\/a> some new projects. We&#8217;re rocking in getting external mentors, for projects that will benefit the community:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>I already <a href=\"http:\/\/www.bytebot.net\/blog\/archives\/2007\/03\/20\/its-mid-week-for-the-google-summer-of-code-we-have-some-new-goodies\">pimped<\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/sheeri.com\/\">Sheeri<\/a> a few days ago, and she&#8217;s got the <a href=\"http:\/\/forge.mysql.com\/wiki\/SummerOfCode#MySQL_Auditing_Software\">MySQL Auditing Software<\/a> up her sleeve<\/li>\n<li>We&#8217;ve also got <a href=\"http:\/\/pbxt.blogspot.com\/\">Paul McCullagh<\/a> (of PBXT storage engine fame), wanting <a href=\"http:\/\/forge.mysql.com\/wiki\/SummerOfCode#The_.22anti-profiler.22_-_a_performance_analysis_tool_for_database_engines\">The &#8220;anti-profiler&#8221; &#8211; a performance analysis tool for database engines<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Now comes the interesting task of separating the wheat from the chaff. We prefer applications that are <b>specific<\/b> (don&#8217;t send an application saying you&#8217;ll work on anything &#8211; thats not a strong application, at all). <b>Check your feedback<\/b>. We can&#8217;t be emailing all of you individually and tying that in with the Google web-app, as well. <\/p>\n<p>In case anyone&#8217;s wondering why the Friday-&gt;Saturday has given us a 70% increase in applications, I&#8217;m pretty certain its the idea behind college kids liking to procrastinate and leaving things to the last minute. Guess this is going to make my weekend, interesting.<\/p>\n<p>Technorati Tags: <a class=\"performancingtags\" href=\"http:\/\/technorati.com\/tag\/google%20summer%20of%20code\" rel=\"tag\">google summer of code<\/a>, <a class=\"performancingtags\" href=\"http:\/\/technorati.com\/tag\/gsoc\" rel=\"tag\">gsoc<\/a>, <a class=\"performancingtags\" href=\"http:\/\/technorati.com\/tag\/summer%20of%20code\" rel=\"tag\">summer of code<\/a>, <a class=\"performancingtags\" href=\"http:\/\/technorati.com\/tag\/learn\" rel=\"tag\">learn<\/a>, <a class=\"performancingtags\" href=\"http:\/\/technorati.com\/tag\/code\" rel=\"tag\">code<\/a>, <a class=\"performancingtags\" href=\"http:\/\/technorati.com\/tag\/mysql\" rel=\"tag\">mysql<\/a>, <a class=\"performancingtags\" href=\"http:\/\/technorati.com\/tag\/auditing\" rel=\"tag\">auditing<\/a>, <a class=\"performancingtags\" href=\"http:\/\/technorati.com\/tag\/profiling\" rel=\"tag\">profiling<\/a>, <a class=\"performancingtags\" href=\"http:\/\/technorati.com\/tag\/performance%20analysis\" rel=\"tag\">performance analysis<\/a>, <a class=\"performancingtags\" href=\"http:\/\/technorati.com\/tag\/performance\" rel=\"tag\">performance<\/a><\/p>\n<div class=\"sharedaddy sd-sharing-enabled\"><div class=\"robots-nocontent sd-block sd-social sd-social-icon-text sd-sharing\"><h3 class=\"sd-title\">Share this:<\/h3><div class=\"sd-content\"><ul><li class=\"share-email\"><a rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\" data-shared=\"\" class=\"share-email sd-button share-icon\" href=\"mailto:?subject=%5BShared%20Post%5D%20Leaving%20Summer%20of%20Code%20applications%20to%20the%20last%20minute%3F&body=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.bytebot.net%2Fblog%2Farchives%2F2007%2F03%2F24%2Fleaving-summer-of-code-applications-to-the-last-minute&share=email\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Click to email a link to a friend\" data-email-share-error-title=\"Do you have email set up?\" data-email-share-error-text=\"If you&#039;re having problems sharing via email, you might not have email set up for your browser. 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