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Anne-Gaelle Colom

This document summarizes Anne-Gaëlle Colom's involvement with open source projects like jQuery and jQuery Mobile. It describes how she started contributing by reporting bugs and inconsistencies, eventually taking on a leadership role rewriting documentation. Her contributions led to opportunities like speaking at conferences, meeting open source leaders, and career advancement. Open source involvement provided learning opportunities that improved her teaching and opened doors for her students.

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Impact of Open Source jQuery Dev Summit – New York City October 2015 Anne-Gaëlle Colom
Anne-Gaëlle Colom Senior Lecturer at the University of Westminster, London, UK Documentation Lead for jQuery Mobile Content Lead for the jQuery Foundation jQuery Board of Directors
Current Teaching • Web Technology – 320 1st year students • Advanced Client-side Web Development – 130 2nd year students • Mobile User Experience – 120 3rd year students • Mobile Computing Principles – 100 2nd year students
1st Computer - 1984
1st Website 1995 Teaching HTML - 1996
1st Mobile Application - 1997 for district nurses, targeting the Hitachi Possible PMC - 2000 EDEN, EROS, ADAM, EVE, FOSSIL
1st JavaScript App: HTML editor in (1998)
Then … I had 2 kids! (1999 and 2002)
What brought me to jQuery? • Course Leader for BSc Internet Computing / BEng Mobile and Web Computing • Teaching Mobile UI & Mobile Computing Principles since Sept 2005… • Rendering the same content on various devices based on device capabilities and screen size – WURFL – XML – XSLT – WML – CSS – XHTML – PHP • In Oct 2010: “I cannot teach WML anymore (obsolete)!”
jQuery Mobile (alpha 1)
jQuery Mobile – October 2010 • Developed lecture notes and examples • Discovered bugs • Reported bugs
jQuery Mobile – March-Nov 2011 • Developed a small project • Discovered & reported bugs • Discovered & reported docs inconsistencies • Gave solutions
Pull Request ??
19th October 2011: DIY!
My New Best Friend!
November 2011 Starting to feel the Impact!
Go ahead from Todd Parker • rewrite the docs in one voice, • fix inconsistencies, • add more information & examples where necessary.
GitHub • I’m on Patch level… • I want to be a Master!
.net Magazine Award “Sort of random, but since you're now a member of the mobile documentation team, now all the glamour begins. There is a .net awards party nov. 24th in London and we're looking for someone to represent the project if we win. Might you be interested?” Todd Parker (jQuery Mobile Lead)
.net Magazine Award “Sort of random, but since you're now a member of the mobile documentation team, now all the glamour begins. There is a .net awards party nov. 24th in London and we're looking for someone to represent the project if we win. Might you be interested?”
.net Magazine Award “Sort of random, but since you're now a member of the mobile documentation team, now all the glamour begins. There is a .net awards party nov. 24th in London and we're looking for someone to represent the project if we win. Might you be interested?”
.net Magazine Award “Sort of random, but since you're now a member of the mobile documentation team, now all the glamour begins. There is a .net awards party nov. 24th in London and we're looking for someone to represent the project if we win. Might you be interested?”
.net Magazine Award “Sort of random, but since you're now a member of the mobile documentation team, now all the glamour begins. There is a .net awards party nov. 24th in London and we're looking for someone to represent the project if we win. Might you be interested?”
.net Magazine Award “Sort of random, but since you're now a member of the mobile documentation team, now all the glamour begins. There is a .net awards party nov. 24th in London and we're looking for someone to represent the project if we win. Might you be interested?”
.net Magazine Award “Sort of random, but since you're now a member of the mobile documentation team, now all the glamour begins. There is a .net awards party nov. 24th in London and we're looking for someone to represent the project if we win. Might you be interested?”
Hi Todd, Yes I am definitely interested :-) Thank you very much! Anne
Source: http://diary.chopard.com I’m thinking….
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I met Paul Irish!
And this happened!
After 73 merged PRs…
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Meanwhile at work… • Restructuring: – Merged two schools of Computer Science – All staff had to reapply for their position – Reduced staff by 30% – Tensions – STRESS
Meanwhile at work… • All new roles are unavailable to me • No prospect for career progression
Meanwhile at work…
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Typical Day • 6.30am wake up, get kids ready for school • Go to Work • 5.45pm pick up kids, prepare dinner, help with homework. • 7pm/8pm to 11pm+ jQuery time! (+ commuting time) • Weekends & Holidays are also jQuery time! • Roughly 35h a week – sometimes more…
2011 – 2012
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My Contributions • In 4.5 years: – Contributed to 15 jQuery repos and a few others (jsbin, node.js, w3c) – 1500 commits – 50000 additions – 3500 h
April 2013
Award Nominations/Shortlists
Speaking Opportunities • 5 international conferences (UK, Europe, USA) • 1 international meetup (Europe) • Many more offers (Europe & Asia)
In-person meetings/conferences
Opportunities to make new contacts
Opportunities to make new contacts
Opportunities to make new contacts
Learning Opportunities • From discussions • From conferences • Feedback on PRs • Code Reviews
Learning Opportunities • GitHub • git • Wordpress • IRC • Grunt • Node • jQuery • jQuery UI • jQuery Mobile • Markdown • Coding standards • Software Engineering processes • Testing • Documentation
That feeds back into my work • Better teaching experience for my students • Improved and wider expertise in the web and mobile area • Work with web and mobile experts • Good position for curriculum development • My students get: – Invited to Mozilla events in London – Invited to London JS events – Guest Lectures
Now at work… • New roles are available to me • Prospect for career progression
Now at work…
Now at work
New Challenge
jQuery and me!Open Source and me!
Conclusion • Many opportunities to contribute to Open Source • Many areas in which to contribute • Real impact on your – Career – Confidence – How people see you
Where will you contribute?
Thank you! • Anne-Gaelle Colom (Anne) • @agcolom on Twitter • I'm agcolom on the #jquery-content and #jqueryui-dev channels on freenode IRC

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Impact of Open Source

  • 1. Impact of Open Source jQuery Dev Summit – New York City October 2015 Anne-Gaëlle Colom
  • 2. Anne-Gaëlle Colom Senior Lecturer at the University of Westminster, London, UK Documentation Lead for jQuery Mobile Content Lead for the jQuery Foundation jQuery Board of Directors
  • 3. Current Teaching • Web Technology – 320 1st year students • Advanced Client-side Web Development – 130 2nd year students • Mobile User Experience – 120 3rd year students • Mobile Computing Principles – 100 2nd year students
  • 6. 1st Mobile Application - 1997 for district nurses, targeting the Hitachi Possible PMC - 2000 EDEN, EROS, ADAM, EVE, FOSSIL
  • 7. 1st JavaScript App: HTML editor in (1998)
  • 8. Then … I had 2 kids! (1999 and 2002)
  • 9. What brought me to jQuery? • Course Leader for BSc Internet Computing / BEng Mobile and Web Computing • Teaching Mobile UI & Mobile Computing Principles since Sept 2005… • Rendering the same content on various devices based on device capabilities and screen size – WURFL – XML – XSLT – WML – CSS – XHTML – PHP • In Oct 2010: “I cannot teach WML anymore (obsolete)!”
  • 11. jQuery Mobile – October 2010 • Developed lecture notes and examples • Discovered bugs • Reported bugs
  • 12. jQuery Mobile – March-Nov 2011 • Developed a small project • Discovered & reported bugs • Discovered & reported docs inconsistencies • Gave solutions
  • 15. My New Best Friend!
  • 16. November 2011 Starting to feel the Impact!
  • 17. Go ahead from Todd Parker • rewrite the docs in one voice, • fix inconsistencies, • add more information & examples where necessary.
  • 18. GitHub • I’m on Patch level… • I want to be a Master!
  • 19. .net Magazine Award “Sort of random, but since you're now a member of the mobile documentation team, now all the glamour begins. There is a .net awards party nov. 24th in London and we're looking for someone to represent the project if we win. Might you be interested?” Todd Parker (jQuery Mobile Lead)
  • 20. .net Magazine Award “Sort of random, but since you're now a member of the mobile documentation team, now all the glamour begins. There is a .net awards party nov. 24th in London and we're looking for someone to represent the project if we win. Might you be interested?”
  • 21. .net Magazine Award “Sort of random, but since you're now a member of the mobile documentation team, now all the glamour begins. There is a .net awards party nov. 24th in London and we're looking for someone to represent the project if we win. Might you be interested?”
  • 22. .net Magazine Award “Sort of random, but since you're now a member of the mobile documentation team, now all the glamour begins. There is a .net awards party nov. 24th in London and we're looking for someone to represent the project if we win. Might you be interested?”
  • 23. .net Magazine Award “Sort of random, but since you're now a member of the mobile documentation team, now all the glamour begins. There is a .net awards party nov. 24th in London and we're looking for someone to represent the project if we win. Might you be interested?”
  • 24. .net Magazine Award “Sort of random, but since you're now a member of the mobile documentation team, now all the glamour begins. There is a .net awards party nov. 24th in London and we're looking for someone to represent the project if we win. Might you be interested?”
  • 25. .net Magazine Award “Sort of random, but since you're now a member of the mobile documentation team, now all the glamour begins. There is a .net awards party nov. 24th in London and we're looking for someone to represent the project if we win. Might you be interested?”
  • 26. Hi Todd, Yes I am definitely interested :-) Thank you very much! Anne
  • 29. I met Paul Irish!
  • 31. After 73 merged PRs…
  • 33. Meanwhile at work… • Restructuring: – Merged two schools of Computer Science – All staff had to reapply for their position – Reduced staff by 30% – Tensions – STRESS
  • 34. Meanwhile at work… • All new roles are unavailable to me • No prospect for career progression
  • 37. Typical Day • 6.30am wake up, get kids ready for school • Go to Work • 5.45pm pick up kids, prepare dinner, help with homework. • 7pm/8pm to 11pm+ jQuery time! (+ commuting time) • Weekends & Holidays are also jQuery time! • Roughly 35h a week – sometimes more…
  • 44. My Contributions • In 4.5 years: – Contributed to 15 jQuery repos and a few others (jsbin, node.js, w3c) – 1500 commits – 50000 additions – 3500 h
  • 47. Speaking Opportunities • 5 international conferences (UK, Europe, USA) • 1 international meetup (Europe) • Many more offers (Europe & Asia)
  • 49. Opportunities to make new contacts
  • 50. Opportunities to make new contacts
  • 51. Opportunities to make new contacts
  • 52. Learning Opportunities • From discussions • From conferences • Feedback on PRs • Code Reviews
  • 53. Learning Opportunities • GitHub • git • Wordpress • IRC • Grunt • Node • jQuery • jQuery UI • jQuery Mobile • Markdown • Coding standards • Software Engineering processes • Testing • Documentation
  • 54. That feeds back into my work • Better teaching experience for my students • Improved and wider expertise in the web and mobile area • Work with web and mobile experts • Good position for curriculum development • My students get: – Invited to Mozilla events in London – Invited to London JS events – Guest Lectures
  • 55. Now at work… • New roles are available to me • Prospect for career progression
  • 59. jQuery and me!Open Source and me!
  • 60. Conclusion • Many opportunities to contribute to Open Source • Many areas in which to contribute • Real impact on your – Career – Confidence – How people see you
  • 61. Where will you contribute?
  • 62. Thank you! • Anne-Gaelle Colom (Anne) • @agcolom on Twitter • I'm agcolom on the #jquery-content and #jqueryui-dev channels on freenode IRC

Editor's Notes

  • #2: I’m going to talk to you about what Open source did for me, from being a user of jQuery Mobile to becoming a contributor, then becoming a team member.
  • #5: And this is where it all started. (spec)
  • #8: I could cover the whole javascript syntax.
  • #16: I was telling github about a
  • #37: So I just jumped into what made me feel valued
  • #45: Just to give you an idea from my own experience
  • #54: ----- Meeting Notes (17/10/2015 14:33) ----- Tools, Technologies, Processes,
  • #60: Working on jQuery makes me happy I feel valued I learn something new every day