OT - starting a project

[David Schwartz]

Well, the graphical editor is really a facade needed to do further work. I’m not aware of any that have the features I need to proceed, so the first task is to adapt or build an editor that does what I need. Then proceed from there.

I’m after something that gets into graphical software design. That is, GUI-based software design. Nothing like I’ve ever seen, and I’ve seen a bunch of stuff.

I have some ideas that I’d like to see fleshed-out that could result in some interesting snapshot projects along the way.

Maybe it’s something a couple of college students who need a summer project could help with? 

(I hesitate to say “interns”, but … whatever works. Except I can’t pay them anything.)

-David Schwartz



> On May 17, 2016, at 8:55 PM, Thomas Cameron <thomas.cameron at camerontech.com> wrote:
> 
> On 05/17/2016 06:38 PM, David Schwartz wrote:
>> Hey, guys, I have a very general question
>> 
>> There’s an idea I’ve had for quite a while, and was chatting with
>> someone recently who suggested I set up an open-source kind of project
>> for it.
>> 
>> The problem is, I don’t really want to do the programming on it. I want
>> to be the architect and direct some other developers.
>> 
>> So what’s the best way to find a couple of people who’d like to work on
>> an app part-time?
>> 
>> Honetsly, I don’t care what it’s implemented in initially; a browser app
>> is fine, but it needs to read and write to a file system (local and/or
>> cloud-based).
>> 
>> Right now I’m just looking to build a proof-of-concept model and extend
>> it one step at a time.
>> 
>> The main architecture is an interactive graphical editor roughly similar
>> to Visio, but then it goes off into some interesting directoins.
>> 
>> Any ideas?
> 
> I've actually toyed with an idea like this for a while. I have an idea
> for a project, but my problem is that I am not qualified to code it. I'm
> just not a very good programmer at all, much more a sysadmin type.
> 
> The only way I can really think to get something like this going is to
> maybe pay for the first version of development, like a cheap offshore
> developer in Russia or India, then make it open source. If it's a good
> idea, if there's enough interest in it, if there's enough value in it,
> you'll attract contributors. It's a heck of a lot easier for folks to
> look at what you've got and tell you how to make it better than to start
> with a clean sheet of paper. See
> https://u2206659.ct.sendgrid.net/wf/click?upn=3cK2FVJjyu2N-2Bxco034fZmcqd4CBKIc9As-2Fy6egIUulbtScFFSgeuhpZHhkRl-2BcoQOcsiuzT9-2F8pb1wNffyx3O2Z-2BXHTET55dE5DF4SMmPM-3D_6lpMB7VLnN-2Fj9-2FEErg8-2F-2BMBpb5QxlByTgv2M3fbWD9ebvC-2BWrN3h7jImK8EVWYBeay-2BdA4WDe-2FUMiY9iqFROSTw9TV76-2BpgEY84gLxxA78rBFASnpE1oRD0zLkcHM87WsgPBSUpJUtAVPI-2FXpzjmJaOjE0WvjP6gtg3FYKhCULS2Vr9gmVjsRhDWc-2FGIBuks9PB-2FtzfLUfeypp1TiJP5287ppfZFoLt6fk-2Bd4FK5CPQ-3D
> 
> Just a thought.
> 
> Thomas
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