2015-12-19 09:20:45 <Yu Wu> Yu Wu wants to chat on Hangouts!
2015-12-23 12:59:11 <Yu Wu> Hello P10
2015-12-23 12:59:16 <Yu Wu> Shall we start?
2015-12-23 12:59:30 <P10> hey Yu, yes let's do this
2015-12-23 12:59:37 <Yu Wu> Thanks a lot! ☺
2015-12-23 12:59:48 <Yu Wu> I'm wondering how long have you been a software eengineer?
2015-12-23 13:01:12 <P10> I am not a software engineer, I am a tinker if anything. My passion is advocating for software engineers/developers and open source software
2015-12-23 13:02:17 <Yu Wu> Well I pretty much use "software engineer" in a very general sense
2015-12-23 13:02:45 <Yu Wu> Something like people who engage with software practices
2015-12-23 13:03:03 <Yu Wu> Anyway, how long have you been with your current profession?
2015-12-23 13:03:03 <P10> ah ok, I have been in the software game for about 15 years
2015-12-23 13:03:07 <Yu Wu> Oh!
2015-12-23 13:03:10 <Yu Wu> got it!
2015-12-23 13:03:18 <Yu Wu> I'm wondering why did you start the ‘awesome-*’ project? What problems it intends to solve?
2015-12-23 13:04:02 <P10> the problem I was solving was when I needed some sample json data for an app I was hacking on
2015-12-23 13:04:17 <P10> I was sick of googling "sample json data"
2015-12-23 13:04:33 <Yu Wu> So it serves as your personal bookmars?
2015-12-23 13:04:38 <Yu Wu> I meant bookmarks
2015-12-23 13:04:47 <P10> correct
2015-12-23 13:05:10 <Yu Wu> What kind of advantages/benefit did you get by hosting it on GitHub?
2015-12-23 13:05:20 <Yu Wu> I meant GitHub is not designed for this purpose
2015-12-23 13:05:30 <Yu Wu> And there's a lot of other ways to do bookmarking
2015-12-23 13:05:57 <P10> helping other with the same issue and to be completely honest, to get listed in https://github.com/sindresorhus/awesome
2015-12-23 13:06:55 <Yu Wu> Aha, so you wish someone else can benefit from it, as well as gain recognition in GitHub community?
2015-12-23 13:07:59 <P10> correct, a twitter friend of mine DM'd me once I launched it and said "dude this is perfect" so I know I created something that could help other with my same problem
2015-12-23 13:08:18 <P10> others*
2015-12-23 13:08:42 <Yu Wu> Very interesting! Did anyone else contact you about how they are using the resources in your list?
2015-12-23 13:10:23 <P10> a company reached out to me and asked if they could create a page out of it: *
2015-12-23 13:10:28 <P10> they did all the work
2015-12-23 13:10:41 <Yu Wu> Wow, amazing!
2015-12-23 13:11:10 <P10> yeah I take it they reachout to all list owners
2015-12-23 13:11:43 <Yu Wu> Got it! I'm wondering why did you choose to host the project on GitHub, instead of say Wikipedia or your blog?
2015-12-23 13:12:39 <P10> Because GitHub is where it is at.
2015-12-23 13:13:05 <Yu Wu> You meant the resources included targeted at the right audience on GitHub?
2015-12-23 13:13:56 <P10> correct. If I open source something I don't think twice. I tried BitBucket and it doesn't work for me.
2015-12-23 13:14:21 <Yu Wu> What have you tried with BitBucket?
2015-12-23 13:14:35 <Yu Wu> And what did you mean by "doesn't work"?
2015-12-23 13:17:35 <P10> I use bitbucket for private repos and I don't like the UX or UI for that matter.
For example: the markdown parser doesn't work all the time, which matters a lot to me.
2015-12-23 13:18:57 <Yu Wu> What about audience? Do you think hosting on GitHub can be easier for others to discover as well comparing to other services like BitBucket?
2015-12-23 13:19:13 <P10> without a doubt
2015-12-23 13:19:23 <Yu Wu> Got it ☺
2015-12-23 13:19:40 <Yu Wu> I'm wondering what is your criteria to select/filter the resources included in your list?
2015-12-23 13:20:49 <P10> honestly I just spent hours searching for JSON datasets that didn't require any authentication
2015-12-23 13:20:54 <P10> it was brutal
2015-12-23 13:21:03 <Yu Wu> ahahah definitely
2015-12-23 13:21:24 <Yu Wu> So you personally know about all the resources in the list?
2015-12-23 13:22:49 <P10> yes so far I haven't received a PR so anyone can ask me about a dataset that is on the list and I can tell them a little bit about it
2015-12-23 13:23:50 <Yu Wu> I thought you have a collaborator on list, *, right?
2015-12-23 13:26:30 <P10> yes he used to work for me and on slow days would help me with tasks, such as formatting.
2015-12-23 13:27:05 <Yu Wu> Is he your colleague or an online contributor?
2015-12-23 13:27:58 <P10> oh! yes he did help on some "Government" section, slipped my mind
2015-12-23 13:28:17 <Yu Wu> He contributed resources to the list as well?
2015-12-23 13:29:21 <P10> yes police forces: https://github.com/*
2015-12-23 13:29:48 <P10> I had him find the remaining ones and after that he said he was burnt out
2015-12-23 13:30:02 <Yu Wu> Hope he is fine ...
2015-12-23 13:30:07 <P10> oh yeah
2015-12-23 13:30:12 <P10> we talk 5 days a week
2015-12-23 13:30:21 <Yu Wu> oh you work together?
2015-12-23 13:30:32 <P10> he wanted to start a company and me and my boss encouraged him
2015-12-23 13:30:43 <P10> yes, he runs *
2015-12-23 13:30:51 <P10> and I run *
2015-12-23 13:31:06 <Yu Wu> Wow, interesting
2015-12-23 13:31:36 <Yu Wu> So you two covered js and css ☺
2015-12-23 13:31:46 <P10> he uses MaxCDN and he is behind the new Bash Logo design - https://docs.google.com/a/netdna.com/forms/d/1iykGpW6yo_CBobXuuic6bCIo6JNVbt5kbDXzxZlSeOU/edit?usp=forms_home
2015-12-23 13:32:06 <Yu Wu> Bravo! It looks very nice
2015-12-23 13:32:26 <P10> yes 25235 responses in i week
2015-12-23 13:32:33 <P10> 1 week*
2015-12-23 13:32:40 <Yu Wu> that's really impressive
2015-12-23 13:33:10 <Yu Wu> also wondering, have you learned a lot from your own list?
2015-12-23 13:33:13 <P10> yes the reddit communities and the GNU mailing list really brought in the votes
2015-12-23 13:33:30 <P10> I learned a lot from
2015-12-23 13:33:50 <P10> Sindre Sorhus
2015-12-23 13:34:05 <P10> he was very helpful when I had questions
2015-12-23 13:34:17 <Yu Wu> You communicate with him on Twitter?
2015-12-23 13:34:24 <P10> email
2015-12-23 13:34:49 <P10> email is the most powerful communication tool ever created
2015-12-23 13:34:52 <Yu Wu> Did you also use the resources included in his "awesome" list?
2015-12-23 13:35:20 <P10> I checked his list so I didn't overlap anyone elses
2015-12-23 13:35:46 <Yu Wu> What about visiting others' lists?
2015-12-23 13:36:07 <Yu Wu> Say if you want to find something, go to the list instead of searching
2015-12-23 13:36:33 <P10> yes, every list listed here was inspiration: https://github.com/*
2015-12-23 13:37:39 <Yu Wu> Did you capture any drawbacks, difficulties for maintaining your current list?
2015-12-23 13:38:01 <Yu Wu> I mean is there anyway to improve the list to make it better?
2015-12-23 13:38:14 <P10> the only drawback is the lack of pull requests
2015-12-23 13:38:19 <P10> I want more
2015-12-23 13:38:33 <Yu Wu> So exposure to the even larger audience?
2015-12-23 13:38:33 <P10> and discover datasets I missed
2015-12-23 13:38:40 <Yu Wu> got it
2015-12-23 13:39:13 <Yu Wu> I pretty much covered all I want to ask. Thank you very much, P10! Do you have any comments or suggestions?
2015-12-23 13:40:14 <P10> you are welcome Yu. Sorry about forgetting I had a small contributor to the list, wasn't intentional
2015-12-23 13:40:33 <Yu Wu> Oh no problem, I just want to ask how you guys collaborate
2015-12-23 13:40:52 <Yu Wu> And you covered it pretty well ☺
2015-12-23 13:41:34 <P10> 😊 don't be a stranger, if you ever need more info let me know. Good luck on your project.
2015-12-23 13:42:09 <Yu Wu> Thanks again ☺ Let's keep in touch!
2015-12-23 13:42:17 <Yu Wu> Happy holiday!
2015-12-23 13:42:21 <P10> you too!
2015-12-23 13:42:27 <Yu Wu> see you later
2015-12-23 13:42:36 <P10> later