2015-12-23 18:28:18 <P11> P11 wants to chat on Hangouts!
2015-12-23 18:30:22 <Yu Wu> Hello P11!
2015-12-23 18:30:36 <Yu Wu> Thanks a lot for agreeing for a chat! Really appreciate it.
2015-12-23 18:31:01 <Yu Wu> But as I sent in the last email, I can only to text chat at this point. Is it OK with you?
2015-12-23 18:31:05 <P11> Hello Duddy... How are you doiing?
2015-12-23 18:31:14 <P11> Yes... Fine... My pleasure
2015-12-23 18:31:18 <Yu Wu> Great! How are you ☺
2015-12-23 18:31:38 <P11> I'm fine... (Christmas environment)
2015-12-23 18:31:39 <P11> ☺
2015-12-23 18:31:42 <P11> How about you
2015-12-23 18:31:44 <P11> ?
2015-12-23 18:31:57 <Yu Wu> We still got 6 hours ☺ but pretty much it
2015-12-23 18:32:05 <Yu Wu> looking forward to the holiday ☺
2015-12-23 18:32:29 <P11> It's still strange for me imagine all this difference in timezone
2015-12-23 18:32:42 <P11> (I'm used with 2..3 hours not soo long)
2015-12-23 18:32:49 <Yu Wu> for me as well...
2015-12-23 18:32:51 <Yu Wu> yeah
2015-12-23 18:32:55 <Yu Wu> so, shall we start?
2015-12-23 18:33:00 <P11> yes... sure
2015-12-23 18:33:24 <Yu Wu> Great! How many years have you been as a professional software engineer?
2015-12-23 18:33:44 <P11> It's about 7,8 years already
2015-12-23 18:33:59 <P11> (all of them in web technologies)
2015-12-23 18:34:29 <Yu Wu> What motivated you to start the 'awesome-*' project? What problem it intends to solve?
2015-12-23 18:35:09 <P11> Some years ago I was looking for some resources that could help me introduce my kids in programming skills...
2015-12-23 18:35:24 <P11> It was a bit difficult in that epoch
2015-12-23 18:35:36 <Yu Wu> Oh it starts years ago?
2015-12-23 18:36:05 <P11> Now we have a wave of awesome-{listname} in GitHub that, for me, sounds incredible
2015-12-23 18:36:22 <P11> I appreciate GitHub a lot...
2015-12-23 18:36:37 <P11> and use to read and try to include items in these lists when possible
2015-12-23 18:36:53 <P11> then... joining both I've created awesome-*
2015-12-23 18:37:16 <Yu Wu> Did you start to collect resources years ago, and only recently host them on GitHub?
2015-12-23 18:37:28 <Yu Wu> Because you were inspired by those awesome-* lists?
2015-12-23 18:38:00 <P11> not really... it was not a depth research in the first moment...
2015-12-23 18:38:30 <P11> I would say that motivated by awesome-lists I'm backing to that idea of collect resources recommended for kids
2015-12-23 18:39:03 <Yu Wu> Got it :). So why did you choose to host on GitHub instead of other places, say Wikipedia or your personal blog?
2015-12-23 18:39:06 <P11> (actually now days we have much more initiatives in this area)
2015-12-23 18:39:22 <P11> First of all the collaborative aspect
2015-12-23 18:39:41 <Yu Wu> Do you think GitHub is a better collaborative tool?
2015-12-23 18:40:09 <P11> for me yes
2015-12-23 18:40:13 <P11> of course it depends...
2015-12-23 18:40:31 <P11> creating texts by example could be easier in Google Docs maybe...
2015-12-23 18:40:49 <Yu Wu> Yeah, but GitHub offers a lot more features
2015-12-23 18:41:16 <P11> Yeah... and the second point was I love Git and Github
2015-12-23 18:41:45 <P11> so be presente there someway and join a community is a really good feeling
2015-12-23 18:41:52 <Yu Wu> Definitely ☺
2015-12-23 18:42:01 <P11> and last but not least... I love write in markdown format
2015-12-23 18:42:02 <P11> ☺
2015-12-23 18:42:06 <Yu Wu> I do software engineering too and GitHub is THE PLACE
2015-12-23 18:42:43 <P11> so... with all these points GitHub looks perfect ☺
2015-12-23 18:42:59 <Yu Wu> Did you create the list so that you don't need to search for them anymore or there are some other reasons as well?
2015-12-23 18:43:57 <P11> yes... actually Google does the work... we cannot complain... but an organized list is much faster
2015-12-23 18:44:24 <Yu Wu> by faster you mean faster to find what you want?
2015-12-23 18:44:34 <P11> yes... to find
2015-12-23 18:44:54 <P11> for example, you can keep it open in the second monitor
2015-12-23 18:45:00 <P11> and boom
2015-12-23 18:45:11 <Yu Wu> But there are many other ways to create list like this, such as bookmarks in browsers
2015-12-23 18:45:24 <Yu Wu> By hosting on GitHub, does it provide you extra beneift?
2015-12-23 18:45:30 <P11> another factor I could mention is the possibility to recommend ( in my case, for my kids) it to somebody else
2015-12-23 18:45:36 <Yu Wu> Such as easy to edit/collaborate, etc?
2015-12-23 18:45:40 <Yu Wu> yeah
2015-12-23 18:45:42 <P11> a set of links not only one
2015-12-23 18:45:55 <Yu Wu> Did you do that already, recommending to your kid?
2015-12-23 18:46:09 <P11> I was never a fan a of bookmarks... because they quickly become a mess
2015-12-23 18:46:31 <Yu Wu> Markdown on GitHub provides you with better control?
2015-12-23 18:46:49 <P11> I believe that being open to the world motivate myself to keep it organized
2015-12-23 18:46:59 <Yu Wu> hah, gotcha!
2015-12-23 18:48:01 <P11> yes... we're trying to do somethings together... coding is one of them... (I believe JS will be the entrance door)
2015-12-23 18:48:22 <P11> as I told you ☺ I love markdown... it's fast to write and good to read
2015-12-23 18:48:42 <Yu Wu> Got it :). So do you use other awesome-* lists frequently as well?
2015-12-23 18:48:44 <P11> and we can use the same editor we use day by day when coding
2015-12-23 18:48:54 <P11> yes... sure...
2015-12-23 18:49:04 <P11> I love these lists ☺
2015-12-23 18:49:25 <Yu Wu> What do you usually use? And under what scenario will you use it?
2015-12-23 18:50:17 <P11> when I'm looking for some PHP/JS library/module for example... I use to go there...
2015-12-23 18:50:40 <Yu Wu> do you find it more convenient as comparing to search engine?
2015-12-23 18:51:03 <P11> I recently have created a Python repository and since I was not used with Python at all I used awesomw-python to know some llibraries recommended by the comunity
2015-12-23 18:51:33 <Yu Wu> Did you find a lot of good stuff in the list?
2015-12-23 18:51:56 <P11> yes... because if you need a PHP library for dealing with HTTP for example... you'll quickly find 6 items...
2015-12-23 18:52:38 <P11> and you can judge it by yourself faster then reading long discussions or some Stackoverflow question
2015-12-23 18:53:23 <Yu Wu> Do you learned a lot from maintaining your awesome-* list?
2015-12-23 18:53:52 <P11> yes... it's incredible how good resources you can find in these lists... and there is (you know for sure ☺ ) a list of lists already!
2015-12-23 18:55:05 <Yu Wu> Did you creating the awesome-* lists in the current style/format because you learned how other awesome-lists did?
2015-12-23 18:55:38 <P11> my experience with maintaining is not a big deal... I've received a pull request and it was incredible since it confirms the idea that you're really face to face with the world... but I haven't involved myself in long discussions for example
2015-12-23 18:55:59 <P11> Actually I've tried to get closer the format everybody is used
2015-12-23 18:56:36 <P11> (if I miss some question feel free to repeat)
2015-12-23 18:56:40 <Yu Wu> Why do you want to get closer the format as others did?
2015-12-23 18:56:57 <Yu Wu> No you didn't :)D
2015-12-23 18:57:09 <P11> Because I believe it's easier for readers and mainly for potential colaborators
2015-12-23 18:57:18 <Yu Wu> Awesome!
2015-12-23 18:57:59 <P11> when get used to the format and policy of contributions you could send PR for different lists easier and faster
2015-12-23 18:58:45 <Yu Wu> Did you ever receive emails from others to recommend you resources that you can included in your list?
2015-12-23 18:59:35 <P11> not really... only pull requests
2015-12-23 18:59:57 <P11> (in plural but in fact were 2 only ☺ )
2015-12-23 19:00:34 <Yu Wu> Did you capture any drawbacks, difficulties, or any unsatisfactory part in creating/maintaining awesome-* list, or any of the other awesome-lists?
2015-12-23 19:02:12 <P11> maybe it would be better we could Like/Dislike the resources
2015-12-23 19:02:21 <P11> * if we could
2015-12-23 19:02:25 <Yu Wu> Hah, interesting
2015-12-23 19:02:52 <P11> sometimes the resources are sorted by name when popularity would be a better option...
2015-12-23 19:03:30 <P11> something like this would give us an overview of how much important some entry in a list is for the cmomunity
2015-12-23 19:03:34 <P11> * community
2015-12-23 19:03:48 <P11> (like StackOverflow answers I mean)
2015-12-23 19:04:05 <Yu Wu> Got it! Do you plan to maintain the list for a long time? And if you have a similar idea of collecting resources, will you start another one on GitHub as well?
2015-12-23 19:05:09 <P11> yes... I'm supposed to invest more time in Github since we get back from all these holidays and the list is in the plan...
2015-12-23 19:05:40 <P11> I don't have any idea right now but if find something original... sure I would create another one ☺
2015-12-23 19:06:05 <P11> otherwise I prefer collaborate in already existent
2015-12-23 19:06:09 <Yu Wu> Awesome! Thanks a lot P11! I pretty much covered all I want to discuss
2015-12-23 19:06:15 <Yu Wu> Do you have any other comments or suggestions?
2015-12-23 19:06:26 <P11> no... I'm fine...
2015-12-23 19:06:38 <P11> It was a pleasure join your reasearch...
2015-12-23 19:06:45 <Yu Wu> If something else come up in the future, can I followup with you?
2015-12-23 19:06:59 <P11> if you need some more information feel free to write/contact
2015-12-23 19:07:34 <Yu Wu> Great! Thanks again! It is really nice chatting with you!
2015-12-23 19:07:39 <Yu Wu> Happy holiday :D
2015-12-23 19:08:09 <P11> Thanks!
Have a nice Holiday and I wish you a merry Christmas
2015-12-23 19:08:19 <Yu Wu> Merry Christmas!
2015-12-23 19:08:22 <P11> ;)
2015-12-23 19:08:45 <Yu Wu> see you later
2015-12-23 19:08:52 <P11> seeya! bye bye!
2015-12-23 19:09:28 <Yu Wu> bye~