https://code52.org/show-and-tell.html

1<!DOCTYPE html>
2<html>
3	<head>
4		<meta content="en-au" http-equiv="Content-Language" />
5		<meta content="text/html; charset=utf-8" http-equiv="Content-Type" />
6		<link href="/rss.xml" type="application/rss+xml" rel="alternate" title="Blog Feed" />
7		<link href="/atom.xml" type="application/atom+xml" rel="alternate" title="Blog Feed" />
8		<link href="/projectsrss.xml" type="application/rss+xml" rel="alternate" title="Projects Feed" />
9		<link href="/projectsatom.xml" type="application/atom+xml" rel="alternate" title="Projects Feed" />
10
11		<meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1, maximum-scale=1" />
12		<title>show and tell - code52</title>
13		<link rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" href="/css/style20120128.css" />
14		<link rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" href="/css/nuget-button.min.css" />
15		<link rel="shortcut icon" href="/img/favicon.ico" />
16		

16<script id="contributorTemplate" type="text/x-jQuery-tmpl">
17		
18		{{each contributors}}
19		<h3 style="margin-top:0px;"><img src="http://gravatar.com/avatar/${gravatar_id}?s=25" alt="${ name }" /> <a href="https://github.com/${login}">${name || login}</a> - (${contributions} commits)</h3>
20		{{/each}}
21		
22		</script>

22
23		

23<script type="text/javascript">
24
25		  var _gaq = _gaq || [];
26		  _gaq.push(['_setAccount', 'UA-28584788-1']);
27		  _gaq.push(['_setDomainName', 'code52.org']);
28		  _gaq.push(['_trackPageview']);
29		
30		  (function() {
31		    var ga = document.createElement('script'); ga.type = 'text/javascript'; ga.async = true;
32		    ga.src = ('https:' == document.location.protocol ? 'https://ssl' : 'http://www') + '.google-analytics.com/ga.js';
33		    var s = document.getElementsByTagName('script')[0]; s.parentNode.insertBefore(ga, s);
34		  })();
35		
36		</script>

36
37	</head>
38	<body>
39		<div id="container">
40			<div id="side">
41				<a href="/" id="home" title="home" alt="home"><img src="/img/logo.png" alt="Code 52 - a new coding project every week" /></a>				
42				<div id="hometext"><a href="/" >code52</a></div>
43				<div class="section">
44					<ul>
45						<li><a href="/blog.html">blog</a></li>
46						<li><a href="/about.html">about</a></li>
47						<li><a href="http://twitter.com/code_52">@code_52</a></li>
48						<li><a href="http://jabbr.net/#/rooms/code52">chatroom</a></li>
49						<li><a id="suggest" href="http://code52.uservoice.com">suggest a project</a></li>
50						<li><a href="/contributing.html">contributing guide</a></li>
51						<li><a href="https://github.com/Code52/code52.github.com/wiki">getting started</a></li>
52						<li><a href="/projects.html">previous projects</a></li>
53						<li><a href="http://ci.code52.org">TeamCity</a></li>
54						<li><a href="/rss.xml"><img src="/img/25.png" /> announcements</a></li>
55						<li><a href="/projectsrss.xml"><img src="/img/25.png" /> progress logs</a></li>
56					</ul>
57				</div>
58			</div>
59			<div id="content">
60				<div class="entry-container">
61	<div class='entry'>
62		<h1> show and tell </h1>
63		<span class="postdate">16 April, 2012
64			
65		</span>
66		<p>The Code52 organisers have been bouncing around an idea over the past couple of weeks, but before we dedicate some time to getting it off the ground we want to test out our theory with a little experiment. And it involves you.</p>
67
68<h2>

68Some Background</h2>
69
70<p>Since we kicked off Code52 at the start of the year, we've talked with many developers who are keen to get involved with OSS development but don't really have the time to dedicate a full week to working on a specific idea.</p>
71
72<p>Does that sound like you? Well this is your week.</p>
73
74<p>We want to hear about what you have been working with in your spare time. We want to hear about the cool stuff we haven't had a chance to use. We want to get jealous about hearing how you've used it and what you've learned about it.</p>
75
76<p>In short, we want to hear your stories.</p>
77
78<h2>Show and Tell</h2>
79
80<p>We're looking for people to write short articles on stuff they've used recently or something they've built recently to share with the big wide world.</p>
81
82<p>We want to hear:</p>
83
84<ul>
85<li>what did you find that is awesome?</li>
86<li>what is awesome about it?</li>
87<li>how did you use it?</li>
88<li>what did you learn from using it?</li>
89<li>is there some code that people can have a play with?</li>
90</ul>
91
92
93<p>It doesn't have to be a long post. And things like pictures and code snippets are fine to help show it off.</p>
94
95<h2>But how?</h2>
96
97<p>Got something you want to share? You've got a few options</p>
98
99<h3>I've already posted it!</h3>
100
101<p>Already written about something cool you'd like to share? Tweet a link to the <a href="http://twitter.com/Code_52">@Code_52</a> account and we'll get in touch. If we're suitably impressed by your awesomeness, we'll share it with the world.</p>
102
103<h3>I don't have a blog!</h3>
104
105<p>Don't have a blog? Don't worry! You can fork <a href="http://github.com/Code52/code52.github.com">this website</a> on GitHub and add your own post to the <a href="http://github.com/Code52/code52.github.com/tree/master/_posts">posts folder</a>. Once you've written the post, send us a pull request and we can proof-read it before pushing it live.</p>
106
107<p>If you haven't seen it before, the site layout and content is used as input for <a href="http://github.com/mojombo/jekyll/wiki">Jekyll</a> to generate the site content.</p>
108
109<h3>I'm not sure where to start!</h3>
110
111<p>The Code52 gang built a tool for editing Markdown files - called <a href="http://code52.org/DownmarkerWPF">MarkPad</a>. This is a great way to get started with writing your own posts (its easier than writing HTML, and you can see the rendered content as your write it).</p>
112
113<p>If you drop into the Code52 <a href="http://jabbr.net/#/rooms/Code52">chat room</a> we can help with editing and getting the content up on the site.</p>
114
115	</div>
116</div>
117<div id="page-navigation"> 
118	<div class="left">  <a href="/dodo-recap.html" title="Previous Post: dodo recap">&larr; dodo recap</a>  </div> 
119	<div class="right">  <a href="/show-and-tell/1/generic-repository-pattern.html" title="next Post: Show and Tell #1 - Generic Repository Pattern series">Show and Tell #1 - Generic Repository Pattern series &rarr; </a>  </div> 
120	<div class="clear">&nbsp;</div>
121</div> 
122
123
124
125<div id="disqus_thread"></div>

126<script type="text/javascript">
127    /* * * CONFIGURATION VARIABLES: EDIT BEFORE PASTING INTO YOUR WEBPAGE * * */
128    var disqus_shortname = 'code52'; // required: replace example with your forum shortname
129
130    /* * * DON'T EDIT BELOW THIS LINE * * */
131    (function() {
132        var dsq = document.createElement('script'); dsq.type = 'text/javascript'; dsq.async = true;
133        dsq.src = 'http://' + disqus_shortname + '.disqus.com/embed.js';
134        (document.getElementsByTagName('head')[0] || document.getElementsByTagName('body')[0]).appendChild(dsq);
135    })();
136</script>

136
137<noscript>Please enable JavaScript to view the <a href="http://disqus.com/?ref_noscript">comments powered by Disqus.</a></noscript>
138<a href="http://disqus.com" class="dsq-brlink">blog comments powered by <span class="logo-disqus">Disqus</span></a>
139
140			</div>
141		</div>
142		<div style="clear:both">&nbsp;</div>
143		<div id="footerContainer">
144	<div class="footer">
145		<ul>
146			<li><a href="/blog.html">blog</a></li>
147			<li><a href="/about.html">about</a></li>
148			<li><a href="/projects.html">previous projects</a></li>
149			<li><a href="http://ci.code52.org">TeamCity</a></li>
150			<li><a href="/rss.xml"><img src="/img/25.png" /> announcements</a></li>
151			<li><a href="/projectsrss.xml"><img src="/img/25.png" /> progress logs</a></li>
152		</ul>
153	
154		<div id="sponsors">
155			<h3>sponsors</h3>
156			<div style="position:relative; display:inline-block; background:#fff url(http://www.jetbrains.com/resharper/features/rs/rs1/rs210x60_white.gif) no-repeat 0 0; border:solid 1px #7d255b; margin:0;padding:0;text-decoration:none;text-indent:0;letter-spacing:-0.001em; width:208px; height:58px"><span style="margin: -1px 0 0 63px;padding: 0;float: left;font-size: 10px;cursor:pointer;  background-image:none;border:0;color: #7d255b; font-family: trebuchet ms,arial,sans-serif;font-weight: normal;">Can't live without</span><a href="http://www.jetbrains.com/resharper/features/code_refactoring.html" alt="The best C# &amp; VB.NET refactoring plugin for Visual Studio" title="The best C# & VB.NET refactoring plugin for Visual Studio" style="position:absolute;left:0;margin:0;padding:34px 0 2px 8px;width:200px; line-height:11px;font-size:9px;cursor:pointer;  background-image:none;border:none;display:block; color:#7d255b; font-family:tahoma,arial,sans-serif;font-weight: normal;text-decoration:none;">The best C# &amp; VB.NET refactoring plugin for Visual Studio</a></div>
157			<a href="http://www.jetbrains.com/teamcity/"><img src="/img/logo_teamcity.png" /></a>
158		</div>
159	</div>
160</div>
161	</body>
162</html>