Monday November 15, 2004

Open Source Questions

I always hesitate to write about something I don't know much about for fear of looking like a fool. But then I remind myself that although there are lots of people who know a lot more than I do, I've always found that when I swallow my pride and ask what seems like it might be a dumb question there are often at least a few others who wanted to ask the same question.

I've thought a lot about what to write in this blog. One of my goals in life, and by extension in this blog, is to be an interesting person. So what can I write about that is interesting to readers and interesting to me. Obviously everybody finds different things interesting but I think I am going to try turning this around a bit. Instead of talking about what I already know I'll go ahead and ask some of the questions for which I am interested in finding answers.

One subject that has been on my list for some time is Open Source. As a computer science major who hasn't programmed anything in about 15 years I keep thinking that digging into an open source project like Firefox or Roller would be fun. I have always loved a puzzle and figuring out how one of these applications works would definitely be a challenge. I've been browsing but I wonder what the best place is to start.