@neil KDE has a great wiki page for this: https://community.kde.org/Get_Involved
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@neil As a FOSS developer/jack-of-all-trades, I've always gotten stuck at the question of "where do I even ask". FOSS spaces are overwhelmingly developers, and I don't know of any obvious other places (or even hashtags!) to ask.
@neil hi, I'm a trained technical writer (not anymore, but used to) and I totally agree.
@neil if any designers are following this thread the Open Source Design community have a jobs page to help find open source projects that need help, both paid and unpaid:
@petejohanson I believe that’s right though @neil will know more. It has to be a legal person owning the trade mark. You could incorporate a company with a team of directors so you then become only a single voice among them.
@neil I do think some type of clearing house could be helpful. But it would only really work if the FOSS projects understood a bit more about what they were asking for. For example many teams want "better icons" when what they really need is UX design help
@neil I fully agree. I would love to contribute to FOSS but I can’t code well enough. But I love documentation, engaging with people, and similar stuff. But all too often is “Code or GTFO”.
I don’t know which projects you’ve been talking to, but I can’t think of a single one I’ve been involved with that isn’t short of documentation people.
@david_chisnall @neil talk? I read the contribution guidelines, and they only talk about code. So those are the only contributions you want? Oh, OK.
@mauvedeity @neil That's the best moment to contribute to free software. You'll learn to code "well enough" thanks to your contributions. Start slowly, with small changes, people will help you find challenges and will mentor you until you are independent.
That's how we keep this thing rolling> we invest on people.
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I've been thinking recently about offering some time to support FOSS projects with User Research, documentation review, requirements analysis etc. but I hardly ever see any calls for that sort of work. I don't know if it's because it's not needed, or because it's something that's not even considered.
@neil I created https://oss-wishlist.com to do this, although it's currently focused on work funders impact. (https://oss-wishlist.com/catalog), it could expand to any volunteer skillet and already includes pro bono. I do want to see people get paid where possible though (by funders who benefit I mean).
At FOSDEM if anyone wants to chat on this topic.
@neil Hang on, Neil, while I angrily and violently misinterpret this toot.
@neil ...the current one on my mind (posted about this before, so I probably sound like a broken record) is a simple way to replace CATO. So clearly needs accounting experts.
