Check out this excellent opportunity to help with a super useful tool and get some extra project experience (great for future interviews)!
From CSE grad student Brian Ferris:
I work on a project called OneBusAway (http://onebusaway.org/) that aims to improve the usability of public transit. OneBusAway provides access to schedule and real-time arrival information across a number of user interfaces for King County Metro buses (and other agencies are on the way). OneBusAway is also open-source software.
In order to get more people involved in OneBusAway development, we are announcing the OneBusAway Winter of Code 2009. Similar to the Google Summer of Code, we’ve identified a number of tasks, both large and small, to get developers started with hacking on OneBusAway.
Why would you want to get involved?
1) Improve your development skills on on a real-world project.
2) Build your resume with an open-source project that Seattle tech recruiters have heard of.
3) Help improve public transit in your community.
If you are interested, you can find more details here:
http://code.google.com/p/onebusaway/wiki/WinterOfCode2009
The sign-up deadline is Wednesday of next week, December 9th.
If you’ve ever been frustrated waiting for the bus, here’s your chance to make a difference.
Thanks,
Brian