[Yt-dev] Written interview floss4science.com

Britton Smith brittonsmith at gmail.com
Mon Nov 7 07:08:27 PST 2011


Hi Edwood,

I'm one of the yt developers.  I would be happy to do this.  I will contact
you off-list with responses to your questions.

Britton

On Mon, Nov 7, 2011 at 7:33 AM, FLOSS FORSCIENCE <floss4science at gmail.com>wrote:

> Hi.
>
> My name is Edwood Ocasio and I am the founder of
> http://www.floss4science.com, a site about open source software in
> science and engineering. I will like to publish a written interview about
> the yt Project as a featured post in floss4science.com
>
> I worked for 20 years as a professor of computer science, mathematics and
> statistics in different universities in Puerto Rico.  You can easily find
> traces of me on the web.  I also have a group for an Spanish speaking
> audience interested in open source software for scientific computing (
> http://groups.google.com/group/compcilibre).
>
> * The interview publishing process *
>
> 1. I will send you a private link to drafts of the interview before
> publishing it to allow you to make corrections.
> 2. Your photo and/or screenshots of your software can be included. The
> photo is not a requirement.
> 3. Interviews will be queued for weekly publishing. I will notify you the
> expected publishing date.
>
>
> * Interview license *
>
> This interview, as all content in floss4science.com, will be distributed
> with a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs 3.0 Unported
> License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/)
>
> Below are the questions.  You can answer them right here and just reply to
> this email.
>
> You can leave questions unanswered if they do not seem to apply to you or
> the yt Project or cannot answer for whatever reason.
>
> Again, thanks.
>
>
>
> ====== INTERVIEW QUESTIONS ======
>
> 1. Please, give us a brief introduction about yourself, i.e. profession,
> workplace, projects, etc.
>
> 2. What is the yt Project?
>
> 3. Why and when did the yt Project came to be?
>
> 4. In which [language(s)|platform(s)] is the project developed?
>
> 5. Does the yt Project have sponsors (private, academic, other)?
>
> 6. How are the sponsors supporting the project?
>
> 7. How many users you estimate the yt Project have?
>
> 8. Do you know where is the yt Project used (corporations, universities,
> other)?
>
> 9. How many team members does the project have?
>
> 10. In what areas of the yt Project development do you currently need help?
>
> 11. How can people get involved with the project?
>
> 12. What features are in the roadmap?
>
> 13. Which projects, blogs or sites related to open source software for
> science can you recommend?
>
> 14. Why do you consider free/libre open source software important for the
> advancement of your field?
>
> 15. Is there any other topic you would like our readers to know about?
>
> 16. Where people can contact you and learn more about the yt Project
> (website, blog, email, twitter, identi.ca, Facebook, etc.)?
>
>
> Thank you for sharing with us more about you and the yt Project.
>
> ===========
>
>
>
> --
> Cordially,
>
> Edwood Ocasio
> Founder floss4science.com
>
> E: info at floss4science.com
> W: http://www.floss4science.com
> Identi.ca: http://identi.ca/floss4science
> Twitter: http://twitter.com/#!/floss4science
>
>
>
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