[Devel] "The Caterpile" and more

[Asheesh Laroia]

Daniel Morais suggested some radical text changes. For some reason, he wrote them in 
Word.

I'm pasting them in here, in plain text, so it's easier to read them. At least, that's 
what I tell myself.

You can look at the attached .doc instead if you want the right BOLD and /italics/ and 
inline images!

Now, quoth Daniel:

[bad ideas subject to change]

What?

“You can take a butterfly out of the jungle…” (?)

[existing butterfly image from front page]

The open source community today is a large, productive group of people and projects that 
get better every day.  (Well, maybe not the people.)  But the jungle of talent doesn’t 
have one good way to connect to the web of potential projects.  It’s a story of a few 
massive successes and a lot of missed opportunities.  

When the players all fall into place, they can turn a small project with limited 
resources into a success story that’s shared by many passionate contributors – the 
butterflies of our jungle.  OpenHatch is the engine to power this community and to drive 
that kind of synergy.  It’s an involvement engine, and you are the fuel.  

What sets OpenHatch apart is that it was conceived for people first and projects second.  
It enables developers to demonstrate and grow their experience and expertise in the open 
source community and connects businesses with the code gurus who helped write the 
software they use to fix their problems or recruit ideal job candidates.

Why?

“”

Our vision is to make the open source community better connected, more productive, and 
well rewarded for its expertise. By gathering the most brilliant, passionate minds in 
software development in one place and helping them collaborate with one another for love 
and for pay, OpenHatch facilitates cross-pollination among open source projects and 
accelerates open source software development and adoption.

A butterfly’s life starts when it hatches from its egg as a caterpillar that will morph 
into an adult in time.  The lifecycle of software starts when people come together to 
turn an idea into a reality, and we’re here to help those people give it wings.

How?

“Amongst our weaponry are such diverse elements as…”

[these become top-level links on the site hierarchy]

Caterpile [was: “Volunteer Opportunities”]
Every software project starts with ideas, and every software project has bugs.  OpenHatch 
does the hard work of sifting through these baby opportunities to match you with the ones 
that are right for you.  The result is called the caterpile, and as you sift through it, 
you’ll unlock the potential in each one.

Nest [was: “Portfolio”]
When you’re working on a project, you’ll see it in your nest.  Your nest is your 
portfolio, your profile, your presence on OpenHatch.  Our system will help you populate 
yours with past accomplishments and help connect you with people who want to work with 
you – maybe even some people who want to pay you money for it!

Swarm [was: “People”]
The swarm is the community we’re here to power.  Come here to meet other contributors, 
and check out their nests to see what they’ve done before and what they’re working on 
today.  You might even find a mentor, a contributor to your project, or a person with the 
experience your company has been looking for.

Feed [home page]
Come here for the latest news about OpenHatch and the community – and for a glimpse into 
the latest in your caterpile, nest, and swarm activity.  Indeed, it’s delicious. 

OpenHatch
            …and fly.
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