[Devel] "The Caterpile" and more

[Daniel Morais]

For the record, as you can probably tell this was about halfway done being
written when I stopped, forgot about it for a month or two, and then sent it
to Asheesh today.  It was meant simply as an example of how the sections of
the site could be renamed and so on.  I don't actually advocate making these
particular changes, but I do think headings and coherent branding that's a
bit less bland would be valuable, and this was mostly an exercise to show
that's not impossible.

If anything below is helpful towards that goal (or really any other...),
I'll be shocked and pleased :-).

On Sun, Jan 3, 2010 at 9:57 PM, Asheesh Laroia <asheesh at openhatch.org>wrote:

> 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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