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Over the past year, in addition to working on improving the end-user experience with [[Sugar on a Stick]], I have been investigating new ways to lower the barrier to entry in Sugar development and content contribution. By leveraging [[wikipedia:low hanging fruit|low hanging fruit]], [[What_could_I_do_in_an_hour?|one-hour projects]], and [http://gettingreal.37signals.com/ch06_Shrink_Your_Time.php quick to reward] tasks, Sugar Labs can attract and keep a wider variety of contributors.

Over the past year, in addition to working on improving the end-user experience with [[Sugar on a Stick]], I have been investigating new ways to lower the barrier to entry in Sugar development and content contribution. By leveraging [[wikipedia:low hanging fruit|low hanging fruit]], [[What_could_I_do_in_an_hour?|one-hour projects]], and [http://gettingreal.37signals.com/ch06_Shrink_Your_Time.php quick to reward] tasks, Sugar Labs can attract and keep a wider variety of contributors.

Through tools such as Canonical's [http://launchpad.net Launchpad], [http://gsfn.us GetSatisfaction], and other sites, Sugar can continue to expand its developer base. Granted, any new infrastructure or separation in procedures can create additional confusion on the user's part, and therefore we need to consider carefully our choices so as to not have the opposite effect of what we are attempting to achieve.

Through tools such as Canonical's [http://launchpad.net Launchpad], [http://gsfn.us GetSatisfaction], and other sites, Sugar can continue to expand its developer base. Granted, any new infrastructure or separation in procedures can create additional confusion on the user's part. Because of this, we need to consider carefully our choices so as to not have the opposite effect of what we are attempting to achieve.