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==About Me==
===My name===
SHIRSH ZIBBU
===My email address===
zibs.shirsh@gmail.com
===My Sugar Labs wiki username===
zhirzh
===My IRC nickname on irc.freenode.net===
zhirzh (on webchat.freenode.net)
===My first language===
Hindi is my native language. I am also comfortable with English.
===My location and Working hours preference===
I live in Rajasthan, India. I find the following working hours comfortable.
* '''UTC(''18.30'' - 00.30)''' => IST(00.00 - 06.00)
* '''UTC(04.30 - 10.30)''' => IST(10.00 - 16.00)
===Past experience and Reason to participate this summer===
Working in an open-source project is something new to me. I have been working with javascript for the past two years, but always worked on small to medium scaled projects - most of them for college activities, fests etc. I enjoyed the time I was working on projects and I felt the experience is invaluable.
But recently, I have felt the need to work on something on a larger scale. The reason I want to work for an open-source project is multi faceted. Primarily, it is the exposure and experience. Working with a team of friends is different than working for/with an organization. And that difference can only be felt by working for one.
Secondly, the idea open-source resonates with my thinking. I respect the fact how open-source allows people all around to help projects that matter to them. The concept removes the need to ''re-invent the wheel'' whenever someone requires a preexisting tool with a little tinkering.
And finally, the sheer joy. I get ecstatic when I see my projects taking shape and when they are finally done. It is for that feeling that I want to work for SugarLabs for the upcoming summers.
==About Me==
==About Me==
Quoting the project description on the [https://wiki.sugarlabs.org/go/Summer_of_Code/2016 'projects page']
Quoting the project description on the [https://wiki.sugarlabs.org/go/Summer_of_Code/2016 'projects page']
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The goal of this project is to port some famous Sugar activities into HTML5/JavaScript Sugar Web activities that will be include into the Sugarizer Package. Three activities will be ported:
The goal of this project is to port some famous Sugar activities into HTML5/Javascript Sugar Web activities that will be include into the Sugarizer Package. Three activities will be ported:
# '''Moon''': Moon is a Moon phase viewer, includes Lunar phase information and eclipse data.
# '''Moon''': Moon is a Moon phase viewer, includes Lunar phase information and eclipse data.
# '''Speak''': Speak is a talking face. Anything you type will be spoken aloud using the speech synthesizer, espeak.
# '''Speak''': Speak is a talking face. Anything you type will be spoken aloud using the speech synthesizer, espeak.
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It is for the following reasons that I am confident that I will successfully finish the project.
* Experience of 2 years (and counting) with the Javascript.
* No other commitments in the summer.
* College stays off during summers (May to August). Can devote as much as 10 hours per day.
I have also been working on a prototype for Moon activity since March 5, 2016.
https://zhirzh.github.io/sugarizer-activity-moon/
Some of the projects that I have worked on:
* [https://github.com/zhirzh/bits-time/tree/gh-pages/scream-o-mania Scream-o-Mania]
* [https://github.com/zhirzh/bits-time/tree/gh-pages/sinatra-rtc Sinatra RTC - WebRTC primer project]
* [https://github.com/zhirzh/cab-me website design for CabMe]
* [https://github.com/zhirzh/tis-alchemy 'Tis Alchemy - clone of Little Alchemy]
* [https://github.com/zhirzh/bitsacm-new New website for BITS ACM]
* [https://github.com/zhirzh/just-javascript-things Motion detection with vanilla JS]