GSoD Project Report

Update GNOME Applications Help Documentation (Update App help)  Technical Writer –  Pranali Deshmukh Project Mentor – Shaun McCance Important Links My Website  GitLab Profile  Link of my CV Link of my GSoD Proposal My Blog Posts about GSoD My Contributions List Project description Review and update the help documentation for a number of GNOME applications

GSoD Weekly Summary 9 and 10

Week 9 (9th Nov – 22nd Nov, 2020) This week was mostly all about finishing a task that I had taken up earlier during the last couple of weeks, which was about GNOME Calculator’s Operational modes. So, this week, I thought that rather than taking on a completely new task I should finish this one

GSoD Weekly Summary 8

Week 8 (2nd Nov – 8th Nov, 2020) By the end of last week I had curated a list of the issues for GNOME contacts ready on which I need to work on. I also created an issue for that in the user-docs section on GitLab. Creating an issue and then working on it is

GSoD Weekly Summary 7

Week 7 (26th Oct – 1st Nov, 2020) This week I finally started working on the documentation for another application: GNOME contacts. It is another core GNOME application, and the next application in my list as per the list posted on the GNOME App Help Tasks Wiki. I started by looking for potential issues in

GSoD Weekly Summary 6

Week 6 (19th Oct – 25th Oct, 2020) Over the last few weeks, time seems to be passing by quite fast. I had so many plans for my work, but I feel I am still behind. Technical writing is clearly not as easy as it sounds, it’s a lot more than just writing and this

GSoD Weekly Summary 5

Week 5 (12th Oct – 18th Oct, 2020) Before starting this week, I created an issue mentioning all the issues that I found and started completing them one by one while I kept adding new ones when required. So now the second task was to look again for the next issue which I found under “Using

GSoD Weekly Summary 4

Week 4 (5th Oct – 11th Oct, 2020) As I updated Boxes, to keep moving forward, I decided to start working on the next core project which is Calculator. Easy one isn’t it? Don’t have to download anything, no support needed just open the app and work on it. Easy peasy.. So I started looking

GSoD Weekly Summary 2

Week 2 (21st Sept – 27th Sept, 2020) OMG!!!! It’s already week 2…., you might find this blog a bit boring to read but it’s an adventure and success story so keep reading cause trust me it’s worth it… Week 2 started, I will be really honest, I was still figuring out what to do

GSoD Weekly Summary 1

Week 1 (14th Sept – 20th Sept, 2020): Wanna know about what happened next in my Season of Docs Journey? How and what did I do in week one? Well then, keep reading…  The Doc development phase finally and officially began on 14th September 2020. To get started with the development work, I decided to

GSoD 2020: Community Bonding Period

What is the Community Bonding Period? The Season of Docs website defines this period as: The period of time between when accepted students are announced and the time these students are expected to start understanding the work and start documentation. This time is an excellent one to introduce students to the community, get them on