I'm not entirely sure where one goes to find interesting Open Source projects to contribute to, but more and more it's becoming where I think, perhaps fear, I must go to pick up some Software Dev chops.
On some level, I have the time - I'm an official CS major now, as of December. Most days are spent sending out job apps until I hit cover-letter-writing fatigue, then delving into time-wasters and creative projects like Roleplaying Games.
But I've also had time to try a little bit of Rails, Spring, Android and Python, learning new things and trying to come up with killer apps I could actually program. I keep bumping noses with problems that seem daunting, but I realize would be trivial with actual talented folks around to ask simple questions of.
So, while I wait for information and callbacks, I'm struggling to find full blown user groups or projects I can tinker with, just to keep me designing, developing, and learning in the pre-hiring doldrums.
