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    <title>About The Code Shop</title>
    <meta http-equiv='Content-Type' content='text/html; charset=UTF-8' />
    <link rel='stylesheet' type='text/css' href='/static/css/site.css' media='screen,projection'>
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        <h1>The Code Shop Story</h1>
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        <h2>What?</h2>
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        <p>The Code Shop is a bit like an old world coffee shop, artist studio and
        neighborhood garage rolled into one. You never really know who's going to be
        there or what's being worked on until you show up.</p>
        <p>It's a meeting place for like minded people to band together to solve
        challenging problems and hack great software. A chance, but not a guarantee,
        to find a better way to scratch your software itch.</p>
        <p>It's also a bit of a social experiment to see how small, ad-hoc, passion
        driven development teams succeed or flounder. It's attention and resourcing
        Darwinism in full frontal view. But don't tell anyone that unless you want
        to scare them off.</p>
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        <h2>How Does it Work?</h2>
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        <p>We'll find out won't we? The idea is simple really.</p>
        <p>Maybe you're up for a challenge or just curious. Meander down to The Code
        Shop and see if anything being discussed or worked on grabs your fancy.</p>
        <p>Or you may have a great new software idea or a killer way to rehabilitate an
        existing software project. But you're having a tough time getting anyone to
        pay attention. You've been accused of ranting and complaining. But that's not
        stopped you.</p>
        <p>You don't have all the time in the world or the expertise to do it yourself.
        If you had any sense you would have dropped it a long time ago. But you still keep
        coming back to scratch the itch. Admit it, you're addicted.</p>
        <p>Drive that idea up to The Code Shop, pull it up on the lift, and see whether
        you can persuade other code mechanics to roll up their sleeves and help solve
        the puzzle. You may get lucky.</p>
        <p>Check out the <a href='/projects.html'>current projects</a> summary and
        our <a href='/faq.html'>FAQ</a> for more info. Then swing over to our
        <a href='http://groups.google.com/group/thecodeshop'>mailing list</a> and start
        something great.</p>
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        <h2>Uh, that's it!?</h2>
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        <p>What, you were expecting a miracle and someone else to scratch your itch for
        you? C'mon. You know it doesn't work that way.</p>
        <p>The Code Shop can help your quest in two ways. First, it's a baazar at which
        to promote your ideas and try to find interested people, and second, it's a
        place to start working on your ad-hoc project with your new mechanic friends.
          <ul>
            <li><a href='http://groups.google.com/group/thecodeshop'>The Code Shop Google Group</a></li>
            <li><a href='https://github.com/thecodeshop'>The Code Shop GitHub Organization</a></li>
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        <h2>But...</h2>
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        <p>I know what you're thinking, that doesn't really add much value. There's nothing
        stopping you from doing something similar.</p>
        <p>You're right up to a point. But my guess is you've already tried something similar
        and it's failed. So try something, anything, different and see what happens.</p>
        <p>The worst case scenario is that The Code Shop turned out to be a dead end. But
        you may have linked up with others and become so successful that you've outgrown
        The Code Shop garage and need a shiny new place of your own.</p>
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        <ul>
          <li><a href='/index.html'>Home</a></li>
          <li><a href='/projects.html'>Projects</a></li>
          <li><a href='/faq.html'>FAQ</a></li>
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