GitHub Selfies

[omni]

http://blog.travisthieman.com/github-selfies/

[scott_s]

The flip side to snapping a picture when merges fail: http://andialbrecht.wordpress.com/2009/05/09/when-merging-fa... and HN discussion https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=1039984

[gutsy]

Obviously the top graphic (Octocat as Mega Man) needs to be a t-shirt. Sooner rather than later.

[omni → gutsy]

Couldn't agree more. I got it from the excellent collection here: http://octodex.github.com/

[brbcoding → omni]

So many of those beg to be t-shirts.

[dtparr → brbcoding]

Unfortunately, from the FAQ[1]:

Q: Can I create a product containing an octocat?

You may not use an octocat, created by GitHub or by you, for products or merchandise without written permission from GitHub. This includes, but is not limited to t-shirts, toys, stickers, etc.

[1] http://octodex.github.com/faq.html

[gutsy → omni]

THANK. YOU.

[_wiw4]

Take it a step further with every commit.

https://github.com/mroth/lolcommits

[brbcoding]

This combined with https://github.com/noidontdig/gitdown might make for some good late nights. I'd like to see an image cap when I'm in ballmer mode.

[qntmfred]

just saw this last night as well

http://gitshots.com/

[notjosh → qntmfred]

a similar project is lolcommits (http://mroth.github.io/lolcommits/). I use it to cap a 5 second gif on each commit :)

[ranman → qntmfred]

That's a ridiculously amusing project: http://github.com/ranman/gitshots I work on it from time to time... I'd love to like... design it or something. You can render a video of all gitshots for a user: http://gitshots.com/user/ranman.avi

[amarsahinovic → qntmfred]

Another implementation (available as ruby gem):

http://mribica.github.io/posts/fun-with-git-pre-commit/

http://rubygems.org/gems/gitshot

https://github.com/mribica/gitshot

[omni]

Author here, just pushed a Firefox version! https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/github-selfie...

[mmanfrin]

This reminds me of a gem an excoworker of mine made a while back called Gitstagram -- takes pictures when you commit:

https://github.com/gregorym/gitstagram

[pronoiac]

Oh! I immediately thought this was related to #iamdoingprogramming[1], thanks to @aphyr.[2] It's not, but there could be overlap.

[1] https://twitter.com/search?q=%23iamdoingprogramming

[2] https://twitter.com/aphyr/status/445566492172492800

[TobbenTM]

This is really cool, what would be even cooler though is to have them in commit messages. Sadly though, GitHub does not allow images (or very limited markdown) in commit messages. :/

[joshlegs → TobbenTM]

but what if you're one of those devs who likes to work naked ?

[Argorak → joshlegs]

I assume you do keep the camera roughly on your face while working.

[seanhandley]

This https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kdemFfbS5H0

[lcasela]

Why? This is not useful for anything at all. (At least to my knowledge)

[jmduke → lcasela]

"Who would say that pleasure is not useful?" ~ Charles Eames

[BlakePetersen → jmduke]

You're correct, however I would not consider nerd selfies as pleasurable. Not Useful.

[andrewflnr → BlakePetersen]

You might not. Others do, apparently.

[poulson → lcasela]

Making contributing code more fun will almost certainly lead to projects receiving more contributions.

[lcasela → poulson]

Fair enough.

[duiker101 → lcasela]

Fun. You remember that?

[bichiliad → lcasela]

I believe that's the point.

[tomashertus]

OMG:) What's next? Donation system based on commits?

[Killswitch → tomashertus]

http://gittip.com

[punkrockpolly]

OMG yes