psycovic23

I've been working on apps where packaged themes don't quite cut it due to UI requirements. I've never had technical trouble implementing ideas, but my layouts, colors, and general UI leave a lot to be desired. How do I improve my design know-how?

Hey all,

I was wondering if anyone could suggest a good book about computer architecture. I program small-scale stuff on my own, but never had to learn any of the details about what C++ actually does (which interviewers seem to love asking) or what's going on past the programming part.

I've reached the point where I'm pretty fluent at some languages (C/C++, Python, and some web stuff), but I'm tired of working on tiny little projects. My internship this summer has enabled me to work on a really large-scale project, so I've learned about revision control, complicated make files and autoconf and the like.

My question is, how do I get involved with a larger open source project now? Downloading source code and reading through it leaves me pretty lost, and there's generally no documentation on the code, so I'm having trouble getting started.