This repository is for participants in Your First Pull Request to use during the hands-on part of the workshop, and to share resources with each other to help us all become better programmers!
How to find a project:
ITWorld: 7 open source projects to cut your teeth on - http://www.itworld.com/print/356932 This article has a lot of valuable information about bigger projects that are beginner-friendly.
RailsBridge, a totally open source co-learning organization: http://www.railsbridge.org This volunteer-run series of weekend workshops on front-end and Ruby on Rails development is what introduced me to collaboration.
Women Who Code: http://www.meetup.com/Women-Who-Code-SF/ WWC is an awesome, language-agnostic organization. The weekly newsletters alone will connect you with tons of information and events to help you learn more and be better.
OpenHatch.org: OpenHatch is a non-profit dedicated to getting more people involved in open source. As of 14 November 2013, they're tracking 777 open source projects.
"You miss one hundred percent of the shots you never take." - Wayne Gretzky
https://help.github.com/articles/fork-a-repo <- More info on forking!