INTERN: ShiftSpace is looking for 3 interns for the Fall

ShiftSpace has 3 internships op=
ening up this fall. We’ve been very busy lately with several projects includ=
ing a social layer for the Modern Museum of Art web site, a new ShiftSpace r=
elease (1.0!), and single click install WordPress plugin (collaborative anno=
tations right on your blog). You can check us out here http://shiftspace.org.

Front End Developer
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Description:The ShiftSpace Open Source team is looking for a front end Javascript wiza=
rd to join our ranks in taking us towards the 1.0 release as well as contrib=
uting to the WordPress plugin. The web browser space continues to push forwa=
rd in exciting ways (HTML5, native audio/video, Canvas tag, CSS3, etc.) and =
the ShiftSpace project embraces these advancements.

If you’re excite=
d about cutting edge user interface work and web browser interface augmentat=
ion/extension, then this position is ideal for you.

Skills Wanted:Experience with Python, Ruby, Javascript (jQuery or MooTools), CouchDB is a=
bonus. However, significant experience in any dynamic programming language =
is sufficient for this position. A thirst for knowledge is the most importan=
t attribute- if user interface design, animation, and the words functional =
programming, lambdas, and prototypes get you excited, then we want to talk =
to you.

Backend Developer
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Description:
The ShiftSpace Open Source team is looki=
ng for a kick-ass back end wizard to join our ranks in upgrading the system’=
s backend towards the 1.0 release as well as contributing to the WordPress p=
lugin. If you have reasonable experience in PHP and Python we can teach you =
most of the REST (and by REST we mean CouchDB).

Join us in some very=
exciting developments towards becoming a decentralized web platform and pla=
ying with the exciting new open source technologies out there such as CouchD=
B, Mozilla Jetpack, Google Chrome Extensions, Google Wave.

Skills Wa=
nted:
Experience with Python, Javascript (jQuery or MooTools), CouchDB, o=
r Lucene is a bonus. However, significant experience in any programming lang=
uage is sufficient for this position. A thirst for knowledge is the most imp=
ortant attribute- if the words key-value store, database replication, map/re=
duce, functional programming, and JSONP sound exciting, we want to talk to y=
ou.

Open Source Advocate / Public Outreach Organizer
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Descr=
iption:
The ShiftSpace open source team is looking for a a charismatic, e=
nthusiastic and forward thinking individual to manage its community outreach=
, open source advocacy, and conceptualizing the interface between software d=
evelopment and community development. If you are a people’s person, enthusia=
stic about open source and social media and am self-directed, the project ca=
n benefit a lot from your contribution, and we’re pretty sure you can get qu=
ite a lot out of it too.

Join us in some very exciting developments =
towards becoming a decentralized web platform and some very exciting upgrade=
s in the system towards our much anticipated 1.0 release.

Skills Want=
ed:
Experience with advocacy, new media outreach, marketing, community ma=
nagement, political mobilization, non-for-profit/ngo sector, art world mecha=
nics and  (obviously) open source is a great plus. But frankly, if you =
have the passion and the spark in your eyes, we would love for you to get yo=
ur initial experience working with us.

More Information
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Compensation:
Thi=
s is an internship with an open source team – meaning none of us are getting=
payed and we share a credit based on our contribution. If we hire you to wo=
rk on payed projects like the implementation of ShiftSpace on the MoMA websi=
te, you will get payed for your work.

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The ideal applicant will be a team player, enthusiastic about open sourc=
e and the web, self-taught and willing to teach others, patient, fan of coll=
aboration, and petty political debates.

About Us:
http://www.ShiftSpace.org, ShiftSpace is an open =
source project involving interface hackery, social media and the future of t=
he web.

While the Internet’s design is widely understood to be open a=
nd distributed, control over how users interact online has given us largely =
centralized and closed systems. ShiftSpace is an Open Source platform that a=
ttempts to subvert this trend by providing a new public space on the web. By=
pressing the [Shift] + [Space] keys, a ShiftSpace user can invoke a new met=
a layer above any web page to browse and create additional interpretations, =
contextualizations and interventions using various authoring tools.

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Contact Information:
Name: Mushon Zer-Aviv
Address: 274 Morgan Ave. 4t=
h Floor
Brooklyn, NY 11211
Phone: 646 283 6057
E-mail: info@shiftspace.com

Application Instru=
ctions:
Please provide a cover letter with your Resume and a few example=
s of relevant projects (preferably online) you executed and will make you qu=
alify for the job. Please tell us what would make you our ideal hacker.

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