Do you know any other languages? Many open source projects (and some closed projects) need community contributed localizations. Do you program? It’s easy to contribute to many projects if you can...
Do you know any other languages? Many open source projects (and some closed projects) need community contributed localizations.
Do you program? It’s easy to contribute to many projects if you can or want to learn.
You mention you are good at synthesis and writing. Even if you don’t program directly, you could maybe contribute documentation or tutorials to open source projects. Programmers are notoriously bad at documenting things themselves, so a good document writer can often be better than another programmer.
This might not quite be in the spirit of what you're looking for as it is more passive than I think you might want, however if you've got a good computer or some extra laptops lying around you...
This might not quite be in the spirit of what you're looking for as it is more passive than I think you might want, however if you've got a good computer or some extra laptops lying around you could consider contributing to volunteer computing platforms.
I've personally used Berkley's BOINC, which is a general platform that has a wide range of projects you can contribute to, from tracking asteroids to climate predictions to the study of protein structures for use in developing cures for diseases. Most projects are run by academic research institutions, and as a fun bonus there's a bit of a social aspect to it as well where you can join teams of people who all contribute to similar projects.
I recently came across this but haven't used it personally, but you can take a look at Catchafire if you want to virtually volunteer your skills for a non-profit. The projects can be filtered by...
I recently came across this but haven't used it personally, but you can take a look at Catchafire if you want to virtually volunteer your skills for a non-profit. The projects can be filtered by causes, skills, and duration of commitment.
Do you know any other languages? Many open source projects (and some closed projects) need community contributed localizations.
Do you program? It’s easy to contribute to many projects if you can or want to learn.
You mention you are good at synthesis and writing. Even if you don’t program directly, you could maybe contribute documentation or tutorials to open source projects. Programmers are notoriously bad at documenting things themselves, so a good document writer can often be better than another programmer.
This might not quite be in the spirit of what you're looking for as it is more passive than I think you might want, however if you've got a good computer or some extra laptops lying around you could consider contributing to volunteer computing platforms.
I've personally used Berkley's BOINC, which is a general platform that has a wide range of projects you can contribute to, from tracking asteroids to climate predictions to the study of protein structures for use in developing cures for diseases. Most projects are run by academic research institutions, and as a fun bonus there's a bit of a social aspect to it as well where you can join teams of people who all contribute to similar projects.
I'd recommend taking a look at GiveWell's work: https://www.givewell.org/charities/top-charities:
I recently came across this but haven't used it personally, but you can take a look at Catchafire if you want to virtually volunteer your skills for a non-profit. The projects can be filtered by causes, skills, and duration of commitment.