Self-Introduction: Duncan Lithgow

from: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/DocsProject_2fSelfIntroduction optional but highly recommended. WTF!!?? People volunteer to help and get rather long list of *required* information!!?? I reserve further comment and decided it would be bad form for a new user to edit the wiki... I won't even start talking about right to privacy and the idea of a meritocracy! Anyway... Body 1. Duncan Lithgow 2. I'm in the city of Århus in Denmark (pronounced 'oar-huus'), but New Zealander by birth and taste in breakfast cereals. 3. I'm trained as an architect, self taught so-so php programmer but good with html/css. Currently doing boring labour temping. Done lot's of other irrelevant stuff. Oh, one relevant thing is I'm a trained 'english as a foreign language' (efl/esl) teacher - so i'm passionate on the need for docs written in easy to understand english - far too much is written for advanced english speakers - think how many non english speakers try to make use of these docs. 4. n/a 5. Your goals in the Fedora Project * What do you want to write about? * - don't know yet. Maybe 'Why should your non-nerd girlfriend/boss/college use linux and how to convince them and them her' * What other documentation do you want to see published? - see above * Do you want to edit for grammar/writing and/or technical accuracy? * - yes/yes/no * Anything else special? * - editing for friendliness to esl readers. 6. Historical qualifications * What other projects or writing have you worked on in the past? * - while learning postnuke cms I wrote this about the theme system, I thought it was poorly documented and neede to keep track of what I was learning. I've since turned the xml file over to the postnuke docs team ( i don't use postnuke any more) http://www.lithgow- schmidt.dk/pnThemeManual_v01/ch01.html * What level and type of computer skills do you have? * - modest, just starting to learn the command line. Long time semi-power-user of windows. * What other skills do you have that might be applicable? User interface design, other so-called soft skills (people skills), programming, etc. * - good at cross-culture communication, constructive critic of design quality of gui's in terms of logical structure and intuitiveness. * Why should we trust you? <--- too blunt? * You shouldn't until I've proved myself, but hey, get over it, we're talking about writing docs! 7. GPG KEYID and fingerprint * Be sure that your GPG key is uploaded to pgp.mit.edu. Use "gpg --keyserver pgp.mit.edu --send-key KEYID". * Your GPG fingerprint is 40 hexadecimal characters long, while your KEYID is the last 8 digits. * Below is an example of a block of text suitable for cut & paste into your self-introduction e-mail. * sounds like a hastle, follow the link, it's easier: http://pgp.mit.edu:11371/pks/lookup?op=vindex&search=0x21A8C63A So, that's me on a good day, in an impatient tone. ;-) Duncan