/me thinks "Hrm... I've been writing the FAQ since the day FC1 was released. :-) Maybe I should do one of those self-introduction things on some list, someday..." :-D
I also figured that maybe it was time to sign up for the fedora-docs- list. :-) So, happy coincidence, both of these thoughts happened simultaneously.
Personal Details ----------------
Full legal name: Maxwell Kanat-Alexander City, Country: San Jose, CA Profession: Founder & Computer Guy Company: Everything Solved
I'm also the Release Manager of Bugzilla, as well as being one of its primary contributors.
Fedora-Docs and Me ------------------
+ Your goals in the Fedora Project: Be nice. Help out. Have fun. :-)
+ What do you want to write about? Trogdor. And love. However, failing that, I'll write the uFAQ. :-) And maybe somebody could coax me into writing some other stuff, some day... who knows. :-)
+ What other documentation do you want to see published? Well, I'd like to expand my Fedora Basics FAQ a bit, here and there. :-)
+ Do you want to edit for grammar/writing and/or technical accuracy? Well, I certainly *could*... it might take waving a dead fish in my face, though. :-) No, but seriously -- if it's ever like, down to the last minute, and you desperately need an editor, I'll do it. I'm quite good at it. :-)
+ Anything else special? I'm mostly just here to provide witty comments and insight if I have something to say. And maybe I'll get caught up in something interesting and contribute a bit. :-)
Historical Qualifications -------------------------
+ What other projects or writing have you worked on in the past? Well, http://www.fedorafaq.org/ for one. :-)
I also wrote a lot of the Kerio (where I used to work) Knowledge Base, and some Bugzilla documentation here and there.
Oh, and I wrote a 50-page training manual for Kerio, too.
And finally (in my never-ending string of paragraphs with obviously creative and unique transitions like "and" and "also") I'm an excellent songwriter. I'm not sure how relevant that is, though. :-) Unless you want a Fedora Theme Song.
+ What level and type of computer skills do you have? Amazing.
+ What other skills do you have that might be applicable? User interface design, other so-called soft skills (people skills), programming, etc. I am really, really good at talking to people. I'm also really good at explaining how things work.
I'm also particularly good at taking very busted, messy processes or code and making them shine in the morning light.
+ What makes you an excellent match for the project? Me and the project have been going steady for about two years, now. I think we might get engaged.
GPG KEYID and fingerprint:
[maxka@localhost ~]$ gpg --fingerprint A1093CAE pub 1024D/A1093CAE 2000-05-23 Max Kanat-Alexander mkanat@bugzilla.org Key fingerprint = E119 9240 601C 389A 9FF0 3DE6 68BD 83FD A109 3CAE uid Maxwell Kanat-Alexander (Primary email starting in Sept. 2003) maxka@myrealbox.com uid Max Kanat-Alexander max_list@fedorafaq.org sub 1024g/8D25F5F0 2000-05-23
Note that that doesn't include any of my actual personal email addresses. :-) Just use this one. :-)
-Max
On Tue, 2005-05-10 at 15:55 -0700, Max Kanat-Alexander wrote:
/me thinks "Hrm... I've been writing the FAQ since the day FC1 was released. :-) Maybe I should do one of those self-introduction things on some list, someday..." :-D
Welcome! And thanks for the being the Man-About-FAQs.
Have you read the list archives where we discussed the Fedora FAQ?
https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-docs-list/2005-April/msg00137.html
Bottom line so far (but please read the threads anyway): We love your work, we want to support it, we're not sure the best way to support is is to absorb the Fedora FAQ in anyway into the FDP, and as you know we can't absorb it as-is, but a 98% subset could.
Bottom line^2 -- since we _can't_ provide the service that fedorafaq.org provides, we would be doing a disservice to Fedora users if we directed any Googlejuice in this direction. Which is not likely, but still ...
So, I do hope we convince you to work on something. Interested in a beat for the release notes? ;-)
- Karsten
On Tue, 2005-05-10 at 16:43 -0700, Karsten Wade wrote:
Welcome! And thanks for the being the Man-About-FAQs.
Hey, thanks! And you're welcome. :-)
Have you read the list archives where we discussed the Fedora FAQ?
https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-docs-list/2005-April/msg00137.html
Oh, I hadn't, but I have now! :-D I'd heard that there was such a discussion, actually -- it was part of my impetus for joining the list.
(Also, I'd just like to say that it's nice to be on a list where I can say things like "impetus" and expect that at least 85% of the audience will know what I'm talking about. And the other 15% of us can do "dict impetus," or pretend like we know what the word means.)
Bottom line so far (but please read the threads anyway): We love your work, we want to support it, we're not sure the best way to support is is to absorb the Fedora FAQ in anyway into the FDP, and as you know we can't absorb it as-is, but a 98% subset could.
Yeah, I had always expected that. I seem to recall a really early conversation that I had with Alan or Warren or somebody like that about this, that RH couldn't link to me. I'm totally OK with that. :-)
Actually, I'm sort of happy about it. I really like being in control of the content on fedorafaq.org. It's been good for me, it's been good for users -- I think everybody's happy. :-)
Bottom line^2 -- since we _can't_ provide the service that fedorafaq.org provides, we would be doing a disservice to Fedora users if we directed any Googlejuice in this direction. Which is not likely, but still ...
Yeah, that's a shame, really. :-) Of course, I'm still in the first ten results for "fedora" at the moment, so I think I'm OK.
So, I do hope we convince you to work on something. Interested in a beat for the release notes? ;-)
Aaaaaarrrrrrr. I knew that I would show up and then somebody was going to ask me to *do* something. :-D
Frankly, though I almost never run an FC test release nowadays -- I pretty much rely on Sindre (my assistant editor) to do that, and then he tells me what's up in the first few weeks of a new release. :-) So I have *no idea* what's up with FC4. :-D
I'll tell him to get on the list if he isn't already, though, and see if he wants to do anything.
I dunnow, though... is there a comic relief section? I'm in a pretty good mood...
"Known Issues: Some users are known to come into #fedora and ask vague questions about strange things. We haven't yet determined the source of this issue, but we have a team of engineers investigating it, and expect to have it resolved by 2007.
"Also, some of us could use girlfriends. Or boyfriends. Feel free to apply through Bugzilla, in the 'we have issues' component."
-Max
<quote who="Max Kanat-Alexander">
/me thinks "Hrm... I've been writing the FAQ since the day FC1 was released. :-) Maybe I should do one of those self-introduction things on some list, someday..." :-D
Added.
http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/DocsProject_2fContributors
I also figured that maybe it was time to sign up for the fedora-docs- list. :-) So, happy coincidence, both of these thoughts happened simultaneously.
Personal Details
Full legal name: Maxwell Kanat-Alexander City, Country: San Jose, CA Profession: Founder & Computer Guy Company: Everything Solved
I'm also the Release Manager of Bugzilla, as well as being one of its primary contributors.
Fedora-Docs and Me
Your goals in the Fedora Project: Be nice. Help out. Have fun. :-)
What do you want to write about? Trogdor. And love. However, failing that, I'll write the uFAQ. :-) And maybe somebody could coax me into writing some other stuff, some
day... who knows. :-)
- What other documentation do you want to see published? Well, I'd like to expand my Fedora Basics FAQ a bit, here and
there. :-)
- Do you want to edit for grammar/writing and/or technical accuracy? Well, I certainly *could*... it might take waving a dead fish in my
face, though. :-) No, but seriously -- if it's ever like, down to the last minute, and you desperately need an editor, I'll do it. I'm quite good at it. :-)
- Anything else special? I'm mostly just here to provide witty comments and insight if I have
something to say. And maybe I'll get caught up in something interesting and contribute a bit. :-)
Historical Qualifications
What other projects or writing have you worked on in the past? Well, http://www.fedorafaq.org/ for one. :-)
I also wrote a lot of the Kerio (where I used to work) Knowledge
Base, and some Bugzilla documentation here and there.
Oh, and I wrote a 50-page training manual for Kerio, too. And finally (in my never-ending string of paragraphs with obviouslycreative and unique transitions like "and" and "also") I'm an excellent songwriter. I'm not sure how relevant that is, though. :-) Unless you want a Fedora Theme Song.
What level and type of computer skills do you have? Amazing.
What other skills do you have that might be applicable? User interface design, other so-called soft skills (people skills), programming, etc. I am really, really good at talking to people. I'm also really good
at explaining how things work.
I'm also particularly good at taking very busted, messy processes orcode and making them shine in the morning light.
- What makes you an excellent match for the project? Me and the project have been going steady for about two years, now.
I think we might get engaged.
GPG KEYID and fingerprint:
[maxka@localhost ~]$ gpg --fingerprint A1093CAE pub 1024D/A1093CAE 2000-05-23 Max Kanat-Alexander mkanat@bugzilla.org Key fingerprint = E119 9240 601C 389A 9FF0 3DE6 68BD 83FD A109 3CAE uid Maxwell Kanat-Alexander (Primary email starting in Sept. 2003) maxka@myrealbox.com uid Max Kanat-Alexander max_list@fedorafaq.org sub 1024g/8D25F5F0 2000-05-23
Note that that doesn't include any of my actual personal email addresses. :-) Just use this one. :-)
-Max
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