JoErlendSchinstad
4096
Comment:
|
4618
|
Deletions are marked like this. | Additions are marked like this. |
Line 34: | Line 34: |
{*} Become an Ubuntu Member. <<BR>> | |
Line 37: | Line 38: |
{*} Regaining official status for Ubuntu-no and making it a more tight community <<BR>> {*} Learn more about Ubuntu community leadership and sign the leadership CoC. <<BR>> |
|
Line 51: | Line 54: |
{*} Held a couple of volunteer courses in Ubuntu for self-help groups. <<BR>> | |
Line 57: | Line 61: |
{*} Held a presentation about Ubuntu on ARM in relation to Green computing <<BR>> {*} Created screencasts about Ubuntu and development <<BR>> == Testimonials == Am I an ok kinda guy? Feel free to embellish below! :) |
Launchpad ID: |
|
GPG Key |
See my Launchpad page |
IRC: |
jo-erlend@freenode, jo-erlend@gimpnet |
Email: |
|
About Me
I am Jo-Erlend Schinstad, a 31 year old man who lives in Oslo, Norway. My professional life has centered around sales and coaching. I have a passion for communication, music (guitar and vocals) and computing.
I started using computers at a very early age, about 1986 when I was six years old. My first experience with computer networking was with a 300Baud modem connected to various BBSes, and my first WIMP system was GEM on MS-DOS. My father taught me to program in QB45 when I was about nine, I think. I later moved onto Visual Basic, a little Delphi and C, before moving onto Java and PHP. In 2005 I discovered Python and Ruby, of which Python quickly became my favorite language and has been so ever since. Quite recently I discovered Vala, which I think is an awesome language for a large number of reasons.
I first heard about Linux in 1994 after a Norwegian computer party called The Gathering was held in my home town. My first (painful) install was RedHat 5.0 in 1998. I used that until moving onto Mandrake Linux. I used that for about a year, then had a couple of seasons with Fedora Core until I finally moved onto Ubuntu in 2005. It was the ethical and moral aspects of it, coupled with the focus on making GNU/Linux more beginner friendly that most attracted me. It was my first experience with a Debian-based system, and I rather quickly fell in love with it.
I've had technical support as a hobby since around 1995 when I started using mIRC. I've participated in IRC support of mIRC scripting, HTML & al, VB6, Java, PHP, Python, Fedora Core and Ubuntu. I suppose what I love the most about it is exploring the fresh perspective that non-experience brings to the table, and the challenge of explaining complicated things in the easiest possible way.
Personal motto: it's better to drown your sorrows than teach them how to swim. Fun fact: I have the same birthday as the Linux Kernel: August 25th.
Team Memberships
Quickly Developers
Ubuntu Norway (contact)
Python Norway (founder)
Future Plans & Projects
I recently took over as contact for the Norwegian loco where I hope to improve the internal communication and help build a strong community. I wish to spend more time contributing to Quickly and other efforts to make development on Ubuntu and GNU/Linux easier and more fun. A personal project is to record and album, and I hope to start working on getting an LPI certification.
Current Project & Goals
Become an Ubuntu Member.
Making a really awesome release party for Precise.
Attracting attention to Ubuntu in the Norwegian media.
Write a GTK widget GIR library for continuous applications.
Regaining official status for Ubuntu-no and making it a more tight community
Learn more about Ubuntu community leadership and sign the leadership CoC.
Contributions to the Ubuntu Community
Development &c
Some contributions to Quickly Widgets
General testing and bug reporting
Some translation
Support
#Ubuntu-no since 2006
#Ubuntu (not so much the last couple of years)
AskUbuntu.com since June 2011.
#Ubuntu-App-Developer
#Python-no
Held a couple of volunteer courses in Ubuntu for self-help groups.
Advocacy
Written many articles about Ubuntu
Participated in a large number of online debates about Ubuntu
Created the Norwegian Python community with special focus on Ubuntu
Participated in LoCo and release parties
Held a presentation about Ubuntu on ARM in relation to Green computing
Created screencasts about Ubuntu and development
Testimonials
Am I an ok kinda guy? Feel free to embellish below!
JoErlendSchinstad (last edited 2012-11-21 16:26:51 by joerlend.schinstad)