== About me ==

  * 18 years old, American. (Birthday 08-21-1991)
  * High school senior
  * Using Linux for 3 years, started off with Fedora off and on (switching between that and windows) before quickly moving on to Kubuntu full-time. New to Linux on the desktop (04/2006), been using Kubuntu since Feisty.
  * Actually, my dad started me off with Linux as a youngin', starting at Red Hat 5 or 6. I have fond memories of playing XBill and XBoing on our 486 in the basement.

== Interests ==

  * Genetics.
  * Computers.

== Contact ==

  * '''email''' echidnaman(at)kubuntu(dot)org
  * '''irc''' JontheEchidna on freenode #kubuntu #kubuntu-devel #konversation #amarok #plasma
  * [[https://launchpad.net/people/echidnaman|Launchpad page]]

= Ubuntu activity =

== New packages activity (outdated) ==

||  || Name & URL || Description || Version || Distribution || Comments ||
|| (./) || [[http://kde-look.org/content/show.php/Toggle-Compositing?content=78299|Toggle-compositing]] || KWin effects toggling plasmoid || 0.1-0ubuntu1 || Intrepid || Approved ||
|| (./) || [[http://kde-look.org/content/show.php/Plasma+WiFi?content=79476|plasmoid-wifi]] || Wifi signal strength plasmoid || 0.5-0ubuntu1 || Intrepid || Approved ||
|| (./) || [[http://kde-look.org/content/show.php/plasma-am4rok?content=77297|plasmoid-am4rok]] || Media controller plasmoid || 0.5-0ubuntu1 || Intrepid || Approved ||
|| (./) || [[http://kde-look.org/content/show.php/Weather+Plasmoid?content=84251|plasmoid-weather]] || Weather display plasmoid || 0.4-0ubuntu1 || Intrepid || Approved ||
|| (./) || [[http://kde-look.org/content/show.php/Previewer?content=84465|plasmoid-previewer]] || File previewer plasmoid || 0.1-0ubuntu1 || Intrepid || Approved ||
|| (./) || [[http://kde-look.org/content/show.php/QuickAccess?content=84128|plasmoid-quickaccess]] || Quick file access plasmoid || 0.5.2-0ubuntu1 || Intrepid || Approved ||
|| (./) || [[http://kde-look.org/content/show.php/Flickr+Plasmoid?content=83246|plasmoid-flickr]] || Display interesting photos on flickr || 0.1-0ubuntu1 || Intrepid || Approved ||
|| (./) || [[http://lancelot.fomentgroup.org/|plasmoid-lancelot]] || Alternative application launcher menu for KDE4 || 1.0.3~svn860641-0ubuntu2 || Intrepid || Approved ||
|| (./) || kio-bookmarks || KIO slave for displaying/navigating bookmarks || 0.2.1-0ubuntu1 || Intrepid || Approved ||

  * Helped package KDE 4.1 RC1. (~ half of the language packs, plus skanlite)
  * Backported kdewebdev-kde4 4.0.98 to the Kubuntu-members-kde4 ppa.
  * Backported konq-plugins-kde4 4.0.98 to the Kubuntu-members-kde4 ppa.
  * Worked on this for Intrepid: https://wiki.kubuntu.org/KubuntuIntrepidDesktopDefaults
  * Packaged 3 of the 4.1 final packages for Intrepid
  * Backported 11 of the KDE 4.1 final packages to the Hardy PPA (apachelogger can vouch for all this)
  * Various miscellaneous packaging-related bugfixes.
  * Heavy involvement in almost every KDE release since 4.1. (Ask any of my sponsors/companion developers)
  * Heavy involvement in the general development of Kubuntu 9.04, 9.10, and 10.04, focusing on packaging in both universe and main as well as bug control.

== Coding ==

 * Ported jockey-kde from PyQt4 -> PyKDE4 for Intrepid.
 * Ported software-properties-kde from PyQt4 -> PyKDE4 for Intrepid.
 * Contributed various bugfix/polishing patches for Adept.
 * Lead developer of the upcoming kubuntu-notification-helper notification daemon.
 * C++ port of the kubuntu-firefox-installer, which was able to knock off 3MB of ruby dependencies off the Kubuntu live CD while remaining total feature parity with the ruby version.

== Bug triaging ==

 * I have been actively triaging KDE bugs for over a year as of November 2009
 * I resolved ~15% of the bugs in kdebase for the kde3 -> kde4 transition. (yuriy can vouch for this)

== User support ==
 * I have lurked in #kubuntu-kde4 since around the middle of April, 2008 giving support. (Moved to #kubuntu when Intrepid was released)

== Future ==

  *Package moar plasmoids
  *Become MOTU, dominate universe (done)
  *Package KDE each release (ongoing)
  *Hone C++ skills, become more involved in KDE development.
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