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| == My Ubuntu work == |
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| || '''NAme''': || Martin Pihl || || '''Age''': || 27 || |
|| '''Name''': || Martin Pihl || || '''Age''': || 29 || |
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| || '''IRC nick(s)''': || '''mpih''' or '''pimanx''' on ''irc.freenode.net'' || | || '''IRC nick(s)''': || '''mpih''' on ''irc.freenode.net'' || |
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| || '''Blog''': || http://martinpihl.dk/words || | || '''Blog''': || http://martinpihl.dk/blog || || '''My Company''': || http://www.o-biz.dk/ubuntu || |
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| * I'm the founder and site administrator of the main Danish Ubuntu site and forum, which I created in 2006 and have been working with ever since (http://ubuntudanmark.dk/forum) * Besides creating the support forum I also support through various channels like IRC and other forums * Member of the Danish LoCo Team * I have created Danish artwork (posters, flyers) to be used at releases * I have created artwork to be used for advocacy in the form of banners, profile avatars and other stuff (http://ubuntudanmark.dk/?action=artwork) * I have previously been involved with Danish translations (part Ubuntu - mostly Open Office, throug the [[http://danskgruppen.dk|Danishgroup]]) * I have created the [[http://ubuntudanmark.dk/forum/viewforum.php?f=30|Danish Marketing Group]] (which is about to takeoff for real) * I created the Danish UWN translation team (which did not succeed well, but is moving towards a monthly newsletter instead) |
== About Me == I have recently started my own company, O-Biz, which primarily is occupied with offering consultancy, support and training for enterprises who runs Ubuntu desktops PC's or servers. |
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| * Also, I started using Ubuntu with Hoary, and participated in the Marketing Group at that time (which has its own forum, and did not use a mailing list. I participated in the on the making of a community magazine (I have no idea if that is what later became Full Circle Magazine). Memories about my contributions these almost three years ago seems a litlle vague, so I won't be mentioning them here. | O-Biz has recently become Ubuntu Affiliate Partner, and is the one of only two Danish Ubuntu Solution Providers. |
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| Before that I was working in a web development company as the Support Coordinator and operation manager. I have been working with CMS'es and websites for many years now, though only professionally for 3 years. | |
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| == My plans with Ubuntu in the near future == | == My Open Source history == |
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| Currently I'm working on plans and roadmaps with other participants of the Danish local community on some new initatives. This is what I'm currently working on together with other people: | When Firefox came into the market in 2004 I started using it right away. I helped promote it in Denmark, and also contributed in the newly formed Danish Mozilla forum and with some artwork. |
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| * Kick-starting the Danish Marketing group * To start a kind of Danish Ubuntu ambassadorship - which, if succesful, could extend into a mentorship * A Danish equivalent to Ubuntu Open Week, all though with focus on teaching new active Ubuntueros about Ubuntu (in Danish) and how to become active within the different kind of teams. The sessions would include people from different kind of OSS projects (such as OOo and Gnome). * Making the Danish LoCo an entity which is capable of making different kind of relationships with other groups and organisations (the work on LoCo teams as a legal entity, which was recently discussed at Community Council) * A partnership with an humanitarian organisation to collect and prepare old computers with Ubuntu and to ship them to Africa where needed. * Making a monthly newsletter specifically targeting a Danish audience (we tried a weekly newsletter but that did not work well). |
In 2005 I started contributing to OpenOffice.org, primarily by translating OOo version 1.x. |
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| In 2005 I also took the consequence of my Open Source commitments and changed from Windows to Ubuntu - and has never looked back since then. :-) | |
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| '''To sum up''', my primary focus and greatest challenge is to get the Danish LoCo team more organized and thus more efficient. This includes to continue the work on http://ubuntudanmark.dk/forum, which is the first and primary entrance for new Danish Ubuntu users. | == My contributions to the Ubuntu Community == |
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| == In the more distant future :-) == | Although being active in the international Ubuntu community in 2005, I soon realized that we needed to get things going locally. The LoCo team was at that point not very active, and first time users did not have many local options to turn to. So I decided to put my efforts in the LoCo: |
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| Denmark hosts Microsoft's largest development center outside of the US with its 900 employees, and though being one of the top five countries in the world when measuring use of technology, Denmark is also one of the European countries which uses Open Source software the less. | {*} I founded the main [[http://ubuntudanmark.dk/forum/|Danish LoCo site and support forum]], which now is the primary entrance to the local community for new users. The website is the overall second largest Linux-related website in Denmark. I was also site administrator 2006-2009. |
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| So beside building a strong Danish LoCo Team, I see it as neccessary at some point creating (or supporting somehow) the grounds for commercial development and support. We might not be able to create 900 paid Ubuntu related jobs in the next decade or two, but the goal is nevertheless to have as many people making a living working with Ubuntu (and other OSS projects) as possible. | {*} Was elected as the first chairman of the LoCo (I'm not not anymore) |
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| == Support for membership == | {*} Whenever medias want comments on Ubuntu-stuff, it's usually me they turn to {*} I participated in and co-arranged a 20 min. session on [[http://martinpihl.dk/blog/ubuntu-in-national-danish-tv-again|national Danish TV]] (BBC equivalent) on Open Source and Ubuntu in 2008 {*} I have co-arranged several released parties with lectures, install-help etc. {*} I have previously been somewhat active in translation work {*} Ubuntu Member {*} I started the [[http://martinpihl.dk/blog/the-birth-of-a-new-planet|cooperation]] between the Nordic European countries which among other things resulted in a common feed planet. {*} I have initiated a ''Ubuntu Community Day'' in my Home City, where people come and and learn how to triage and do marketing stuff Currently I'm preparing a large event at the release of 10.04 LTS. It will be a 2-day event, where one day will be for enterprises with relevant lectures and a lobby-area for companies provding Linux/Open Source services. And the second day will be a community-day, where we will do a kind of Danish UDS event, planning the next cycles activities. This event is arranged together with a couple of Danish Open Source Solution Provider organizations. == Summary == I have been very active in the Ubuntu (Local) Community for quite some years now, and thus have a vast knowledge about Ubuntu and the community. I have not been much active in the international community, however, having been around for so long and been participating in so much, I do know a lot about what is going on in LoCo's as well as the other main teams, and how work is getting done. My main interest and my main abilities do however rest in creating and arranging LoCo and general community activities, rather than strict technical tasks like packaging and testing. == Testimonials == |
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| === MartinVilliamJensen === Martin Pihl is very active at the danish Ubuntu-community, Ubuntudanmark, helping everyone getting a better experience with Ubuntu. Martin Pihl frequently blogs about Ubuntu and is translating the Ubuntu weekly newsletter from English to Danish. == Please also visit == * DanishTeam * SupportOgDokumentation * DanishTeam/BidrageTilFællesskabet * DanishTeam/Møder * https://launchpad.net/bugs/1 * Ubuntudanmark.dk |
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Martin Pihl |
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Danish |
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mpih on irc.freenode.net |
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<pihl AT ubuntu DOT com> |
Blog: |
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My Danish Forum profile: |
http://ubuntudanmark.dk/forum/memberlist.php?mode=viewprofile&u=2 |
About Me
I have recently started my own company, O-Biz, which primarily is occupied with offering consultancy, support and training for enterprises who runs Ubuntu desktops PC's or servers.
O-Biz has recently become Ubuntu Affiliate Partner, and is the one of only two Danish Ubuntu Solution Providers.
Before that I was working in a web development company as the Support Coordinator and operation manager. I have been working with CMS'es and websites for many years now, though only professionally for 3 years.
My Open Source history
When Firefox came into the market in 2004 I started using it right away. I helped promote it in Denmark, and also contributed in the newly formed Danish Mozilla forum and with some artwork.
In 2005 I started contributing to OpenOffice.org, primarily by translating OOo version 1.x.
In 2005 I also took the consequence of my Open Source commitments and changed from Windows to Ubuntu - and has never looked back since then. 
My contributions to the Ubuntu Community
Although being active in the international Ubuntu community in 2005, I soon realized that we needed to get things going locally. The LoCo team was at that point not very active, and first time users did not have many local options to turn to. So I decided to put my efforts in the LoCo:
I founded the main Danish LoCo site and support forum, which now is the primary entrance to the local community for new users. The website is the overall second largest Linux-related website in Denmark. I was also site administrator 2006-2009. Was elected as the first chairman of the LoCo (I'm not not anymore) Whenever medias want comments on Ubuntu-stuff, it's usually me they turn to I participated in and co-arranged a 20 min. session on national Danish TV (BBC equivalent) on Open Source and Ubuntu in 2008 I have co-arranged several released parties with lectures, install-help etc. I have previously been somewhat active in translation work Ubuntu Member I started the cooperation between the Nordic European countries which among other things resulted in a common feed planet. I have initiated a Ubuntu Community Day in my Home City, where people come and and learn how to triage and do marketing stuff
Currently I'm preparing a large event at the release of 10.04 LTS. It will be a 2-day event, where one day will be for enterprises with relevant lectures and a lobby-area for companies provding Linux/Open Source services. And the second day will be a community-day, where we will do a kind of Danish UDS event, planning the next cycles activities.
This event is arranged together with a couple of Danish Open Source Solution Provider organizations.
Summary
I have been very active in the Ubuntu (Local) Community for quite some years now, and thus have a vast knowledge about Ubuntu and the community. I have not been much active in the international community, however, having been around for so long and been participating in so much, I do know a lot about what is going on in LoCo's as well as the other main teams, and how work is getting done.
My main interest and my main abilities do however rest in creating and arranging LoCo and general community activities, rather than strict technical tasks like packaging and testing.
Testimonials
SørenBredlundCaspersen
As the founder of the forum ubuntudanmark.dk/forum Martin has been invaluable to Ubuntu users in Denmark and the DanishTeam. He continues to be a driving and inspiring force in the DanishTeam with a wealth of new ideas for the team.
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