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| == About Me == | = About Me = |
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| Hi I'm Matthew East. I am a 23 year old English guy, and I am nearly a lawyer. My site is [http://www.mdke.org here]. I'm an Ubuntu Community Member. | I am a lawyer from the United Kingdom. I am 29 years old, and married. I live and [[http://www.hfw.com/people/atoz/mattheweast|work]] in London. |
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| == Laptop Testing == | My launchpad page is [[https://launchpad.net/people/mdke|people/mdke]] and my website and blog are at [[http://mdke.org|mdke.org]]. |
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| I've received an IBM Thinkpad T43 laptop as part of the LaptopTestingTeam initiative. The following pages are my reports on how this laptop works with Ubuntu. * ["/LaptopTestingHoary"] |
= My interest in Ubuntu = |
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| == Playing around with wiki macros == | I'm interested in the Ubuntu community spirit and relations and in helping to work build a community where the different parts work and talk together. I still believe that this is one of the great challenges for the Ubuntu community as it continues to grow at a fast rate. I'm also interested in the relationship between Canonical, the corporate sponsor of Ubuntu on whom Ubuntu relies heavily in so many different ways, and the volunteer community without which I am convinced that Ubuntu would not have had the success that it does. I am a strong believer in the philosophical and practical benefits of free software and will defend [[http://www.ubuntu.com/community/ubuntustory/philosophy|the Ubuntu promise]] wherever I see it threatened. |
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| * The current time is [[DateTime()]] * There are [[PageCount(exists)]] pages on this wiki. |
= Contact = |
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| == My interest in Ubuntu == | * I am {{{mdke}}} at irc.freenode.net * Email me if you like: <<MailTo(mdke AT ubuntu DOT com)>> * My [[http://www.gnupg.org|GPG]] key is: 0E6B06FF. |
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| I help out in the documentation team and Italian community. | = What I am involved in = |
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| My current top dream for Ubuntu is for it to have user friendly documentation which matches the OS in quality. This documentation should be translated. I'm interested in the Ubuntu Community spirit and relations and believe that the most important factor for Ubuntu Love to prosper is '''communication'''. | * CommunityCouncil member. * DocumentationTeam - I have been heavily involved in the DocumentationTeam for several years now. My main contributions to the team are in the areas of team management, translation, website administration (help.ubuntu.com), packaging, and writing. * WikiTeam - team management and wiki documentation. * [[ItalianTeam|Italian Team]]. I was a founding member of the Italian Ubuntu community and gave up my seat on the Italian LoCoTeam Council and as LoCoTeam Contact in 2010. * [[http://www.ubuntu.com|Ubuntu Website]] editor. * Occasional [[http://fridge.ubuntu.com|Fridge]] editor. * Active generally in other community related areas. |
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| == Contact == | See all teams that I participate on my [[https://launchpad.net/~mdke/+participation|Launchpad team membership page]]. |
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| * I am {{{mdke}}} at irc.freenode.net, and generally hang out in #ubuntu-doc #ubuntu-it and sometimes #ubuntu. COME AND FIND ME TO CHAT! * Email me if you like: matthew {dot} east {dot} ubuntu {at} breathe {dot} com * My [http://www.gnupg.org GPG] key is: 0E6B06FF. |
= Initiatives = |
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| == What I am involved in == | Significant initiatives in the community that I've been involved in include: |
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| === Docs === | * BetterWikiDocs * HelpAndSupportAccess * HelpWikiQualityAssurance * [[ItalianTeam/Structure]] * PlanetUbuntuEditorialPolicy * StreamlineMembershipApproval * TopicBasedHelp * WikiLicensing * UbuntuNews |
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| * WikiTeam - Keeping the wiki tidy * Getting Ubuntu Documentation translated: DocteamStepByStepl10n * Writing the UserGuide for Breezy |
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| === ubuntu-it === | Subpages of this one: |
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| * Italian Mailing List Admin * [:ItalianGruppoDocumentazione:Italian Documentation Team] * [:ItalianStrutturaComunita:Italian Locoteam] |
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About Me
I am a lawyer from the United Kingdom. I am 29 years old, and married. I live and work in London.
My launchpad page is people/mdke and my website and blog are at mdke.org.
My interest in Ubuntu
I'm interested in the Ubuntu community spirit and relations and in helping to work build a community where the different parts work and talk together. I still believe that this is one of the great challenges for the Ubuntu community as it continues to grow at a fast rate. I'm also interested in the relationship between Canonical, the corporate sponsor of Ubuntu on whom Ubuntu relies heavily in so many different ways, and the volunteer community without which I am convinced that Ubuntu would not have had the success that it does. I am a strong believer in the philosophical and practical benefits of free software and will defend the Ubuntu promise wherever I see it threatened.
Contact
I am mdke at irc.freenode.net
Email me if you like: <mdke AT ubuntu DOT com>
My GPG key is: 0E6B06FF.
What I am involved in
CommunityCouncil member.
DocumentationTeam - I have been heavily involved in the DocumentationTeam for several years now. My main contributions to the team are in the areas of team management, translation, website administration (help.ubuntu.com), packaging, and writing.
WikiTeam - team management and wiki documentation.
Italian Team. I was a founding member of the Italian Ubuntu community and gave up my seat on the Italian LoCoTeam Council and as LoCoTeam Contact in 2010.
Ubuntu Website editor.
Occasional Fridge editor.
- Active generally in other community related areas.
See all teams that I participate on my Launchpad team membership page.
Initiatives
Significant initiatives in the community that I've been involved in include:
Subpages
Subpages of this one:
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