Oubiwann
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(aka) Duncan McGreggor
I'm currently a subcontractor for NASA, writing Clojure full-time. My previous work history is available on LinkedIn.
I first heard about Linux in the mid-90s during a DiffEq class while studying physics at university. Having started with CP\M in the 80s, and VAX/VMS, DEC's Digital UNIX, and SunOS in the 90s, I was thrilled there was a free "UNIX." My first distro was Slackware, after which I moved to RedHat 5.2, and then to SuSE when RedHat changed their licensing. I used Debian after being exposed to the preferences of other Twisted Python developers, and naturally moved to Ubuntu from there. I haven't looked anywhere else for my Linux needs since then 
I currently run Ubuntu (xfce) on my ThinkPad W550s.
Contact Info
email: oubiwann(at)ubuntu(dot)com
IRC: oubiwann on freenode
Past Responsibilities and Involvements
2011 - became an active contributor to OpenStack
- 2010 - voted in as an official Ubuntu member
- 2010 - coordination, communication, and advocacy for projects relating to Ubuntu on behalf of Canonical
- 2009 - started, contributed to, and maintained the async AWS Python library (first release in Lucid Lynx)
2009 - was nominated and accepted as a Python Fellow Python Software Foundation
- 2008 - founding member and contributor of the tx (Twisted Python) group on Launchpad
2008 - maintain the Python ultra large-scale systems special interest group
- 2004 - deeply involved in Twisted Python software development
- 2004 - maintain PyRRD (is in Debian/Ubuntu)
My project/code profiles are here:
Blogging
I am an active blogger on the topics of LFE, Clojure, and distributed systems:
I previously wrote on the topics of Python, cloud, async network programming, ultra large-scale systems, and open source software (including Ubuntu). My blog is included in the following feeds:
Posts that relate to Ubuntu in one way or another are tagged as such and available here:
Personal Info
IRC
I can be reached in the following freenode channels:
#twisted |
#openstack |
#rabbitmq |
#zeromq |
#riak |
#eventlet |
#tahoe-lafs |
#uls |
Photos
Projects
Previous Work
Contributions, Teams, and Projects on Launchpad
Projects on ohloh.net
- Various commit feeds:
- Project Manager for Premium Services at Canonical
- Product Strategy Engineering Manager at Canonical
- Ubuntu Project Manager at Canonical
- UDS-Brussels (2010) planning and Foundations Track Lead
- Platform strategy planning
- Assisting with Ubuntu on ARM efforts
- Chrome OS / Ubuntu Collaboration
Project Wikis
Until Launchpad projects get their own wikis, I'll put some of my projects' wikis here (those than need them, that is).
InteractiveFiction - IF in Ubuntu (and general IF programming)
Notes
Oubiwann/UploadingToALaunchpadPPA - An adventure in updating a .deb package and uploading it to a team PPA on Launchpad
Oubiwann/UDSPlanning - UDS Planning for track leads and ultra-informed participants
Testimonials
Duncan is not only a great project manager, but skilled developer. He is a real help in Ubuntu's efforts to grow our user base through Canonical's collaboration efforts on Google ChromeOS. He is extremely passionate about Ubuntu, our developers, and our community as a whole. I wholeheartedly support his membership in the Ubuntu team. -RobbieWilliamson
My experience with Duncan has been excellent: he is a thoughtful, energetic and capable developer and does incredible work in bringing Ubuntu to Google. I would wholeheartedly give him a +1. -JonoBacon
Interacting with Duncan has always been a pleasure and his contributions to Ubuntu and Open Source goes way beyond his day job. I warmly recommend him as an Ubuntu member. - NickBarcet
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