== Summary ==
 * Linux user since 1998, Debian user since 1999 (mostly Debian Unstable), and started using Ubuntu in spring of 2006.

 * Started working for Canonical in February 2010 as a contractor working on [[http://wiki.ubuntu.com/DesktopExperienceTeam/ApplicationIndicators|Application Indicators]].

 * Started as a Canonical employee on the [[DesktopTeam|Ubuntu Desktop Team]] as a Desktop Software Engineer in April 2010.

== Interests ==
 * Haskell
 * Python
 * Emacs
 * Ubuntu
 * Programming Languages
 * Usability

== Ideas and Wants for Ubuntu ==
 * Latest Evolution (I hear it is faster and doesn't use as much memory)
 * Ability to select a track to play from Gnome Do (not just artist or album)
 * Working and non-buggy gmail/google accounts integration with the messaging indicator
 * Easier and/or additional tooling around libvirt for testing and debugging of packages
 * Scripts to manage the source of build dependencies of a package for easy debugging
   * Including setting up gdb with proper paths
   * Including setting up cscope with proper paths
 * Proper syncing of gmail/google accounts contacts with Ubuntu One

== Lessons and tips learned in debugging and triaging bug reports ==

 * When there is a gap in the last known working version and the one
 showing the problem, either:
   * start at the version prior to the reported non-working version, attempting to reproduce the error
   * start at the version right after the last known working version, attempting to reproduce the error
   * when you have found the version that is the boundary between working and non-working, look at the diff between the versions and start debugging there

 * When debugging C code, especially event-based Gtk code, it is often easier to use printf-style debugging to trace the execution of code, rather than gdb, to find out when certain functions are called

 * When using gdb, and you only want to see the value of a variable at a certain point, set a breakpoint at the desired line, and then immediately after, do something like this:

 {{{
 commands
 print var
 cont
 end
 }}}

 * KVM and the like are very useful for testing various circumstances like problems after upgrading from one release to another.
 
== Links ==
 * [[http://www.travishartwell.net/blog/|Personal blog and homepage]]
 * [[http://www.travishartwell.net/blog/static/where_to_find_me|Where to find me on the Internets]]
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