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Hi, I'm a Ruby developer working commercially with web applications in Dublin. I think that Ireland has a great potential to be a high profile Open Source location and would like to see more FOSS development getting done in Ireland. Ubuntu is an important part of this as
 a. It's a great development platform
 a. Has a great community focus which will help get developers interested; who may not otherwise see merit in patching FOSS projects
Hi, I'm a Ruby developer working commercially with web applications in Dublin. I think that Ireland has great potential to be a high profile Open Source location and would like to see more FOSS development getting done in Ireland. Ubuntu is an important part of this as
 * It's a great development platform
 * Has a great community focus which will help get developers interested; especially those who may not otherwise see merit in patching FOSS projects
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My FOSS and Ubuntu contributions to date include
 * Running Free Ruby Lessons for newbie developers
 * Code contributions to f-spot, freemix, bzr (pending approval by bzr patch manager)
 * Bug reports on update-manager, mysql, mono-debugger
 * Podcasting on Open Source development at http://www.codemongrel.com
 * Blogging on Open Source development at http://www.theirishpenguin.com
 * Attending and helping out at FOSS events in Dublin

In development terms outside of Ruby, I also like to hack on Ubuntu desktop apps and enjoy Python development along with the odd bit of Mono C#.
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== Acitivities ==
 * Code contributions to f-spot, freemix, bzr ([[https://code.launchpad.net/~declanmg/bzr/264275-fix|bzr contrib]] in progress after review with bzr patch manager)
 * Working on [[http://github.com/theirishpenguin/qtonrails-examples|Qt on Rails]] a Rails-based development framework to simplify development of Ruby applications on Kubuntu
 * Regularly featuring (K)ubuntu issues I've troubleshooted on my blog at [[http://www.theirishpenguin.com|theirishpenguin.com]]
 * Contributing articles to 3rd party FOSS knowledge bases such as on [[http://techbase.kde.org/User:Declan.mcgrath|KDE Techbase]]
 * Bug reports on update-manager, mysql, mono-debugger
 * Running Free Ruby Lessons for newbie developers (Monday at 6.30pm in Havana Cafe, Georges St, Dublin)
 * Podcasting on Open Source development at [[http://www.codemongrel.com|codemongrel.com]]
 * Attending and helping out at FOSS events, code jams and meetups in Dublin

In development terms outside of Ruby, I also like to hack on Ubuntu desktop apps and enjoy Python development along with the odd bit of Mono C#.

== Future Goals ==

 * Run and participate in more Ubuntu Bugjams, be a point of contact for FOSS and Ubuntu development in Ireland
 * Help encourage discussion between various Open Source development communities in Ireland. To this end, I've set up the [[http://groups.google.com/group/ossdev-ireland|ossdev-ireland]] group. I'd like to get more folks onboard this group to get momentum behind the Irish OSS development community regardless of language, framework or technology
 * Help grow Ruby Ireland as a development community and have more Ruby events, code jams and lessons - with Kubuntu development arising out of this. In particular
  * I plan to investigate ways to streamline Ruby code contributions to Kubuntu through KDE's SMOKE Ruby bindings. The [[http://github.com/theirishpenguin/qtonrails-examples|Qt on Rails]] I've listed above is central to this
  * Produce guidelines on how to package Ruby applications for Debian and Ubuntu. I am looking for people knowledgeable in debian packaging to help with this
 * See if we can get more Ubuntu related development within the Irish Python community...
 * ... and more Mono development on apps such as f-spot at code jams as part of the Dublin Alt.net community

== Testimonials for Membership Application ==

Hi, I'm a Ruby developer working commercially with web applications in Dublin. I think that Ireland has great potential to be a high profile Open Source location and would like to see more FOSS development getting done in Ireland. Ubuntu is an important part of this as

  • It's a great development platform
  • Has a great community focus which will help get developers interested; especially those who may not otherwise see merit in patching FOSS projects

If you're interested in joining the Open Source scene in Ireland as a developer, I'd be interested to hear from you at my contact details below.

Contact information

Name

Declan McGrath

Email

declan -A-T- weuseopensource.com

IRC

declanmg

Launchpad

https://launchpad.net/~declanmg

Blog

http://www.theirishpenguin.com

Twitter

theirishpenguin

Acitivities

  • Code contributions to f-spot, freemix, bzr (bzr contrib in progress after review with bzr patch manager)

  • Working on Qt on Rails a Rails-based development framework to simplify development of Ruby applications on Kubuntu

  • Regularly featuring (K)ubuntu issues I've troubleshooted on my blog at theirishpenguin.com

  • Contributing articles to 3rd party FOSS knowledge bases such as on KDE Techbase

  • Bug reports on update-manager, mysql, mono-debugger
  • Running Free Ruby Lessons for newbie developers (Monday at 6.30pm in Havana Cafe, Georges St, Dublin)
  • Podcasting on Open Source development at codemongrel.com

  • Attending and helping out at FOSS events, code jams and meetups in Dublin

In development terms outside of Ruby, I also like to hack on Ubuntu desktop apps and enjoy Python development along with the odd bit of Mono C#.

Future Goals

  • Run and participate in more Ubuntu Bugjams, be a point of contact for FOSS and Ubuntu development in Ireland
  • Help encourage discussion between various Open Source development communities in Ireland. To this end, I've set up the ossdev-ireland group. I'd like to get more folks onboard this group to get momentum behind the Irish OSS development community regardless of language, framework or technology

  • Help grow Ruby Ireland as a development community and have more Ruby events, code jams and lessons - with Kubuntu development arising out of this. In particular
    • I plan to investigate ways to streamline Ruby code contributions to Kubuntu through KDE's SMOKE Ruby bindings. The Qt on Rails I've listed above is central to this

    • Produce guidelines on how to package Ruby applications for Debian and Ubuntu. I am looking for people knowledgeable in debian packaging to help with this
  • See if we can get more Ubuntu related development within the Irish Python community...
  • ... and more Mono development on apps such as f-spot at code jams as part of the Dublin Alt.net community

Testimonials for Membership Application

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