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... Hi, I'm Marcus Tomlinson, a qualified BSc Software Engineer from Durban, South Africa, with well over a decade of experience in embedded and non-embedded software development. When I'm not writing software, I'm usually writing music or books. Sometimes I may even write a [[http://amzn.com/B01A36ZI66|book about software]], or [[https://github.com/thestk/rtaudio|software about music]].
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|| '''GitHub''': || [[https://github.com/marcustomlinson]] ||
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I’ve been contributing significantly to Ubuntu since late 2013. As of September 2019, I’ve given input on over 2000 bug reports, and initiated more than 300 merge requests across a broad range Ubuntu projects (that’s one new merge requested per week, and one new bug updated per day on average for the past 6 years). I’ve been contributing significantly to Ubuntu since late 2013. As of September 2019, I’ve touched [[https://bit.ly/2lAcnrr|over 2000 bug reports]], and initiated [[https://code.launchpad.net/~marcustomlinson/+merges|more than 300 merge proposals]] across a broad range Ubuntu projects (that's on average, one merge per week, and one bug per day for the past 6 years :) ).
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== Future Goals == === Highlights ===
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... ==== Unity APIs ====

 * Heavily involved in designing and developing Ubuntu’s Unity Shell features and APIs from 2013 to 2017 (as you can tell by the list above).
 * Co-created (w/ Michi Henning) the [[https://launchpad.net/unity-scopes-api|middleware layer and API behind Scopes]].
 * Created a C++-to-JS binding library called: "[[https://launchpad.net/v8-cpp|V8-cpp]]", to provide JavaScript APIs for the team's many C++ APIs.
 * [[https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLyE0oUN-fxVfTXdYlGzOck68CS5WmLNTr|Presented at a number of Ubuntu Online Summits]].
 * Recognised as Technical Lead for my considerable contribution to the Scopes infrastructure in 2016.

==== LibreOffice ====

 * Took over maintenance of the LibreOffice Ubuntu packages (deb and snap) in 2019.
 * Kept up-to-date with all upstream releases, SRUs, and CVEs.
 * Steadily reducing a massive backlog of bugs by diligently staying on top of triaging.
 * [[https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/libreoffice/+bug/1791943|Merged the libreoffice-l10n meta package into libreoffice]] and [[https://packages.ubuntu.com/eoan/libreoffice-help-common|introduced libreoffice-help-common]].
 * Reduced overall size of the [[https://snapcraft.io/libreoffice|LibreOffice snap]] by ~20%, and its cold run time by ~45%.

=== Future Goals ===

Continue to develop my experience with a wide range of teams and technologies. Find opportunities to work with different languages, on different projects, and at different layers.
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If you have something nice to say about me, please add it below along with @ SIG @ (no spaces) - The @ SIG @ command will sign your name and date/time it after you "Save Changes". Thank you! :) If you have something nice to say about me, please add it below along with @ SIG @ (no spaces) - The @ SIG @ command will sign your name and date/time it after you "Save Changes". Thank you!

About Me

Hi, I'm Marcus Tomlinson, a qualified BSc Software Engineer from Durban, South Africa, with well over a decade of experience in embedded and non-embedded software development. When I'm not writing software, I'm usually writing music or books. Sometimes I may even write a book about software, or software about music.

Contact Information

Contributions

I’ve been contributing significantly to Ubuntu since late 2013. As of September 2019, I’ve touched over 2000 bug reports, and initiated more than 300 merge proposals across a broad range Ubuntu projects (that's on average, one merge per week, and one bug per day for the past 6 years Smile :) ).

Projects I’ve contributed significantly to (i.e. code added / bugs fixed) include:

Highlights

Unity APIs

LibreOffice

Future Goals

Continue to develop my experience with a wide range of teams and technologies. Find opportunities to work with different languages, on different projects, and at different layers.

Testimonials

If you have something nice to say about me, please add it below along with @ SIG @ (no spaces) - The @ SIG @ command will sign your name and date/time it after you "Save Changes". Thank you!

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Something nice about Marcus.

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