About Me

I'm Nathan Heafner, a 25 year old working in Apple customer support, currently Living in North Carolina, USA. I'm dedicated to privacy, anonymity, and pseudonym. I believe strongly in Free Speech and I'm committed to protecting those rights. I'm a somewhat of a nerd. I like to tinker with hardware and software, and I find serenity in using the Terminal. I value the art of debate and I'm very opinionated.

I started using Linux in 2004 when my Windows computer crashed and I wanted to try Linux because it was "Free". I started using PClinux then Debian and puppy Linux for a while. Like many users, I was introduced to linux by a discussion from an online forum. The fact that linux was free gave me the confidence to give it a try. I had nothing else to lose. After around 6 months of using Linux I made the full exchange in 2005. I'm interested in expanding the Linux user-base, assisting with testing, promoting ideas on brainstorm, and building Linux oriented skills that are relevant in the current workplace.

IRC

Usually you'll find me somewhere in these channels:

OFTC

• #ubuntu
• #debian-ubuntu

Freenode

• #ubuntu
• #ubuntu-devel
• #ubuntu-bugs
• #ubuntu-testing
• #ubuntu-docs
• #Linux

and I'm usually idling/parked in other random channels.

Team Memberships

• Ubuntu Bug Control

Ubuntu Involvement

I have been spreading the word of Ubuntu to friends and family for the past two years and hope to expand on this. I have been a long time advocate and can account for many new users from my local community. I have been beta testing for the majority of this time. I have lately been heavily involved with Launchpad Answers and assisting with FAQ's and some Minor documentation improvements. I like to assist users on Launchpad and enjoy answering questions.

Misc:

• learning Ruby, what a fun language

• I partake in dogfooding http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eating_your_own_dog_food

• Assisting users in IRC on various channels
• Knowledgeable with Wordpress, drupal, phpbb, joomla, and various other CMS's.
• I like politics

Future:

My roadmap for the near future includes:

• Get into iso testing and documentation
• Applying for Ubuntu Membership. UPDATE. I am scheduled for an upcoming meeting!
• Joining the documentation team, I feel like I can be a large asset with documentation.

Availability

My availability changes often, but currently i'm generally available after 1 am EST. The best way to contact me is via email. Please use my launchpad page and use the "contact this user" link.