stefano-palazzo
Stefano Palazzo
Hello! I'm Stefano Palazzo. I program, translate, and support in the Ubuntu community. I'm a student of applied computer science, located in Bochum, Germany.
Apart from my work in the Ubuntu community, I research distributed data structures, and I've created The Victory Chat system and the Catasta programming language. My analogue past times include music, poetry, philosophy, the German language, drama, and film.
You can find me on AskUbuntu, My Website and contact me via email and jabber at stefano.palazzo@gmail.com.
Visit my Launchpad profile page
Contributions To Ubuntu
Most importantly, I am one of the very active members of AskUbuntu, contributed 284 answers at the time of writing this, and worked my way up to the top 3 users by reputation. I have since been elected community moderator for the site.
I created the the AskUbuntu Lens, integrating AskUbuntu.com into Unity. As well as the Ask Ubuntu lens, I'm working on a replicating server and search engine for the public Stack Exchange API. The search engine, about 10 times faster than the proper Stack Exchange API, is live at http://50.19.108.78:8080/similar?title=Unity.
I've recently kicked off the Ask Ubuntu Classroom and held one session so far, with another one coming up. Other contributors have made this effort, even though it's very young, quite a success already. We are now looking into ways of integrating the Ask Ubuntu Classroom with #ubuntu-classroom.
Complete list of contributions
Code, translations, Bugs, Answers, Packaging in Pycalc - https://launchpad.net/pycalc
Code, Bugs, Packaging in the Ask Ubuntu Unity Lens - https://launchpad.net/askubuntu-lens
- This code was forked for various project, such as David Callé's Books Lens and the Reddit Lens.
Translations in AptUrlRedirector - https://translations.launchpad.net/apturlredirector/trunk/+lang/de
Translations in Multiplication Puzzle - https://translations.launchpad.net/gmult/trunk/+pots/gmult/de/+translate
little stopwatch app (currently in AppReview) - https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu-app-review-board/+bug/665543
bug in python-distutuls-extra - https://bugs.launchpad.net/python-distutils-extra/+bug/586795
translations in nautilus (lucud) - https://translations.launchpad.net/ubuntu/lucid/+source/nautilus/+pots/nautilus/de/+filter?person=stefano-palazzo
translations in nautilus (maverick) - https://translations.launchpad.net/ubuntu/maverick/+source/nautilus/+pots/nautilus/de/+filter?person=stefano-palazzo
translations in nautilus (natty) - https://translations.launchpad.net/ubuntu/natty/+source/nautilus/+pots/nautilus/de/+filter?person=stefano-palazzo
Lightning talk at the Ubuntu AppDeveloperWeek on the topic of Stack Exchange apps and app development
First AU Classroom session, Introduction to Computer Programming using Python - http://chat.stackexchange.com/rooms/663/conversation/introduction-to-computer-programming-using-python-3rd-july-2011-1800-utc
Many highly regarded answers, editing and moderation on AskUbuntu - http://askubuntu.com/users/1067/stefano-palazzo#qpage_1-anpage_1-qsort_votes-ansort_votes#Answers
My plans and ideas for Ubuntu
I see community support as one of the major differentiators between Ubuntu and other operating system, not a substitute for traditional support, but one of the key benefits. I therefore would like to help advance the coordination and foster innovation in the Ubuntu community support infrastructure. I see myself as being very capable of enabling support greatness in the community; This is what I want to continue to spend my time on.
Apart from the work of the people at AskUbuntu, I am very sceptical about the heath of the current community support infrastructure, and while actively working on the problem, I would like to do research to identify the causes and, hopefully, resolve them. I also would like to eventually start a Project to advance the use of Ubuntu in academia and science.
Testimonials
I've been working with Stefano on askubuntu.com this cycle and the last one. Though his excellent answers speak for themselves, I am more impressed with his ability to help others improve by doing the not-so-glamarous editing and retagging of questions and answers on the site in order to make it a valuable resources for everyone. I plan on mentoring him over the next coming months as we continue to work on the site.
Stefano has also been working with Neil on the DX team on Lenses for Unity, which is a handy functionality that will get more important in the future, so having someone pounding on the API and then working directly with DX to make that great for app authors has been invaluable.
One thing I would recommend is to become more involved in other parts of the projects, perhaps a local team or something of that nature to help "round" you out. -- jorge 2010-12-07 16:15:17
Stefano Palazzo is a great member of askubuntu.com and he has provided a great deal of support there. His answers are always knowledgeable and friendly. -- IsaiahHeyer
stefano-palazzo is a very kind person who is always trying to help people in all the way he can. He is very polite and a knowledgeable person, and dedicated to the Ubuntu community. I fully support his ubuntu membership. -karthick87
As a moderator on Ask Ubuntu I've seen a wide variety of users from both helpful, to the less than helpful (troll-like). Stefano has offered both excellent questions and answers as well as participation both on the site and within the community chat. He consistently provides excellent and knowledgeable feedback on both the site and chat. His constant participation has helped our community grow. His knowledge of German and English have also assisted in the translation of LaunchPad projects, such as AptUrlRedirector -- MarcoCeppi