Self Introduction: Martin Joseph Brej

[Martin Joseph Brej <mjbrej sbcglobal net>]

1. Full legal name:  Martin Joseph Brej
   
   

• City, Country, Timezone:  Monterey, California, USA (Pacific Time)
  
  
• Profession:  Software Consulting Manager
  
  
• Company:  International Business Machines Corporation
  
  
• My goals in the Fedora Project:  I enjoy using Fedora as a platform for my home personal computing needs and would very much like to help others become open source users as well--to help take the technology mainstream.  I am not a coder, but do consider myself to be a power-user with strong familiarity with software development processes.  I am a liberal arts major with a passion for explaining technology to others.
  
  
  • What do you want to write about?  I am open to writing for any area within Fedora that most needs the help.  My personal experience is that many programs are not documented or have documentation that is "rough and ready".  I could help cover areas no one else currently is or supplement areas which are currently documented but in need of some polishing.
    
    
  • What other documentation do you want to see published?  I have often looked at the documentation to get the answer to a configuration setting or to solve a problem on my own and found that it did not answer my question.
    
    
  • Do you want to edit for grammar/writing and/or technical accuracy?  I am happy to edit for grammar/"read-ability" and technical accuracy if that is where I can best contribute immediately.  I am not a professional writer, so that may be a good way for me to break in as a documentation contributor for Fedora.
    
    
  • Anything else special?  I am an enthusiastic guy--what I may lack in experience, I know I will make up for in dedication and enthusiasm.  Between work and family life, I do not have a ton of free time, but will commit realistically to deliverables and deadlines and deliver high quality work.  My goal will be to write the doc that I wish were there when I needed to use it.
    
    
• Historical qualifications
  
  
  • What other projects or writing have you worked on in the past?  I have been on numerous software implementation projects as a programmer, designer, architect and project manager over my 17 years in the industry.  I have written many presentations for customers and some training materials and documentation for the systems delivered.  I have never been a documentation professional, however.
    
    
  • What level and type of computer skills do you have?  I would label myself a "power-user".  I like to diddle around and see how things work and learn the advanced configuration options, etc.  It have been many years since I have been at the code level.  I have played around recently with learning Java and scripting on the side, but have no serious programming skills to speak of anymore.
    
    
  • What other skills do you have that might be applicable? User interface design, other so-called soft skills (people skills), programming, etc.  I am a very organized worker--part of my project management background, so over time, that may be an area that I can contribute as well.
    
    
  • What makes you an excellent match for the project?  I spend most of my free time using Fedora and am passionate about building great software that is useful to others (and ideally, easy to use!)  I think I express myself clearly and would like to contribute to Fedora instead of just consuming other people's excellent work without giving anything back.
    
    
• GPG KEYID and fingerprint
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Martin  Joseph   Brej
326 Monroe Street
Monterey, CA  93940-2218

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