Self Introduction: Martin Joseph Brej
Martin Joseph Brej
mjbrej at sbcglobal.net
Sat Dec 17 22:10:20 UTC 2005
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.
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