<quote who="David-Paul Niner"> > Greetings! My name is David-Paul Niner. Welcome!! Added: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/DocsProject/Contributors > I am a 35 year-old "just returning to college" male presently residing > in Orange Park, Florida (that's a suburb of Jacksonville in the very > northeast corner of the state), in the United States. > > Although I am only presently attending part-time classes (I recently > resigned from the local government arena, but enjoyed dragging them into > the world of open source nonetheless), I will begin full-time studies in > the Computer Science program at the University of North Florida in the > Spring of 2006. > > I enjoy writing immensely. The idea of becoming part of something as > important as the Fedora Project excites me; I feel I have much to > contribute. > > My several years experience as a network/systems administrator and my > independent studies of CS have allowed me to develop a certain level of > comfort when communicating with others on a technical level. However, I > also enjoy acting as a translator for those less inclined to learn the > more arcane aspects of computer operations and the language itself. > > Have you ever met someone who was absolutely obsessive about writing > and/or grammar perfection? If so, it was probably me. I'm the sort of > person who reads everything over two, three, and occasionally four times > before committing to it. It's both a blessing and a curse, but it's > something I enjoy. I take great pride in attending to detail. > > I have no formal technical writing training (save for the usual grammar > and literature classes taught in college), although I feel confident > that I can "hit the ground running" in that area. > > The simplistic genius of the Gnome environment impresses me; It is that > style of interface design--the enormous amount of function balanced > against a nearly clutter-free layout--that I find attractive. Having > the ability to fine-tune one's desktop environment is, in my opinion, > not nearly as important to the average user as some believe; I believe > that ease-of-use and intuitiveness will always be more appreciated. > If this is a vision shared by you then perhaps I could benefit your team > by doing some interface design work. > > As an aside, I enjoy creative writing as a form of stress relief, and > have given serious thought to attempting to publish a work of fiction in > the near-to-mid future. > > I have great respect for both the Fedora Project and for the individual > members who compose the whole. Redhat/Fedora is the only flavor of > Linux I've seriously come to study, and I've been using one form or > another now for nearly eight years (and have used Fedora on the desktop > since its conception). I'm now ready to give back in some way if > anyone is interested! > > Below please find my gpg information for review: > > -------------------------- > > pub 1024D/215E3188 2005-11-02 > Key fingerprint = AA92 20F2 DE95 49AA 860D 814B 6DB3 37A5 215E 3188 > uid David-Paul Niner (I'm the real DP!) > <dpniner@xxxxxxxxxxx> > sub 2048g/48A8C44F 2005-11-02 > > ---------------------------- > > Your time and attention are appreciated, > David-Paul Niner > > > > > > -- > This message has been scanned for viruses and > dangerous content by MailScanner, and is > believed to be clean. > > -- > > fedora-docs-list@xxxxxxxxxx > To unsubscribe: > https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-docs-list > -- fedora-docs-list@xxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe: https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-docs-list
