discuss: Introduction
Subject:
Re: Introduction
From:
Saqib Ali ####@####.####
Date:
25 Nov 2004 22:28:19 -0000
Message-Id: <addede3b041125142777ed116a@mail.gmail.com>
welcome aboard Bas. We definitely are in need of your skillset :)
On Thu, 25 Nov 2004 22:51:34 +0100, Bas v.d. Wiel
####@####.#### wrote:
> Hello all,
> A couple of days ago I was approached by Rahul Sundaram with the request
> to join the LDP. I'd be happy to help out, so here I am freshly
> subscribed to the mailing list.
>
> I'm a journalist by trade, working for the website of a relatively large
> regional newspaper here in the Netherlands. Free software and Linux have
> been on my computers since 1997 when I first got broadband. I had heard
> of FreeBSD before that time but the download was prohibitively large for
> my metered dialup. Currently I have 4 PC's running Linux exclusively and
> a Mac that's dual booting OSX and Gentoo 64-bit.
>
> My day job entails selecting and editing articles from a printed
> newspaper for publication on the web. This means that my primary skills
> that could be of use to the LDP are in editing/chunking/summarizing and
> reviewing. I wouldn't shy away from authoring new documentation
> material, but that's not the area that I've had professional training or
> experience in. It never hurts to learn though.
>
> Another area where I might be useful is in translations. I am fluent in
> English at a level closely approaching a native language because of long
> time childhood exposure to the language but it isn't my actual native
> tongue. My actual native language is Dutch and I'd be happy to do some
> translation tasks or proof read documents that were translated earlier.
>
> Hopefully this introductory email gives you an idea of what I could add
> to the LDP. I've been a long time user of Linux but I'm not much of a
> developer. I feel that through the LDP I can give something back to the
> community despite my lack of programming skills. Let me know if there
> are any questions left unanswered. Since I'm new here I'll just lurk in
> the shadows of this list for a while and read along so I can get an idea
> of the topics discussed here.
>
> Kind regards,
>
> Bas v.d. Wiel
>
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In Peace,
Saqib Ali
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