[FusionComm] Introductions

[Andrew]

hmm k

i heard about linux via a mate, started in 2003 with mandrake linux &
KDE i then moved to gnome mostly because i liked how nautilus
looked(at the time) then moved to ubuntu when the wireless was hassle
free for my chipset.

Got my first dose of compiz, 4 days after it was released thanks to
some howto's and a fair few hours of work.
when it was called Compiz-Quinn i started doing the artwork for the
config program then i did the beryl art including the winning logo and
after the merge i still give time to making icons for ccsm

outside of compiz i made the logo for  the deluge bittorent client and
i work heavily on Ubuntu Studio's artwork

Andrew

On 8/17/07, Travis Watkins <amaranth at ubuntu.com> wrote:
> On 8/15/07, Kristian Lyngstøl <kristian at bohemians.org> wrote:
> > Tell us a little bit about what your interest in the project have been
> > up until now, what you've done, want to do, and maybe what you do
> > professionally. I'll start it off :)
> >
>
> Hmm, let's see.
>
> Around late 2002-early 2003 I discovered this 'Linux' thing and
> thought being able to rebuild the core of the system (kernel) to by
> desires was awesome. 4 hours later it was still going and I went back
> to Windows. Messed around a little more afterward but it never stuck.
> Then in October 2004 Ubuntu came out and I've been here since.
>
> I got into compiz-related things right at the start of the Beryl
> project and tried to help get project management things setup. Did a
> bit of coding here and there, main interest was the dbus plugin.
> Eventually 'swam upstream' to compiz proper and did some more dbus
> work there.
>
> Professionally I started out doing web development (CSS and such back
> when it was still 'new') doing PHP/HTML/CSS/JS. Eventually got
> interested in desktop stuff (and Python) and went back to school for
> awhile. Now I'm back to web stuff. :)
>
> I've been spending some time learning more about the stack of
> technologies that make the composited desktop tick (X, DRI, Cairo,
> EXA, etc) and playing with clutter. Oh, I'm also on the team that
> packages compiz for Ubuntu.
>
> This is not my first involvement in a free software project, I've
> started a few and am currently involved with the GNOME and Ubuntu
> projects.
>
> Personally I'm 20, live in the Iowa/Nebraska area in the US, love
> music, and am trying to learn guitar.
> --
> Travis Watkins
> http://www.realistanew.com
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