Daniel; I love working with databases. I have developed several for friends, for free, just because it is something I can do. One of them has become the backbone of a local mechanics business to maintain his customer/vehicle information/repair database.
I hope I can help. Ken -----Original Message----- From: Daniel Carrera [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, July 19, 2005 02:07 To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [authors] Downloading a chapter for review (was: Fwd: Improving the process at Docs) Ken Byars wrote: > Jean; > > I have some experience with databases as well as word-processing. If I > can help in these areas please let me know. I used to teach WP & Word > to individuals while in the military. > > Ken Hi Ken! I'm not Jean, but I'd like to say "welcome aboard!" Yes, it'd be great to get some expertise in databases in particular (IMNO). The database is one of the big new things in the next version of OpenOffice.org so it's fitting that we document it well. Sadly, I can't tell a database from an oak tree, so I can't really write new chapters. All I can do is review chapters and help make them readable. I'm glad that you have teaching experience. I do too, though in a different context. I was a mathematics teaching assistant for about 6 years and a volunteer tutor for a bit longer than that. This month I started a new job, working with Ian Lynch. It's related to open source in education, but it's not teahcing (this week I'm learning to setup a thin client network for a local school). In any event, I found that my teaching experience has helped me a lot in this project. Because it helped me learn how to teach a concept in the clearest possible way. If you ever read one of my reviews (and you likely will ;-) you'll see that I focus heavily on making the content as clear as posible. Oh, we have another teacher on board. Peter Kuper is a science teacher at a highschool in Illinois, USA. As for myself, my teaching was half in Toronto, Canada and half in Maryland, USA. Right now I am located in a small town near Birmingham, UK. In any event, please do give us your login name (you can private mail me or Jean if you prefer) and we'll give you edit access to the to the user guide. Once we do that, you'll also see a "review list" with chapters that are up for review. Though not required, it's a very good idea to start by reviewing a chapter or two, so you can get a feel for the system. Cheers, Daniel. -- /\/`) Leave your mark at OpenOffice.org /\/_/ /\/_/ OOoAuthors: http://oooauthors.org \/_/ Knowledge Base: http://mindmeld.cybersite.com.au/ /
