Kai
Ahrens,
Sorry for my last
incorrectly addressed email: I'm trying to get as much detail on many OpenOffice
projects as possible and mistyped your name and the project
name.
James Stevenson
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My name is James Stevenson,
and I'm contacting you regarding participation in the "Summer of Code"
mentoring program offered by Google. Specifically, I'm interested in enhancing the csv import features; I frequently use
plain text formats to import data, and understand how important
both usability and flexibility is in these kind of tasks. I would like to
know more details on this project, and how I can best be of
assistance, before I apply. Please let me know if you would be willing to
mentor me in this project; I'm very self directed, but also understand the
importance good organization in software design and want to make sure the
enhancements I design fit well into the development plans for this portion of
OpenOffice.
I am a computer science
student at Brigham Young University in my senior year, and will be starting
graduate work soon. My cumulative GPA is 3.85. I've been employed for the
past year as an intern at IBM developing applications with Lotus Notes and
maintaining a department Domino server. I work from home, and so am used to
self-driven development from home. I have a special interest in designing good,
usable software. The software I develop is in use by about 200
people, and directly helps them support large clients such as American
Express. Starting from 1999, I've had jobs designing internet applications using
Perl and MySQL, including a summer extensively modifying the Slashdot
template for use by Alaskan parents and educators. I'm attaching my resume if
you would like more details on my qualifications.
Thank you very much for
your consideration!
James
Stevenson
