Didn't realize this went out to the whole list! Oh well, now you know about me too.
Thad --- Thad Smith <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Jeremy, > > I read you're note and checked out your website...We > have quite a bit in common. I'm 27, recently married > with a step-son and hopefully another on the way > this > summer!!! I even work for Big Blue and am a > Christian > to boot! You're right, not many swedes go to church. > One of the guys at my church is Norwegian and tells > me > all about the life over there. I've heard it's a > beautiful place. Anyway, Glad you're going to be a > committer. Hopefully we can work together sometime. > > Thad > > > --- Jeremy Arnold <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Hello, > > Since I've been nominated to become a > committer > > for JMeter, I > > thought it would be good if you guys got to know a > > bit more about the > > person you are voting for. So here's a bit of an > > introduction. > > > > I'm just about 26 years old, and grew up in > > various locations around > > the U.S. After graduating from Utah State > > University in 1998 I moved to > > Rochester, Minnesota to work at IBM. (Usual > > disclaimers apply -- while > > IBM is allowing me to contribute to this project > > that doesn't imply > > endorsement by IBM, etc.) My job there has > evolved > > somewhat over time, > > but its main focus has been on Java and WebSphere > > performance for > > iSeries servers. > > > > Back in September I made a bit of a shift, and > > moved to Sweden for a > > year-long assignment. I'm still employed by IBM, > > but working on-site > > with a Swedish company called Intentia. Current > > plans are to return to > > the U.S. this coming September. > > > > As a performance analyst I have used various > > load-generation tools > > (both third-party and internal tools) in our > > testing. But I'm always > > looking out for new tools and techniques which can > > help for various > > tests. I've evaluated JMeter a couple times in > the > > past, but my recent > > need to perform load tests through a Java client > > made JMeter and its > > JavaSampler a perfect fit (well, after a bit of > > tweaking). I think it > > may come in handy for some other work in the > future > > as well, so I'd like > > to help make some additional improvements. > > > > I think I'm about done with my list of > > improvements for the > > JavaSampler, but here are some other areas that > I'm > > hoping to work with > > in the next few months: > > > > - Miscellaneous GUI improvements to fix minor > > annoyances > > > > - Performance improvements so JMeter has less > > overhead > > > > - Work on running without a GUI -- in particular, > > running the load from > > an iSeries system [maybe this already works fine > -- > > I haven't tried yet] > > and doing semi-automated performance regression > > tests > > > > - Some kind of integration with JMX MBeans, with > the > > goal of being able > > to correlate JMeter test results with system > metrics > > such as CPU > > utilization, application server statistics, etc. > I > > don't (yet) know a > > lot about this, but it sounds like something > > interesting to learn. This > > is a long-term goal, and not something I will be > > working on in the very > > near future, but hopefully I'll be able to get > > started soon. > > > > > > I think that's about it. You can get a bit > more > > information about > > me and my experiences here in Sweden from my web > > page at > > http://xirr.com/~jeremy_a. And feel free to ask > me > > any questions you > > might have. One final note: my email has been > > acting up quite a bit > > lately (Bigfoot getting listed by many ISPs as a > > spam-source and mail > > bouncing), so please bear with me if you have > > problems sending me mail. > > I'm working on finding a new email provider, so > > hopefully I'll have a > > new address soon. > > > > Jeremy > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > http://xirr.com/~jeremy_a > > > > > > > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > > To unsubscribe, e-mail: > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > For additional commands, e-mail: > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > > __________________________________________________ > Do you Yahoo!? > Yahoo! Platinum - Watch CBS' NCAA March Madness, > live on your desktop! > http://platinum.yahoo.com > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > For additional commands, e-mail: > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > __________________________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Platinum - Watch CBS' NCAA March Madness, live on your desktop! http://platinum.yahoo.com --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
