Hi everyone, I'm new to the list. I'm a prefield teacher with Wycliffe headed for Indonesia in January. I will teach computer science and help run the network there... Although the job will change according to need.
I've benefited greatly from open source software and wanted to give back. The last few weeks I wondered how I could give back. I decided nothing could be more worthy than something like the Sword Project. I want to start small. I completely agree with the warning on the project website regarding the need for commitment. I can only devote about an hour every other week at this time, but I hope my availability will grow as my interest does. Here's a profile of what I feel confident doing: - Proofreading, reporting typos (B.A. in English and Spanish) - Basic end-user testing on several OS (Ubuntu, Win2k/XP, Debian, others if needed) - Some C/C++ experience (my first language, although I am still pretty basic) - Beginning-intermediate Java (can build a GUI, made a crude tennis reservation system for a class, various other) - Decent amount of linux sysadmin (comfortable w/ cron, ssh, setting up apache, various other servers, grep, and some bash scripting) - Took a class in Scheme - Ruby scripting (currently my best and favorite language, but still a beginner) - Read a textbook on general software systems design - Various other along the way (mysql, php, python, rails, latex openldap--just ask, I've probably dabbled w/ it) - I will be learning Indonesia starting in January, and perhaps some Korean. If someone will let me know what I can do w/ the amount of commitment I can make, I don't care what it is if it will help the Sword Project. Blessings, Jonathan Compton _______________________________________________ sword-devel mailing list: sword-devel@crosswire.org http://www.crosswire.org/mailman/listinfo/sword-devel Instructions to unsubscribe/change your settings at above page
