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User:CaptObviousman

2008-07-25T14:17:18Z

CaptObviousman:

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Hello there!

If you've stumbled onto here, no doubt you followed the link from the [[Openmoko_Local_Groups:_North_Texas|North Texas]] group.

== About Me ==
I'm a programmer that currently lives in Addison, TX. I'm hugely interested in Linux, specifically [http://www.slackware.com/ Slackware], and in networking in general. I have good backgrounds in many different programming languages (C, C++, Java, php & mysql, perl, VBA), but no experience with open source toolkits or any kind of embedded development. I enjoy settling in for beer at the [http://www.beerknurd.com/ Flying Saucer] pub in Addison, but just about any pub will do. Send me an email and we can meet for a pint one day after work.

== Education ==
I spent 3 years at [http://www.tamu.edu/ Texas A&M] in the computer engineering department before deciding it wasn't what I wanted. I'm more interested in software, but at the time I was pretty burned out on computers all together. After a year of futzing around, I dropped out and got a job as a programmer.

Fast forward three years and I have started back to college again. I am going to the [http://www.utdallas.edu/ University of Texas at Dallas] in the evenings, working towards a BS in computer science. I don't know how long it will take to complete (several years), but it is very important to me to graduate.

== Interest in OpenMoko ==
I've been wanting to get involved with a worthy open source project for some time now, but I was uncertain where to settle. I've been monitoring the OpenMoko project from afar, waiting for it to mature enough for me to jump in.

With the release of the FreeRunner to the public, I feel the project has reached a stable point (some might disagree). I want to be involved in the infancy of this project, not just to say "I was there when" but to really contribute.

== Current Tasks ==
As I am paying for college, I can't easily afford the $370 for a FreeRunner right now. I will be experimenting with QEMU to set up an emulator for development purposes. Afterwards, I want to start on a calendar/todo application similiar to what the Blackberry has.

== Contact ==
Email: [mailto:jeff.at.gearblock.dot.com jeff.at.gearblock.dot.com]

IRC: CaptObviousman on freenode or oftc. I haunt [irc://irc.freenode.net:6667/#openmoko freenode#openmoko] and [irc://irc.oftc.net:6697/#linode oftc#linode]

User talk:CaptObviousman

2008-07-16T15:22:58Z

CaptObviousman: New page: I hate bright red text.

I hate bright red text.

User:CaptObviousman

2008-07-16T15:21:36Z

CaptObviousman: Fixed link from external to internal

User:CaptObviousman

2008-07-16T15:18:03Z

CaptObviousman: First commit

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Hello there!

If you've stumbled onto here, no doubt you followed the link from the [http://wiki.openmoko.org/wiki/Openmoko_Local_Groups:_North_Texas North Texas] group.

== About Me ==
I'm a programmer that currently lives in Addison, TX. I'm hugely interested in Linux, specifically [http://www.slackware.com/ Slackware], and in networking in general. I have good backgrounds in many different programming languages (C, C++, Java, php & mysql, perl, VBA), but no experience with open source toolkits or any kind of embedded development. I enjoy settling in for beer at the [http://www.beerknurd.com/ Flying Saucer] pub in Addison, but just about any pub will do. Send me an email and we can meet for a pint one day after work.

== Education ==
I spent 3 years at [http://www.tamu.edu/ Texas A&M] in the computer engineering department before deciding it wasn't what I wanted. I'm more interested in software, but at the time I was pretty burned out on computers all together. After a year of futzing around, I dropped out and got a job as a programmer.

Fast forward three years and I have started back to college again. I am going to the [http://www.utdallas.edu/ University of Texas at Dallas] in the evenings, working towards a BS in computer science. I don't know how long it will take to complete (several years), but it is very important to me to graduate.

== Interest in OpenMoko ==
I've been wanting to get involved with a worthy open source project for some time now, but I was uncertain where to settle. I've been monitoring the OpenMoko project from afar, waiting for it to mature enough for me to jump in.

With the release of the FreeRunner to the public, I feel the project has reached a stable point (some might disagree). I want to be involved in the infancy of this project, not just to say "I was there when" but to really contribute.

== Current Tasks ==
As I am paying for college, I can't easily afford the $370 for a FreeRunner right now. I will be experimenting with QEMU to set up an emulator for development purposes. Afterwards, I want to start on a calendar/todo application similiar to what the Blackberry has.

Openmoko Local Groups: North Texas

2008-07-16T14:48:02Z

CaptObviousman: Added myself

Welcome to the North Texas openmoko page!

This group is for anyone in the DFW and surrounding areas. Hopefully we'll be able to organize an event for when a few of us get the neos. Local LUGs will probably be interested too, update here as it happens.

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!Name
!Skills
!Level of Interest
!Location
!Other
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|[[User:jaebird|Jae Stutzman]]
|C++, C# (mono)
|neo1973 SH1 in my hands
|Greenville
|freedom is coming
|-
|Erik Hix
|C#, ninja
|curious
|Rockwall
|[http://www.lostfrog.org/ Who took my frog?]
|-
|[[User:sagacis|Mark Arvidson]]
|C++, mad bo staff
|[[P1_Owners|neo1973 SH1 on the way]]
|Richardson
|*refresh* still in CA *refresh* still in CA *sigh*
|-
|Michael Carter
|C#, C++
|Waiting for Phase 2
|Greenville
|Ready Tomorrow
|-
|Jeff Rush
|C++, Python
|neo1973 SH1 arrived 7/27!
|Richardson
|Will be making tutorial screencasts
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|Edward Lineberry
|J2ME, C, rhyme
|neo1973 SH1 in my hands
|Dallas
|Will be be watching tutorial screencasts
|-
|[[User:Dmitri|Dmitri]]
|Translation
|Waiting for Phase 2
|Dallas
|
|-
|Ricky
|C, Python, Ruby, GTK
|App testing, dev for personal use
|Fort Worth
|Want more experience developing for embedded systems. Need a North Texas email list
|-
|[[User:Willtrout|Matt Willtrout]]
|Some c, c++
|Personal use, embedded systems, experience, porting
|E Collin Co
|Got it, an posting this from the phone`s browser. :-D
|-
|[[User:ttz|Tom]]
|kernel,c,java,ruby/rails
|Development. Waiting for my SH1
|Plano
|I created a Google group to serve as our first communication channel, feel free to join in, http://groups.google.com/group/openmoko-dfwug
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|[[User:wurp|Bobby Martin]]
|Java, C/C++, Python
|Development, personal use. I have a GTA01v4. Probably buying a FreeRunner too.
|Arlington
|
|-
|[[User:CaptObviousman|Jeff Propes]]
|perl, java, C, C++
|app development
|Addison
|No FreeRunner yet, but I'm looking to set up an emulator
|-
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[[Category:Community]]
[[Category:Openmoko Local Groups]]