User:Bernie: Difference between revisions

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:IRC: _bernie, hanging on #sugar on FreeNet

:Jabber: bernie AT codewiz DOT org (yes, I run my own Jabber server ;-)

:Contact info: http://codewiz.org/ContactInformation

:PGP key: [http://keys.sugarlabs.org:11371/pks/lookup?op=vindex&search=0x71FF4BAC 71FF4BAC]

:Contact info: http://codewiz.org/wiki/ContactInformation

:Personal homepage: http://codewiz.org/

~~:Blog: http://codewiz.org/wiki/~~

:Resume: http://codewiz.org/wiki/AbridgedResume

:Resume: http://codewiz.org/wiki/~~CurriculumVitae (somewhat outdated)~~

:LinkedIn profile: http://www.linkedin.com/in/codewiz

:LinkedIn profile: http://www.linkedin.com/~~profile?viewProfile=&key=5159373 (somewhat outdated)~~

:Previous OLPC projects: http://codewiz.org/wiki/OneLaptopPerChild

:~~Old~~ OLPC projects: http://codewiz.org/wiki/OneLaptopPerChild

I'm a volunteer working for the [[Sugar Labs]] foundation.

I'm a volunteer working for the [[Sugar Labs]] foundation. Before that, I was a

full-time volunteer developer at OLPC. My job was hacking on X11, the base Fedora OS,

Before, I was a full-time volunteer developer at OLPC. My job was hacking X, the base Fedora OS,

the Linux kernel, some i18n and input work. I have also worked on-site at OLPC deployments

the Linux kernel, some i18n and input work.

in Nepal, Paraguay, Uruguay and Mozambique.

I have also worked ~~briefly for~~ OLPC ~~Europe and with~~ deployments in Nepal and ~~Paraguay~~.

== Oversight Board Platform ==

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=== Personal agenda ===

Within a few years computers will become central in primary education world-wide.

This will stimulate the creation of a new industry of hardware, software, and

content for schools. Sugar is currently well positioned: it has greater momentum

and several competitive advantages over any proprietary platform on the horizon.

I work with deployments and commercial entities interested in Sugar development.

To build local capacity, I'm coordinating small teams of Sugar hackers focused on

service and support. Internet is our office. In the future, I'd like to work

with hardware vendors with the goal of making Sugar available on all ~~existing~~

with hardware vendors with the goal of making Sugar available across all educational

~~educational~~ platforms.

platforms.

~~Sugar has greater momentum and several competitive advantages over any proprietary~~

~~platform on the horizon. Within the next few years, computers will become central~~

~~in primary education world-wide. This will stimulate the creation of a new industry~~

~~of hardware, software, and content for schools. This is why I see Sugar as a good~~

~~investment~~.

== On openness ==

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 :IRC: _bernie, hanging on #sugar on FreeNet
 :Jabber: bernie AT codewiz DOT org (yes, I run my own Jabber server ;-)
-:Contact info: http://codewiz.org/ContactInformation
+:PGP key: [http://keys.sugarlabs.org:11371/pks/lookup?op=vindex&search=0x71FF4BAC 71FF4BAC]
+:Contact info: http://codewiz.org/wiki/ContactInformation
 :Personal homepage: http://codewiz.org/
-:Blog: http://codewiz.org/wiki/
+:Resume: http://codewiz.org/wiki/AbridgedResume
-:Resume: http://codewiz.org/wiki/CurriculumVitae (somewhat outdated)
+:LinkedIn profile: http://www.linkedin.com/in/codewiz
-:LinkedIn profile: http://www.linkedin.com/profile?viewProfile=&key=5159373 (somewhat outdated)
+:Previous OLPC projects: http://codewiz.org/wiki/OneLaptopPerChild
-:Old OLPC projects: http://codewiz.org/wiki/OneLaptopPerChild
-I'm a volunteer working for the [[Sugar Labs]] foundation.
+I'm a volunteer working for the [[Sugar Labs]] foundation. Before that, I was a
+full-time volunteer developer at OLPC. My job was hacking on X11, the base Fedora OS,
-Before, I was a full-time volunteer developer at OLPC. My job was hacking X, the base Fedora OS,
+the Linux kernel, some i18n and input work. I have also worked on-site at OLPC deployments
-the Linux kernel, some i18n and input work.
+in Nepal, Paraguay, Uruguay and Mozambique.
-I have also worked briefly for OLPC Europe and with deployments in Nepal and Paraguay.
 == Oversight Board Platform ==
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 === Personal agenda ===
+Within a few years computers will become central in primary education world-wide.
+This will stimulate the creation of a new industry of hardware, software, and
+content for schools. Sugar is currently well positioned: it has greater momentum
+and several competitive advantages over any proprietary platform on the horizon.
 I work with deployments and commercial entities interested in Sugar development.
 To build local capacity, I'm coordinating small teams of Sugar hackers focused on
 service and support. Internet is our office. In the future, I'd like to work
-with hardware vendors with the goal of making Sugar available on all existing
+with hardware vendors with the goal of making Sugar available across all educational
-educational platforms.
+platforms.
-Sugar has greater momentum and several competitive advantages over any proprietary
-platform on the horizon. Within the next few years, computers will become central
-in primary education world-wide. This will stimulate the creation of a new industry
-of hardware, software, and content for schools. This is why I see Sugar as a good
-investment.
 == On openness ==