[oskar: Re: [Za-pm] ZA.PM Updates]

oskar at linux.org.za oskar at linux.org.za
Fri May 16 07:19:57 CDT 2003


Resend - sent from the wrong address previously.

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> To: Nico Coetzee <nico at itfirms.co.za>
> Cc: "za.pm.org" <za-pm at mail.pm.org>
> Subject: Re: [Za-pm] ZA.PM Updates
> 
> Hi Nico
> 
> > Just a quick update - I will be in Helsinki next week to present an African 
> > FLOSS report to the Finish Government. I will try to access my mail everyday, 
> > but in the event that I do not - PLEASE don't break anything in here :)
> 
> Good stuff. Hope the report goes well.
> 
> > In the mean time, how about some introductions? I would like to know where you 
> > all are ( physical city ) and what you do full time. This purely optional, 
> > but might proof interesting none the less. It would also help me plan a 
> > meeting later on - deciding on the city etc. I would also like to hear some 
> > suggestions as to what you think about a general annual meeting. If our 
> > numbers permit, I can also spread the za.pm workload in areas such as mailing 
> > list admin, web site maintainer(s) etc - please give me your thoughts on 
> > these issues.
> 
> International Perl meetup day is at http://perl.meetup.com/ - There are loads
> of other things there, though. It's on the third Thursday of every month. The
> site lets you organise where the event is - it's then coordinated with every
> other town in every country. Quite cool :)
> 
> I've added myself as a host. If it doesn't work out to be the way we do
> things, it doesn't work out - no biggie :)
> 
> > I an in Johannesburg and full time employee of First National Bank as a Perl 
> > programmer in the Linux Team. The rest of the time I stay out of trouble by 
> > working on various unfinished projects - and even try to spend some quality 
> > time with my wife. 
> 
> I am one of the founders and shareholders of Qualica Technologies (Pty)
> Ltd, a JHB based company of 13 people. The company specialises in Internet
> performance analysis, Unix/Linux server infrastructure support, and software
> development, especially in the Internet and accounting (money, not
> traffic) spheres. I've been interested in Linux since the early days of
> slackware on stiffy disk and run the linux.org.za domain, including the
> technical stuff behind the glug list.
> 
> Some of my personal interests are:
> o photography (and B&W developing),
> o writing (squid-docs.sourceforge.net is one of my older, incomplete,
>   projects),
> o internet caching (an older interest),
> o occasional free software code hacks,
> o cryptography
> o network security
> o programming patterns (new interest),
> o "the design of everyday things" - useability and the human
>   conciousness,
> o the software development process,
> o social aspects of both personality and self,
> o Yoga,
> o Weights,
> o NLP and other technologies of mind,
> o social activisim is another of my new interests (EFF-type,
>   e-government, etc),
> o I throw in some maintenance of ftp.is.co.za when I get a chance,
> o Science fiction (short stories - Robert Silverberg rocks),
> o Reading mail (but seldom replying to it).
> o Philosophising in general
> o Currently learning java
> o Peer to peer networks, and the change in culture that it's
>   bringing about. I've been involved in p-grid.org to a very
>   small extent, which is a yet-to-be-released peer2peer system
>   developed by academics in an attempt to be incredibly efficient.
> 
> Perl is one of my favorite languages.
> 
> When I'm not doing these things, I'll generally be at Seattle coffee
> shop or at Exclusive books, meeting friends.
> 
> Oskar
> --
> Oskar Pearson <oskar at qualica.com>
> Qualica Technologies (Pty) Ltd
> web: http://www.qualica.com/

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Oskar Pearson <oskar at qualica.com>
Qualica Technologies (Pty) Ltd
web: http://www.qualica.com/



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