Hi, Just added some stuff to my wiki page here: http://wiki.ubuntu.com/jdeslip - copied style wise almost wholesale from Lyz.
About being inward focused, hopefully this is only temporary - sometimes it is necessary to clean up your desk/office before you can go on doing more work. ;) Cheers, Jack On Wed, Oct 6, 2010 at 9:19 AM, kdemarest <kdemar...@gmail.com> wrote: > Hi Robert: > > Good to hear from you. I actually had a thought that it is probably too > inward looking because nobody really knows each other. Well, I know I don't > really know anybody. I did take the time to read everyone's wiki that i > could get a hold of. Here is mine: http://wiki.ubuntu.com/seidos. Do > you have one? > > Quite frankly, I don't really know of anybody on the team that i can really > work with on stuff. I'm a part of this team and i still kind of feel alone. > Probably my fault, i don't know. > > On Wed, Oct 6, 2010 at 9:02 AM, Robert Lewis <bob.l.le...@gmail.com>wrote: > >> This group is to inward looking and therefor self serving in my view. >> I think we need to focus on the real common goals of helping others >> in our efforts to promote Linux within the community. >> >> On Wed, Oct 6, 2010 at 8:30 AM, kdemarest <kdemar...@gmail.com> wrote: >> > I couldn't help but get the feeling that we might be taking this >> leadership >> > election a little too seriously. Maybe it would help to point out the >> > truism that a leader can't force anyone to do anything on our team. All >> > they can do is make suggestions. I mean, from the looks of things we're >> all >> > volunteers for goodness sakes. The best that a leader can do is remind >> us >> > why we're here, in case we spend too much time chasing our own tails. I >> > mean, if we refuse to do what the leader wants, who is going to force >> us? >> > The FOSS police? >> > We should probably be looking to ourselves for leaders, and not looking >> > outside ourselves. Oftentimes, we expect too much from our leaders, >> because >> > we expect so little from ourselves. For this we probably owe our >> leaders an >> > apology. >> > >> > I still think the best leader is someone who is best at teaching. I >> know >> > for me, personally, I need to connect with knowledgeable individuals who >> can >> > *gracefully* show me what I don't know. I mean, let's just get the fact >> > that I'm an idiot out of the way, and let's just move forward to try and >> > reduce my idiocy. -_- On this same line of thought, I would suggest >> that >> > ego is detrimental to Us. Wanting to help with FOSS is great, but if >> you >> > don't have the knowledge, what good is the desire? And I don't mean to >> > project my own feelings of inadequacy on the team, but I really don't >> see >> > how the problems I see with Ubuntu, or GNU/Linux for that matter, are >> > presently going to be solved. >> > I talked to a friend yesterday. You know what she said? I mean, we all >> > probably already know this, but it is probably worth repeating. "I want >> > something that works and is cheap". How can I, in good faith, recommend >> > Ubuntu to someone when this is what they are looking for? What is the >> sound >> > bite? They are not interested in philosophical notions of right and >> wrong, >> > monopolies being bad, etc. They want it to be cheap, and to work. >> Enough >> > said, end of story. I mean, having their ear is fine. I suppose the >> best >> > that can be done, at present, is planting the seed that there is a more >> > ethical alternative, that may be cheaper and work better for them (but >> > probably not on the latter). >> > This all having been said, if I offended anybody with my candor, let's >> talk >> > about it. I am more than inclined to admit that I'm wrong with my >> opinions >> > based on my own limited personal experience. >> > Speaking of personal experience, I know that my own insistence on >> working on >> > my own projects is a major reason why I'm doing them alone. So if you >> have >> > a project you want help with, even if it's just you in front of your >> > computer "alone" on the Internet, by all means, let me know. Perhaps >> others >> > will feel the same way. >> > So, this all having been said, here are the projects I'm presently >> working >> > on everybody. >> > * Trying to figure out why top says that all but 52MB of my RAM is >> being >> > utilized at present of 2GB >> > * Trying to see if i can configure compiz standalone by following this >> > guide: https://help.ubuntu.com/community/CompizStandalone >> > * Figuring out how I'm going to host my website >> > http://www.fictionalphilosophy.org >> > * Reading Python the Hard way (ug, someone give me some motivation on >> this >> > one!). >> > * Trying to figure out what all the processes in ps aux are for, and if >> any >> > can be eliminated. >> > seidos >> > -- >> > Ubuntu-us-ca mailing list >> > Ubuntu-us-ca@lists.ubuntu.com >> > Modify settings or unsubscribe at: >> > https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-us-ca >> > >> > >> >> -- >> Ubuntu-us-ca mailing list >> Ubuntu-us-ca@lists.ubuntu.com >> Modify settings or unsubscribe at: >> https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-us-ca >> > > > -- > Ubuntu-us-ca mailing list > Ubuntu-us-ca@lists.ubuntu.com > Modify settings or unsubscribe at: > https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-us-ca > >
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