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On Mon, Sep 14, 2009 at 18:34, wrote:
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Thank you for the opportunity to introduce myself. I Googled the name "Mark
Walker" and about 22,600,000 hits were returned; none of them me in the
first few pages. I then Googled the name "Mark Caldwell Walker" and about
168,000 hits were returned; all of them me in the first few pages.
As one of those "older guys" my curriculum vitae might not be the best
approach for an introduction, but I will point out that I've had plenty of
chances to make mistakes and to learn from them. I do love to learn, and
that's one of the reasons I'm here. I am here also in search of new
challenges, new ways to produce meaningful results that actually help
people, and along with that genuine personal fulfillment. That might seem a
little demanding, especially from someone who's not yet retired from his day
job and therefore has only nights and weekends to offer for now. But I
sense that the time is right for me to venture into these areas where I've
only been lurking in listservs for far too long.
My writing projects include the three science fiction novels that appear in
the Google search returns mentioned above. My professional writing includes
some newspaper writing in my younger years, which naturally followed my BA
in Journalism. I've since written some professional documents for previous
employers, which were in the telecommunications and computer project
management fields and briefed them to executive management.
My other degree is an MS in Management. That's not very computer related on
the surface, but I've also been a licensed radio amateur since 1967
(although I'm "rare DX") and my first home computer was a Commodore 64.
I'm
not a programmer, but I've played with FORTRAN, Basic, Pascal, C++, Visual
Basic, Java, and Bash scripting. Certs include A+ and Network+, and I've
been studying up on Security+ and Certified Ethical Hacker. In the past few
years I've been researching XML, and think I could produce DocBook products
based on the v5 RELAXNG schema.
I also have a radio broadcasting background that spans about 9 commercial
stations. This was on-air experience; yes, I was your friendly local radio
DJ. My production of the FredPod podcast (feel free to Google it) is my
effort to enjoy broadcasting activities that take advantage of the
people-empowering trends in this field. I've been attempting to get the open
source Rivendell application running, but so far that remains a work in
progress.
One other thing about me that might be of interest is I'm also known as
"Santa Claus." I like to say that the white beard is real and so is the
jolliness, but I wear the red suit only on special occasions anymore.
Pleased to meet you,
Mark
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Welcome aboard, Mark! Nice to have another ham
among us (do we have a
majority yet?).
Please do join us on Wednesday evening and we'll get you hooked up
with a mentor to point you in what we hope is the proper direction.
--Eric