John Wess
- Orlando, Florida - Sales Engineer - Bright House Networks - Your goals in the Fedora Project - I just want to get started...editing and helping out where I can. - Historical qualifications - I haven't written anything other than some blogs and internal technical documentation. - RedHat/Fedora and FreeBSD user for several years. - I am not a programmer but I have a good sense of how to communicate technology effectively to an uninitiated audience. I am and have been an Open Source advocate at home and work. - gpg --fingerprint 9E5F5EFE pub 1024D/9E5F5EFE 2007-11-21 Key fingerprint = 3FB1 1274 E95A D797 CCD0 1629 7376 258C 9E5F 5EFE uid johndwess (for projects) johndwess@gmail.com sub 2048g/B2B95A9A 2007-11-21
On Nov 21, 2007 2:47 PM, John Wess johndwess@gmail.com wrote:
John Wess
Orlando, Florida Sales Engineer Bright House Networks Your goals in the Fedora Project I just want to get started...editing and helping out where I can. Historical qualifications I haven't written anything other than some blogs and internal technical documentation. RedHat/Fedora and FreeBSD user for several years. I am not a programmer but I have a good sense of how to communicate technology effectively to an uninitiated audience. I am and have been an Open Source advocate at home and work.
Hi John,
Welcome, hope you have fun with whatever you end up working on!
Kind Regards,
Murray.
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On Tue, 2007-11-20 at 23:47 -0500, John Wess wrote:
John Wess * Orlando, Florida * Sales Engineer * Bright House Networks * Your goals in the Fedora Project * I just want to get started...editing and helping out where I can. * Historical qualifications * I haven't written anything other than some blogs and internal technical documentation. * RedHat/Fedora and FreeBSD user for several years. * I am not a programmer but I have a good sense of how to communicate technology effectively to an uninitiated audience. I am and have been an Open Source advocate at home and work.
[...snip...]
Given the above narrative, would you be interested in helping with the Desktop User Guide currently in development? Drop a line here and John Babich will help get you oriented and involved. We (or some subset of "we") :-) are always available on IRC, irc.freenode.net -- channel #fedora-docs. See you around soon, we hope!
I would be happy to help out with the Desktop User's Guide. Any guidance offered would be appreciated.
On Nov 21, 2007 1:15 PM, Paul W. Frields stickster@gmail.com wrote:
On Tue, 2007-11-20 at 23:47 -0500, John Wess wrote:
John Wess * Orlando, Florida * Sales Engineer * Bright House Networks * Your goals in the Fedora Project * I just want to get started...editing and helping out where I can. * Historical qualifications * I haven't written anything other than some blogs and internal technical documentation. * RedHat/Fedora and FreeBSD user for several years. * I am not a programmer but I have a good sense of how to communicate technology effectively to an uninitiated audience. I am and have been an Open Source advocate at home and work.
[...snip...]
Given the above narrative, would you be interested in helping with the Desktop User Guide currently in development? Drop a line here and John Babich will help get you oriented and involved. We (or some subset of "we") :-) are always available on IRC, irc.freenode.net -- channel #fedora-docs. See you around soon, we hope!
-- Paul W. Frields, RHCE http://paul.frields.org/ gpg fingerprint: 3DA6 A0AC 6D58 FEC4 0233 5906 ACDB C937 BD11 3717 Fedora Project: http://pfrields.fedorapeople.org/ irc.freenode.net: stickster @ #fedora-docs, #fedora-devel, #fredlug
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On Wed, 2007-11-21 at 14:11 -0500, John Wess wrote:
I would be happy to help out with the Desktop User's Guide. Any guidance offered would be appreciated.
Just because I didn't see the URL in this thread, the DUG is being worked here:
http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Docs/Drafts/DesktopUserGuide
If you need wiki edit rights (JohnWess?) just let us know (on this list or via IRC on #fedora-docs), or add your name to http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/EditGroupQueue. This is all to get proof that you've agreed to the Contributors License Agreement. One day we'll have that as a click through on the wiki ...
- Karsten, waiting for Moin 1.6 ...
On Nov 21, 2007 1:15 PM, Paul W. Frields stickster@gmail.com wrote: On Tue, 2007-11-20 at 23:47 -0500, John Wess wrote: > John Wess > * Orlando, Florida > * Sales Engineer > * Bright House Networks > * Your goals in the Fedora Project > * I just want to get started...editing and helping out > where I can. > * Historical qualifications > * I haven't written anything other than some blogs and > internal technical documentation. > * RedHat/Fedora and FreeBSD user for several years. > * I am not a programmer but I have a good sense of how > to communicate technology effectively to an > uninitiated audience. I am and have been an Open > Source advocate at home and work.
[...snip...] Given the above narrative, would you be interested in helping with the Desktop User Guide currently in development? Drop a line here and John Babich will help get you oriented and involved. We (or some subset of "we") :-) are always available on IRC, irc.freenode.net -- channel #fedora-docs. See you around soon, we hope! -- Paul W. Frields, RHCE http://paul.frields.org/ gpg fingerprint: 3DA6 A0AC 6D58 FEC4 0233 5906 ACDB C937 BD11 3717 Fedora Project: http://pfrields.fedorapeople.org/ irc.freenode.net: stickster @ #fedora-docs, #fedora-devel, #fredlug -- fedora-docs-list mailing list fedora-docs-list@redhat.com To unsubscribe: https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-docs-list-- fedora-docs-list mailing list fedora-docs-list@redhat.com To unsubscribe: https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-docs-list
On Sat, 2007-11-24 at 08:42 -0800, Karsten Wade wrote:
On Wed, 2007-11-21 at 14:11 -0500, John Wess wrote:
I would be happy to help out with the Desktop User's Guide. Any guidance offered would be appreciated.
Just because I didn't see the URL in this thread, the DUG is being worked here:
http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Docs/Drafts/DesktopUserGuide
If you need wiki edit rights (JohnWess?) just let us know (on this list or via IRC on #fedora-docs), or add your name to http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/EditGroupQueue. This is all to get proof that you've agreed to the Contributors License Agreement. One day we'll have that as a click through on the wiki ...
The topic (and John Wess's name) came up in today's meeting and I see that he's in the wiki EditGroup now. JohnW, you should be hearing from John Babich very shortly on helping with this. I believe there are a couple other contributors lined up to help.
Remember that with the wiki, you can pretty much jump right in if you're a self-directing type. Be bold!
On Nov 25, 2007 8:32 PM, Paul W. Frields stickster@gmail.com wrote:
On Sat, 2007-11-24 at 08:42 -0800, Karsten Wade wrote:
On Wed, 2007-11-21 at 14:11 -0500, John Wess wrote:
I would be happy to help out with the Desktop User's Guide. Any guidance offered would be appreciated.
Welcome to Fedora Docs Project, John!
As already noted, the link to the wiki section for the DUG is
http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Docs/Drafts/DesktopUserGuide
The topic (and John Wess's name) came up in today's meeting and I see that he's in the wiki EditGroup now. JohnW, you should be hearing from John Babich very shortly on helping with this. I believe there are a couple other contributors lined up to help.
That would be me (jmbuser on IRC). JonathanRoberts, MarcWiriadisastra and DanOBrien are currently editing the DUG, but there plenty to do and more help is always welcome.
In terms of desktop apps, they can be categorized as GNOME, KDE, Xfce and common apps. GNOME apps are pretty well covered, since they were the default apps. KDE apps are getting more attention recently. Xfce apps are not covered at all AFAIK.
The common apps are OpenOffice.org, Firefox, etc.
John, you are now in the EditGroup, so feel free to start editing a section. You can add new material or review what's been written so far and make spelling and/or grammatical corrections.
See http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/DocsProject/StyleGuide for guidelines.
At the same time, don't get tripped up with the mechanics of wiki writing. I regularly review the DUG and can fix things, like the format of the admonitions, as needed..
Remember that with the wiki, you can pretty much jump right in if you're a self-directing type. Be bold!
Definitely be bold. The wiki has an automatic versioning system, so if things really go bad, we can always revert to a previous version.
Dive in!
Best Regards,
John Babich Lead writer, DUG
On Tue, 2007-11-20 at 23:47 -0500, John Wess wrote:
John Wess * Orlando, Florida * Sales Engineer * Bright House Networks * Your goals in the Fedora Project * I just want to get started...editing and helping out where I can. * Historical qualifications * I haven't written anything other than some blogs and internal technical documentation. * RedHat/Fedora and FreeBSD user for several years. * I am not a programmer but I have a good sense of how to communicate technology effectively to an uninitiated audience. I am and have been an Open Source advocate at home and work. * gpg --fingerprint 9E5F5EFE pub 1024D/9E5F5EFE 2007-11-21 Key fingerprint = 3FB1 1274 E95A D797 CCD0 1629 7376 258C 9E5F 5EFE uid johndwess (for projects) johndwess@gmail.com sub 2048g/B2B95A9A 2007-11-21
Welcome to the docs project. How many Johns does that make it? :) As I mentioned in another thread lots of newbie questions were asked by me over the past month so feel free to look at the archives.
The DUG needs some lovin' I'm going away for a weeks time but I'm more than happy to give you a hand. The easiest way I found how to edit the DUG specifically or any wiki pages is to have a look at what others have done and try and understand.
IRC is a huge help where you will often find people who are supposed to be doing work helping out :)
Cheers,
Marc
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