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- | == Ryan Abel == | + | == Candidates for Community Council Elections March 2009 == |
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: This is a pivotal time for Maemo, with Fremantle and the next tablet looming on the horizon and likely a major marketing shift for the platform within the next year or two the platform will be undergoing many major changes and quite a bit of activity, I'd like to be here to encourage things in the right direction. | : This is a pivotal time for Maemo, with Fremantle and the next tablet looming on the horizon and likely a major marketing shift for the platform within the next year or two the platform will be undergoing many major changes and quite a bit of activity, I'd like to be here to encourage things in the right direction. | ||
- | == Jamie Bennett == | + | === Jamie Bennett === |
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- | : | + | : I'm a Senior Software Developer for a large games company based in Holland (I'm actually based in the UK though) using embedded technologies to produce visually stunning games. A large part of my day job translates well to the vision required for a next-generate tablet, good UI, flowing user experience, rich graphics, functional whilst being compelling. I would like to bring this experience to the Nokia tablets. |
- | : | + | : As for Maemo, I organised the Maemo community presence at the Nokia's OSiM booth last year and was responsible for the video coverage at the first summit, something that I would like to continue to do this year. |
- | : | + | : I'm active in most parts of the community, maintain a blog at http://www.linuxuk.org and generally have a real passion for embedded technologies. |
- | : | + | : Any questions then just ask away. |
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: Maemo is at a defining moment in its history. When the 770 came out, maybe ahead of its time, the Nokia device was in a market space pretty much on its own. Today, the new device comes into a world where expectations are high, competitors are plentiful and success is not guaranteed. I want to be there to help translate the community's vision of what they want to see into something that is commercially viable for Nokia. I want to lend my professional experience to helping make the new tablets a success whist strengthening this unique community we have here, one that I am sure is the envy of many companies that try to straddle the open/closed source world. | : Maemo is at a defining moment in its history. When the 770 came out, maybe ahead of its time, the Nokia device was in a market space pretty much on its own. Today, the new device comes into a world where expectations are high, competitors are plentiful and success is not guaranteed. I want to be there to help translate the community's vision of what they want to see into something that is commercially viable for Nokia. I want to lend my professional experience to helping make the new tablets a success whist strengthening this unique community we have here, one that I am sure is the envy of many companies that try to straddle the open/closed source world. | ||
- | : | + | : I stood for council in the inaugural community elections but missed out to a great team that did an excellent job in their first 6 months. This time I would like to have the opportunity to do my part. |
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: Thanks for reading this, and I'll happily answer any questions anyone has. | : Thanks for reading this, and I'll happily answer any questions anyone has. | ||
- | = | + | === Andrea Grandi === |
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: I really would like to be able to do more for the community and one of the best way could be to be part of the council, to help both users/developers to explain their requests to Nokia and Nokia to understand the requests from the community. There are a lot of fantastic ideas comung from the community that could improve what we are doing: the key is to organize them and giving them more attention. This is what I've always looked for: working together to build something great! | : I really would like to be able to do more for the community and one of the best way could be to be part of the council, to help both users/developers to explain their requests to Nokia and Nokia to understand the requests from the community. There are a lot of fantastic ideas comung from the community that could improve what we are doing: the key is to organize them and giving them more attention. This is what I've always looked for: working together to build something great! | ||
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: If you hadn't heard by now, I'm not a developer. I'm a regular Maemo user who happens to have an eye for design aesthetic and general user experience. I have been an open source advocate for many years and have taken part (and have been intimately involved) with several open source communities over the years. I believe in the current philosophy behind Maemo (http://is.gd/ltB4), and I am passionate about being a part of the future possibilities. While my motivation might not be centered around developing software for this platform, it is centered around the desire to see our software (first- or third-party) live up to its potential and compete with other software platforms. | : If you hadn't heard by now, I'm not a developer. I'm a regular Maemo user who happens to have an eye for design aesthetic and general user experience. I have been an open source advocate for many years and have taken part (and have been intimately involved) with several open source communities over the years. I believe in the current philosophy behind Maemo (http://is.gd/ltB4), and I am passionate about being a part of the future possibilities. While my motivation might not be centered around developing software for this platform, it is centered around the desire to see our software (first- or third-party) live up to its potential and compete with other software platforms. | ||
- | :You can find me spouting off about Maemo at the above URL, my blog (below), Facebook, Flickr, Twitter, and Jaiku | + | :You can find me spouting off about Maemo at the above URL, my blog (below), Facebook, Flickr, Twitter, and Jaiku -- just Google my name if you're really curious. Let me know if you have any questions or concerns. |
:(And, like our current Council Chair, I also like long walks on the beach.) | :(And, like our current Council Chair, I also like long walks on the beach.) | ||
- | == Aniello Del Sorbo == | + | |
+ | === Aniello Del Sorbo === | ||
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: For the fist time, since I've been part of a community, I finally have been able to actually feel being part of it. And this happened with the Maemo.org community. | : For the fist time, since I've been part of a community, I finally have been able to actually feel being part of it. And this happened with the Maemo.org community. | ||
- | + | This community, grown spontaneously, around the Nokia Internet Tablets has been amazing and is something I, personally, never found around any other commercial gadget. | |
- | + | I think this is mostly due because Nokia is actually asking for feedback from the community and is actually listening to it. | |
- | + | It may be not the first time that a commercial organization (particularly not one as big as Nokia) actually feeds a community around its devices, but surely Nokia is the first that is actually doing it the Right Way: they are listening. | |
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:They have a long history of upstream contributions in the open source department and this surely contributed in the decision to help foster an active community. | :They have a long history of upstream contributions in the open source department and this surely contributed in the decision to help foster an active community. | ||
- | + | I want to help make sure Nokia knows that actively listening to an organized community greatly benefits both. I am sure they know that, but it is important that we do not fail them. | |
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:I sure think this will lead the way for other organizations (be them commercial or not) when it comes to participating to the open source world. | :I sure think this will lead the way for other organizations (be them commercial or not) when it comes to participating to the open source world. | ||
- | + | I am thrilled by the opportunity to help shape the way this two-way communication should be. | |
- | + | I really want to help voice the community concerns, suggestions and ideas, but mostly to help shape the better way to achieve this, so that these tools/methods would serve as an example. | |
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