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: 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. | : 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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== Andrew Flegg == | == Andrew Flegg == | ||
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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. | ||
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== Andrea Grandi == | == Andrea Grandi == | ||
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: 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. | : 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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+ | == Stephen Gadsby == | ||
+ | ; Name | ||
+ | : Stephen Gadsby | ||
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+ | ;Corporate affiliation | ||
+ | : None relevant to Maemo | ||
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+ | ; maemo.org username | ||
+ | : [http://maemo.org/profile/view/sjgadsby/ sjgadsby] | ||
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+ | ; Introduction | ||
+ | : Though I have a degree in computer science, I'm much more a technology generalist than a programmer. The primary focus of my day job is assisting users--with a wide range of comfort and skill levels--in integrating technology into their work. I create end user documentation for, and provide training in the use of, complex systems, and I also serve as the interface point between system designers and users, relaying information between the two groups and translating concepts into appropriate language for each. | ||
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+ | ; Motivations | ||
+ | : Last year, I became frustrated with the disconnect between Nokia and the community. As I looked for a way in which I could initiate change, Maemo Bugzilla stood out as a key point of failure. What should have been a primary meeting point of users and platform developers was largely ignored by both sides. | ||
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+ | : I began posting Bug Jars, weekly summaries of top issues and activity within Bugzilla, to Internet Tablet Talk (iTT). My immediate goal was to increase awareness of Bugzilla within the iTT user base. I reasoned that if more users knew of Bugzilla and saw top ten lists of bugs, some of them might begin voting up issues important to them, and in time, perhaps move on to submitting structured bug reports in Bugzilla in place of non-specific posts buried in iTT threads. | ||
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+ | : As I longer term goal, I hoped that if community usage of Bugzilla increased, Nokia might feel pressure to increase their own presence there beyond the odd comment by the mysterious "Maemo QA". This was a long shot, I knew, but it was a task I could undertake myself, and it was action. Rhetoric had shown no results. | ||
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+ | : In the end, of course, Bugzilla improvements are proceeding due, largely, to the efforts of Andre and Karsten, hired just after the Bug Jars began, and Nokia/community relations were put on a path of improvement by the inaugural Community Council. However, I still feel that drive to help move the community forward, and there remains a large expanse of ground to be covered before we're where we should be. | ||
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+ | : I welcome your questions and thoughts. Thank you. | ||
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