CodyRussell
About Me
I've been involved in free and open source software for quite awhile, having worked on various modules in the GNOME stack. These days I'm primarily involved in GTK+, where I've contributed a number of features and bug fixes. Previously I worked for Medsphere Systems Corporation where I worked on GTK-based medical software called OpenVista, and I worked a lot on fixing GTK+, and its Win32 backend in particular.
Now I work for Canonical, where I'm a member of the Desktop Experience team.
What I've Done
I joined Canonical late in the Jaunty cycle, but managed to contribute a number of patches to applications to improve the NotifyOSD usability. A few of the applications I patched were gnome-power-manager, Transmission, gnome-mount, bluez-gnome, and Banshee.
I am a long-time Ubuntu user, and even before joining Canonical I was very proud of having work I did make it into the Ubuntu releases. The one I'm most proud of so far is 56070, which seems to have made some impression in the Intrepid release. 
What I Want To Do
- Continue to improve the desktop and the toolkit in terms of usability, performance, and sexiness.
- Organize a new testing effort for new GTK+ features in the form of an "edge PPA". I think there are Ubuntu users out there who would be interested in testing new features before releases. They get the bleeding edge, and we get more solid releases as a result of more extensive user testing prior to the release.
Contact Information
Email: bratsche@gnome.org Launchpad: https://launchpad.net/~bratsche Blog: http://blogs.gnome.org/bratsche IRC: bratsche on irc.canonical.com, irc.freenode.net, and irc.gimp.org