#format wiki #language en ##designed borrowed from JonathanCarter || {{attachment:smgotchi.png}} || ~+'''PrairieAviationBrad'''+~ ~-aka [[BradZ]] -~ || || '''Location:''' || Bloomington, IL {us} || || '''Launchpad:''' || [[http://launchpad.net/people/bradubuntu]] || || '''Linux UID#''' || [[http://counter.li.org/cgi-bin/runscript/display-person.cgi?user=433663|433663]] || |||| ~+'''COMMUNICATIONS'''+~ || || '''E-Mail:''' || <> || || '''IRC:''' || Opsidian on irc.freenode.net || || '''AIM''' || bradzb || || '''Yahoo''' || bradzipprich || |||| {{attachment:chicago.png}} || == Current Team/Membership Status == {*} [[https://launchpad.net/people/ubuntu-chicago/|Ubuntu Chicago Lo``Co]] {*} [[https://launchpad.net/people/ubuntu-marketing/|Ubuntu Marketing]] ==== Team Work ==== * ChicagoTeam - Just joined not to long ago and trying to get into things. * MarketingTeam work - Just joined as well and really haven't had much to offer due to work and all. However I feel this is one of the best places I will be able to contribute to from my previous small background in marketing. == About Me == Well I'm you basic computer geek like a good many of us out there. I love to learn new things and seem to be the one that people come to when they have a question or problem. Back in the early days I was a avid user of BBS's and actually ran one for awhile. If you don't know what a BBS is then you should look it up, nothing like logging online with a 9600 baud modem and hoping you get one of the few open ports to log into. When I started doing web design it was with a text editor, I remember doing a simple animated gif that took almost 3 days to complete that I could do now in under 5 minutes. I liked Microsoft in those days and was joyed when Frontpage came out. At one point I actually had a phone number to someone in development at MS and was on a first name basis. I found security holes in other peoples websites, told them and got a few holes fixed. I was thrilled when we got our 1X cd burner but annoyed that I had to use a Mac for it. My how times have changed. Around 2000 I totally got out of the tech field. MS was getting on my nerves, most people that had recieved a MSCE or whatever cert always seemed to prove they didn't know anything, though there are a few that did know what they were doing. I had friends show me various Linux distros but I never totally caught the bug. Of course my first real experience with a distro was Slackware, not the most user friendly thing to start someone out in the Linux world, that was back in 1999. Through the years I've tried quite a few distros off and on but have never really embraced one like I have Ubuntu. While being out of the technical community for a few years, I work with retirement funds now lol, I have decided to jump back into the marketing swing of things. I always loved marketing but never really loved the things I was marketing, with Ubuntu that is different. Currently I do volunteer work at a local museum and have introduced Ubuntu to the museum. Since we are a non-profit there isn't much money to be spent on some things. When we get donated or new computers in without a OS I convinced the board that open source is the way to go. Now the museum has 10 systems running Edubuntu, 3 Ubuntu's at my house, 2 at a friends, another 3 that I've given to people I know and I'm trying for more. So that's it, I'm working on becoming a Ubuntu member and trying to get some Linux certs. I'm a member of Ubuntu-Chicago and Ubuntu-Marketing and hope to step up to the plate soon and start contributing to both of them. == Contacting Me == Any of the contact options listed above will work and you can use them at any time. I'll give as much time as I can to any project presented to me, if I don't feel I have enough knowledge to work on it trust me I'll let you know. == My Goals == ==== Short Term / Community Goals ==== {*} Become a [[https://launchpad.net/people/ubuntumembers/|Ubuntu-Member]] ==== Long Term / Community Goals ==== {*} Get some Linux certs and a Ubuntu certification. {*} Promoting Ubuntu to as many people as I am able. ... ---- CategoryHomepage