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My name is Jared Smith.  I'm a big Linux geek.  I enjoy systems administration, relational databases, web programming, and VoIP.  I eat too many donuts, and don't blog as regularly as I should.  I've managed small systems and large-scale networks (over 6500 servers and 800 network devices).  As a college freshman, I once stuffed 26 jumbo marshmallows in my mouth to win a contest.  Oh, and I wrote a book for O'Reilly on Asterisk and the future of telephony.  For all the nitty gritty details, see http://www.jaredsmith.net/about/.
My name is Jared Smith.  I'm a big Linux geek.  I enjoy systems administration, relational databases, web programming, and VoIP.  I eat too many donuts, and don't blog as regularly as I should.  I've managed small systems and large-scale networks (over 6500 servers and 800 network devices).  As a college freshman, I once stuffed 26 jumbo marshmallows in my mouth to win a contest.  Oh, and I wrote a book for O'Reilly on Asterisk and the future of telephony.  For all the nitty gritty details, see http://www.jaredsmith.net/about/.  I currently work for Endurance International (the parent company of web hosting firms such as Bluehost and Host Gator) doing open source outreach and technical oversight.


== Contact ==
== Contact ==
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* '''Email''': [mailto:jsmith-AT-fedoraproject-DOT-org Jared's Email]
* '''Email''': [mailto:jsmith-AT-fedoraproject-DOT-org Jared's Email]
* '''IRC''': jsmith (in #fedora-docs, #fedora-admin, #asterisk-docs)
* '''IRC''': jsmith (in #fedora-docs, #fedora-admin, #asterisk-docs)
* '''GPG key''': Key ID 8B670B7A
* '''GPG key''': Key ID 210BDF5A
* '''Fedora Account''': jsmith
* '''Fedora Account''': jsmith
* '''Blog''': http://www.jaredsmith.net/
* '''Blog''': http://www.jaredsmith.net/


== Activities within Fedora ==
== Activities within Fedora ==
* I work for [http://redhat.com Red Hat] as the [[FPL|Fedora Project Leader]].
* I was the [[FPL|Fedora Project Leader]] for two years.
* I help out with the Fedora Docs project, and generally make a nuisance of myself.  I have a lot of experiece with DocBook publication toolchains, such as Publican.   
* I help out with the Fedora Docs project, and generally make a nuisance of myself.  I have a lot of experiece with DocBook publication toolchains, such as Publican.   
* I've also helped out on the Fedora Infrastructure team, mostly around the Fedora Talk server.  (I have *lots and lots* of experience with Asterisk and voice over IP.)
* I've also helped out on the Fedora Infrastructure team, mostly around the Fedora Talk server.  (I have *lots and lots* of experience with Asterisk and voice over IP.)
* I do my best to report bugs when I find them, and work with those responsible to ensure the problems get solved.
* I do my best to report bugs when I find them, and work with those responsible to ensure the problems get solved.
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== Goals as the Fedora Project Leader ==
== Goals as the Fedora Project Leader ==


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* Be an effective bridge between the external volunteer contributor base and the contributor community inside Red Hat, such as RHEL engineers.
* Be an effective bridge between the external volunteer contributor base and the contributor community inside Red Hat, such as RHEL engineers.
* Lower contributor barriers to the absolute minimum, and encourage others to get involved in FOSS through Fedora.
* Lower contributor barriers to the absolute minimum, and encourage others to get involved in FOSS through Fedora.
 
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== Education Background ==
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"The class was something like "Unix Basics" or something boring like that, but the teacher made the assignments interesting, by forcing you to work with others in the class to solve a problem. A typical assignment might go something like this: 'Joe, you write an awk script to take this file I give you and transform it to look like this -- Susie, you take that, and use grep and sed to do this to it, Jared -- you take that and write a Perl script to do this...' and so on. So not only did we learn the tools, we had to communicate our expectations and assumptions with the other members of our team."
"The class was something like "Unix Basics" or something boring like that, but the teacher made the assignments interesting, by forcing you to work with others in the class to solve a problem. A typical assignment might go something like this: 'Joe, you write an awk script to take this file I give you and transform it to look like this -- Susie, you take that, and use grep and sed to do this to it, Jared -- you take that and write a Perl script to do this...' and so on. So not only did we learn the tools, we had to communicate our expectations and assumptions with the other members of our team."
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== Badges ==
To hightlight some of the work I've done in Fedora, here are the badges I've accumulated:
{{ #fedorabadges: jsmith }}

Latest revision as of 16:49, 31 August 2017

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Fedora Information
FAS name: jsmith
Fedora email: jsmith@fedoraproject.org
IRC nick: jsmith
IRC channels: #fedora-docs, #fedora-devel, #asterisk-doc, #asterisk-dev (and others)
Fedorapeople page: https://jsmith.fedorapeople.org
Badges (184)
Speak Up! Junior Editor Flock 2013 Attendee Involvement Tanked! Crypto Panda You can call me "Patches" (SCM I) If you build it... (Koji Success I) Bona Fide You can call me "Patches" (SCM II) If you build it... (Koji Success II) Junior Badger (Badger I) Mugshot Ambassador FUDCon Cusco Nuancier Is this thing on? (Updates-Testing II) Is this thing on? (Updates-Testing I) Embryo Like a Rock (Updates-Stable I) Like a Rock (Updates-Stable II) Flock 2013 Speaker In Search of the Bull (Tester I) Bloggin' it! (Planet III) Bloggin' it! (Planet I) Bloggin' it! (Planet II) Baby Badger Tagger (Tagger II) Senior Tagger (Tagger III) Junior Tagger (Tagger I) Tadpole Egg Tadpole with Legs Take this and call me in the morning Novice (Wordsmith I) Discovery of the Footprints (Tester II) Secretary General Vacation Associate Editor No Longer a Ronin Froglet Keepin Fedora Beautiful (F21) Helping Hand If you build it... (Koji Success III) Science (Kernel Tester I) Flock Paparazzi Dancing with Toshio Readiness Fedora Docs FAD 2014 Perceiving the Bull (Tester III) What goes around comes around (Karma II) What goes up... (Koji Failure II) Flock 2015 Attendee Package Tagger (Package Tagger II) Junior Package Tagger (Package Tagger I) Senior Package Tagger (Package Tagger III) Associate Badger (Badger 1.5) OSCON 2015 Attendee Science (Kernel Tester II) Nuancier (F22) Origin Chocolate Chip (Cookie II) Keepin Fedora Beautiful (F23) Building the Outer Ring (Copr Build III) Master Badger (Badger III) Building the Outer Ring (Copr Build IV) Building the Outer Ring (Copr Build VI) What goes up... (Koji Failure III) Black and White (Cookie III) Senior Editor What goes up... (Koji Failure IV) Master Editor Top 25 Nuancier F24 Flock 2016 Attendee The cat came back... Nuancier F25 Hindenburg (Koji Failure V) Binary Star Flock 2017 Attendee Fedora Mindshare FAD 2018 I Voted: Fedora 29 Badge Junkie (Badger IV) Long Life to Pagure (Pagure II) Long Life to Pagure (Pagure I) Long Life to Pagure (Pagure III) I Voted: Fedora 31 Long Life to Pagure (Pagure VI) Long Life to Pagure (Pagure V) Long Life to Pagure (Pagure IV) F32 i18n Test Day Participant I Voted: Fedora 32 IoT Working Group Member I voted: Fedora 40 Sensei Flock 2014 Speaker Party Pirate Def Keepin Fedora Beautiful (F21) Corporate Drone FUDCon Managua FUDCon Pune 2015 Attendee FUDCon Pune 2015 Speaker DevConf 2015 Attendee Macaron (Cookie I) Delivery Nom Nom Nom Building the Outer Ring (Copr Build II) Partners in Crime Top 100 Top 500 Patches (SCM V) Fedora 24 Change Accepted Krakow Brews! Community Messenger I Security Team Adult Frog Steampunk Arcade Chief Editor F28 i18n Test Day Participant Fedora Podcast Interviewee Flock 2018 Attendee Parselmouth I You’re on a boat! Flock 2019 Attendee Fedora Advocate nest-attendee-2020 DevConf.cz 2021 Attendee Lets have a party Fedora 34 I Voted: Fedora 34 Community Survey Taker I Nest Attendee 2021 Museum Visitor I Voted: Fedora 35 Community Survey Taker 2022 Nest with Fedora 2022 Attendee I voted: Fedora 37 I voted: Fedora 38 Let's have an anniversary party (Fedora 39) I voted: Fedora 39 Apex White Hat Let Me Introduce Myself White Rabbit Proven Packager The Blessing of the FPL What goes around comes around (Karma I) Senior Badger (Badger II) Flock 2014 Attendee Nuancier 21 What goes up... (Koji Failure I) Shellshocked You can call me "Patches" (SCM III) The Panda Is In Flock 2015 Speaker Telegraphist (Upstream Release Monitoring I) Is this thing on? (Updates-Testing III) If you build it... (Koji Success IV) You can call me "Patches" (SCM IV) FUDCon Cordoba 2015 Speaker FUDCon Cordoba 2015 Attendee Nuancier F23 Def Keepin Fedora Beautiful (F23) Building the Outer Ring (Copr Build I) Corporate Shill Building the Outer Ring (Copr Build V) Like a Rock (Updates-Stable III) Building the Outer Ring (Copr Build VII) Now, I return to my farm Badge Muse (Badge Ideas I) All your $arch are belong to us (Koji Success V) Nuancier F26 Pizzelle (Cookie IV) Meeting of the Minds Fedora Docs FAD 2018 It's a Cake Thing Rollercoaster Restaurant Catching the Bull (Tester IV) I Voted: Fedora 30 I Voted: Fedora 33 Lets have a party Fedora 33 Magazine Editor I Voted: Fedora 36 Creative Freedom Summit 2023 Attendee Community Survey Taker 2023
 

My name is Jared Smith. I'm a big Linux geek. I enjoy systems administration, relational databases, web programming, and VoIP. I eat too many donuts, and don't blog as regularly as I should. I've managed small systems and large-scale networks (over 6500 servers and 800 network devices). As a college freshman, I once stuffed 26 jumbo marshmallows in my mouth to win a contest. Oh, and I wrote a book for O'Reilly on Asterisk and the future of telephony. For all the nitty gritty details, see http://www.jaredsmith.net/about/. I currently work for Endurance International (the parent company of web hosting firms such as Bluehost and Host Gator) doing open source outreach and technical oversight.

Contact

Activities within Fedora

  • I was the Fedora Project Leader for two years.
  • I help out with the Fedora Docs project, and generally make a nuisance of myself. I have a lot of experiece with DocBook publication toolchains, such as Publican.
  • I've also helped out on the Fedora Infrastructure team, mostly around the Fedora Talk server. (I have *lots and lots* of experience with Asterisk and voice over IP.)
  • I do my best to report bugs when I find them, and work with those responsible to ensure the problems get solved.


Badges

To hightlight some of the work I've done in Fedora, here are the badges I've accumulated:

Speak Up! Junior Editor Flock 2013 Attendee Involvement Tanked! Crypto Panda You can call me "Patches" (SCM I) If you build it... (Koji Success I) Bona Fide You can call me "Patches" (SCM II) If you build it... (Koji Success II) Junior Badger (Badger I) Mugshot Ambassador FUDCon Cusco Nuancier Is this thing on? (Updates-Testing II) Is this thing on? (Updates-Testing I) Embryo Like a Rock (Updates-Stable I) Like a Rock (Updates-Stable II) Flock 2013 Speaker In Search of the Bull (Tester I) Bloggin' it! (Planet III) Bloggin' it! (Planet I) Bloggin' it! (Planet II) Baby Badger Tagger (Tagger II) Senior Tagger (Tagger III) Junior Tagger (Tagger I) Tadpole Egg Tadpole with Legs Take this and call me in the morning Novice (Wordsmith I) Discovery of the Footprints (Tester II) Secretary General Vacation Associate Editor No Longer a Ronin Proven Packager The Blessing of the FPL Flock 2014 Speaker Party Pirate Def Keepin Fedora Beautiful (F21) Readiness Shellshocked What goes around comes around (Karma II) What goes up... (Koji Failure II) FUDCon Managua The Panda Is In FUDCon Pune 2015 Speaker Package Tagger (Package Tagger II) Junior Package Tagger (Package Tagger I) Senior Package Tagger (Package Tagger III) Associate Badger (Badger 1.5) OSCON 2015 Attendee Science (Kernel Tester II) Nuancier (F22) Origin Telegraphist (Upstream Release Monitoring I) Is this thing on? (Updates-Testing III) Keepin Fedora Beautiful (F23) Building the Outer Ring (Copr Build III) Master Badger (Badger III) Building the Outer Ring (Copr Build IV) Building the Outer Ring (Copr Build VI) What goes up... (Koji Failure III) Like a Rock (Updates-Stable III) Building the Outer Ring (Copr Build VII) What goes up... (Koji Failure IV) Master Editor Now, I return to my farm Badge Muse (Badge Ideas I) Patches (SCM V) Fedora 24 Change Accepted Nuancier F24 Nuancier F25 Security Team Hindenburg (Koji Failure V) Steampunk Arcade Flock 2017 Attendee F28 i18n Test Day Participant Flock 2018 Attendee Flock 2019 Attendee Fedora Advocate I Voted: Fedora 30 Long Life to Pagure (Pagure VI) Long Life to Pagure (Pagure V) Long Life to Pagure (Pagure IV) F32 i18n Test Day Participant I Voted: Fedora 32 I Voted: Fedora 34 Community Survey Taker I I Voted: Fedora 36 Creative Freedom Summit 2023 Attendee I voted: Fedora 38 I voted: Fedora 40 White Hat Let Me Introduce Myself White Rabbit Froglet What goes around comes around (Karma I) Senior Badger (Badger II) Nuancier 21 Fedora Docs FAD 2014 Perceiving the Bull (Tester III) You can call me "Patches" (SCM III) Flock 2015 Attendee FUDCon Pune 2015 Attendee DevConf 2015 Attendee Macaron (Cookie I) Chocolate Chip (Cookie II) Nom Nom Nom If you build it... (Koji Success IV) You can call me "Patches" (SCM IV) Building the Outer Ring (Copr Build II) Partners in Crime Black and White (Cookie III) Top 25 Flock 2016 Attendee The cat came back... Community Messenger I Chief Editor Meeting of the Minds Fedora Podcast Interviewee It's a Cake Thing Rollercoaster Restaurant Catching the Bull (Tester IV) I Voted: Fedora 29 I Voted: Fedora 33 Lets have a party Fedora 33 nest-attendee-2020 DevConf.cz 2021 Attendee Magazine Editor Nest Attendee 2021 Museum Visitor IoT Working Group Member Community Survey Taker 2023 Let's have an anniversary party (Fedora 39) I voted: Fedora 39 Apex Sensei Keepin Fedora Beautiful (F21) Helping Hand If you build it... (Koji Success III) Flock 2014 Attendee Science (Kernel Tester I) Flock Paparazzi Dancing with Toshio What goes up... (Koji Failure I) Corporate Drone Flock 2015 Speaker Delivery FUDCon Cordoba 2015 Speaker FUDCon Cordoba 2015 Attendee Nuancier F23 Def Keepin Fedora Beautiful (F23) Building the Outer Ring (Copr Build I) Corporate Shill Building the Outer Ring (Copr Build V) Senior Editor Top 100 Top 500 Krakow Brews! All your $arch are belong to us (Koji Success V) Nuancier F26 Adult Frog Binary Star Fedora Mindshare FAD 2018 Pizzelle (Cookie IV) Fedora Docs FAD 2018 Parselmouth I You’re on a boat! Badge Junkie (Badger IV) Long Life to Pagure (Pagure II) Long Life to Pagure (Pagure I) Long Life to Pagure (Pagure III) I Voted: Fedora 31 Lets have a party Fedora 34 I Voted: Fedora 35 Community Survey Taker 2022 Nest with Fedora 2022 Attendee I voted: Fedora 37