Johann Prieur Application 2011

= Johann Prieur = I'm a software engineer, originally from Rennes, France but currently living in Oslo, Norway. I am hereby applying for renewal of my XSF membership.

Affiliation
I work for Tillit Technologies, a small Norwegian company providing services and field communication products. The company is a strong advocate of XMPP but my faith in XMPP and involvement in the XSF are personal.

XMPP related activities

 * My interest in XMPP originates in 2004 and for some years I mainly played with it in pet projects of mine;
 * I'm the maintainer of GWT bindings for the Strophe javascript XMPP library and of Vala  bindings for the Wocky C/GObject XMPP library;
 * I contributed a few bits to Whisper, a now defunct XMPP library written in Vala;
 * My current interests lie around mobile usage, Jingle and the wonders of PubSub;
 * I've been involved in the experimental development of several software clients based on XMPP instant messaging, Jingle and PubSub. I also have some experience in developing server-side components for ejabberd and tigase;
 * I never miss a chance of advocating XMPP, whether on the Internet or at work and at conferences;
 * I attended the XMPP Summit in Brussels the past three years.

Why being an XSF member?
The role of the XSF and the people involved in XEP definitions, refinements and maintenance is central and is what made of XMPP a very pleasant protocol to work with. Being grateful of this, I am enthusiastically willing to increase my involvement in the XMPP community as an XSF member. For instance, I'd like to invest more time into contributing to the communication team.

How to reach me

 * [xmpp:johann.prieur@gmail.com johann.prieur@gmail.com]
 * [mailto:johann.prieur@gmail.com johann.prieur@gmail.com]
 * http://www.twitter.com/jprieur