Mateusz Bilinski Application 2008

Contact Info
Name: Mateusz Bilinski

Nick: vArDo

Quasi-blog: http://blog.bilinski.it

JabberID: mateusz@bilinski.it

E-mail: [mailto:mateusz@bilinski.it mateusz@bilinski.it]

About me
I've just finished my MSc at AGH-UST and started PhD studies in Computer Science there. I've been using Jabber since I remember (I think somewhere before first releases of Psi...). I am Python and FLOSS ethusiast and I share my passion at local meetings that I co-organize: Pykonik (local Python Interest Group) and Linux - works for me! (Linux-related lectures). Pages are in Polish only (which I'm very sorry about) because I live in Kraków, Poland.

Apart from XMPP I had some experience with commercial IM/collaboration tools during my internship at IBM Poland (plugins for Sametime 7.5).

Code

 * I've successfully finished Google Summer of Code 2008 under XSF umbrella. The result is the working proof-of-concept of plugin system for Gajim. After 0.12 release it's planned to be merged with trunk.
 * I'm working on XSF Memberbot rewrite. Code has been changed to act as SleekBot plugin. Final result will be almost complete reimplementation based on Data Forms combined with Ad-Hoc Commands.

Standards
I have no experience with writing XEPs (or any other standardization docs), but I'm able to read them with understanding and raise questions when needed. I'm hoping to work on collaborative documents editing, especially whiteboarding - if not in creating standards then in implementing solutions that were chosen (inspired by discussion on standards list I've started when seeking for GSoC project).

Plans for the future
Hack code, hack life, rock climb more :)

XMPP - Why I like it
Decentralized, heterogeneous, standardized and open way to collaborate - what could be better?

Why I'm applying
I'm hoping to support XSF by testing XEPs in real-life and proposing changes.