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== | == Personal Trivia == | ||
My name is Remko, and I am a software engineer, living in Leuven, Belgium. | * My name is Remko, and I am a software engineer, living in Leuven, Belgium. | ||
* After finishing my computer science master's at the [http://kuleuven.ac.be Catholic University of Leuven] in 2001, I stuck around and did a PhD in Engineering at the same university. | |||
After finishing my computer science master's at the [http://kuleuven.ac.be Catholic University of Leuven] in 2001, I stuck around and did a PhD in Engineering at the same university. Since early 2007, I am employed as a software engineer at [http://coware.com CoWare], an EDA company designing tools targeted towards embedded system chip designers. | * Since early 2007, I am employed as a software engineer at [http://coware.com CoWare], an EDA company designing tools targeted towards embedded system chip designers. | ||
* I have been an active free software developer and contributor ever since I learned to write my first few lines of code in a language that didn't end with the letters 'BASIC', and will probably be so for the rest of my life. | |||
I have been an active free software developer and contributor ever since I learned to write my first few lines of code in a language that didn't end with the letters 'BASIC', and will probably be so for the rest of my life. | |||
== Jabber/XMPP Activities == | == Jabber/XMPP Activities == | ||
I am a member of the lead development team of [http://psi-im.org Psi] since early 2004, after having contributed regularly since 2003. In 2004, I joined the XMPP Software Foundation (in the good old days when it still was called the JSF). | I am a member of the lead development team of [http://psi-im.org Psi] since early 2004, after having contributed regularly since 2003. In 2004, I joined the XMPP Software Foundation (in the good old days when it still was called the JSF). Besides development for Psi, I also contribute to various other Jabber OSS projects, including [http://www.igniterealtime.org/projects/openfire/ Openfire] and [http://msn-transport.jabberstudio.org/ PyMSN-t]. | ||
Besides development for Psi, I also contribute to various other Jabber OSS projects, including [http://www.igniterealtime.org/projects/openfire/ Openfire] and [http://msn-transport.jabberstudio.org/ PyMSN-t]. | |||
Although I hang around on the XMPP mailing lists and do my best to contribute constructively to protocol (and other) discussions, my official protocol spec contributions are limited to the following XEPs: | Although I hang around on the XMPP mailing lists and do my best to contribute constructively to protocol (and other) discussions, my official protocol spec contributions are limited to the following XEPs: | ||
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* [http://www.xmpp.org/extensions/xep-0209.html XEP-0209: Metacontacts] | * [http://www.xmpp.org/extensions/xep-0209.html XEP-0209: Metacontacts] | ||
I try to attend as many XMPP meetings as my (personal) budget allows me. So far, this has brought me to EuroOSCON and to 2 XMPP summits. | Finally, I try to attend as many XMPP meetings as my (personal) budget allows me. So far, this has brought me to EuroOSCON and to 2 XMPP summits. | ||
== Motivation == | == Motivation == | ||
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== Contact == | == Contact == | ||
If you're interested in discussing my application with me, feel free to [http://el-tramo.be/about | If you're interested in discussing my application with me, feel free to have a chat with [http://el-tramo.be/about me]. | ||