https://wiki.xmpp.org/web/index.php?title=Kevin_Smith_Application_2014&feed=atom&action=historyKevin Smith Application 2014 - Revision history2024-03-28T08:23:35ZRevision history for this page on the wikiMediaWiki 1.37.1https://wiki.xmpp.org/web/index.php?title=Kevin_Smith_Application_2014&diff=3254&oldid=prevKevin: Created page with "I'm Kevin Smith, [xmpp:kevin@doomsong.co.uk xmpp:kevin@doomsong.co.uk], and I'm applying to retain my XSF membership. Email's [mailto:kevin@kismith.co.uk mailto:kevin@kismith...."2014-03-13T14:26:35Z<p>Created page with "I'm Kevin Smith, [xmpp:kevin@doomsong.co.uk xmpp:kevin@doomsong.co.uk], and I'm applying to retain my XSF membership. Email's [mailto:kevin@kismith.co.uk mailto:kevin@kismith...."</p>
<p><b>New page</b></p><div>I'm Kevin Smith, [xmpp:kevin@doomsong.co.uk xmpp:kevin@doomsong.co.uk], and I'm applying to retain my XSF membership. Email's [mailto:kevin@kismith.co.uk mailto:kevin@kismith.co.uk].<br />
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==TL;DR==<br />
This application is much as all my others have been, I'd like to keep going much as I've been going for the last few years.<br />
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==History==<br />
I've been an XSF member since 2005 and a council member since 2006. I've chaired the last few XMPP Councils (including the current one).<br />
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==Jabber/XMPP Projects==<br />
===Code (most notable)===<br />
* In my day job I work for [http://isode.com Isode] on the [http://www.isode.com/products/m-link.html M-Link server] (among other things).<br />
* I work on on the [http://swift.im/ Swift] client with Remko and others.<br />
* I was project leader for the [http://psi-im.org/ Psi] client for about 5 years, until early 2009.<br />
* I did the initial port of [http://swift.im/swiften Swiften] to Java to create the [http://swift.im/git/stroke Stroke] library.<br />
===Code (other)===<br />
* I wrote the [http://www.kismith.co.uk/wordpress/index.php/2008/11/30/sleek-migrate/ SleekMigrate] app for migrating between XMPP server software.<br />
* I developed much of the [http://sleekbot.googlecode.com/ SleekBot], which is a bot for running in MUCs, although I don't know if anyone uses this any more.<br />
* My (abandoned) [http://maybelater.googlecode.com/ MaybeLater] task manager system accepted new tasks through an XMPP bot.<br />
* My (newer and highly unfinished) [http://gitorious.org/maybelater MaybeLater rewrite] task manager system is entirely XMPP over BOSH.<br />
* I have contributed to the [http://sleekxmpp.googlecode.com/ SleekXMPP] Python XMPP library.<br />
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===XMPP Protocol===<br />
I'm a co-author of several XEPs and read all the XEPs that go through because of my place on Council.<br />
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===XMPP documentation===<br />
* [http://oreilly.com/catalog/9780596157197/ XMPP: The Definitive Guide] for O'Reilly. Buy it please.<br />
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===Plans for the future===<br />
As well as continuing work on Swift, I intend to continue contributing to XEPs and serving on Council. I also expect I'll keep doing XMPP stuffs at Isode.<br />
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==XMPP - Why I like it==<br />
I came to Jabber because I was on Linux and didn't like the thought of using clients that had to play catch-up to the legacy networks; Jabber's open standard felt cleaner. As a geek, helping to set up the university Jabber server was also an appeal. I got drawn into development with Psi and learned more about the protocol decided it's a standard worth supporting. I've since had a great deal of contact with the communit(y|ies), and met a good bunch of people at FOSDEM, the XMPP Summits and the London meetups that help me want to keep being involved.<br />
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==XSF Work==<br />
Some of the more interesting things I've done for the XSF in the past or do in the present include: Council chair, infrastructure, GSoC admin and XEP writing<br />
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==Why I'm reapplying==<br />
So I can keep doing what I'm doing in the XSF.</div>Kevin