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I'm Waqas Hussain, and I'm applying for XSF membership in Q4 2008. | |||
== About me == | == About me == | ||
I'm in my early 20's, living in Pakistan. I have been working with computers for nearly a decade. I graduated in 2007 with a CS degree. | I'm in my early 20's, living in Pakistan. I have been working with computers for nearly a decade. I graduated in 2007 with a CS degree. University was a time of fun software projects and programming competitions. The software projects are still fun, but I miss the competitions. | ||
I like to code. Really, I do. And not just to code, but to design and engineer. To make things which are aesthetically appealing inside and out. | |||
== XMPP Projects == | == XMPP Projects == | ||
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== Why I use XMPP == | == Why I use XMPP == | ||
When I discovered Jabber, it was mostly a matter of curiosity. But slowly I got to the point where all my IM communications tend to be XMPP only. I use | The openness, the protocol design, and the excellent community is what I was attracted by. When I discovered Jabber, it was mostly a matter of curiosity. But slowly I got to the point where all my IM communications tend to be XMPP only. | ||
While discovering the joys of jabber, one day I knew this was the IM network I needed to use. So I issued an ultimatum to my contact lists: Want to keep secieving my snarky comments? Switch! And switch they did, my snarky comments being as popular as they were. | |||
== Why I'm applying == | == Why I'm applying == | ||
I'm keen to show my support for the XSF, get more involved in the standards process, and partake in the responsibilites of XSF membership. | I'm keen to show my support for the XSF, get more involved in the standards process, and partake in the responsibilites of XSF membership. | ||
Besides, out of the 10 [http://matthewwild.co.uk/projects/jabber/tables_jdev.txt most active people] in the jdev MUC, I am one of only two who are not XSF members | Besides, out of the 10 [http://matthewwild.co.uk/projects/jabber/tables_jdev.txt most active people] in the jdev MUC, I am one of only two who are not XSF members, and that needs to be fixed. | ||
== Contact == | == Contact == | ||