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My name is Jared Smith.  I'm a geek.
My name is Jared Smith.  I'm a big Linux geek.  I enjoy systems administration, relational databases, web programming, and VoIP.  I eat too many donuts, and don't blog as regularly as I should.  I've managed small systems and large-scale networks (over 6500 servers and 800 network devices).  As a college freshman, I once stuffed 26 jumbo marshmallows in my mouth to win a contest.  Oh, and I wrote a book for O'Reilly on Asterisk and the future of telephony.  For all the nitty gritty details, see http://www.jaredsmith.net/about/.  I currently work for Endurance International (the parent company of web hosting firms such as Bluehost and Host Gator) doing open source outreach and technical oversight.


== Contact ==
== Contact ==


* '''Email''': [mailto:jsmith-AT-fedoraproject-DOT-org Jared's Email]
* '''Email''': [mailto:jsmith-AT-fedoraproject-DOT-org Jared's Email]
* '''IRC''': jsmith (in #fedora-docs, #asterisk-doc, #asterisk-dev, #asterisk-bugs)
* '''IRC''': jsmith (in #fedora-docs, #fedora-admin, #asterisk-docs)
* '''GPG key''': Key ID 8B670B7A
* '''GPG key''': Key ID 210BDF5A
* '''Fedora Account''': jsmith
* '''Fedora Account''': jsmith
* '''Blog''': http://www.jaredsmith.net/


== Activities within Fedora ==
== Activities within Fedora ==
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* I was the [[FPL|Fedora Project Leader]] for two years.
* I help out with the Fedora Docs project, and generally make a nuisance of myself
* I help out with the Fedora Docs project, and generally make a nuisance of myself.  I have a lot of experiece with DocBook publication toolchains, such as Publican. 
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* I've also helped out on the Fedora Infrastructure team, mostly around the Fedora Talk server.  (I have *lots and lots* of experience with Asterisk and voice over IP.)
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* I do my best to report bugs when I find them, and work with those responsible to ensure the problems get solved.
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== Goals as the Fedora Project Leader ==
 
* Oversee the entire Fedora Project -- if it's in Fedora, ultimately I'm accountable for it.
* Act as a catalyst within the community to improve communications and encourage excellent behavior
* Work with the Fedora Program Manager [[user:JohnPoelstra|John Poelstra]], Fedora Engineering Manager [[user:spot|Tom "Spot" Callaway]], and the Community Architecture team to make sure that Fedora is making constant, substantial progress in its mission to advance free and open source software.
* Chair the [[Board| Fedora Project Board]], and ensure that the Board is effectively advising and guiding the Fedora Project where needed.
* Be an effective bridge between the external volunteer contributor base and the contributor community inside Red Hat, such as RHEL engineers.
* Lower contributor barriers to the absolute minimum, and encourage others to get involved in FOSS through Fedora.
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== Education Background ==
 
Jared graduated in 2001 from Utah State University with a degree in Computer Engineering.
 
His fondest memory of his USU education involves a course taught by [http://digital.cs.usu.edu/~allan/ Professor Stephen J. Allan]:
 
"The class was something like "Unix Basics" or something boring like that, but the teacher made the assignments interesting, by forcing you to work with others in the class to solve a problem. A typical assignment might go something like this: 'Joe, you write an awk script to take this file I give you and transform it to look like this -- Susie, you take that, and use grep and sed to do this to it, Jared -- you take that and write a Perl script to do this...' and so on. So not only did we learn the tools, we had to communicate our expectations and assumptions with the other members of our team."
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== Badges ==
To hightlight some of the work I've done in Fedora, here are the badges I've accumulated:
 
{{ #fedorabadges: jsmith }}

Latest revision as of 16:49, 31 August 2017

Jared Smith
Jared Smith
Fedora Information
FAS name: jsmith
Fedora email: jsmith@fedoraproject.org
IRC nick: jsmith
IRC channels: #fedora-docs, #fedora-devel, #asterisk-doc, #asterisk-dev (and others)
Fedorapeople page: https://jsmith.fedorapeople.org
Badges (183)
Speak Up! Junior Editor Flock 2013 Attendee Involvement Tanked! Crypto Panda You can call me "Patches" (SCM I) If you build it... (Koji Success I) Bona Fide You can call me "Patches" (SCM II) If you build it... (Koji Success II) Junior Badger (Badger I) Mugshot Ambassador FUDCon Cusco Nuancier Is this thing on? (Updates-Testing II) Is this thing on? (Updates-Testing I) Embryo Like a Rock (Updates-Stable I) Like a Rock (Updates-Stable II) Flock 2013 Speaker In Search of the Bull (Tester I) Bloggin' it! (Planet III) Bloggin' it! (Planet I) Bloggin' it! (Planet II) Baby Badger Tagger (Tagger II) Senior Tagger (Tagger III) Junior Tagger (Tagger I) Egg Tadpole Tadpole with Legs Apex Take this and call me in the morning White Hat Secretary General No Longer a Ronin Novice (Wordsmith I) Sensei Discovery of the Footprints (Tester II) Let Me Introduce Myself Vacation Associate Editor Proven Packager White Rabbit The Blessing of the FPL Froglet Keepin Fedora Beautiful (F21) Flock 2014 Speaker What goes around comes around (Karma I) Helping Hand Senior Badger (Badger II) If you build it... (Koji Success III) Party Pirate Flock 2014 Attendee Def Keepin Fedora Beautiful (F21) Dancing with Toshio Nuancier 21 Science (Kernel Tester I) Flock Paparazzi Corporate Drone What goes up... (Koji Failure I) Readiness Perceiving the Bull (Tester III) Shellshocked Fedora Docs FAD 2014 What goes around comes around (Karma II) The Panda Is In What goes up... (Koji Failure II) You can call me "Patches" (SCM III) FUDCon Managua Senior Package Tagger (Package Tagger III) Flock 2015 Attendee FUDCon Pune 2015 Attendee FUDCon Pune 2015 Speaker Package Tagger (Package Tagger II) OSCON 2015 Attendee Junior Package Tagger (Package Tagger I) DevConf 2015 Attendee Associate Badger (Badger 1.5) Science (Kernel Tester II) Macaron (Cookie I) Delivery Origin Nuancier (F22) Flock 2015 Speaker Telegraphist (Upstream Release Monitoring I) Is this thing on? (Updates-Testing III) Chocolate Chip (Cookie II) Nom Nom Nom If you build it... (Koji Success IV) Keepin Fedora Beautiful (F23) You can call me "Patches" (SCM IV) Nuancier F23 FUDCon Cordoba 2015 Speaker Corporate Shill FUDCon Cordoba 2015 Attendee Building the Outer Ring (Copr Build I) Def Keepin Fedora Beautiful (F23) Partners in Crime Building the Outer Ring (Copr Build III) Building the Outer Ring (Copr Build II) Building the Outer Ring (Copr Build VI) Master Badger (Badger III) Building the Outer Ring (Copr Build IV) Building the Outer Ring (Copr Build V) Like a Rock (Updates-Stable III) What goes up... (Koji Failure III) Building the Outer Ring (Copr Build VII) Black and White (Cookie III) Top 100 What goes up... (Koji Failure IV) Master Editor Top 25 Senior Editor The Last Argument of Kings Badge Muse (Badge Ideas I) Top 500 Fedora 24 Change Accepted Patches (SCM V) All your $arch are belong to us (Koji Success V) Nuancier F24 Krakow Brews! Flock 2016 Attendee The cat came back... Chief Editor Community Messenger I Nuancier F25 Security Team Hindenburg (Koji Failure V) Adult Frog Steampunk Arcade Nuancier F26 Binary Star Fedora Mindshare FAD 2018 Flock 2017 Attendee Fedora Docs FAD 2018 Meeting of the Minds F28 i18n Test Day Participant Pizzelle (Cookie IV) Fedora Podcast Interviewee Rollercoaster Restaurant Flock 2018 Attendee Badge Junkie (Badger IV) Catching the Bull (Tester IV) I Voted: Fedora 29 Parselmouth I You’re on a boat! Long Life to Pagure (Pagure II) It's a Cake Thing Long Life to Pagure (Pagure I) Fedora Advocate Long Life to Pagure (Pagure III) Flock 2019 Attendee I Voted: Fedora 30 I Voted: Fedora 31 Long Life to Pagure (Pagure VI) Long Life to Pagure (Pagure V) Long Life to Pagure (Pagure IV) F32 i18n Test Day Participant Lets have a party Fedora 33 I Voted: Fedora 33 I Voted: Fedora 32 DevConf.cz 2021 Attendee nest-attendee-2020 IoT Working Group Member Lets have a party Fedora 34 I Voted: Fedora 34 Community Survey Taker I Nest Attendee 2021 Community Survey Taker 2022 Magazine Editor Museum Visitor I Voted: Fedora 35 I Voted: Fedora 36 Nest with Fedora 2022 Attendee Let's have an anniversary party (Fedora 39) Creative Freedom Summit 2023 Attendee I voted: Fedora 37 I voted: Fedora 38 Community Survey Taker 2023 I voted: Fedora 39
 

My name is Jared Smith. I'm a big Linux geek. I enjoy systems administration, relational databases, web programming, and VoIP. I eat too many donuts, and don't blog as regularly as I should. I've managed small systems and large-scale networks (over 6500 servers and 800 network devices). As a college freshman, I once stuffed 26 jumbo marshmallows in my mouth to win a contest. Oh, and I wrote a book for O'Reilly on Asterisk and the future of telephony. For all the nitty gritty details, see http://www.jaredsmith.net/about/. I currently work for Endurance International (the parent company of web hosting firms such as Bluehost and Host Gator) doing open source outreach and technical oversight.

Contact

Activities within Fedora

  • I was the Fedora Project Leader for two years.
  • I help out with the Fedora Docs project, and generally make a nuisance of myself. I have a lot of experiece with DocBook publication toolchains, such as Publican.
  • I've also helped out on the Fedora Infrastructure team, mostly around the Fedora Talk server. (I have *lots and lots* of experience with Asterisk and voice over IP.)
  • I do my best to report bugs when I find them, and work with those responsible to ensure the problems get solved.


Badges

To hightlight some of the work I've done in Fedora, here are the badges I've accumulated:

Speak Up! Junior Editor Flock 2013 Attendee Involvement Tanked! Crypto Panda You can call me "Patches" (SCM I) If you build it... (Koji Success I) Bona Fide You can call me "Patches" (SCM II) If you build it... (Koji Success II) Junior Badger (Badger I) Mugshot Ambassador FUDCon Cusco Nuancier Is this thing on? (Updates-Testing II) Is this thing on? (Updates-Testing I) Embryo Like a Rock (Updates-Stable I) Like a Rock (Updates-Stable II) Flock 2013 Speaker In Search of the Bull (Tester I) Bloggin' it! (Planet III) Bloggin' it! (Planet I) Bloggin' it! (Planet II) Baby Badger Tagger (Tagger II) Senior Tagger (Tagger III) Junior Tagger (Tagger I) Tadpole with Legs Tadpole Egg Apex White Hat Secretary General Take this and call me in the morning Novice (Wordsmith I) Sensei Discovery of the Footprints (Tester II) No Longer a Ronin Vacation White Rabbit Associate Editor Let Me Introduce Myself If you build it... (Koji Success III) Proven Packager Froglet The Blessing of the FPL Keepin Fedora Beautiful (F21) Flock 2014 Speaker Helping Hand Flock 2014 Attendee What goes around comes around (Karma I) Senior Badger (Badger II) Party Pirate Science (Kernel Tester I) Nuancier 21 Dancing with Toshio Flock Paparazzi Def Keepin Fedora Beautiful (F21) Shellshocked What goes up... (Koji Failure I) Readiness What goes up... (Koji Failure II) What goes around comes around (Karma II) Fedora Docs FAD 2014 Perceiving the Bull (Tester III) Corporate Drone You can call me "Patches" (SCM III) FUDCon Pune 2015 Attendee FUDCon Managua The Panda Is In Flock 2015 Attendee Package Tagger (Package Tagger II) FUDCon Pune 2015 Speaker Junior Package Tagger (Package Tagger I) Senior Package Tagger (Package Tagger III) DevConf 2015 Attendee Associate Badger (Badger 1.5) OSCON 2015 Attendee Science (Kernel Tester II) Macaron (Cookie I) Nuancier (F22) Origin Is this thing on? (Updates-Testing III) Telegraphist (Upstream Release Monitoring I) Flock 2015 Speaker Delivery Chocolate Chip (Cookie II) Keepin Fedora Beautiful (F23) Nom Nom Nom FUDCon Cordoba 2015 Speaker If you build it... (Koji Success IV) You can call me "Patches" (SCM IV) FUDCon Cordoba 2015 Attendee Building the Outer Ring (Copr Build I) Def Keepin Fedora Beautiful (F23) Nuancier F23 Partners in Crime Corporate Shill Building the Outer Ring (Copr Build II) Building the Outer Ring (Copr Build III) Building the Outer Ring (Copr Build V) Master Badger (Badger III) Building the Outer Ring (Copr Build IV) What goes up... (Koji Failure III) Building the Outer Ring (Copr Build VI) Like a Rock (Updates-Stable III) Building the Outer Ring (Copr Build VII) Top 100 Black and White (Cookie III) What goes up... (Koji Failure IV) Master Editor Top 25 Senior Editor The Last Argument of Kings Top 500 Badge Muse (Badge Ideas I) Patches (SCM V) Flock 2016 Attendee Fedora 24 Change Accepted Nuancier F24 Krakow Brews! Nuancier F25 The cat came back... Community Messenger I All your $arch are belong to us (Koji Success V) Security Team Nuancier F26 Hindenburg (Koji Failure V) Steampunk Arcade Adult Frog Binary Star Chief Editor Fedora Docs FAD 2018 Flock 2017 Attendee Fedora Mindshare FAD 2018 Pizzelle (Cookie IV) Meeting of the Minds F28 i18n Test Day Participant Rollercoaster Restaurant Fedora Podcast Interviewee Flock 2018 Attendee It's a Cake Thing Catching the Bull (Tester IV) Long Life to Pagure (Pagure I) Badge Junkie (Badger IV) I Voted: Fedora 29 Parselmouth I You’re on a boat! Long Life to Pagure (Pagure II) Long Life to Pagure (Pagure III) Flock 2019 Attendee I Voted: Fedora 31 Fedora Advocate I Voted: Fedora 30 Long Life to Pagure (Pagure IV) I Voted: Fedora 34 F32 i18n Test Day Participant I Voted: Fedora 32 Lets have a party Fedora 33 nest-attendee-2020 Magazine Editor Long Life to Pagure (Pagure VI) Long Life to Pagure (Pagure V) I Voted: Fedora 33 DevConf.cz 2021 Attendee Lets have a party Fedora 34 Community Survey Taker I Nest Attendee 2021 I Voted: Fedora 35 Museum Visitor I voted: Fedora 39 I Voted: Fedora 36 IoT Working Group Member I voted: Fedora 37 Creative Freedom Summit 2023 Attendee I voted: Fedora 38 Community Survey Taker 2022 Nest with Fedora 2022 Attendee Community Survey Taker 2023 Let's have an anniversary party (Fedora 39)