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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 }}

Revision as of 20:39, 25 March 2014

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