Portfolio
Things I have started
Oregon State Linux Users Group (with Brandon Philips)
Oregon State University did not have a community focused around free software, so we started one. So far there have been an overwhelming number of interested students. As a group, we have had very successful installfests, kernel hacking workshops, and Mozilla extension reviewfests.
Things I have put a lot of energy into
Mozilla
As a system admin for the Mozilla Project I have spent time helping keep the server infrastructure up and available. It is hard to show some of the infrastructure projects I have worked on. Visit a few of the following sites. If you get a fast and appropriate response, that means I am doing my job correctly.
For a glimpse into a “day in the life”, check out this post.
Open Source Lab
As one of the initial students I helped admin many different open source projects. The open source lab is especially rewarding because I directly work and give back to school, while helping the open source projects build their communities.
Free software in education
Oregon State is in a position to adopt open source practices into the formal curriculum. This is important to me because I want my school and open source to be successful. More information on this post.
Press Mentions
These are available on the web, you can find some scanned in versions here.
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Newsforge
- 10-19-05, Open source and politics ride the same bus
- 06-06-05, INTERNSHIPS MAY AID COMPUTER USERS, CHILDREN WITH DISABILITIES
- 07-19-05, Behind the scenes at Mozilla HQ
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10-20-05,
‘Firefox One’ Launch to Celebrate 100 Million Downloads -
10-23-05,
OSU celebrates success of Firefox - 03-19-06, Polvi named OSU Student (employee) of Year
- OSU, Bus Project and POSSE Join Forces!
- 10-24-05, Sky’s the limit for Firefox
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10-26-05,
Google grant to aid OSU open source -
05-24-05,
Self-proclaimed ‘geeks’ get fired up in the quad -
01-10-06,
Google gives pizza - 01-27-06, Installfest4 to introduce ‘freedom’ to computers
- 02-12-06, Yo-yoers aren’t cool? Ask them if they care
- 03-08-06, Student employee of the year named
- 03-01-06, Open Source, Hot and Cool
OSU News and Communication Services
ZDNet UK
Mozillazine
Gazette Times
News 4 Neighbors
Barometer
The Seattle Times
OSU Today
Terra Magazine






