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2007 | ||||
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2007-10-20 | 2007-10-21 | Krefeld | title | abstract "Computer ohne GUI" oder: "Hardware schleppen ist uncool" |
2007-10-10 | Berlin | RegEx Workshop zusammen mit Frank Hofmann | Shell Commands with Patterns / Wildcards | |
2007-09-11 | Berlin | Knoppix (Konzept) | Vortrag zusammen mit Frank Hofmann | |
2007-08-25 | 2007-08-25 | Bonn | FrOSCon | BoF: Free Software Events in Europe + Wiki Support. |
2007-07-10 | 2007-07-14 | Amiens | Libre Software Meeting | ... |
2007-05-30 | 2007-06-02 | Wien | LinuxWochen Österreich | social event on first evening and speaker support |
2007-05-19 | --- | Graz | LinuxWochen Österreich - Graz | workshop on message editing |
2007-05-11 | 2007-05-12 | Eisenstadt | LinuxWochen Österreich - Eisenstadt | talks on Linux - ein starker Desktop? and Text User Interface |
2007-04-06 | 2007-04-09 | Hamburg | EasterHegg | Workshops: zusammen mit Julius Plenz: zsh workshop Julius Plenz: vim workshop (irc channel support) |
2007-03-24 | Augsburg | Linux Info-Tag | Keynote: Linux - ein starker Dektop? + Vorträge: Text User Interfaces und Mustersuche (Reguläre Ausdrücke) | |
2007-03-14 | Vienna | Using Vim Vim Feature Show | Vim Workshop Outline | |
2007-03-03 | 2007-03-04 | Chemnitz | Chemnitzer Linux-Tage |
Vortrag:
TUI - Text User Interface
(webseite)
LinuxBus (Mitorganisation) |
2007-02-17 | 2007-02-18 | Herford | linuxlernen.org | Workshop zu "regular expressions" in awk bash less mutt perl sed vi(m) zsh.. |
2007-02-01 | 2007-02-02 | Luxembourg | LinuxDays | Vortrag: Advancing the Text Interface - abstract |
2007-01-11 | Berlin - newthinking kreuzberg | --- |
Workshop:
Shell Workshop - Teil2 - shell.tpp zusammen mit Frank Hofmann. |
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2007-01-09 | Berlin - newthinking kreuzberg | --- |
Workshop:
Shell Workshop - Teil1 - shell.tpp zusammen mit Frank Hofmann. |
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2006-12-27 | 2006-12-30 | place | 23rd Chaos Communication Congress (23C3) |
Social Event at Maredo;
Moderation of the Lightning Talks together with b9punk: Overview to Talks - Dec27 Dec28 Dec29 Dec30 photos: 12-26, 12-27, 12-28, 12-29, 12-30 |
2006-12-02 | 2006-12-03 | Eindhoven | Technical Dutch Open Source Event (T-DOSE) | Advancing the Text Interface |
2006-10-08 | Dresden | Linux-Info-Tag |
Vortrag:
Bildbearbeitung auf der Kommandozeile bildbearbeitung.txt |
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2006-09-11 | 2006-09-12 | Hamburg, TUHH | --- | Vortrag + Schulung: Texttools Feature Show |
2006-07-15 | Pforzheim | Linux InfoTag | Vortrag: Ankündigungsseite Bildbearbeitung auf der Shell (bildbearbeitung.txt) | |
2006-07-01 | Berlin - BSD | --- | Workshop: Screen - Multi User Mode | |
2006-06-29 | Berlin - ZEDAT | --- | Vortrag: Feature Show: Screen - Abstract | |
2006-06-24 | 2006-06-25 | Bonn | FrOSCon | Bildbearbeitung per Shell |
2006-06-21 | Mönchengladbach - LugMoe | --- | Workshop: TextTools (mutt, screen, vim, zsh) feedback | |
2006-06-15 | 2006-06-18 | Linz | LinuxWochen Österreich | Vortrag: Vim Feature Show |
2006-06-09 | Berlin - newthinking kreuzberg | --- | Vortrag: Screen Multiuser Mode - Mini-HOWTO | |
2006-06-06 | Berlin - newthinking Mitte | --- | Vortrag: Bildbearbeitung per Shell (Abstract) | |
2006-05-31 | 2006-06-02 | Wien | LinuxWochen Wien | Vortrag: Bildbearbeitung per Shell |
2006-05-26 | 2006-05-27 | Eisenstadt | LinuxWochen Eisenstadt | Bildbearbeitung per Shell |
2006-05-17 | Berlin - BeLUG | --- | Vortrag: Screen Feature Show - (Abstract) | |
2006-05-13 | FH Brandenburg | 3. Brandenburger Linux Infotag "Freie Software macht Schule" | Organisation: Key Signing Party | |
2006-05-12 | --- | Berlin - newthinking kreuzberg | --- | Vortrag: Bildbearbeitung auf der Konsole - Abstract |
2006-05-03 | 2006-05-06 | Wiesbaden | LinuxTag | Kommandozeilenmarathon und Barrierefreies Arbeiten mit Grml und Texttools zusammen mit und vor allem von Sebastian Andres |
2006-04-29 | 2006-04-30 | Herford | TextTools Wochenende | Workshop: mutt workshop - fahrplan |
2006-04-27 | TFH-Berlin | E-Mail Sicherheit - Signieren + Verschlüsseln | Seminar zu GNUpg aka gpg - gpg_kurs.txt | |
2006-03-31 | --- | Berlin - newthinking kreuzberg | --- | Vortrag: Vim - der Texteditor mit Power |
2006-03-28 | Ulm, IN-Ulm | --- | Vortrag: Bildbearbeitung auf der Konsole - Abstract | |
2006-03-25 | FH Augsburg | 5. Linux-Infotag Augsburg | Vorträge: Vim Feature Show (Ankündigung) + Bildbearbeitung auf der Console (Ankündigung) | |
2006-03-17 | --- | Berlin - newthinking kreuzberg | --- | Vortrag: Shell Scripting - Abstract+Inhalt |
2006-03-04 | 2006-03-05 | Chemnitz, DE | Chemnitzer Linux-Tage 2006 | Moderation der Linux Nacht |
2006-02-25 | 2006-02-26 | Brussels, BE | FOSDEM | attendance, photos: feb24 feb25 feb26 |
2006-02-15 | Berlin, c-base | Workshop: c-base workshop announcement page, Screen Feature Show Abstract - screen cheat sheet | ||
2006-02-09 | Berlin - newthinking Mitte | --- | Vortrag: Zsh Feature Show - Abstract | |
2006-02-08 | Berlin - BeLUG | Vortrag: Zsh Feature Show - Abstract | ||
2006-01-12 | Berlin - newthinking Mitte | --- | Vortrag: Vim Feature Show - Paper | |
2005 | ||||
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2005-12-27 | 2005-12-30 | Berlin | 22nd Chaos Computer Congress (22C3) | Social Event at Maredo; Support for talk on GNU/Linux für Blinde und Sehbehinderte by Sebastian Andres and Lars Stetten |
2005-08-04 | 2005-08-07 | Swansea (UK) | Linux Technical Conference | together with Julius Plenz Talks: Vim Feature Show and Zsh rules! and Workshops on Vim and Zsh |
2005-07-16 | Pforzheim | 2. Pforzheim Linux Infotag | Webseiten; sowie zusammen mit Julius Plenz: Vim Feature Show + Zsh Feature Show + Vim Workshop (Programm) | |
2005-05-24 | 2005-05-27 | Wien | LinuxWochen Wien | Vortrag: Zsh Featurama - Ankündigungsseite |
2005-05-20 | 2005-05-21 | Eisenstadt | LinuxWochen Eisenstadt | Vortrag: Zsh Featurama |
2005-04-23 | Brandenburg | Brandenburger Linux-Infotag | TODO... zsh, gnupg + Key Signing Party. | |
2005-03-05 | 2005-03-06 | Chemnitz | Chemnitzer Linux-Tage - | Workshop on Z-Shell |
2005-02-25 | 2005-02-26 | Brussels | FOSDEM | Lightning Talk on mutt-ng |
2005-02-24 | Köln | Openchaos Night | 10 Reasons to Switch to the Z-Shell | |
2005-02-10 | Dresden | Themenabend | Textools Config Workshop * | |
2004 | ||||
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2004-12-27 | 2004-12-29 | Berlin | 21C3 | Lightning Talk: Why mutt still sucks - muttng.mp4 |
2004-10-30 | --- | Dresden | 2. Linux-Info-Tag Dresden |
Vortrag:
10 gute Gründe für Texttools + Texttools Workshop + webpage |
2004-10-22 | 2004-10-23 | Berlin (DE) | Berlinux 2004 | Vortrag: gpg key generation mini-HOWTO |
2004-08-21 | 2004-08-29 | Ludwigsburg | KDE Community World Summit 2004 |
zusammen mit
Michael Prokop: Workshop: Überleben auf dem Terminal |
2004-08-01 | 2004-09-30 | Graz (AT) | Free Summer (August+September) | |
2004-06-23 | 2004-06-26 | Karlsruhe (DE) | LinuxTag 2004 |
Mi 2004-06-23 14-15h Practical Linux Forum "Text Tools Galore!" Do 2004-06-24 11-12h Practical Linux Forum "Screen - 'Fenster im Terminal'" Do 2004-06-24 13-14h R2.08 Birds Of Feather (BOF) sessions on mutt+slrn Sa 2004-06-26 ab 21h NightWatch / Graveyard Shift beim www.akk.org |
2004-06-09 | 2004-06-12 | Berlin (DE) | Wizards of OS 3 |
Photos und Technical Support für die Projekte OpenWebSchool + Ganesha's Project |
2004-05-26 | 2004-05-29 | Wien (AT) | Linuxwochen Österreich - Wien |
Vortrag:
Vim Feature Show - Abstract+Inhalt Ankündigungsseite |
2004-05-07 | 2004-05-08 | Graz (AT) | Linuxwochen Österreich - Graz |
mit Michael Prokop: Workshop: Using the power of texttools - texttools++ ( photo vom workshop + photo vom social event) |
2004-04-09 | 2004-04-12 | München | Easterhegg | Texttools Workshop + Key Signing Party -- Notizen |
2004-03-06 | 2004-03-07 | Chemnitz | 5. LinuxTag Chemnitz |
Vortrag:
bark - der neue Mailer (Ankündigung)
Workshop: Message Editing: Ankündigung, Webseite, Inhalt |
2003 | ||||
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2003-12-27 | 2003-12-29 | Berlin | 20C3 - 20. CCC Congress | ... |
2003-12-13 | 2003-12-14 | Utrecht | Utrecht - Presentation Day | Vortrag: mutt+vim - fast_reply! |
2003-10-30 | 2003-10-31 | Köln, C4 | OpenChaos Nov 2003 | Workshop: mutt+vim im screen - fast_reply! - Ankündigung |
2003-10-18 | Dresden | Dresden - Linux Info Tag | Workshop: TextTools - Webseite (Kopie) | |
2003-07-10 | 2003-07-13 | Karlsruhe | LinuxTag Karlsruhe | |
2003-06-05 | 2003-06-07 | Vienna/Wien | LinuxWochen Österreich - MuseumsQuartier | |
2003-06-04 | Vienna/Wien | LinuxWochen Österreich - HTL Ottakring | ||
2003-04-30 | Berlin | BICS Fachtagung | ||
2003-04-05 | Magdeburg | LinuxTag Magdeburg | ||
2003-03-01 | 2003-03-02 | Chemnitz | 4. LinuxTag Chemnitz | |
2002 | ||||
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2002-09-27 | 2002-09-29 | bei Isny | Hüttenwochenende 2002 | |
-- | 2002-09-14 | Borgholzhausen | ComputerInfoTag | |
2002-06-27 | 2002-06-30 | Vienna (Austria) | Linux Wochen | |
2002-06-06 | 2002-06-09 | Karlsruhe | LinuxTag Karlsruhe | |
2002-05-25 | Magdeburg | LinuxTag Magdeburg | ||
2002-05-17 | 2002-05-20 | Flensburg | Linux Camp 2002 | |
-- | 2002-04-30 | Chemnitz | UNIX Stammtisch Chemnitz | Mutt - man's best friend |
2002-03-09 | 2002-03-10 | Chemnitz | LinuxTag Chemnitz | |
2002-02-23 | 2002-02-24 | Berlin (bootlab) | ASCII-Survival | with Florian Cramer. * |
2001 | ||||
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2001-12-27 | 2001-12-29 | Berlin | 18C3 - 18. CCC Congress | LUG Treffen |
-- | 2001-11-27 | Chemnitz | UNIX Stammtisch Chemnitz | Survival im Webcafe - ssh me@home |
2001-10-11 | 2001-10-14 | Berlin | Wizards of OS II | |
2001-09-15 | 2001-09-16 | Berlin | Linux Infotage | TextTools |
2001-08-05 | 2001-08-11 | Berlin | SLRN Hacking | |
-- | 2001-07-13 | Ulm | Buergernetz Ulm | |
2001-07-05 | 2001-07-08 | Stuttgart | LinuxTag Stuttgart | |
2001-06-20 | 2001-06-21 | St. Pölten (Austria) | LinuxDays | * |
2001-05-18 | 2001-05-19 | Magdeburg | LinuxTag Magdeburg | |
2001-05-04 | 2001-05-06 | Braunschweig | LinuxTag Braunschweig | |
2001-03-10 | 2001-03-11 | Chemnitz | LinuxTag Chemnitz |
Occupation:
Freelance work, writing articles
and giving talks on free software.
If your have a job opening involving
free software then please contact me!
Although I have quite a few books still on hold, there are some I'd really like to read - so I started a book wishlist on Amazon.
Political manifest:
Here's a summary of the guidelines
which I'd apply to politics, too:
"I disapprove of what you say, but I will
defend to the death your right to say it." (Voltaire)
"Help people wherever possible. Be nice.
Do not do unto other as you won't want them
to do unto yourself."
"No censorship - free speech on all media."
Holy Wars:
OK, so once in a while I do resist temptation to
flame
people on Usenet. ;-)
On 990611 I used the following in my post's signature to alt.fan.warlord:
We need killfiles that actually *kill*.
And now I find myself quoted in other folk's signatures. Ouch!
... and this brings us to..
Religion:
How many gods are there?
one, two, or three? a dozen, a hundred, a thousand? 3^3^3?
or even infinitely many - for various kinds of infinity?
or maybe none at all? well - i don't know.
and i do not think that the number really is all that important.
even if there are any then their names are not so that important, either.
you might claim that super-natural beings do not exist at all -
and i do not have proof for that, either.
all that remains is some thinking done on
your life and your relation to other beings.
whatever gets you think about that *can* be good.
so i do not mind you all think about this..
and hopefully you'll find some good solutions from that.
good luck and "god bless". :-)
alt.fan.warlord signatures and all that comp.editors for vi and clones comp.mail.elm for mailer elm (nostalgia) comp.mail.mutt for mailer mutt comp.mail.pine for mailer pine (and flames - hehe) news.software.readers for slrnMaintaining some two hundred web pages and several FAQs. Occasionally chatting as "Sveng" on IRC.
Community
Much of my time goes into supporting the community of people using and developing free software. Since 1999 I have been to quite a few events where I try to meet the people I am conversing with in email and bring together people so that they hopefully can work together on some projects. I have taken part in organizing some Key Signing Parties, and organized bus trips to events (Chemnitz and Karlsruhe). I usually prepare a talk so as to give info on my favourite tools (texttools) and related issues. Mostly I *show* programs and their effects rather than talking using some slides. And I definitely enjoy listening to lively talks where the speaker only needs his talks as keywords for what he has to say. I also enjoy taking photos with a digital camera. So if you don't want your photo online - beware! ;-)
Besides Email, IRC was one of the first "Internet services" I used. I certainly know how addictive this is, but nowadays I just use it to talk to people I know, exchanging data about setups for programs. From time to time I am logged in via irc.fu-berlin.de using the nickname SvenG usually talking on the channels #fub, #vim, and #zsh. You can send me a message with "/msg sveng hi there" and I usually respond if I am not "away".
Since late 2002 I have been using centericq. to also chat via ICQ. My number is 38801898.
However, there are many things i do not like about centericq. it has only a very small amount of support for key binding, options for color and for adjusting the layout. its use for blind people is almost impossible as it has no support for placing the cursor. and you can only find people in your contact list with a prefix search. there is much more to be said about centericq - but in the end it boils down to "no development". in short, centericq needs a replacement by a multi-protocoll client with many more options for color, screen layout, keybinding, and list limit. and i am sure it could be a LOT smaller, too. hopefully, the irssi server will replace it if it ever comes to life. meanwhile, i might switch to bitlbee. let's see.
You can also reach me via Jabber as guckes(at)jabber.com
like i said - i would like to get rid of centericq
for its lack of support for some of the features
that make jabber better than icq and other systems.
one of these features is that jabber was designed
to be extensible. so everyone who writes a
jabber client does so - expand, expand, expand.
why is there no *basic* jabber client which
excels in supporting the basic features of jabber?
i would think that everyone wants a fast access
to "buddies" (people in the contact list),
good editing commands with reuse of words
in the recent conversation, a display
of the conversation history (aka log),
fast access to URIs within it, as well as
commands for an easy integration of encryption.
if this client would also be available for
linux, mac *and* windows then it could be the
basis for many more clients with better features.
I created the following from a list of info which was asked on orkut.com.
Free Software! And I prefer text based programs. Forget about that mouse with 3/4/5 buttons - gimme a keyboard with 103/104/105 keys!
"no sports" ;-)
I use to play tennis, go sailing and skiing - but all these things take too much equipment and are all quite expensive, too. So now I enjoy biking and swimming, and table tennis occasionally - and I keep reading as much as I can.
So many interesting things to read about - so little time to actually do them. That is why I now declare "sleeping" as one of my hobbies...
quite a few.. but mostly 20th centrury biographies.
cartoons! bc, garfield, haegar, peanuts.. drfun, pearls, nonsequitur..
all time favourite: calvin&hobbes! :-)
Why - *good* music, of course! :-)
I like a lot of different kinds of music - so I never figured out what my favourite kind is. But I like a lot of the music of the 60s, some from the 70s, and quite a few of the 80s, however, not much of the 90s. Some people call me an "oldie fan".
In September 2001 I tuned in to MTV while I was sitting at the computer. So I compiled a list of songs which i liked.
I once enjoyed "Ally McBeal" some time ago.. Occasionally I would see "The Simpsons", and I would probably enjoy watching "Sex And The City" (seen one or two series) and maybe "Friends" (haven't seen it yet).
Anyway, I stopped watching TV in November 2002. Since then I have used the TV only as a monitor for the DVDs I rented. And I eventually gave it away because a law in Germany says that you have to pay a fee for TVs even when you don't use, cannot use it, and even if they are broken and cannot be used. (sheesh!) Now I am watching DVDs on my computer monitor, or just go to the movies eventually.
I like humourous films (comedies), especially those fun animations.
I really enjoy going to the movies, especially sneak previews. But I also enjoy watching films on DVD at home.Brazil, Twelve Monkeys; Bourne Identity, Fifth Element, Gattaca, Matrix, Minority Report; 6th Sense, The Others. Animation: Antz, Bug's Life, Finding Nemo, Monsters Inc, Toy Story. Memento.
"almost all". :-) Although I do enjoy elaborate meals with great cooking, I am happy with a nice plain meal, too. But I sure go for sweets. Actually, I almost run on chocolate..
These things should be taught at school:
I have never let my schooling interfere with my education. -- Mark Twain (Samuel Clemens) (1835-1910)
I mostly use programs with a text interface. Therefore many people think that I am old-fashioned and that working on the computer takes a lot more time. They even assume that I hate GUIs or that I do not know GUIs at all.
But this is all wrong.
Mind you, I do use an X server and a window manager to start some GUI programs, for example when I need a web browser to look at webpages with picture, or to view a text which is embedded in a PDF or PostScript, or to look at the output of a LaTeX source. I even enjoy using a graphical sound player.
So - GUIs are nice. Or rather, they can be nice. Colorful and all that. They allow issuing commands with a mouseclick and the symbols on the buttons can show you what they'll do. Their menus group the commands so you can guess where you will find some kind of command.
However, GUIs require a lot of resources. And they won't read the manuals to you. Alright, some GUIs can display documentation nicely, but that really does not enhance the documentation.
I am still waiting for the perfect GUI. So far I have seen some very nice ones - but none of them gave me the power and speed of a text interface and the keyboard.
But every so often I look at webpages with a text browser, convert DOCs, PDFs, and RTFs to text, and I can listen to music by starting a command line tool.
GUIs usually do not only slow me down, I also find them quite aggravating because they are not flexible enough.
I prefer to have fast access to data. And programs with a text interface are a lot faster because they can be configured via any text editor, they can be started via a shell alias (along with many of my favourite parameters), they can be used on any kind of terminal and thus be used remotely), and they also interface nicely with each other in command sequences, especially in pipes.
I have yet to see programs with GUIs to generally allow cooperation with other GUIs through easy interfaces. This would allow to automize their use with scripts. There are a few examples, though: ImageMagick, Gimp, Scribus, and OpenOffice. however, I do not find their interface easy to use.
the text output of the commands also allow to take hardcopies which are text only. so if there is a problem with any of these then you do not need to take any graphical screenshots and have these converted to text for sending them to the developers via email.
text tools show text and thus have quite a low overhead when you are using them on a remote host. you can still make use of them via a slow modem link while most GUIs simply forbid remote use via a modem.
I do a lot with computers every day - but I do not have a laptop. Surprised?
Although a laptop means that you can do lots of stuff being offline, I do not enjoy computing when being offline. I cannot send email, I cannot chat, I cannot browse webpages or search for webpages.. basically, I cannot communicate.
So when I am offline, I prefer to do all the other things.. like reading a book, riding a bike, or eat and sleep.
"But don't you need a laptop when you are away?" No, not really. All I need is some kind of terminal to log in to a server with my account.
The account has my data, including my programs with my configuration. There is no need for me to install programs locally and configure them before I start working. Also, I need not download my data to operate on them, and upload them again when I am done. When I am done I simply cut the connection - and continue when I log in again.
However, two people gave me their old laptops for use, so I actually use them when I attend some events.
There are some benefits to a laptop: You can install some programs and configure them to go online easily without setting this up every time you want to go online. You can get used to its keyboard layout which assures some typing speed. And you can go online through a wireless connection which allows to sit apart from loud people in a quiet corner. And you can stuff more data onto its disk than onto a usb stick.
Still, I prefer the online account which allows me to be independent of the local environment. All I need is a terminal and some encrypted connection (through ssh or putty). The rest is done in a terminal with all the great texttools out there: centericq+irssi, mutt+slrn, screen, vim, and zsh. And the server is usually running 24/7, and has more RAM and MHz than my local machine. (2009-08-01: the server is a virtualized machine with 2G RAM with usually only 10 people logged in, about 200 processes running, so it has a load mostly around 0.10. and latency from home averages around 30ms.)
And I'd rather not have to carry around my data. As I frequently say: 'Ich bin kein Datentraeger' - which roughly translates to both 'I do not carry around data' and 'I am not a hard disk'. ;-)
I have encouraged several people to try this kind of life style with an account on a machine which is always online. They can now enjoy chatting and mailing without having a need to carry a laptop. They can now chat and email in a safe environment without leaving personal data on a local machine. Their chat client stays online while they are logged out, so they can continue to catch the talk on chat rooms while being away. (Mind you, chatting need not be a occupation to kill time, but can be a very effective tool to communicate with other people on a common project.) There is no need to start up processes on several hosts. And attackers only know about one host you use - and not about the other host you log in from.
The security aware amongst you will remind me that you need to trust the admins of the host and tell me that such a centralized view also leads to a "single point of failure". this is true, of course - i cannot deny it. But if you cannot trust anyone and you think that you need to frequently switch hosts to distract possible attackers then you probably need a laptop with encryption for everything.
Cellphones are great. Wish we had had them when I went to school. Kids are so spoilt these days, aren't they? ;-)
It's nice that you can reach *persons* - not places. What good is a phone ringing at a place where the person is not available at? After all, you usually want to talk to a person, and not to a phone. Why doesn't everybody have a cellphone?
Mind you, I expect incoming calls to identify with the caller's phone number. All calls to my cellphone that do not identify with their number are usually redirected to the "mailbox" (answering machine). Hope you understand.
Short messages are welcome. So send them! But do not forget that I have to have your number in my phonebook already to see your name. If you think I don't have your name+number then please identify in your message by sending your name, too - just in case.
So many people do not want a cellphone - for various reasons. Some claim that the ring tone aggravates them. Some do not want to be "available all the time". And some other do not want to keep dialing in to the "mailbox" to listen to messages. Obviously, these people have never read the handbook that comes with these things. Therefore they do not know that they can change the ringtone and that they can turn off the mailbox completely. And that it is easy to simply turn it off when they don't need it. Entering the PIN seems to be a problem for them (so they that turned off - silly people!), a entering a new number with a name seems to be an impossible thing. I bet they do not know how to call help - even if they wanted to!
And yet I'd give a cellphone to people just to be able to reach them when there is a need to.
i like helping out projects which produce software - for FREE. mind you, this is FREE as in "FREE SPEECH". basically, it means that you'll get the FREEDOM to do whatever you want with it (and here's the catch) as long as these FREEDOMS are preserved for everyone.
German orthography rules that nouns start with an uppercase letter. Some time ago I dropped this - at least for informal messages in chats, emails and usenet postings. It saves a lot of time and hassle.
There are still some people who send me messages about it, trying to educate me about it. However, I do know how to write properly.
Rest assured, when it comes to anything worth publishing I will still try to write everything absolutely correct.
the aim of my work is to get something done - and make it free, so others can continue using it - legally. that's why i want to get things done asap. i need to know that when i die that my work does not get buried with the disk of my PC. i need to know that my work can still be used and that it lives on elsewhere.. and i am very impatient about it, too.
i cannot stand it when i work for two days straight on some text for a talk - and then it is to be reviewed by someone who forgets about it for two weeks.
patience is a virtue - but virtue is not patience.
throughout the years i have been supporting software in various ways.. but i find that software only lives as long as it is being used. not only by people who have to use it, but by people who *want* to use it.
using software is a choice that we can and do make almost on a daily basis. once i get fed up with a slow progress of changes i simply lose interest in the software - and then i use a search engine to find something new, something better.
as soon as i find an alternative i find myself asking "why not switch?" and as soon as i have switched to the better software i wonder why i should keep on supporting the old software which i now think is worse than the one i am using.
even though i once liked programs like elm and nn, i have been using mutt and slrn instead for a long time. but i do not see relavant changes with these programs any more. i still use mutt - but my use for slrn has died. i havent read newsgroup or posted to them for 1.5 years.
keeping up webpages with information on old and outdated program is a nice hobby, however, my time is not devoted to staffing a webserver of a software history museum, but bringing together the info about a program to boost its development. keeping info about old programs simply keep them alive longer than they deserve. and this is why had to remove my info in elm, nn, and finally about screen, too. so rather than keeping something alive which is almost dead i prefer to LET GO.
i was very close to giving up on slrn - but now the author and former maintainer, John E. Davis has taken over the maintenance of his own product again. but i also know that all work on this program is a hobby. i won't hold my breath...
if your favourite software becomes outdated and you want it to live again then you should probably start it again by re-creating it. start over by writing it from scratch!
once your supporters become a critical mass then there is a community again. but it is a huge effort to make it happen...