User: Arepee

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==A Little Bit About Me==
 
==A Little Bit About Me==
My name is Roger Prather, and I'm relatively new to the free software movement. Although I grew up as the modern digital age came to be, I always thought that the nuts and bolts of hardware and software were too complicated and complex for me to really learn (that is to say, I was too lazy to really try). Fast forward a few years, and now I have real motivation and desire to learn.  
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My name is Roger Prather, and I'm relatively new to the free software movement. Although I grew up as the modern digital age came to be, I never really had the resources to learn all I wanted to about computers. Even though I had a computer at home since my sophomore year in high school, I didn't have any way to get at the knowledge I needed. I didn't know anything about the internet until entering college in 1997.  
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Fast forward and now, thanks to a full-time job with a degree in a non-tech field, I have the resources, desire, and motivation to learn.
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I'm currently studying software engineering through distance/independent methods, and hope to pursue an independent/freelance career in software and web development.
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==Current Projects==
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My skills are still limited because I'm still learning many of the basics of software development, but nonetheless, I have ambitious plans to pursue a number of project ideas.
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==How I came to the Free Software Movement==
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Ideologically and politically, I'm very much a libertarian without any strict devotion to dogma or demigod. This leads me (like so many others) to see the freedom-promoting potential of modern technology. Thus, my involvement in the FSF and related efforts is driven not just by a belief in what free software means, but what software in general can do ''for freedom''.
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==Contact==
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e-mail: arepee@member.fsf.org
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I'm currently studying software engineering through distance/independent methods with a few ideas for projects & businesses that implement and spread free software. My current (part-time) project is the development of a comprehensive, online library of FLOSS documentation.
 
  
  
  
 
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Latest revision as of 15:50, 14 June 2011

A Little Bit About Me

My name is Roger Prather, and I'm relatively new to the free software movement. Although I grew up as the modern digital age came to be, I never really had the resources to learn all I wanted to about computers. Even though I had a computer at home since my sophomore year in high school, I didn't have any way to get at the knowledge I needed. I didn't know anything about the internet until entering college in 1997.

Fast forward and now, thanks to a full-time job with a degree in a non-tech field, I have the resources, desire, and motivation to learn.

I'm currently studying software engineering through distance/independent methods, and hope to pursue an independent/freelance career in software and web development.

Current Projects

My skills are still limited because I'm still learning many of the basics of software development, but nonetheless, I have ambitious plans to pursue a number of project ideas.


How I came to the Free Software Movement

Ideologically and politically, I'm very much a libertarian without any strict devotion to dogma or demigod. This leads me (like so many others) to see the freedom-promoting potential of modern technology. Thus, my involvement in the FSF and related efforts is driven not just by a belief in what free software means, but what software in general can do for freedom.

Contact

e-mail: arepee@member.fsf.org



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