<div class="gmail_quote">On Tue, Sep 15, 2009 at 9:42 AM, Eric Christensen <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:eric@christensenplace.us">eric@christensenplace.us</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;">
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</div><div class="im">On Mon, Sep 14, 2009 at 18:34, wrote:<br>
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> Thank you for the opportunity to introduce myself. I Googled the name "Mark<br>
> Walker" and about 22,600,000 hits were returned; none of them me in the<br>
> first few pages. I then Googled the name "Mark Caldwell Walker" and about<br>
> 168,000 hits were returned; all of them me in the first few pages.<br>
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> As one of those "older guys" my curriculum vitae might not be the best<br>
> approach for an introduction, but I will point out that I've had plenty of<br>
> chances to make mistakes and to learn from them. I do love to learn, and<br>
> that's one of the reasons I'm here. I am here also in search of new<br>
> challenges, new ways to produce meaningful results that actually help<br>
> people, and along with that genuine personal fulfillment. That might seem a<br>
> little demanding, especially from someone who's not yet retired from his day<br>
> job and therefore has only nights and weekends to offer for now. But I<br>
> sense that the time is right for me to venture into these areas where I've<br>
> only been lurking in listservs for far too long.<br>
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> My writing projects include the three science fiction novels that appear in<br>
> the Google search returns mentioned above. My professional writing includes<br>
> some newspaper writing in my younger years, which naturally followed my BA<br>
> in Journalism. I've since written some professional documents for previous<br>
> employers, which were in the telecommunications and computer project<br>
> management fields and briefed them to executive management.<br>
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> My other degree is an MS in Management. That's not very computer related on<br>
> the surface, but I've also been a licensed radio amateur since 1967<br>
> (although I'm "rare DX") and my first home computer was a Commodore 64. I'm<br>
> not a programmer, but I've played with FORTRAN, Basic, Pascal, C++, Visual<br>
> Basic, Java, and Bash scripting. Certs include A+ and Network+, and I've<br>
> been studying up on Security+ and Certified Ethical Hacker. In the past few<br>
> years I've been researching XML, and think I could produce DocBook products<br>
> based on the v5 RELAXNG schema.<br>
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> I also have a radio broadcasting background that spans about 9 commercial<br>
> stations. This was on-air experience; yes, I was your friendly local radio<br>
> DJ. My production of the FredPod podcast (feel free to Google it) is my<br>
> effort to enjoy broadcasting activities that take advantage of the<br>
> people-empowering trends in this field. I've been attempting to get the open<br>
> source Rivendell application running, but so far that remains a work in<br>
> progress.<br>
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> One other thing about me that might be of interest is I'm also known as<br>
> "Santa Claus." I like to say that the white beard is real and so is the<br>
> jolliness, but I wear the red suit only on special occasions anymore.<br>
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> Pleased to meet you,<br>
> Mark<br>
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> uid Mark Walker (<a href="http://marwalk.net" target="_blank">marwalk.net</a>) <<a href="mailto:mark@marwalk.net">mark@marwalk.net</a>><br>
> uid Mark Walker (alternate address) <<a href="mailto:marwalk@gmail.com">marwalk@gmail.com</a>><br>
> uid Mark Caldwell Walker (Earth Alien)<br>
> <<a href="mailto:marwalk@marwalk.com">marwalk@marwalk.com</a>><br>
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</div></div>Welcome aboard, Mark! Nice to have another ham among us (do we have a<br>
majority yet?).<br>
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Please do join us on Wednesday evening and we'll get you hooked up<br>
with a mentor to point you in what we hope is the proper direction.<br>
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--Eric<br>
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</div></blockquote></div><br>Mark, welcome aboard!<br> <br>
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--Rashadul <br>GPG KEY: 5557BFAC<br>
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