Self Introduction: Shaun Assam

[Shaun Assam]

Hello fellow Fedorians, my name is Shaun Assam and I'd like to join the
Fedora Magazine team. I live in Toronto, Canada and would like to
contribute my experience in technical writing to the Fedora community.

I've been a Technical Support Specialist for over 15 years and have
learned to understand the perception and expectations of the average
end-user. My Mac and Linux documentation for a small telecommunications
company were concise and easy to read for customers experiencing
technical issues with email and web connectivity. I was lucky to work
on such a project where I could teach and empower users to understand
how to utilize the free tools literally available at their fingertips.

I enjoy researching and analyzing the quality of digital audio to
enhance the sound of music, and would like to start by writing a series
of articles showing users how to configure their Fedora workstations
for that crisp sound audiophiles crave. Readers will not only learn how
to transform their computers into digital jukeboxes, but will also
discover the open-source tools and applications available in Fedora. My
end goal is to inspire the community to present healthy feedback.

I thank you for your consideration and look forward to working closely
with a community dedicated in making Fedora the best Linux
distribution.

Regards,

Shaun Assam
IRC: sassam

[Paul W. Frields]

On Mon, Oct 23, 2017 at 01:57:47PM +0000, Shaun Assam wrote:
> Hello fellow Fedorians, my name is Shaun Assam and I'd like to join the
> Fedora Magazine team. I live in Toronto, Canada and would like to
> contribute my experience in technical writing to the Fedora community.
>
> I've been a Technical Support Specialist for over 15 years and have
> learned to understand the perception and expectations of the average
> end-user. My Mac and Linux documentation for a small telecommunications
> company were concise and easy to read for customers experiencing
> technical issues with email and web connectivity. I was lucky to work
> on such a project where I could teach and empower users to understand
> how to utilize the free tools literally available at their fingertips.
>
> I enjoy researching and analyzing the quality of digital audio to
> enhance the sound of music, and would like to start by writing a series
> of articles showing users how to configure their Fedora workstations
> for that crisp sound audiophiles crave. Readers will not only learn how
> to transform their computers into digital jukeboxes, but will also
> discover the open-source tools and applications available in Fedora. My
> end goal is to inspire the community to present healthy feedback.
>
> I thank you for your consideration and look forward to working closely
> with a community dedicated in making Fedora the best Linux
> distribution.

If you're into audiophile topics, I'd love to see articles on:

* configuring a workstation for 24bit/96kHz sound

* writing a custom PulseAudio profile for an audiophile card or
  multi-input/output digital audio interface

I saw your pitch on audacious.  I think we could use an article like
that.

[Shaun Assam]

Thanks for the ideas Paul. I will include them for future articles when
I delve into the technicalities of audio on Linux.

On Tue, 2017-10-24 at 09:41 -0400, Paul W. Frields wrote:
> On Mon, Oct 23, 2017 at 01:57:47PM +0000, Shaun Assam wrote:
> > Hello fellow Fedorians, my name is Shaun Assam and I'd like to join
> > the
> > Fedora Magazine team. I live in Toronto, Canada and would like to
> > contribute my experience in technical writing to the Fedora
> > community.
> >
> > I've been a Technical Support Specialist for over 15 years and have
> > learned to understand the perception and expectations of the
> > average
> > end-user. My Mac and Linux documentation for a small
> > telecommunications
> > company were concise and easy to read for customers experiencing
> > technical issues with email and web connectivity. I was lucky to
> > work
> > on such a project where I could teach and empower users to
> > understand
> > how to utilize the free tools literally available at their
> > fingertips.
> >
> > I enjoy researching and analyzing the quality of digital audio to
> > enhance the sound of music, and would like to start by writing a
> > series
> > of articles showing users how to configure their Fedora
> > workstations
> > for that crisp sound audiophiles crave. Readers will not only learn
> > how
> > to transform their computers into digital jukeboxes, but will also
> > discover the open-source tools and applications available in
> > Fedora. My
> > end goal is to inspire the community to present healthy feedback.
> >
> > I thank you for your consideration and look forward to working
> > closely
> > with a community dedicated in making Fedora the best Linux
> > distribution.
>
> If you're into audiophile topics, I'd love to see articles on:
>
> configuring a workstation for 24bit/96kHz sound
>
> writing a custom PulseAudio profile for an audiophile card or
> multi-input/output digital audio interface
>
> I saw your pitch on audacious.  I think we could use an article like
> that.

[Paul W. Frields]

On Wed, Oct 25, 2017 at 01:43:26PM +0000, Shaun Assam wrote:
> Thanks for the ideas Paul. I will include them for future articles when
> I delve into the technicalities of audio on Linux.

Cool!  Are you prepared to write the Audacious article?  We could use
it next week, if you have time to write it by the end of this weekend.