Behind the Scenes

What?

Behind the Scenes is the interview section of GnomeJournal very based on the The People Behind KDE iniciative. The idea is to have one GNOME contributor interviewed in each GJ issue.

Interview

Short Intro

• Age:
• Located in:
• Profession:
• Nickname on IRC:
• Homepage and blog:

Common Questions

• In what ways do you contribute to GNOME?
• How and when did you get involved in GNOME?
• What motivates/keeps you motivated to work on GNOME?
• How much time do you usually spend on GNOME?
• What do you think is still badly missing in GNOME?
• Which distribution do you use? Why?
• What is the GNOME's killer app? Why?
• Who are your favorite GNOME hackers? Why?
• What does your desktop look like?
• Which book is on your bedside table?
• Who or what in your life would you say influenced you most?
• How would you describe yourself?
• What do you get passionate about?
• What sites do you visit daily?
• Free Software or Open Source?
• Married, partner or up for adoption?
• If you have a partner or children, how do they cope with a GNOME addict?
• If someone visits your country, which spot is a must-see?

Quickies

• A personality?
• A phrase?
• A movie?
• A food?
• A place?
• A text editor?
• A band?
• A song?

Random Questions

Add your ideas here!

Candidates

• VincentUntz

• KjartanMaraas

• DavydMadeley (Done - Issue 10 2007)

• FedericoMenaQuintero

• TimGerla

• TorLillqvist

• MatthiasClasen

• JohnPalmieri

• DaniloSegan -- il8n stuff

• FernandoHerrera -- bugzilla/gnome-love/general hacking

• CarlosGarnacho -- gnome-vfs and others

• Christian Newmair -- gnome-vfs and others

• LucasRocha -- general hacking -- bugzilla (Done - Issue 16 8/15/09)

• MurrayCumming -- The taoist non-leader

• OlavVitters -- Dancing with Bugs

• AndreasNilsson -- Visual identity & misc graphs

• GermanPooCaamano -- Behind many scenes

• OwenTaylor -- Post-chairing, he has a story (Done - Issue 15 7/1/09)

• GuilhermePastore -- Knows The GNOME Matrix

• RossGolder -- The GNOME Matrix respects him

• SimosXenitellis -- I bet has something different to explain

• ShaunMcCance -- doc stuff

• JoachimNoreiko -- doc hero

• Add your nominees here!

Not to forget, all the let's say leaders of regional GNOME associations i.e. GNOME Hispano.

And someone should dig deep in Asia and Latin America to bring the names of other unnamed heroes, difficult to remember by the average European citizen.

Interview Queue

Contact

If you'd like to be interviewed, indicate someone, give some feedback, email mailto:pcutler@gnome.org.