A warm hello to everyone!

Nicholas nskaggs at gmail.com
Fri Dec 16 04:57:38 UTC 2011


Hello everyone. I wanted to introduce myself to you. My name is Nicholas
Skaggs -- yes, that guy Jono blogged about:
http://www.jonobacon.org/2011/12/12/nicholas-skaggs-joining-the-canonical-community-team/.
I am excitied to be joining you in helping make ubuntu even better.

I think ubuntu is in a unique place to be a leader among open source
projects in the area of QA. The more I have used ubuntu over the years, the
more impressed I become. Each release gets better and better and provides a
better experience. It's that "just works" nirvana that all technology
projects seek to provide its users and ubuntu more and more "just works". I
was reminded of this the other day after coming home to find my wife
happily printing some documents using the new printer we had purchased. I
hadn't yet had time to setup the printer so imagine my surprise that my
wife was now printing from it! I asked her how she figured out how to setup
the printer and was met with a blank stare. She had simply turned it on and
plugged it in. Ubuntu did the rest when she hit the print button -- ubuntu
saw she wanted to print, found an unconfigured printer available on USB,
configured it, set it as the default printer, and then sent the document to
it. Amazing! It's this community's tireless work and focus on finishing
ideas well that these experiences are a testament to. I look forward to
creating more and more of these experiences with all of you.

I don't start in my new position with Canonical until next month, but I
will lurk on IRC, try to attend some meetings, and read the list and wiki.
Things seem to be standing up quickly around here so I'll do my best to
come up to speed on all the exciting things going on. Thanks everyone!

Nicholas
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