Self-Introduction of Mark Walker

[Rashadul Islam]

On Tue, Sep 15, 2009 at 9:42 AM, Eric Christensen
<eric at christensenplace.us>wrote:

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> > Thank you for the opportunity to introduce myself.  I Googled the name
> "Mark
> > Walker" and about 22,600,000 hits were returned; none of them me in the
> > first few pages. I then Googled the name "Mark Caldwell Walker" and about
> > 168,000 hits were returned; all of them me in the first few pages.
> >
> > As one of those "older guys" my curriculum vitae might not be the best
> > approach for an introduction, but I will point out that I've had plenty
> of
> > chances to make mistakes and to learn from them.  I do love to learn, and
> > that's one of the reasons I'm here.  I am here also in search of new
> > challenges, new ways to produce meaningful results that actually help
> > people, and along with that genuine personal fulfillment.  That might
> seem a
> > little demanding, especially from someone who's not yet retired from his
> day
> > job and therefore has only nights and weekends to offer for now.  But I
> > sense that the time is right for me to venture into these areas where
> I've
> > only been lurking in listservs for far too long.
> >
> > My writing projects include the three science fiction novels that appear
> in
> > the Google search returns mentioned above.  My professional writing
> includes
> > some newspaper writing in my younger years, which naturally followed my
> BA
> > in Journalism.  I've since written some professional documents for
> previous
> > employers, which were in the telecommunications and computer project
> > management fields and briefed them to executive management.
> >
> > My other degree is an MS in Management.  That's not very computer related
> on
> > the surface, but I've also been a licensed radio amateur since 1967
> > (although I'm "rare DX") and my first home computer was a Commodore 64.
> I'm
> > not a programmer, but I've played with FORTRAN, Basic, Pascal, C++,
> Visual
> > Basic, Java, and Bash scripting. Certs include A+ and Network+, and I've
> > been studying up on Security+ and Certified Ethical Hacker.  In the past
> few
> > years I've been researching XML, and think I could produce DocBook
> products
> > based on the v5 RELAXNG schema.
> >
> > I also have a radio broadcasting background that spans about 9 commercial
> > stations.  This was on-air experience; yes, I was your friendly local
> radio
> > DJ. My production of the FredPod podcast (feel free to Google it) is my
> > effort to enjoy broadcasting activities that take advantage of the
> > people-empowering trends in this field. I've been attempting to get the
> open
> > source Rivendell application running, but so far that remains a work in
> > progress.
> >
> > One other thing about me that might be of interest is I'm also known as
> > "Santa Claus."  I like to say that the white beard is real and so is the
> > jolliness, but I wear the red suit only on special occasions anymore.
> >
> > Pleased to meet you,
> > Mark
> >
> > gpg --fingerprint AA482E46
> > pub   1024D/AA482E46 2006-07-06 [expires: 2011-07-05]
> >       Key fingerprint = D780 2F66 B08D 739D 3BF0  2468 7C22 870D AA48
> 2E46
> > uid                  Mark Walker (marwalk.net) <mark at marwalk.net>
> > uid                  Mark Walker (alternate address) <marwalk at gmail.com>
> > uid                  Mark Caldwell Walker (Earth Alien)
> > <marwalk at marwalk.com>
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> Welcome aboard, Mark!  Nice to have another ham among us (do we have a
> majority yet?).
>
> Please do join us on Wednesday evening and we'll get you hooked up
> with a mentor to point you in what we hope is the proper direction.
>
> --Eric
>
>
Mark, welcome aboard!


--Rashadul
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