[jewel] How to help?

So,

I've used NeXTSTEP. That's where I learned how to use the www. Learned 
AutoCAD on Solaris. Then got stuck with Windows for various reasons. 
Didn't get the chance to play with OPENSTEP/win32.

Currently have Windows 2000 Professional (modified to function as 
NeXTily as possible via WinStep shell enhancements (NextSTART(A NeXTSTEP 
menu system clone)/WorkShelf(An OPENSTEP 4 EUI (Experimental User 
Interface) Shelf clone)), CubeDock (A NeXTSTEP Dock clone), and 
WinBrowser (FileViewer clone).

Have been extremely impressed with the UNIX world since getting exposure 
to NeXTSTEP with it's UNIX compatible Mach/SingleServerBSD kernel 
personality, and Solaris, but haven't been able to "figure out" UNIX by 
myself to install/use/etc.

Also, I have CorelLinux via Corel Linux For Dummies (book w/ OS install 
CD) Which I have used and liked.

I guess I should point out that I am Linguistically Inclined rather than 
Mathematically Inclined, which makes Programming Lanuages appear rather 
Greek and Russian to Yours Truly. Had I been permitted to Really Play 
with the computer duing the formative years, perhaps I would be 
comfortable with coding already, but the truth is I have yet to learn a 
programming language other than US English.

Consequently that makes XML rather interesting to Yours Truly, and its 
cross-platform purposes echo the JAVA and OPENSTEP initiatives which 
appeal to somebody (again, Yours Truly) who are interested in Concepts, 
Interfaces, Commuinication (being such a Gemini), and Universality.

A couple of things I "Really Dig (TM)" about computing: the WWW, 
Object-Orientedness, Zip Archives, MP3 files./WinAmp, *.PNG files, which 
have "rescued" web users of the LZW compression scheme/*.GIF proprietary 
bondage evils, Mac OS cleanliness, UNIX dependability (not really into 
the Obscurity), OS add-ons which enhance OSes with cool functionalities, 
and recently Mozilla, Phoenix, and my Palm OS Handspring Treo 300 
running on Sprint PCS.

However... I'm Bored. I need a hobby, and my primary hobby/passion, 
Photography, is letting me down, because my shutterbug must have caught 
a bug which is making it lazy/staying home and in bed and not tickling 
me with ideas for an outlet. AEWM/Jewel-Obj-C have design intents that 
echo my personal design and style interests: they appear to be fashioned 
to be asutere, uncluttered, clean, and well-rendered in what it is that 
they do.

I am interested in helping out in the project, and while I don't have 
any programming experience (unless you consider adding 3rd-party XML 
hacks to my browser experience) I am very teachable, and intellectually 
oriented. I am used to dealing with tedious bullsh!t from a variety of 
Auditing/Documentation/Document-Control/Shipping&Recieving/Customs 
Clearance positions. I also have a good imagination and sense of 
minimalism/Spartanhood which seems to be the direction of the project's 
aims.

Did I mention I am Bored? So if there is any fashion in which you guys 
think I can be of use to the project, other than just initing ideas and 
being an audience for your own ideas, I would welcome the distraction 
from my unemployment, and the challenge of designing something interesting.

-thisguyisi

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