Re: New Position
- From: Chris Hofstader <cdh@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: programmingblind@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Tue, 2 Mar 2010 09:50:12 -0500
Hi Jim,
I'll more than share how you can help, I'll probably beg you to do so <smile>.
cdh
On Mar 2, 2010, at 8:59 AM, Homme, James wrote:
> Hi Chris,
> When you get settled in, will you share with us what we can do to help you
> and the foundation?
>
> Thanks.
>
> Jim
>
> Jim Homme,
> Usability Services,
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: programmingblind-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> [mailto:programmingblind-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Chris Hofstader
> Sent: Tuesday, March 02, 2010 8:22 AM
> To: programmingblind@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: Re: New Position
>
> Thanks Nick.
> On Mar 2, 2010, at 8:19 AM, Nick Stockton wrote:
>
>> Hello Chris.
>> Well, I wish you the best of luck. It's good to now have an accessibility
>> director and advocate at the GNU foundation. I'm sure you will do a great
>> job.
>>
>> Nick Stockton
>> ----- Original Message ----- From: "Chris Hofstader" <cdh@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>> To: <programmingblind@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>> Sent: Tuesday, March 02, 2010 3:58 AM
>> Subject: Re: New Position
>>
>>
>> Very funny.
>>
>> Actually, I really enjoy fixing bugs so I wanted to encourage them to give
>> me fun things to do <laugh>.
>>
>> Thanks for the note.
>> On Mar 1, 2010, at 5:14 PM, Nick Stockton wrote:
>>
>>> Hello Chris.
>>> *smile* I hope you see the humor in this, as I did, but surely it would be
>>> more beneficial to the blind community to encourage free software hackers
>>> to include less accessibility issues in their programs, and more
>>> accessibility fixes.
>>>
>>> Nick Stockton
>>> ----- Original Message ----- From: "Chris Hofstader" <cdh@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>>> To: <programmingblind@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>>> Sent: Monday, March 01, 2010 4:48 AM
>>> Subject: New Position
>>>
>>>
>>> Hi,
>>>
>>> Today, I start my new position as Director of Access Technology for Project
>>> GNU, the people who brought you GPL, gcc, bash, emacs, bison, flex and lots
>>> more.
>>>
>>> As I am the first and only GNU person to focus on disability issues, I
>>> suspect that I will spend most of my time trying to influence other free
>>> software hackers to include accessibility issues.
>>>
>>> I am just returning to the world of free software after nearly 20 years so
>>> I am also spending a lot of time catching up on what is and is not out
>>> there.
>>>
>>> If you want to beat up on GPL, write to someone else. If you want to send
>>> ideas and/or pointers to me to add to my ever growing task list, please
>>> send them directly to me as I don't read the lists thoroughly enough to see
>>> everything on them.
>>>
>>> Happy Hacking,
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