‘Til All Are One

January 20, 2008

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My name is Sridhar Dhanapalan. I live in Sydney, Australia (UTC +1000).

Here is an interview with me, which touches upon my interests and motivations.

I am currently the Technical Coordinator at One Laptop per Child Australia.

See my LinkedIn profile for more details.

Here are some efforts I’m involved in.

Current:

President of the Sydney Linux Users Group (SLUG), 2008-present (Committee member from 2007)
an Administrator of the Ubuntu English (United Kingdom) Translators team
Founder and principal documentation writer of the Ubuntu English Translation initiative
I have written and continue to maintain Linux Australia’s Introduction to Linux, Free Software and Open Source
I run events for Linux Australia and the Sydney Linux Users Group, including monthly meetings and stands at shows such as CeBIT and the Sydney Education Expo.

Ordinary Committee Member on the Linux Australia Council, 2009-2010
In a previous job, I contributed large amounts of documentation to the Pentaho open source community
I was (2000-2006) a Senior Administrator and Editor at PCLinuxOnline, which at the time was the largest community Web site dedicated to Mandrake/Mandriva Linux (and later, PCLinuxOS)

In the free and open source software community:

Refer to my Ubuntu wiki page for a précis of my contributions to free and open source software
My Launchpad page summarises my activities within the Ubuntu community
I am active in several other groups, including Ubuntu-Au and OLPC Friends

Others:

I have an interest in transparency, which I believe is vital for democratisation, and well-running societies and markets in the long run.

I view free and open source software with open standards as important vehicles to achieve and maintain that. From an accounting perspective, triple bottom line methods are very relevant.

Intertwined with this is my interest in development geography, which, inter alia, encompasses sustainable and economic development, as well as the use of appropriate technology.

I have tendencies towards humanism and to some extent follow principles of ethical consumerism.

See my Facebook and Last.fm profiles for more about me.