Contributor Spotlight and project owners

Amir Bukhari

Amir Bukhari (amirsadig)

" I am now a master's student at University of Karlsruhe (Germany) department of electrical engineering. My favorite hobby is programming (C/C++ & Java). In addition to studying, I work as a programmer at FZI (Research Center for Information Technologies) http://www.fzi.de. I have gained a lot of experience programming Java & microcontrollers at FZI."

Amir has spent many, many hours debugging and fixing X application related issues and his contributions have been invaluable in achieving the goals of the 0.61 release. (January, 2005)

David Weizades

David Weizades (ddew)

" Well, what can I say. General computer geek and I love playing around in different OSes. I'm not nearly as big contributor as Amir, his patches has been great. But I like to think I provide ideas and fairly thorough bugtesting. Retired student at the moment, hoping to begin studies at either Chalmers or MIT in the future. Other than that I love driving and restoring Porsches."

From the very early days, David has been one of the most active contributors and has supported the project in many aspects, including quick answers to installation problems, testing releases and leading and contributing to creative discussions. (February, 2005)

Endo Yasuyuki

Endo Yasuyuki (yasuyuki)

" In 2003, I published a book 'Java 3D Programming Bible'. More than 10 years has passed since I started using OpenGL programming with SGI workstation. The Project Looking Glass realy recalls and bring back the excitement which I have felt at that time. As for me, the chance to do the Java programming recently has unfortunately decreased. These days, it is one of the enjoyments of me one holiday to write some application for the LG3D. My wife took this photograph. I never notice that she took this. (May be this is the very one which shows my character...) "

Yasuyuki's unique approach to a file viewer in his Ls3d incubator project has prompted a lot of discussions within the community and triggered the exploration of collaboration between the community members. Yasuyuki has also contributed extensively to Japanese translation of the website. (May, 2005)

Florian Lemoine

Florian Lemoine (fl0rian)

" I don't know why i'm here but if i know one thing, it's that my contribution is very simple, no code, no implementation, just commit issues, often falses and write few shorts notes for the community in the forum. I appreciate a lot this new form of feel, this possibility to have a real illusion on a screen. LookingGlass is not a revolution but a really metamorphosis of the desktop, and for mind a new way to organize our informatic's custom: double click on the leaf...it's should not be more difficult like that. "

Florian has been contributing to the project for quite a while. He has been testing builds, reporting issues and sharing ideas in the forum. Recently, he unveiled his skills in graphical design. He worked with an LG3D community developer to improve the look of his application. He proactively created collaborative atmosphere within the community. (June, 2005)

Juan González

Juan González (opsi)

" I've been playing with computers since I was 8, and linux (or GNU/Linux as you prefer) is my playground since '98. I love the open source projects, as they allow people like me to get in touch with a lot of smart people, and of course that's the case with LG3D. Currently I'm a CS student at Almeria, in the south of Spain, and well I must admit it's not the best university in the world (nor in the country), but it's sunny here and the beach is near ;) "

Juan has been an active contributor since the early days of the project. He contributed the cool looking 3D Clock(s) which was one of the first incubator applications. This app must have motivated many of the community members to create their own apps. (April, 2005)

Kazuhiro Kazama

Kazuhiro Kazama (kazama)

" I am a senior research engineer at Nippon Telegraph and Telephone Corporation. My research interest is about web information retrieval. Additionally, I was a member of JSR-51 and JSR-204 expert groups in JCP and I contributed to NTT JTeX and Tomcat. I love the concept of LG3D. In this project, I have translated documents into Japanese. I would like to make a new search application on LG3D in the future. Anyway, I love car driving, fishing and playing ukulele! "

Kazuhiro is one of the key contributors in the LG3D Japanese community. Behind the curtain, he keeps the translated pages always updated. Recently he successfully led the LG3D BoF in Java Computing conference in Tokyo, where exciting LG3D apps were demonstrated. (March, 2005)

Kirk Turner

Kirk Turner (gameldar)

" Since leaving uni (with a double major in Biological and Computer science) I've worked for a small software engineering firm, WA Go Online (www.wagoonline.com), as a software engineer come system admin, and more recently I've been doing some security consulting. I'm a big supporter of FOSS and wanted to give something back, so I jumped at the chance of helping out on LG3D - something which I love the concept and future of, and where I can make use of my Java skills. So in between being a husband and dog owner I spend some time working on the project in whatever capcity I can."

Many of you may recognize Kirk's name by his excellent LG3D Tutorial. Or, maybe the challenging 3D Swing Look & Feel project. He is the very first person who submitted JCA, and his contributions since then have been invaluable. (February, 2005)

Phil Dowell

Phil Dowell (phild)

" Currently employed by Sun as a FA / debug engineer in my hometown of Linlithgow, Scotland. Although a truck mechanic to trade, I am A+ and Network+ certified, with no programming expertise other than a wee bit of Java from a half-read book. My other hobbies / passions include my family, graphics / imaging and formula one motor racing. I've been involved with Linux and Project Looking Glass for nearly two years, from the early concept demo, through to jz-core and to where we are today. (And a pleasure all the way)"

As a Sun employee, Phil has been a very early adopter and has been contributing to LG3D even before it was officially a project. His recent contributions include the splash screen and he is always ready to help by answering questions in the forum. (February, 2005)

Pierre Ducroquet

Pierre Ducroquet (pinaraf)

" I don't exactly remember how I discovered Project Looking Glass... Sure, the first time I saw it running on my computer I was stunned ! Since that first test of LG3D, I'm trying to help the project with my limited free time. The better help I found is marketing :). I consider as marketing : news on linuxfr for each release, help on the mailing list, translation of the website in french, and help on the IRC channel (join us !) I'll later try to develop some 3D applications, I'm especially interested in a different mail reader, using a sqlite database for mail storage (and allowing fast searches for instance) "

Pierre has been one of the most active participants at the forum and supporting the community for quite a while. Recently he made huge contributions in French translation. This helps the project get more interest from French speakers world wide. (April, 2005)

Yuichi Sakuraba

Yuichi Sakuraba (sakuraba)

" It's been 10 years since I began to use Java. I still love to use Java. I've been excited by brand-new Java technologies that appears every day. Needless to say, my favorite Java technology is the Project Looking Glass. I made image viewer - Zoetrope, however, I still have various ideas of LG3D application. I'd like to realize the ideas in the near future. In addition, I continue to open the LG3D documents to the public on my web site http://www5.airnet.ne.jp/sakuraba/java/lg3d/index.html (I'm sorry only in Japanese). "

Many people would associate Yuichi with the cool image viewer, Zoetrope. In addition, he is contributing to the Japanese translation project and writes articles on LG3D for magazines. He has been a great LG3D evangelist since the early days of the project. (April, 2005)

Deron Johnson

Deron Johnson (deronj)

" I've been at Sun for 17 years, working on a variety of window system and 3D graphics projects including DRI-type functionality in X11, porting X11 to various Sun graphics devices, OpenGL graphics drivers, and GPU control software. With Looking Glass I'm enjoying the ability to combine these two areas in the same project. I'm responsible for integrating X11 applications into Looking Glass and enhancing the graphics architecture."

Hideya Kawahara

Hideya Kawahara (hideya)

" My background is mainly around Java and J2ME, a Java environment for consumer devices. I happeded to have started prototyping a 3D desktop environment using spare time, which became the conceptual basis of LG3D. In this project, I mainly work on Scene Manager, the client APIs and visual/UI stuff. I'm a big fun of cool looking things. I'm so glad to have this project opened to the community and have a chance to work with you folks to explore the new opportunities."

Paul Byrne

Paul Byrne (paulby)

" I've been at Sun over ten years in which time I've worked extensively with Java and Java 3D, authoring SceneGraphIO, J3dEditor and J3dFly. I'm now the project lead for the core Project Looking Glass platform. My interests lie in creating a powerful platform for the next generation 3D desktop, with special emphasis on development tools for both software developers and content creators."


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