== Introduction & Contact ==Well Hello Everyone,
[[OSD600 Notes]]'''Andrew Grimo'''
Looking forward to joining in with all Professor at School of you here at Computer Studies,Seneca College in the Open Source Development programs for either the degree or diploma programs. The introductory talk from Chris and David was very inspiring and I'm very much looking forward to linking in with the world wide open source development community. I grew up in sort of a small, but popular town, and really feel I have a connection with a community much larger in scale than that place. The whole world community sounds good to me for now... at least until we as a race extend ourselves further.
I look forward to developing, contributing and requesting help from all of you. Office Room# 2095
Andrew GrimoPhone# 416-491-5050 ext.????
Email: [[Thunderbird_Multi-touch_Gesture_Support_for_OS_X#Project_Newsmailto:andrew.grimo@senecac.on.ca andrew.grimo@senecac.on.ca]] RELEASE 0.1 - Thunderbird Multi-touch for Mac
== Background ==My first IT experience was at an MP3 dotIRC: andrewgrimo [irc://irc.com company where a series of lay-offs in the IT department led me to the position of Jr. System Admin. Everything that was needed to learn was done on the job without any previous background. With this job I used Red Hat Linux version 7.1 for server administration, but also for my desktop computer at work. This was my second OS to learn second to the Mac, which I started using at v7.6 a number of years prior. Unfortunately after further layoffs, three quarters of a year later that job finished, my son was born in Kingston and I moved out of Toronto leaving my IT and music production worlds behindmozilla. org/%23Seneca #seneca]
Currently sharpening my IT skills back in Toronto and looking forward to completing OSD600 and Seneca's CPA program to eventually land a job in the Toronto downtown core. I've become a fan of the counter-intuitive nature of open-source development and gain satisfaction from the idea of making money from developing something that will eventually be given away for free.
== Current Project ==For more official information about courses I am teaching, go to my Computer Studies Homepage: [https://cs.senecac.on.ca/~andrew.grimo/ cs/~andrew.grimo]
[[Thunderbird Multi-touch Gesture Support for OS X]]== Background ==
Bugzilla report My first education was in music recording and production, including audio for my project: [https://bugzillavideo and film.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=465257 https://bugzilla I worked in a few studios, earned a gold record for an album where I was a production assistant.mozilla My specialization was in digital audio editing.org Simple put, I made a musicians performance in the studio perfect by removing errors and altering/show_bugtightening their timing.cgi?id=465257]
== Contributions My first IT experience was at an MP3 dot com company where a series of lay-offs in the IT department led me to Projects ==the position of Jr. System Admin. Everything that was needed to learn was done on the job without any previous background. With this job I used Red Hat Linux version 7.1 for server administration across the company, but also for my desktop computer at work. This was my second OS to learn second to the Mac, which I started using at Mac OSv7.6 (prior to Apple's MacOSX freebsd unix system). Years later after supporting small offices in a Windows environment I acquired my A+ certification.
Done* Assisting [[User:Tyrant911 | Alex]] with getting focused on his processing stuffAs a graduate of Seneca's Computer Programming and Analysis Co-op diploma, [http://andrewgrimo.wordpressI am now teaching here and working a full-time job as a mainframe database administrator. Just like working at the MP3 dot com/2009/10/14/back-to-the-javascript/ the blog].* Assisting on some test cases for Processing.js with [http://zenit.senecac.company, I learned everything needed while on.ca/wiki/index.php/User:Asalga#Available_Contributions Asalga's subset() function]* Updated the [https://wiki.mozillajob as a DBA.org/Education/Learning/XpcomComponents XPCom lab] to better reflect changes to dynamically created directories
To do* Fixing an old Firefox Mac [https://bugzillaYour capacity to continuously learn as a result of this program will be your second most important asset.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=286304 Bug286304] The first that should be emphasized, is your capacity to communicate and work with others, particularly during your co-op placements as these can be incredible opportunities for employers to get to help [[User:Anna.sobiepanek | annasob's]] [http://matrix.senecac.onknow you.ca/~asobiepa/Processing/noCursor Your soft skills will catch the attention of potential employers at co-op placements, and then your technical capacity can shine through.html noCursor function] Good luck toward you all with your initial jobs in processingthis industry and your continuing success.js
* Develop a [http://textpattern.org/plugins Textpattern php plugin] to serve a directory listing of files as links for a Charitable group in Kingston.
== Blog (not currently updated) ==http://andrewgrimo.wordpress.com/category/open-source/
== Labs ==There are a number of things that I did do, but didn't post a blog on or keep track of as I was still trying to figure out how things got submitted (it didn't mean it wasn't mentioned, maybe even multiple times)http://andrewgrimo. wordpress.com/
Week 1 - New York Times article review and [http://andrewgrimo.wordpress.com/2009/09/10/hello-world/ my first blog]. Week 2 - Status call, [http://andrewgrimo.wordpress.com/2009/09/16/phone-conferences-as-a-valuable-communication-method/ blog review on Open Source Communication]. Week 3 - Building Firefox on my Mac, [http://andrewgrimo.wordpress.com/2009/09/22/mozilla-build-on-mac-osx-10-5/ a blog]. Week 5 - [http://andrewgrimo.wordpress.com/2009/10/13category/open-source-living-a-bugs-life/ Blog on Bugs], tracking a bug, tracking a user, the bug concept and lingo. Week 7 - [http://andrewgrimo.wordpress.com/2009/11/16/back-to-the-javascript-part-2/ Blog on Javascript and Doug Crawford]... I bought the book... and it's great! Week 8 - Modifying tabbing in Firefox, [http://andrewgrimo.wordpress.com/2009/11/05/reversing-added-tabs-on-firefox/ My Blog of my adventure] and [http://matrix.senecac.on.ca/~agrimo/osd/reverseTabFF3.7.patch The link to the patch]. Break Week - [http://andrewgrimo.wordpress.com/2009/11/02/fsoss-community-and-networking-with-others/ FSOSS Blog] ... a look at community. Week 9 - Modifying tabbing in Firefox via Extensions!, [http://andrewgrimo.wordpress.com/2009/11/15/reversing-firefox-tabs-as-an-extension/ My hybrid Text/Video Blog] and [http://matrix.senecac.on.ca/~agrimo/osd/AddTabLeft.xpi The link to the Extension itself]. It works best in Firefox 3.5.5. week 10 - [http://andrewgrimo.wordpress.com/2009/12/07/mozilla-xpcom-learning-lab/ XPCom Lab blog] for working with interfaces and xpcom components in Mozilla via a build oriented extension. == Contact ==Main Email: [mailto:agrimo@learn.senecac.on.ca agrimo@learn.senecac.on.ca] Alternate Email: [mailto:grimo@mac.com grimo@mac.com] IRC: andrewgrimo [irc://irc.mozilla.org/%23Seneca #seneca]
