Jacob Peddicord

Current

• Ubuntu Forums Staff Member at Ubuntu
• Editor, Administrator at Oratos Media

Past

• Technical Consultant at WNY Media
• Ubuntu Ohio Team Leader at Ubuntu

Connections

17 connections

Industry

Computer Software

Websites

• My Website

Jacob Peddicord’s Summary

Have worked with various programming languages on the Web, including PHP, Perl, and Python. Frequently develop using the Django web framework. Created desktop applications in Python and Vala using the GTK+ library.

Have collaborated with others on various Web projects including transferring servers, writing plugins and site engines, server management, optimization, and more.

Frequent work in customer and technical support through face-to-face desktop support, phone support, and support over forums & other Internet mediums.

Jacob Peddicord’s Specialties:

Python, Django, Vala, GTK+, HTML/CSS, PHP, MySQL C, C++, JavaScript, server optimization & caching techniques, server administration, Linux, Debian, Ubuntu, desktop system administration

Jacob Peddicord’s Experience

• Ubuntu Forums Staff Member

  Ubuntu

  (Non-Profit; Computer Software industry)

  January 2008 — Present (2 years )

  Volunteering on the Ubuntu Forums as a staff member. Involves moving posts, handling reports and infractions, moderating tutorials, and trying help make the community the best it can be! :)

• Editor, Administrator

  Oratos Media

  (Privately Held; 1-10 employees; Publishing industry)

  October 2006 — Present (3 years 3 months)

  I write articles on FOSSwire.com relating to free software and tutorials. I also manage the servers behind our network.

• Technical Consultant

  WNY Media

  (Online Media industry)

  July 2009 — November 2009 (5 months)

  Assisted in migration of the media website “wnymedia.net” to a virtual private server from a shared hosting provider. Transferred around 20,000 posts and 90,000 comments from a WordPress MU site into a single WordPress installation. Performed caching and optimization tasks to attain adequate site performance. Wrote redirect rules to ensure old article URLs were properly redirected to new locations. Wrote plugins to display author information on page sidebars.

• Ubuntu Ohio Team Leader

  Ubuntu

  (Non-Profit; Computer Software industry)

  December 2007 — October 2009 (1 year 11 months)

  Led the Ubuntu Ohio LoCo team in events, release parties, and development.
  https://launchpad.net/~ubuntu-us-ohio

Additional Information

Jacob Peddicord’s Websites:

• My Website

Jacob Peddicord’s Interests:

programming, software development, linux, free software, servers

Jacob Peddicord’s Groups:

•    Ohio Linux Fest
•    Official Ubuntu Members

Jacob Peddicord’s Contact Settings

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