howdy Inkscape manual writers
My name is Carl Symons from US-Washington State, Bellingham.
Bellingham is th home of linuxfestnorthwest.org. For several years, I was one of the organizers and did a lot of pieces with Inkscape. On the main page, you can see the iconic LFNW Totem. Originally created in hardcopy with poster paint. I converted it to Inkscape SVG, used for many things including the large version seen on www.linuxfestnorthwest.org/2017/sponsors/world-famous-lfnw-raffle. While you're there, have a look at the World Famous Raffle sign thaht I also also created in Inkscape. Despite creating these, it's easy to imagine what Inkscape is like for someone just getting started...I'm not very skilled, but I have fun.
For several years, worked on KDE news (dot.kde.org), writing (dot.kde.org/2012/10/15/plasma-active-3-improves-performance-brings-new-apps) and editing almost every piece for a couple of years (2010 - 2012)
I'll assist with editing and proofreading as needed.
Carl
Hi Carl,
welcome - great to have you here :D
Looks like you've already made good use of Inkscape in the FLOSS community :)
I'm looking forward to your contributions - oh, hey, you already proofread the first chapter (... *adds Carl to the About page*)!
Maren (fellow FLOSS event-co-organizer, sometimes-news-writer (the Inkscape website could definitely use help there, too!) and Inkscape user)
Am 17.05.2017 um 01:08 schrieb Carl Symons:
My name is Carl Symons from US-Washington State, Bellingham.
Bellingham is th home of linuxfestnorthwest.org. For several years, I was one of the organizers and did a lot of pieces with Inkscape. On the main page, you can see the iconic LFNW Totem. Originally created in hardcopy with poster paint. I converted it to Inkscape SVG, used for many things including the large version seen on www.linuxfestnorthwest.org/2017/sponsors/world-famous-lfnw-raffle. While you're there, have a look at the World Famous Raffle sign thaht I also also created in Inkscape. Despite creating these, it's easy to imagine what Inkscape is like for someone just getting started...I'm not very skilled, but I have fun.
For several years, worked on KDE news (dot.kde.org), writing (dot.kde.org/2012/10/15/plasma-active-3-improves-performance-brings-new-apps) and editing almost every piece for a couple of years (2010 - 2012)
I'll assist with editing and proofreading as needed.
Carl
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On Tuesday, May 16, 2017 5:03:49 PM PDT Maren Hachmann wrote:
Hi Carl,
welcome - great to have you here :D
Looks like you've already made good use of Inkscape in the FLOSS community :)
I've also helped young students (7 - 10 years old) get interested in computers (not videogames) with Inkscape and the HeathenX tutorials. A couple of the students are pretty good.
I'm looking forward to your contributions - oh, hey, you already proofread the first chapter (... *adds Carl to the About page*)!
Yes, I proofed it and made some changes. I did not read the styles manual first, so it might not be exactly correct.
I can be too picky some times; it's okay to suggest that I settle down. It's not bad; I just want things to be right.
Carl
Maren (fellow FLOSS event-co-organizer, sometimes-news-writer (the Inkscape website could definitely use help there, too!) and Inkscape user)
Am 17.05.2017 um 01:08 schrieb Carl Symons:
My name is Carl Symons from US-Washington State, Bellingham.
Bellingham is th home of linuxfestnorthwest.org. For several years, I was one of the organizers and did a lot of pieces with Inkscape. On the main page, you can see the iconic LFNW Totem. Originally created in hardcopy with poster paint. I converted it to Inkscape SVG, used for many things including the large version seen on www.linuxfestnorthwest.org/2017/sponsors/world-famous-lfnw-raffle. While you're there, have a look at the World Famous Raffle sign thaht I also also created in Inkscape. Despite creating these, it's easy to imagine what Inkscape is like for someone just getting started...I'm not very skilled, but I have fun.
For several years, worked on KDE news (dot.kde.org), writing (dot.kde.org/2012/10/15/plasma-active-3-improves-performance-brings-new-ap ps) and editing almost every piece for a couple of years (2010 - 2012)
I'll assist with editing and proofreading as needed.
Carl
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Hi Carl,
maybe checking for consistency / lingual correctness would be something that you'd like to focus on, then?
Inkscape has a glossary in the Wiki, which states the Inkscape-way of expressing things: http://wiki.inkscape.org/wiki/index.php/Inkscape_glossary (and I already know that I have been rather sloppy, when I glance over the glossary - so there's some work to do here... We might also have to change chapter names.).
I believe that it's helping beginners if terminology is consistent over different sources (e.g. this book, other manuals, the Inkscape program itself) - doesn't mean that other words may never be used, but that it should always be clear which one is the official term, e.g. by highlighting it in bold when mentioned the first time. This also gives people better results when they do web searches to learn more.
But any way that you can help with the manual will be useful :) You decide what you want to do and how much.
Maren
Am 18.05.2017 um 02:32 schrieb Carl Symons:
On Tuesday, May 16, 2017 5:03:49 PM PDT Maren Hachmann wrote:
Hi Carl,
welcome - great to have you here :D
Looks like you've already made good use of Inkscape in the FLOSS community :)
I've also helped young students (7 - 10 years old) get interested in computers (not videogames) with Inkscape and the HeathenX tutorials. A couple of the students are pretty good.
I'm looking forward to your contributions - oh, hey, you already proofread the first chapter (... *adds Carl to the About page*)!
Yes, I proofed it and made some changes. I did not read the styles manual first, so it might not be exactly correct.
I can be too picky some times; it's okay to suggest that I settle down. It's not bad; I just want things to be right.
Carl
Maren (fellow FLOSS event-co-organizer, sometimes-news-writer (the Inkscape website could definitely use help there, too!) and Inkscape user)
Am 17.05.2017 um 01:08 schrieb Carl Symons:
My name is Carl Symons from US-Washington State, Bellingham.
Bellingham is th home of linuxfestnorthwest.org. For several years, I was one of the organizers and did a lot of pieces with Inkscape. On the main page, you can see the iconic LFNW Totem. Originally created in hardcopy with poster paint. I converted it to Inkscape SVG, used for many things including the large version seen on www.linuxfestnorthwest.org/2017/sponsors/world-famous-lfnw-raffle. While you're there, have a look at the World Famous Raffle sign thaht I also also created in Inkscape. Despite creating these, it's easy to imagine what Inkscape is like for someone just getting started...I'm not very skilled, but I have fun.
For several years, worked on KDE news (dot.kde.org), writing (dot.kde.org/2012/10/15/plasma-active-3-improves-performance-brings-new-ap ps) and editing almost every piece for a couple of years (2010 - 2012)
I'll assist with editing and proofreading as needed.
Carl
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