Hi, I'm bandali. I am -a free software -activist and a computing scientist. I graduated from the University -of Waterloo with a Master of Mathematics degree -in Computer Science, where I did research in formal logic, model -checking, and verification supervised -by Prof. Nancy Day, with the -main goal of improving software and systems -reliability through application of -formal methods. -My research areas of interest include programming languages, proof -assistants, and their type systems.
+I'm a free software activist [1] and computing scientist [2]. +I'm a GNU maintainer of Jami [3] and GNUzilla and IceCat [4], +and I wear a few other hats around GNU, like helping run the +Savannah forge for GNU and non-GNU projects as a Savannah hacker. -I am currently employed -by Savoir-faire Linux as a -Free Software Consultant, where I get to hack on various parts -of Jami, work with the maintainers of Jami -packages in various GNU/Linux distributions like Debian and Trisquel -to help keep up-to-date the version of Jami available in the official -repositories of those distributions, and generally serve as a -community liaison between the Jami core development team and the wider -free software community around Jami. To be sure, the views or -opinions expressed on this site are solely my own, and do not -necessarily represent those of my employer or anyone else. +[1]: https://www.gnu.org/philosophy/free-sw.html +[2]: https://bndl.org/mmath +[3]: https://jami.net +[4]: https://www.gnu.org/software/gnuzilla/ -On the side, I -enjoy hacking -on elisp -and guile. I'm a -GNU maintainer, -webmaster, -and Savannah -hacker; and an associate -member of the Free Software Foundation (FSF). I'm currently the -chief organizer of the EmacsConf -conference, and the co-host of -the Emacs.el podcast with -Daniel Gopar. I am also a member of -the Systems Committee of the -Computer Science Club of the -University of Waterloo.
+For my $dayjob I work on Jami as a Free Software Consultant at SFL, +where I get to hack on various parts of Jami, and also help maintain +Jami packages for various GNU/Linux distributions. I am also somewhat +of a community liaison between the Jami core development team and the +wider free software community around Jami. To be sure, the views or +opinions expressed here are solely my own, and do not necessarily +represent those of my employer (or anyone else's, for that matter). -Starting in spring 2020, I am an intern with the FSF tech team.
-Here are notes about a variety of topics and issues I care about. -They're also available via - -Atom -and - -RSS feeds.
+[5]: https://stallman.org/articles/on-hacking.html +[6]: https://www.gnu.org/software/emacs/erc.html +[7]: https://emacsconf.org +[8]: https://emacsel.com -Internship with the FSF tech team -(intro) | -May 29, 2020 | -
How I do my Computing | -September 14, 2019 | -
Arch GNU/Linux on MacBook Air 2013 | -November 1, 2016 | -