It’s amazing that, when we first started at APU, building dynamically generated sites was a still a debatable decision. It’s fun to see where the world has gone in the last 12 years.

Ran across your site somehow and was pleasantly surprised to find you using linux and contributing to open source projects.

I still remember the scene in the server room in the middle of the night with a broken IIS box on my lap as we were trying to get back up the apu website (mid 90’s).

It feels good to have inspired a website! A very original idea Patricia! Or rather that the philosophy of Ubuntu inspired a website. Will keep track of its growth, let me know when you get rolling on the site. Keep on sharing the milk!

Nicholas

1) I live and pastor in the East LA area. I feed and talk to the people who live under the bridges you drive on as you head to work. Poverty, in our area, touches every ethnicity and culture, especially now that East LA is no longer defined simply by its Hispanic heritage. As I watch the cars pass overhead with people on their way to work, I’ve often wondered how many of those people stop to give something back – especially when it comes to people outside of their cultural group.

2) Hispanics have consistently been at the forefront of bringing the fruits of prosperity back to their community. It seems like every store in my neighborhood has a kiosk for wiring money back to Mexico. That’s part of what I imagine Ubuntu looks like.

So, to use a horrible metaphor, I think we’re on the same street, but coming from different sides of the pavement.

What exactly do you mean by
“I often drive through my “East LA” neighborhood and wonder what Ubuntu would look like here.” I’m Hispanic, and I drive by “East LA” every day on my way to work, and I don’t exactly get the same sense you do. Yes, stereotypically speaking, you can say the majority of Hispanics are poor, and uneducated, but that’s far from the truth. Hispanics contribute a great deal to this country of ours far more than what the media would like us to believe. I, for one, am an Engineer working in the Aerospace and Defense industry for many years, and have made significant contributions. Although some times it’s okay to use generalizations, but we need to be cognizant and take responsibilities when we make them.

As an Ubuntu user myself, I totally love that explanation of the philosophy behind free and open source software.

Thanks so much for sharing that.

Do not know how else to contact you directly, did not want to do this as a post, but was wondering if you would add my blog to your blog roll? I am new to the “getting exposure” to my blog game. I will of course be adding yours. Can you suggest some good practices to get more exposure? Thanks.