Started out teaching English at Embry-Riddle.
Graded 10,000 essays.
Lesson learned.
Became a mathematics teacher.
Discovered computing.
Never looked back.
Location
Houston TX
Education
Stetson University: B.A., M.A. in English; M.S. in mathematics
Started out teaching English at Embry-Riddle.
Graded 10,000 essays.
Lesson learned.
Became a mathematics teacher.
Discovered computing.
Never looked back.
Location
Houston TX
Education
Stetson University: B.A., M.A. in English; M.S. in mathematics
Unfortunately, not yet - and given that it's been a week, I'm not sure what to expect. To him, I'm just a random on Twitter.
One thing you could try doing is drop a line to Peter Cooper (peter at peterc dot org) and introduce yourself. He's the person behind Ruby Weekly, which is very widely read in the English speaking Ruby world. I have to believe that "My name is Burdette, and I am an #{age} year-old woman sitting on dozens of documentation patches for core Ruby libraries, but I can't get anyone with commit privileges to write me back." is a pretty solid pitch to someone making a good case that they cover Ruby news.
Started out teaching English at Embry-Riddle.
Graded 10,000 essays.
Lesson learned.
Became a mathematics teacher.
Discovered computing.
Never looked back.
Location
Houston TX
Education
Stetson University: B.A., M.A. in English; M.S. in mathematics
Thanks, leastbad, for this thoughtful response. I may be starting to get traction via @ioquatix, and possibly others. I appreciate having another bullet to spend if it's needed. (Oh, and, ponytail notwithstanding, I'm a 77-year-old man.) Also, over at the Weekly, I see articles written by Core Team and by Samuel Willians (@ioquatix). Thanks again.
Started out teaching English at Embry-Riddle.
Graded 10,000 essays.
Lesson learned.
Became a mathematics teacher.
Discovered computing.
Never looked back.
Location
Houston TX
Education
Stetson University: B.A., M.A. in English; M.S. in mathematics
This must be so frustrating. I've tweeted a request at @tenderlove aka Aaron Paterson. He's on the Ruby core team and will hopefully know what to do.
Thanks, @leastbad . @ioquatix has taken an interest, so things are looking up.
Any response from @tenderlove? (A week now and @ioquatix has not merged.)
Unfortunately, not yet - and given that it's been a week, I'm not sure what to expect. To him, I'm just a random on Twitter.
One thing you could try doing is drop a line to Peter Cooper (peter at peterc dot org) and introduce yourself. He's the person behind Ruby Weekly, which is very widely read in the English speaking Ruby world. I have to believe that "My name is Burdette, and I am an #{age} year-old woman sitting on dozens of documentation patches for core Ruby libraries, but I can't get anyone with commit privileges to write me back." is a pretty solid pitch to someone making a good case that they cover Ruby news.
Thanks, leastbad, for this thoughtful response. I may be starting to get traction via @ioquatix, and possibly others. I appreciate having another bullet to spend if it's needed. (Oh, and, ponytail notwithstanding, I'm a 77-year-old man.) Also, over at the Weekly, I see articles written by Core Team and by Samuel Willians (@ioquatix). Thanks again.
Oh gosh, I'm embarrassed. It's a lovely ponytail! :)
Don't be embarrassed. I get lots of mail addressed Ms.