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MAR
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2002
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Takumi AsakiA Short Intro
The InterviewIs there a certain application/set of applications in KDE you are responsible for?No. What else do you do for KDE?I'm one of KDE users. I check the Japanese support for other bugs, and report them. Sometimes I write a patch if I can. How much time do you usually spend on KDE?Hmm. About 20 hour/week. When did you hear of KDE first?After the of release KDE-1.1 TrollTech permitted Junji Takagi to distribute the Japanese patch for Qt-1.X Then the project, which translates KDE into Japanese, started. How and when did you get involved in KDE?I fell in love with Qt when I used it for the first time (Qt 1.0.2?) it was the only C++ class-based GUI toolkit. Do you always use bleeding edge KDE? If so, how did it make you bleed?Yes. I get the source from anonymous-cvs and compile it. What is your favorite KDE application?Konqueror, KMail, Klipper. What is missing badly in KDE?A theme creator. Which section of KDE is underrated and could get more publicity?I think the i18n for multibyte language is underrated. There are some problems in Qt. But sometimes KDE underrates multibyte language development. Make a suggestion to promote KDE.More bug fixes. ;-) Are you being paid to work on KDE?No. Development of KDE is one of my hobbies. Recommend a good book about computing that should be a must read for every aspiring new developer and that isn't on the KDE Books page.The Source Code. :-P According to Linus Torvalds, 95 percent of all software developers believe they are in the top 5 percent when it comes to knowledge and skills. Where are you?50%. If you were a KDE app, which one would you be? Why?Klipper. What does your desktop look like?Mosfet's liquid theme and backgound pix is Toume Kei's (Japanese Comic writer) illustration. What is your favorite KDE Game?Same-game. What resolution is your monitor?1280x1024. What's the app you most want to write?I wrote a renju game for KDE 1.X. I want to port it to KDE3 What was your first computer?SHARP MZ-2000 Japanese computer. Z80/4MHz, 64KB RAM, graphics RAM is option(48KB)! no FDD, it has a tape driver. Personal QuestionsFirst things first. Are you married/do you have a partner? Or are you up for adoption?No. Single. Do you have children?No. What's your favorite board game?Renju. What is under your bed?I have no bed. Tatami is under my bedding. Do you have pets? Names? URL to photos?No. What are your addictions?Phantasy Star Online for DreamCast. It is a Computer Game. What's for breakfast?None or bread. There's a complete power cut and the batteries in your laptop are flat. What do you do?Read a book or sleep. If someone visits your country, which spot is a must-be?Do you have a hobby, other than working on KDE?Listen to music. ]What's your favorite childhood book?Little Polar Bear by Hans de Beer Do you read the comics in the newspaper? Or watch cartoons on tv? What's your favorite comic or cartoon character? URL?Cartoons? Hmm, I like 'JAM the Housenail'. It's Japanese clay animation. What is the most difficult question you could be asked?This interview. ;-p Give us one favorite (non-searchengine/non-tech/non-Linux/non-KDE) URL.http://www.kt.rim.or.jp/~snark/ Japanese Lewis Carroll's fan site. QuickiesCoke or Pepsi? |