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Keywan Najafi Tonekaboni,
I was born in Tehran, Iran, just 20 Days before the first "Persian Gulf War" began. I moved to Germany 1985 to where my father had already escaped (writer is a quite dangerous job in Iran). I lived in Cologne, Wuppertal, Niederrhein and – my favorite – the Ruhrgebiet.
I finished my Bachelor in "Applied Communication- and Media Science" at the University Duisburg-Essen. Since 2008 I try to get familiar with the hills of the Teutoburg Forest. Why I left my beloved Ruhrgebiet? Because I started to study Interdisciplinary Media Science in the maybe ugliest but at the same time most practical University in Bielefeld.
I also started my own
blog and run a planet named
Saturn.
/communication
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Jabber:
prometoys@jwchat.org
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E-Mail:
me@prometoys.net
/articles
I wrote in the last years few articles in different media. Here are some examples:
- Heise Open
- Andrew Tanenbaum's Minix 3 (German - English)
- Gnome conference - breaking new ground, starting from Istanbul (German - English)
- Indymedia Germany
- 22C3: Die Haecksen
- Impressionen vom 22C3
- Genderterror Fanzine
- I was involved in the conception, layout and was co-author of some of the articels. For more information about Genderterror see below.
/projects
GNOME
I started to help a little bit to translate and write documentations for GNOME, a free desktop for Linux, *BSD and other Unix Systems. But unfortunately, I have so much work at the University, that I couldn't find free time to work for GNOME. I hope soon I will have more free time. I also helped on the GNOME conference GUADEC in Kristiansand (2004), Vilanova i la Geltrú (2006) and Istanbul (2008).
/former projects
Of course, I was involved in some projects:
AZ Mülheim
The "Autonomes Zentrum" (autonomous center) is an old indoor horse riding arena, which was adapted to a self-organized culture-centre. There is a lot of space for different projects, parties, groups and concerts. In some of these groups I help or participate.
- Genderterror
- Genderterror was an alternative, non-commercial queerparty. The project continues, but without the party.
- iCafe
- A cheap (maybe soon for free?!), GNU/Linux based internet-cafe. The iCafe is open on weekdays from 2PM - 8PM and it is also used for workshops or for office work by other groups, e.g. the kaschemme.
- Kaschemme - Projekt V
- The Kaschemme is an alternative vegan food co-op, where you can get, as a member, cheap, vegan, usually organic food. But it is also a project to connect people interested in vegan ideas for other projects, like cooking together, demonstrations, parties and so on.
- Penguins Hour
- Penguins Hour was a continous workshop and self-help group around Linux on Desktops. The central aim was to help newbies to use a computer and support themselves. It was also a place where Linux-related questions could be asked and the attendees will help to find a solution. Penguins Hour supported mainly the free software.
- Zeche23 - chaostreff an der ruhr
- This is the local group of the Chaos Computer Club (CCC) in Mülheim. In our monthly meeting we talk about computers, media, privacy and sometimes arrange talks, workshops, or the legendary hacker weekends, called Hackers Hotel. Check out the website for further information.
There are a lot of other activities in the AZ, but I am "just" involved in these four.
IMC NRW
The Independent Media Center NRW (short IMC NRW) is a network or group of people, who are interested and active in independent media work. The focus is on helping out at Indymedia Germany and reporting about social movement actions. But it also should be a network for any kind of independent media activity in Northrhine-Westfalia (a region in western Germany) and not limited to indymedia.org.
Ubuntu Linux
Ubuntu Linux is an Linux Distribution, based on Debian. It use GNOME as default desktop enviroment and aims to provide a operating system, that everybody can use, independent from their language or computer skills or disabilities. I tested unreleased Versions of Ubuntu and wrote bug reports. Also I was a "member" of the Laptop Testing Team and gave feedback about Ubuntu on Acer Travelmate 223 and the last released Apple iBook G4 (12", 1.33GHz).
/.gnupg
You can download my PGP Public Key. If you like, you can also check the Fingerprint, but maybe it's better to check it in real life.
Fingerprint
1F3E 3150 07EC 1044 71B4 CE2E F18F 9550 58D7 6D6E
