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I'm a baby-boomer Canadian currently working in China. I've spent two substantial chunks of my career as an English teacher — 1978-83 and 2002-10 — mainly because that is a good way to support travel. At other times I've worked in computing, mostly as a technical writer but a bit of everything else too. My current job is as a technical editor in the Computer Science & Engineering department at [[Shanghai Jiaotong University]], improving the English in papers that faculty or graduate students are about to submit to journals or conferences. | I'm a baby-boomer Canadian currently working in China. I've spent two substantial chunks of my career as an English teacher — 1978-83 and 2002-10 — mainly because that is a good way to support travel. At other times I've worked in computing, mostly as a technical writer but a bit of everything else too. My current job is as a technical editor in the Computer Science & Engineering department at [[Shanghai Jiaotong University]], improving the English in papers that faculty or graduate students are about to submit to journals or conferences. | ||
I am quite active on Wikitravel, where I'm an admin | I am quite active on Wikitravel, where I'm an admin. See [http://wikitravel.org/en/User:Pashley my Wikitravel user page]. An article there that I am proud of is on [http://wikitravel.org/en/Retiring_abroad retiring abroad]. I sometimes contribute to other wikis as well. | ||
I am very interested in and involved with computer security and cryptography. | I am very interested in and involved with computer security and cryptography. | ||
Revision as of 04:35, 17 April 2012
Where Sandy lives it is approximately: 02:08
I'm a baby-boomer Canadian currently working in China. I've spent two substantial chunks of my career as an English teacher — 1978-83 and 2002-10 — mainly because that is a good way to support travel. At other times I've worked in computing, mostly as a technical writer but a bit of everything else too. My current job is as a technical editor in the Computer Science & Engineering department at Shanghai Jiaotong University, improving the English in papers that faculty or graduate students are about to submit to journals or conferences.
I am quite active on Wikitravel, where I'm an admin. See my Wikitravel user page. An article there that I am proud of is on retiring abroad. I sometimes contribute to other wikis as well.
I am very interested in and involved with computer security and cryptography.
I wrote most of the documentation for the FreeS/WAN project which is a Linux implementation of the IPsec encryption protocols. I have permission to re-use that text here (see User_talk:Sandy_Harris/Permission). I wrote a Citizendium article on FreeS/WAN and one on the cypherpunk ideas behind it.
My Erdös number is five via Carlisle Adams, Michael Wiener and Ron Rivest.
At CZ, I am an editor in the Computers Workgroup. For more detailed background, see User:Sandy_Harris/Editor. For a list of articles where I have been the main or only writer, see User:Sandy_Harris/Articles.