The Butt Ugly Weblog

Who am I?

Hello, I am Janne Jalkanen, and this site is my web log (see the BloggerCode for me). This page, however, is is a yet another crappy home page for me. I never learn, do I?

I currently work as a Program Manager at Nokia. However, I am writing as a private person, and nothing written on this blog should be considered an official opinion of the company. I represent myself, not the corporation. (And please don't bother them about me, either. ;-)

If you get a strange urge to talk to me, you can catch me from the following places:

• Email: jalkanen+jspwiki@ecyrd.com (preferred)
• IRC: Ecyrd on IRCNet and Freenet
• AIM: ~RealEcyrd (Yeah, that's dumb or what?)
• MSN: jalkanen@gmail.com (no email, please)
• Myspace: http://www.myspace.com/ecyrd
• Flickr: http://www.flickr.com/photos/ecyrd
• Twitter: http://twitter.com/ecyrd
• Phone: +358-50-ln(239). Use only seven first digits from the ln(). (Yes, this is a very geeky way of announcing your mobile phone number, but hey, consider it a challenge ;-)
• My GPG key
• My CV (pdf, about 100k).

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Some more, perhaps more descriptive things about me

Venture forth on these pages, but be prepared for a sudden boredom attack:

• Twenty Questions - Music Style
• Some dumb tests I've taken over the years
• Why am I writing in English instead of Finnish - my native language?

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My other blogs

I also write to a bunch of other blogs. Here are some of them:

• JSPWiki development blog - JSPWiki development
• The Facility - a fictional blog of something that might or might not be

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Writings

Sometimes I get this urge to blorp out words in a random order. Whenever my SEPU (Self-Esteem Protection Unit) crashes, I put them on the internet:

• On resigning - thoughts on when and why giving up is the better choice
• Permalinks considered harmful - why they just don't cut it right now
• Software Commoditization - why Linux will rule in the end
• Theory Of Social Software
• HydraWiki - what we really, really want Wikis to be
• Let's Face It - the most annoying phrase in English
• Wikis look ugly - or do they? A rebuttal of a meme.
• We Lied To You - a letter to the media industry
• Debugging conversations - why it's not always good to say "but..."

Kirjoitelmia

Jotain olen kirjoittanut myös suomeksi, pääasiassa blogeista:

• Mikä on blogi - lyhyt essee aiheesta
• Miksi välitän bloggauksesta
• Blogit ovat henkilökohtaisia

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Events

Things that form a clear episode of my life: blogged, cut, edited and deep-fried for your viewing pleasure.

• Ropecon 2003
• Trip to Japan 2003
• Emerging Technology 2004

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Stuff that I work on these days

• JSPWiki - an Open Source wiki tool. This site also runs JSPWiki, but in a slightly modified form.
• FinGo - A Finnish go wiki.
• Strange scientific experiments.
• Role playing games
• WikiIdeas
• Kultainen Kuukkeli 2003

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Music

Latest music from last.fm:

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