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<td>      </td> <td valign="top"><span class="title">Robert Kaye</span> [ <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20030413084852/http://www.mayhem-chaos.net/">home</a> | <a href="/web/20030413084852/http://musicbrainz.org/moderator.html?user=rob">profile</a> | <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20030413084852/http://www.mayhem-chaos.net/blog.html">blog</a> | IRC nick 'ruaok' ] <br><br> Robert is a die hard MP3 fan dedicated to improving the digital audio experience. After studying Computer Engineering at <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20030413084852/http://www.calpoly.edu/">Cal Poly</a> he joined <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20030413084852/http://www.xingtech.com/">Xing Technology</a> where he was part of the MP3 team and served as the development manager for the AudioCatalyst project. While at EMusic, Robert has been working on the <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20030413084852/http://www.zinf.org/">Zinf</a> (formerly FreeAmp) and <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20030413084852/http://obsbox.sf.net/">Obsequeiuem</a> projects, besides working on MusicBrainz. Robert is currently self-employed doing contract programming work here and there. <p> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20030413084852/http://svcs.affero.net/rm.php?r=mayhem"><img src="/web/20030413084852im_/http://musicbrainz.org/images/affero-feedback.gif" style="float: right; margin: .25em;" border="0"></a> If you like the work that Robert has done and would like to help him continue doing his work, please consider contributing to his personal <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20030413084852/http://mayhem-chaos.net/contribute.html">contribution box</a> or donating to Robert's favorite causes by clicking on the Affero button on the right. </p> </td> </tr> <tr> <td colspan="3">   </td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top"><img src="/web/20030413084852im_/http://musicbrainz.org/images/johan.jpg" alt="[Johan]"></td> <td>      </td> <td valign="top"><span class="title">Johan Pouwelse</span> [ <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20030413084852/http://pds.twi.tudelft.nl/~pouwelse">home</a> | <a href="/web/20030413084852/http://musicbrainz.org/moderator.html?user=root">profile</a> | IRC nick 'root' ] <br><br> Johan is the owner of the <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20030413084852/http://www.mp3.nl/">MP3.nl</a> web site that is home to an extensive music database. With extensive UNIX experience, client/server programming and compression technology he developed several programs to use MP3 technology in new ways. His current project is adding MTV like Info Facts and Say What functionality to MP3 files. <p> A firm believer in the GNU Public License, he publishes the source code of all his work. Currently he is working on his Ph.D. at the <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20030413084852/http://www.tudelft.nl/">Technical University of Delft</a> and applying audio compression in his research. Obtained a Cum Laude masters degree after only two years of study at the same university. </td> </tr> <tr> <td colspan="3">   </td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top"><img src="/web/20030413084852im_/http://musicbrainz.org/images/dave.jpg" alt="[Dave]"></td> <td>      </td> <td valign="top"> <div> <span class="title">David Evans</span> [ <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20030413084852/http://djce.org.uk/">home</a> | <a href="/web/20030413084852/http://musicbrainz.org/moderator.html?user=djce">profile</a> | IRC nick 'djce' ] </div> <p> After a BSc in mathematics at <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20030413084852/http://www.soton.ac.uk/">Southampton University</a>, David first worked for <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20030413084852/http://www.watford.co.uk/">Watford Electronics</a> for a year before moving on to <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20030413084852/http://www.csc.com/"><abbr title="Computer Sciences Corporation">CSC</abbr></a>, where he coded in C against Ingres, Informix and Oracle databases.  After three years there, David went to work for Transatlantic Software, where he gained experience in SQL Server and UNIX before working on database-driven web sites written in Perl.  Since December 2000 David has worked for <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20030413084852/http://powernet.co.uk/">Power Internet</a> where he specialises in implementing web sites using <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20030413084852/http://httpd.apache.org/">Apache</a> and <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20030413084852/http://perl.apache.org/">mod_perl</a> on <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20030413084852/http://kernel.org/">Linux</a>. </p> <p> After finding MusicBrainz in July 2002 (and then promptly losing it again until October), David now does most of the MusicBrainz server programming. </p> <p> Although somewhat rusty through lack of practice, David can still play the violin.  Just about. </p> </td> </tr> </table> <hr> <p> There are many more people to mention, so here are just a few of them.  Please note that they're only here at the bottom of the page because we don't have mugshots and brief bios for them right now.  </p> <dl> <dt style="margin-top: 1em"> <b>Neil Cafferkey</b> [ <a href="/web/20030413084852/http://musicbrainz.org/moderator.html?user=neil">profile</a> ] </dt> <dd> Neil is our "Style Dude", which means that whenever we wonder what would be the best way to enter data into the system, we ask Neil to decree on what the Right Thing To Do is.  Of course, Neil is one of our <a href="/web/20030413084852/http://musicbrainz.org/topmods.html">top moderators</a>. </dd> <dt style="margin-top: 1em"> <b>Myers W Carpenter</b> [ <a href="/web/20030413084852/http://musicbrainz.org/moderator.html?user=myers">profile</a> | IRC nick 'icepick' ] </dt> <dd> Myers is the driving force behind the Python parts of the client library, and also works on the <a href="">tunetagger</a>. </dd> <dt style="margin-top: 1em"> <b>Duane Harkness</b> [ <a href="/web/20030413084852/http://musicbrainz.org/moderator.html?user=Go186K">profile</a> ] </dt> <dd> Duane is one of our top moderators, and often asks challenging questions about moderation. </dd> <dt style="margin-top: 1em"> <b>Luke Harless</b> [ <a href="/web/20030413084852/http://musicbrainz.org/moderator.html?user=lukeh">profile</a> ] </dt> <dd> Luke's speciality is identifying bad data in the MusicBrainz database.  One of our top moderators. </dd> <dt style="margin-top: 1em"> <b>John Murphy</b> [ <a href="/web/20030413084852/http://musicbrainz.org/moderator.html?user=jmurphy">profile</a> ] </dt> <dd> John is the most prolific MusicBrainz moderator, by quite some margin. </dd> <dt style="margin-top: 1em"> <b>Frank Schickel</b> [ <a href="/web/20030413084852/http://musicbrainz.org/moderator.html?user=schickel">profile</a> ] </dt> <dd> Frank is one of the top MusicBrainz moderators, and is the author of the <a href="/web/20030413084852/http://musicbrainz.org/mod_faq.html">moderation FAQ</a>. </dd> <dt style="margin-top: 1em"> <b>Jeff Simmons</b> [ <a href="/web/20030413084852/http://musicbrainz.org/moderator.html?user=jsimmons">profile</a> | IRC nick 'jsimmons' ] </dt> <dd> Jeff is our system administrator.  He looks after the server, monitors it, and generally keeps it in good health. </dd> <dt style="margin-top: 1em"> <b>Sander van Zoest</b> [ <a href="/web/20030413084852/http://musicbrainz.org/moderator.html?user=svanzoest">profile</a> | IRC nick 'SvanZoest' ] </dt> <dd> Sander has created Perl bindings for the client library, which you can find on CPAN.  [<a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20030413084852/http://search.cpan.org/author/SVANZOEST/">Sander's CPAN page</a>] </dd> <dt style="margin-top: 1em"><b>And finally ...</b></dt> <dd> MusicBrainz wouldn't be the same without its user community.  These people are also amongst its most prominently active members: <a href="/web/20030413084852/http://musicbrainz.org/moderator.html?user=ScottM87"><b>Scott McClure</b></a> ('scottmc'), <b>Paul Sharpe</b> ('soccos'), <a href="/web/20030413084852/http://musicbrainz.org/moderator.html?user=rjmunro"><b>Robert J Munro</b></a> ('rjmunro').  Finally, keep a look out for <b>Isaac Richards</b> ('Chutt') and <b>Sean Ward</b> ('sward') from <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20030413084852/http://www.relatable.com/">Relatable</a>, our valued partners <tt>:-)</tt> </dd> </dl> <div style="margin-top: 1em"> </div> </td> </tr> </table> </td> </tr> </table> <div id="FooterBar"> <table width="100%" cellpadding="2" cellspacing="0" border="0"> <tr> <td width="10%">   </td> <td width="15%"> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20030413084852/http://www.creativecommons.org/">Creative Commons</a> </td> <td width="15%"> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20030413084852/http://www.eff.org/"><abbr title="Electronic Frontier Foundation">EFF</abbr></a> </td> <td width="15%"> 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