About
Name’s Andrea Matesi, I’m an European citizen (I was born in Italy), I’m 28 years old.
pwrusr.com is my personal weblog; here I’m gonna talk about (extra-)ordinary stuff I perform everyday, at office and at home.
I actually am focused on a company that ships an (interesting) IT appliance.
My work consist of a mix different tasks: System Integrator, System Administrator, Web Master, Quality Assurance, Technical Writer & Support.
- As System Integrator, I carefully assemble an intel X86 IT Appliance UNIX-based; I then install & configure custom patented proprietary modifications.
- My Quality Assurance role range from hardware troubleshooting to client/server software audit. I usually submit detailed and reproducible reports and take care of RMAs.
- I am often asked to produce technical documentation, so I pay attention to detail and document every step with simple and straight words, cleanly differentiating “intro” from “execution” to “conclusions” to appendix.
- As System Administrator, I play with Virtual Machines, I offer my networking knowledge and abilities to bring servers up, to keep backups scheduled and checked every day with specialized tools; usually I am ready to perform recovery when needed and also happy and pleased to offer support to my fellow colleagues.
- On spare time, and periodically, I take care of company’s cool & nice, Joomla powered CMS web site (see http://www.archivist.it); sometimes I also respond directly to Support Requests and/or Forum posts.
- Sometimes I do also graphics…: I’m master on “applied lame techniques™”. I am asked to play with GFX Software toys as GIMP to catch the eye (i.e.: the “ArchiBOX” logo has been done by me, imported from Adobe Illustrator & modified with GIMP).
Outside office I am a WEB Consultant; I aim in creating quality, standards compliant, beautiful & content-rich business Web Sites.
Also I’m able to offer quality suggestions to Companies in need, especially FOSS-related implementations and related ways to spare some bucks.
If for some reasons you need to further inspect my IT-world understanding (or just for curiosity), have a look at my resume: [link still to be posted].
Other stuff I do, just for fun!:
I usually play PC videogames, practice overclocking, hack Linux distros, upgrade my pc hardware and build networks.
I love strange and exotic music, not saying that I enjoy Sci-Fi books and love going to Movies & watching Sci-Fi series.
I also love beer, especially Belgian, Irish and German quality ale.
But the love of my life is my wife, Rosalia.
If you are (or was) a colleague or if you need professional advice, check my LinkedIn profile and see if I may fit:
Enjoy your browsing experience at my blog; if you find errors or read stuff that just don’t make sense (or for any other inquiry), please write me at my address: andreamatesi “at domain” gmail.com (I’ll do my best to keep-up).
All of this blog makes use of the (patented) “cut’n paste english™”. If you wanna use it too, please ask permission first ;-)
…Have Fun :D
Andrea Matesi