Emma Jane Hogbin (born May 2, 1977) is a Canadian

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and

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who lives in

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. As of 2009, she was active in

Drupal Drupal () is a free and open-source web content management system (CMS) written in PHP and distributed under the GNU General Public License. Drupal provides an open-source back-end framework for at least 14% of the top 10,000 websites worldwide ...

Drupal Voices 60: Emma Jane Hogbin on Theming and Bazaar version control
. Retrieved 2010-02-28. and the Bazaar version control system in different capacities and has contributed documentation to the

Linux Documentation Project The Linux Documentation Project (LDP) is a dormant all-volunteer project that maintains a large collection of GNU and Linux-related documentation and publishes the collection online. It began as a way for hackers to share their documentation with ...

.The Linux Documentation Project Weekly News, Issue 15
Published 2004-04-14. Retrieved 2010-02-28. In 2010 She also spoke at various events on a range of technical and social topics.Port Elgin Skills Canada Networking Dinner - Event Summary Report
. Published 2008-05-14. Retrieved 2010-02-28.Form an Orderly Queue, Ladies.
Talk given at OSCON. Published 2008-07-24. Retrieved 2010-02-28. She is a member of Ubuntu Women,Emma Jane Hogbin's home page on the Ubuntu Women Wiki
. Published 2008-01-14. Retrieved 2010-02-28. a group devoted in part to "Encouraging women to participate, for example, to learn to create new FLOSS software (or revamp existing software), not only to use Linux software, but to integrate backwards and learn more about it."Ubuntu Women - Home
. Retrieved 2010-02-28. Hogbin unsuccessfully ran for the

Green Party of Canada The Green Party of Canada () is a federal political party in Canada, founded in 1983 with a focus on green politics. The Green Party is currently the fifth largest party in the House of Commons by seat count. It elected its first member of ...

in the Ontario riding of Bruce-Grey-Owen Sound during the 2011 federal election.

Unicorn Law

Hogbin formulated the " Unicorn Law", named by herself and Gabrielle Roth in 2009. The law states: In late 2010, the Unicorn Law was controversially referenced on T-shirts for the Haecksen conference, a mini-conf preceding Australia's

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2011.

Politics

Hogbin has been interested in politics from an early age. In 1991, she served as a Legislative Page to the

35th Legislative Assembly of Ontario The 35th Legislative Assembly of Ontario was in session from September 6, 1990, until April 28, 1995, just prior to the 1995 Ontario general election, 1995 general election. The majority party was the Ontario New Democratic Party led by Bob Rae ...

.Hansard Issue: l036
Published 1991-05-27. Retrieved 2010-02-28. In 1998 she served as a Legislative Usher to the 36th Legislative Assembly of Ontario.Hansard Issue: L033a
Published 1998-06-25. Retrieved 2010-02-28. She continues to be politically active through her

Web development Web development is the work involved in developing a website for the Internet (World Wide Web) or an intranet (a private network). Web development can range from developing a simple single static page of plain text to complex web applications, ...

consultancy and has built the campaign

Web site A website (also written as a web site) is any web page whose content is identified by a common domain name and is published on at least one web server. Websites are typically dedicated to a particular topic or purpose, such as news, education, ...

s for

Shane Jolley Shane Jolley (born 1971/72) is a Canadian politician, small-business owner, and cycling advocate. From 2008 to 2011, Jolley served as the male deputy leader for the Green Party of Ontario.Jackson, Jonathon"Jolley named deputy leader of Ontario Gr ...

Open for (small) Business.
Retrieved 2010-02-28. and Dick Hibma. On March 25, 2010, she announced that she had filed to run for the

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nomination to be a candidate for the riding of Bruce-Grey-Owen Sound in the 2011 federal election. On May 2, she was defeated, having received 5,092 votes.

Technology

Hogbin is active in the world of

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, specifically in

and operates a

freelance ''Freelance'' (sometimes spelled ''free-lance'' or ''free lance''), ''freelancer'', or ''freelance worker'', are terms commonly used for a person who is self-employed and not necessarily committed to a particular employer long-term. Freelance w ...

consulting A consultant (from "to deliberate") is a professional (also known as ''expert'', ''specialist'', see variations of meaning below) who provides advice or services in an area of specialization (generally to medium or large-size corporations). Cons ...

business.

Free software

Hogbin is an accomplished contributor to

projects in terms of documentation of software,emmajame - CIA.vc
. Retrieved 2010-02-28.

(such as for the Bazaar version control system

RFC: Bazaar Web site Home Page Redesign
Emma Jane Hogbin, 2009-08-05. Mailing list thread. Retrieved 2010-02-28.) and talks.Writing Effective Self Help Guides for World Domination
. Published 2010-01-22. Retrieved 2010-02-28.
. Published 2008-03-30. Retrieved 2010-02-28. She has written articles for

Full Circle Magazine ''Full Circle'' is a free distribution Portable Document Format magazine that was founded by Ronnie Tucker in April 2007. It is released on the last Friday of every month in PDF, EPUB ebook format and also on the Issuu electronic publishing plat ...

on women in the

Ubuntu Ubuntu ( ) is a Linux distribution based on Debian and composed primarily of free and open-source software. Developed by the British company Canonical (company), Canonical and a community of contributors under a Meritocracy, meritocratic gover ...

community, and is a co-author of the book ''Front End Drupal''.Front End Drupal: Designing, Theming, Scripting
Retrieved 2010-02-28.

Career

Hogbin runs HICK Tech, a service business providing

education Education is the transmission of knowledge and skills and the development of character traits. Formal education occurs within a structured institutional framework, such as public schools, following a curriculum. Non-formal education als ...

and

services.HICK Tech
Web site. Retrieved 2010-02-28. Included in the work she has done is

Web design Web design encompasses many different skills and disciplines in the production and maintenance of websites. The different areas of web design include web graphic design; user interface design (UI design); authoring, including standardised code a ...

development for the Language Evaluation and Assessment Project and Collaborative Environment for Language Learning projects at the

University of Toronto The University of Toronto (UToronto or U of T) is a public university, public research university whose main campus is located on the grounds that surround Queen's Park (Toronto), Queen's Park in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. It was founded by ...

,Dominique Sheffel-Dunand CV
. Retrieved 2010-02-28. and work for Canadian Department of Foreign and National Affairs.Foreign Policy Dialogue - Partners - More Credits
Retrieved 2010-02-28. HICK Tech has done two technology conferences for rural Canada, HICKTech 2007 and HICKTech 2008.HICK Tech Forum , HICK Tech
. Retrieved 2010-02-28.HICK Tech 2008 , HICK Tech
. Retrieved 2010-02-28.

Personal life

Hogbin enjoys crafting activities. She has been featured for her work as an amateur bookbinderphotojunkie » Strange Little Girl : Emma binds it DIY style
. Published 2005-09-07. Retrieved 2010-02-28. and knitting.
. Published 2008-08-28. Retrieved 2010-02-28. Hogbin is known for being the first person on record to apply the

GNU General Public License The GNU General Public Licenses (GNU GPL or simply GPL) are a series of widely used free software licenses, or ''copyleft'' licenses, that guarantee end users the freedom to run, study, share, or modify the software. The GPL was the first ...

to a

knitting Knitting is a method for production of textile Knitted fabric, fabrics by interlacing yarn loops with loops of the same or other yarns. It is used to create many types of garments. Knitting may be done Hand knitting, by hand or Knitting machi ...

pattern.Drupal Knitting Charts , emmajane.net
. Retrieved 2010-02-28.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Hogbin, Emma Janel Ontario candidates for Member of Parliament Green Party of Canada candidates in the 2011 Canadian federal election Women in Ontario politics Living people Canadian technology writers People from Grey County People from Owen Sound People in knitting 1977 births Women technology writers 21st-century Canadian women politicians Canadian expatriates in the United Kingdom