Basilgohar: Created my personal page

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My name is Basil Mohamed Gohar. For more extensive personal information, you can probably find out a lot more by visiting my [http://www.basilgohar.com personal website].
=Introduction=
I am currently (at least, as of 2010) a fulltime web developer who works for a small consulting firm in Columbus, Ohio. I am blessed to be able to work in an environment where the work I need to do can be achieved almost exclusively with free (as in freedom) software. However, my normal work doesn't require me to work extensively with multimedia, as I am primarily writing, extending, and maintaining web applications written in PHP and running atop MySQL. I do the vast majority of my multimedia work on the side or in my free time. It is here that I find great value in projects like [[Xiph]] and its sponsored technologies, such as [[Ogg]], [[Theora]], & [[Vorbis]], which allow me to create & share media without restrictions or hidden costs.
=Projects=
I try my best to incorporate free formats into my projects as much as possible, as well as use them as a platform to share free media and educate others about free formats and the need for them.
==Libre Video==
''Libre Video'' is a fledgling website/community I started to promote awareness about the issues surrounding free formats, software patents, and the hidden costs of intellectual property.
==Adam to Akhira==
"Adam to Akhira" was a promotional event held in Cleveland, Ohio in January, 2010, featuring a multitude of speakers, including a couple from AlMaghrib Institute. I mention this here because, with the permission (and to the great pleasure) of the organizers, I posted the audio & video recordings of the entire days worth of events online. While perhaps not amazing in terms of quality (the audio-only records came out well enough, though), the entire production process was done exclusively with free software.
===How it was produced===
All the videos were recorded using my very cheap MiniDV camcorder. The video was recorded straight to my laptop in interlaced DV format. I edited these source

mwEmbed is used to enable in-browser video playback without the explicit use of proprietary software, even in browsers that do not yet support the <video> tag from HTML5.
=External Links=
*[http://www.basilgohar.com/blog HidayahTech (my blog)]
*[http://www.librevideo.org Libre Video]

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