Hi,

I'm one of the latest faces in the MP dev group. As I yet have to make my first line of code in an official MP release, I don't consider myself a real MP dev and I think you have to work for such an honour which I haven't done so yet.

I'm a 31 year old, Danish engineer in computer science with a special interest in software design and the .NET framework. I work for a large (in Danish scale) software company where I'm currently hired in the security department. I work mainly with ASP.NET applications but have also worked with webservices and on larger Winform apps.

In my years at the university I got more and more interested in music. Especially local and British indie bands had my attention and I always had to check out the latest alternative bands. I ripped my whole music collection down on the harddrive, downloaded (legal) bootlegs and invested in a pair of good speakers so i could get the music and lyrics just right. However, I hadn't always luck to get the lyrics right the first time when I was listening, and that annoyed me quite a bit.

In the mean time I downloaded this .NET based open-source project 'MediaPortal' which I found quite interesting. I had discovered that you could write your own plugins. As I just had enterred a company where I had to achieve .NET skills (worked with various PL's before, but never the one from M$) I found it would be a good way to enhance my .NET skills. Accordingly, I started to implement a MP plugin to manage lyrics inside MediaPortal. I believe it was in spring 2006 and I've been "around" MediaPortal every since.

We now have a dedicated HTPC in our living room where MP is THE application we use. My girlfriend loves to see her series and I like just everything about it. Except the architecture of MP-I which has been become outdated as the app has evolved. I have never been motiviated to deep into the stomach of MP-I as I knew it would take a lot of time to get familiar with all corners. I really like the design of MP-II and finds in the perspective the motivation to contribute the best I can, develope a plugin or two, and in generel work with MP-II architecture. Let's see how things turns out. Viva MediaPortal!