I've been involved in Jabber since jabberd 0.7 or so. The position statement I wrote when running for the Jabber Council covers more of my history. Yes, I was elected to the Jabber Council in 2002. 1998–
Gabber 2 was my second attempt at a Jabber client. It incorporates some of the user interface ideas and ideals I've been longing for. The Gnome development circles weren't particularly accepting of it because there were other Jabber clients by this time. I decided that a good five years of my life had been spent on Gabber, and it was time to move on and explore other things. 2003–2004
iChat Thought Bubbles is an article I wrote pointing out some of the significant features of Apple's iChat 1.0 release. This was an attempt to point Jabber developers in the right direction. A lot of people seemed to disagree with some of it at first, but now that doesn't seem to be the case. 18 September 2002
Gabber has been my major contribution to the Jabber world. Dave Smith and I created this Gnome 1 Jabber client back in 1999, and it was one of the most popular clients. 1999–2003
Some articles have been written about me and my involvement in Jabber:
Jabber.org interviewed me as developer of the month. 1 September 2002
Salon.com did an article about Sourceforge which featured Gabber. 6 March 2001
LinuxOrbit.com had 10 Questions with Julian Missig of the Gabber project. 2 September 2000
The Wall Street Journal had an article about my first trip to the O'Reilly Open Source Software Convention, Travels with Mom. 4 January 2000