Hey,
I was also looking forward to help. I'm a hobbyist coder (can do minor hacks), and also willing to help with any on wiki work which maybe relatively less important to you. 

Regards,
Konarak Ratnakar

> From: lydia.pintscher@wikimedia.de
> Date: Fri, 30 Mar 2012 23:49:14 +0200
> To: wikidata-l@lists.wikimedia.org
> Subject: Re: [Wikidata-l] Introduction
>
> On Fri, Mar 30, 2012 at 5:29 PM, Hoolihan, Tim <tim@hoolihan.net> wrote:
> > Hello,
> > I am interested in contributing time to the Wikidata project. I'm CTO for a
> > consulting company in Ohio (USA), and come from a custom application
> > development background. I have a strong background in web applications and
> > relational databases, and have been recently working with non-relational
> > databases, mobile applications and distributed data tools (ie Hadoop).
> >
> > I am relatively new to the semantic web area, but would like to find a way
> > to help with the project. It would seem logical to try to help with coding
> > and / or documentation type tasks, but I'm open to suggestions. I read
> > through the the project info and FAQs. Per
> > http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikidata/FAQ#How_can_I_get_involved.3F, I'm
> > asking how I can help.
> > -Tim Hoolihan
> >
> > Twitter: thoolihan
> > Freenode: thoolihan
>
> That's awesome, Tim!
> Please give me until early next week to get back to you with details.
> I need to sort out a few things first. Since the project only starts
> for real on Monday I will still need a bit to see where your help
> would be used best. If you want you can send me some things you've
> worked on here or off-list in the meantime.
>
>
> Cheers
> Lydia
>
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