updated the readme

README.md

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-# a resume in LaTeX
+# My resume in LaTeX
 
- * is maybe a template for yours :)
+ * is maybe the basis for yours :)
  * view the resulting [pdf file](https://github.com/cies/resume/raw/master/cies-breijs-resume.pdf)
- * shows you how to make it compile on a recent ubuntu
+ * easy to compile (with nice fonts and all) on a recent Ubuntu
 
-i've looked at most -- if not all -- of the [LaTeX](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/LaTeX) resumes and templates, but not quite liked them. i picked [the best i could find](http://www.toofishes.net/blog/tags/latex) and adapted it to my taste.
+I've looked at most -- if not all -- of the [LaTeX](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/LaTeX) resumes and templates I could find on the internet, but not quite liked any of them.  I picked [the best i could find](http://www.toofishes.net/blog/tags/latex) and adapted it to fit my ideas about graphic design and typography.
 
-go ahead and fork it.. `:)`  i dont really feel like making it into
-'library'.
+Go ahead and fork it.. `:)`  I dont really feel like making it into 'library'.
 
-i like typesetting, so naturally did my best. it uses the pagella font
-that is often used for books (with 'low case numbers' -- i love those).
+As I love typesetting, I naturally did my best. It uses the TeX Gyre Pagella font
+that is often used for books (with 'low case numbers' -- as I love those).
 
-except the h-lines and some bullets everything is made of text. uses
-hyper-refs where applicable, in dark blue so 'print safe'.
+Except the h-lines and some bullets everything is made of text.  It uses hyper-refs where applicable, all in dark blue so 'print safe'.
 
-everything it relies on is open source.
+Everything it relies on is open source and `apt-get`able in recent
+versions of Ubuntu.
 
 
 
-# installing and compiling on ubuntu
+# Installing and compiling on ubuntu
 
-to generate a pdf from this file in ubuntu:
+To generate a `pdf` in recent Ubuntu versions do:
 
         sudo apt-get install texlive-xetex tex-gyre texlive-latex-recommended
         xelatex cies-breijs-resume
 
-i don't use `pdflatex` but `XeTeX` since it allows me to use gyre pagella's lowercase numbers.
+I don't use `pdflatex` but `XeTeX` since it allows me to use Pagella's lowercase numbers.
 
 
 
-# todo
+# ToDo
 
-  * separate file for command definitions (can collaborate on that
-    file with forks)
+  * (none at the moment)
 
 
-# tada
+# TaDa
 
-  * ligatures (not very noticable with the gyre/pagella font, one couldtry libertine or hoefler)
+  * separate file for command definitions (so we can collaborate on that file using forks and pull-requests)
+  * ligatures (not very noticable with the Pagella font, one could try Libertine or Hoefler)
   * old style numbers (had to make the apostrophes look nice on double-digit years)
   * cleanup the tex file: some repetitive stuff can move into functions
 
 
 
-# terms of sharing
+# Terms of sharing
 
-feel free to copy it, or even better fork(!) it, because the LaTeX source code of this project is [GPLv3](http://www.gnu.org/licenses/quick-guide-gplv3.html) licensed.
+Feel free to use, copy, fork, share, study and/or modify it because the LaTeX source code of the `resume-commands.tex` file is [GPLv3](http://www.gnu.org/licenses/quick-guide-gplv3.html) licensed.
 
-the text of my resume [CC-NC-ND](http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/) licensed.
+The text of my resume in the `cies-breijs-resume.tex` file is [CC-NC-ND](http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/) licensed.