Re: [CODE4LIB] Code4Lib North 2015 meet up?
+1 also! Yes! On Mon, Jan 5, 2015 at 10:30 AM, William Denton w...@pobox.com wrote: On 5 January 2015, Tim Ribaric wrote: Is anyone interested in hosting the Code4Lib North 2015 meeting? I was going to volunteer and have St. Catharines ON be the place for this year but if someone has a desire to host I will graciously defer. Similarly if anyone is willing to help me run the event I'd be happy for the help. +1 for St. Catharines and for volunteering! There's interesting digital humanities and augmented reality work being done at Brock (eg Kevin Kee and John Bonnett) and if some connections were made there it'd be extra fun. Brock'll be easy for people from upstate New York to get to, as well. Bill -- William Denton ↔ Toronto, Canada ↔ https://www.miskatonic.org/
Re: [CODE4LIB] Ruby on Windows
My *guess* is (and more sophisticated Rubyists can chime in and tell me I'm wrong) is that the gems that are failing on your Windows install are the gems that have Unix-ish dependencies -- e.g., the Blather gem wants to compile something in C and is looking for gcc or make or something you don't have, and the gems that work are the gems that are pure Ruby. jf On Tue, Oct 1, 2013 at 4:07 PM, Jeremy M Prevost j-prev...@northwestern.edu wrote: I don't think anyone really develops, or deploys Ruby on Windows so nobody probably tests any Gems on Windows. Hopefully someone here is an exception and can help you. You could run a local headless Linux VM and SSH into it... On Oct 1, 2013, at 2:49 PM, Joshua Welker wel...@ucmo.edu wrote: I am attempting to write my first small Ruby app, but I am running into major problems just getting off the ground developing in Windows. I downloaded the most recent Ruby 2.0 package from RubyInstaller. Then I installed DevKit so I could use gems. After some fiddling, I was finally able to install some gems. Some. For any given gem I try to install, there’s about a 25% chance that I get this byzantine error: ERROR: Failed to build gem native extension. […a whole bunch of gibberish about C headers and so forth…] In particular, I am trying to install the Blather XMPP client. I am tempted to just give up and develop on Linux, but I am wanting to deploy this script to Windows machines and figure I might run into problems if I don’t develop in Windows. I have Googled the heck out of this issue and can’t find anything that is similar to my case (the solutions on the RubyInstaller Github wiki did not work). Do any of you Ruby people know why I might be having this error so frequently in my Windows environment? Josh Welker Information Technology Librarian James C. Kirkpatrick Library University of Central Missouri Warrensburg, MO 64093 JCKL 2260 660.543.8022
Re: [CODE4LIB] project management system
We use Redmine, and we're pretty happy with it. It's often used for software, but we've found it very helpful for a range of projects. It does require that you run it locally iirc, and therefore will require that you have someone who can (or can learn) to deploy Rails apps. jf On 2013-01-14 1:41 PM, Eric Phetteplace phett...@gmail.com wrote: Redmine http://www.redmine.org/ is an open source solution in this space. I haven't used it so I can't speak for its quality. Best, Eric On Mon, Jan 14, 2013 at 1:38 PM, Schwartz, Raymond schwart...@wpunj.edu wrote: Adam, Where is the free version of basecamp. The website only offers a 45 day free trial. All the rest are subscriptions. /Ray -Original Message- From: Code for Libraries [mailto:CODE4LIB@LISTSERV.ND.EDU] On Behalf Of Adam Traub Sent: Monday, January 14, 2013 1:33 PM To: CODE4LIB@LISTSERV.ND.EDU Subject: Re: [CODE4LIB] project management system Hi Kun, I'm a big fan of Basecamp (http://basecamp.com/). With a small group, it is pretty easy to get by with just the free version and it handles distribution and archiving of emails. Unless you're looking for time-tracking, it has done a very good job for a couple of the projects I've worked on. I've noticed a few people get excited about the ability for it to store files and have wikis (called whiteboards in Basecamp), though it is easy to outgrow the free version quickly. I generally use it as a scheduling, to-do list (with assignments), and email system. You can always complement the file storage with Dropbox or an internal file system. Cheers, Adam Traub -Original Message- From: Code for Libraries [mailto:CODE4LIB@LISTSERV.ND.EDU] On Behalf Of Lin, Kun Sent: Monday, January 14, 2013 1:27 PM To: CODE4LIB@LISTSERV.ND.EDU Subject: [CODE4LIB] project management system Hi all, Our library is looking for a project management system. Does anyone has any suggestions on which one to choose? We only have a very small team and our main focus is to guide our librarians to submit their ideas and for record tacking purposes. Thanks Kun
Re: [CODE4LIB] Interest in Toronto/GTA Meetup?
If anything would get me to come to Toronto willingly with a spring in my step, it'd be a Toronto/GTA C4L meetup. Yes, yes, absolutemente yes. jf On Mon, Apr 23, 2012 at 8:45 AM, Chen, Janey janey_c...@ontla.ola.orgwrote: Yes! Janey -Original Message- From: Code for Libraries [mailto:CODE4LIB@LISTSERV.ND.EDU] On Behalf Of Cynthia Ng Sent: April 20, 2012 1:50 PM To: CODE4LIB@LISTSERV.ND.EDU Subject: [CODE4LIB] Interest in Toronto/GTA Meetup? Hi All, In light of seeing some of the other meetups going on, I thought cool, reminds me of the Web 2.0 meetups I used to have in Ottawa, I wondered why I hadn't heard of one in Toronto. I've been told there isn't one! However, before trying to organize one, I was wondering if there was interest in having a Toronto Meetup? Would be interested in what others think. -Cynthia
[CODE4LIB] Great Lakes THATCamp, 4/20, 4/21, 4/22 in London, ON.
Hey folks, Kinda-sorta-maybe of tangential interest to code4libbers in general (and maybe C4LN in particular) the Great Lakes THATCamp is going to be in London, ON this time 'round, on April 20-22. Bill Turkel is the prime mover behind it and it is shaping up to be awesome, so if you're around the area, think about going maybe. http://www.2012.greatlakesthatcamp.org/ jf
[CODE4LIB] Fwd: 2012 preconference proposals wanted!
Hey folks, Apologies for the duplication, but I've heard at least one case of someone not getting this. jf -- Forwarded message -- From: John Fink john.f...@gmail.com Date: Tue, Sep 13, 2011 at 9:13 PM Subject: 2012 preconference proposals wanted! To: Code for Libraries CODE4LIB@listserv.nd.edu Hey Code4lib folks! Code4Lib 2012 is rapidly approaching and it's time to gather up some proposals for the Code4Lib 2012 preconference sessions! We're accepting preconference proposals for both full day and half day morning/evening sessions. If you've got an idea, put it on the wiki! It's at http://wiki.code4lib.org/index.php/2012_preconference_proposals. The proposal deadline is Friday, November 18th. We can accommodate preconference sessions of varying sizes; there's a main room that can fit 275 people and five breakout rooms that can fit between 30-35 people. For examples of last years preconference proposals, take a look at the wiki here -- http://wiki.code4lib.org/index.php/2010_Preconference_Proposals. Once we've collected enough proposals, we'll put them up, and if we've collected too many of them, we'll vote on which ones are the best, probably after November 18th. Thanks for submitting and let us know if you've got any questions! jf
[CODE4LIB] 2012 preconference proposals wanted!
Hey Code4lib folks! Code4Lib 2012 is rapidly approaching and it's time to gather up some proposals for the Code4Lib 2012 preconference sessions! We're accepting preconference proposals for both full day and half day morning/evening sessions. If you've got an idea, put it on the wiki! It's at http://wiki.code4lib.org/index.php/2012_preconference_proposals. The proposal deadline is Friday, November 18th. We can accommodate preconference sessions of varying sizes; there's a main room that can fit 275 people and five breakout rooms that can fit between 30-35 people. For examples of last years preconference proposals, take a look at the wiki here -- http://wiki.code4lib.org/index.php/2010_Preconference_Proposals. Once we've collected enough proposals, we'll put them up, and if we've collected too many of them, we'll vote on which ones are the best, probably after November 18th. Thanks for submitting and let us know if you've got any questions! jf
[CODE4LIB] Code4lib North approaching, hackfest ideas wanted!
Hey folks, Code4Lib North is fast approaching! It's on for May 5-6, and we need your hackfest ideas for our full day hackfest. If you've got any, please send them along to me at john.f...@gmail.com -- I'd love to hear them and get people working on them. Thanks! jf
Re: [CODE4LIB] change management system
If you're at all handy with Ruby I'd check out Redmine ( http://www.redmine.org/). Takes a lot of inspiration from Trac but does it better IMHO, especially with multiple projects. Works swimmingly with Apache's modrails. jf On Wed, Feb 10, 2010 at 8:07 PM, Greg Jansen cou...@email.unc.edu wrote: I think TRAC definitely fits this description. It is pretty customizable, so you can adjust categories to your liking. (This requires a command-line tool.) I would advise having a separate TRAC for each big project, so that features like the timeline and roadmap don't become meaningless. I've also seen JIRA used to good effect. It is commercial software, but has an open API and is free for open source projects. Greg ___ Greg Jansen Digital Repository Developer University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill On 2/10/2010 6:59 PM, Walker, David wrote: Can anyone here recommend an open source system for change management? Not version control, per se. But the process of requesting, reviewing, and approving changes to production systems. Does Trac fit into this category? --Dave == David Walker Library Web Services Manager California State University http://xerxes.calstate.edu -- http://libgrunt.blogspot.com -- library culture and technology.
Re: [CODE4LIB] Location of the first Code4Lib North meeting?
If Hamilton would make logistical sense, I'm quite happy to do some exploratory poking around. jf On Wed, Jan 20, 2010 at 11:00 AM, Patrick M. Lozeau pmloz...@inlibro.comwrote: Hi, I just chatted with a person at McGill (i.e. Amy Buckland), and we would be glad to host the event in Montreal. So, you can consider Montreal as a viable option in the choices. I also know people at U.Montreal and other organizations that could and would probably help us with logistics depending on how many people plan on attending. If you're not convinced about Montreal, go ask Dan Chudnov about poutine. Patrick Patrick M. Lozeau librarian inlibro.com Le 2010-01-20 ą 10:28, Pascal Calarco a écrit : Here are my personal musings from my perspective as one of those on the periphery (Indiana). Thanks for moving this forward! Sudbury seems too remote; I vacation near there each summer, and even in April that can be a challenging drive, and is generally expensive to fly into. For folks from the Midwest, Montreal is probably too far to be honest. I love Montreal (it is my fave Cdn. city), but I would likely have to fly to get there as that is a two-day drive from Chicagoland where I am roughly. If consensus is Montreal, I know a bunch of people there (McGill, UQAM, U.Montreal), and could put likely folks in touch to find space. Ottawa is still doable and Kingston is preferred for me simply because I haven't spent much time there. Ottawa is kind of expensive. Toronto has good and bad. Expensive, familiar. But also central, good public transit for getting around and lots of stuff to do. We had a Fedora (linux) Users and Developer's con at York U. back in December and it was great. I could also stay at my sister's place, lowering costs to attend for me at least. April and May are going to be really busy for me. After mid-May would be better for me. I can't participate between April 16 - May 16, basically, but I am only one voice. If not this time, I'll probably attend next year! - pascal Pascal Calarco Head, Library Information Systems Hesburgh Libraries of Notre Dame University of Notre Dame / Michiana Academic Library Consortium Notre Dame, IN USA http://www.library.nd.edu/ - Fedora Weekly News editor Fedora Ambassador, Indiana, USA On 01/20/2010 09:44 AM, David Fiander wrote: So far on the wiki the proposals for the location range from the center of known space to let's all visit Dan!: - Toronto - Kingston - Ottawa - Sudbury - Montreal Given some of the far-flung people who have expressed interest in the meeting, including some people in Wisconsin (!), it would be interesting to figure out the weighted average travel time required for all of these locations, but I suspect that that would just mean we end up in Toronto, again. I just added Montreal to the list, just because, hey, it's Montreal! But then, we'd have to find somebody at McGill to act as our host. If we're going to be meeting in April/May, then it's probably time to start the discussion about site selection so that when the decision is made, the hosts will have time to make the arrangements and so that people travelling have enough lead time to make cheap travel arrangements. - David -- http://libgrunt.blogspot.com -- library culture and technology.
Re: [CODE4LIB] UNIX/LINUX noob looking for UWIN help
How about WUBI? Installs Ubuntu like a windows program - easy in, easy out. http://wubi-installer.org/ jf On 12/13/09, Matt Amory matt.am...@gmail.com wrote: I'm trying to get UNIX/LINUX to run on my Windows laptop. Is UWIN the best and easiest option? -- Sent from my mobile device http://libgrunt.blogspot.com -- library culture and technology.
Re: [CODE4LIB] R?
I'm not using R personally here but I've gotten a number of requests for it to be installed on library computers, so I think it's getting pretty popular. jf On Wed, Sep 9, 2009 at 8:07 PM, Cloutman, David dclout...@co.marin.ca.uswrote: Ironically, the first, and only other time, I heard of R was in a job description for the Democratic National Committee. I wonder if the Republicans will need D programmers. --- David Cloutman dclout...@co.marin.ca.us Electronic Services Librarian Marin County Free Library -Original Message- From: Code for Libraries [mailto:code4...@listserv.nd.edu] On Behalf Of William Denton Sent: Wednesday, September 09, 2009 3:24 PM To: CODE4LIB@LISTSERV.ND.EDU Subject: [CODE4LIB] R? Are any of you using R? http://www.r-project.org/ Blog about R, info viz, etc.: http://blog.revolution-computing.com/ I have something in mind I'm going to try fooling around with in R, but I wondered if anyone was using it for visualizing searches, usage, networks of information, that kind of thing. Bill -- William Denton, Toronto : miskatonic.org www.frbr.org openfrbr.org Email Disclaimer: http://www.co.marin.ca.us/nav/misc/EmailDisclaimer.cfm -- http://libgrunt.blogspot.com -- library culture and technology.
Re: [CODE4LIB] Simulating off-campus for testing
I'd try tor (http://tor.eff.org). jf On Wed, Sep 17, 2008 at 12:41 PM, Chris Gray [EMAIL PROTECTED]wrote: There are a number of services we offer that behave differently for off-campus users vs. on-campus users (based on IP address) and testing both behaviors is difficult while sitting on-campus. I'm looking for an easy, reliable, and secure way to do this. At the moment I'm doing a free 7-day trial of Anonymizer Anonymous Surfing software ($30/yr), but I want to make sure I'm not missing any good alternatives. Does anyone have any recomnendations or relevant experience? Chris Gray Library Systems University of Waterloo (hopeful future ex sysadmin firefighter %-) -- http://libgrunt.blogspot.com -- library culture and technology.
[CODE4LIB] Conference: Access 2008 in Hamilton, ON -- October 1-4.
Also folks, I'm still soliciting Access Hackfest ideas -- let me know if you have any. --- Registration is now open for Access 2008, Canada's premier library technology conference that focuses on issues relating to technology planning, development, challenges and solutions. *When*: Oct. 1 - 4, 2008 *Where*: Hamilton, Ontario *How:* Visit the conference website to register: http://access2008.blog.lib.mcmaster.ca/registration/ *What:* Check the conference website for the exciting program! Keynotes this year will be Karen Schneider and Bob Young! http://access2008.blog.lib.mcmaster.ca/ This year the conference will be held in Hamilton, Ontario at the Sheraton Hamilton Hotel (conference) and Hamilton Public Library (Hackfest) from October 1-4 and is hosted by: McMaster University, Hamilton Public Library, Mohawk College Brock University. **Reserve your room at the Sheraton by Sept. 5th to secure the conference rate.** Spots are filling up fast – please register soon! *Need conference funding?* You may qualify for a grant! There are two grants available, each worth $1000: ProQuest Student Travel Grant (for students only) Equinox-Evergreen First-Timer Grant (for first-time Access attendees only) For more information about these grants and to apply, see the conference website: http://access2008.blog.lib.mcmaster.ca/travel-grants -- http://libgrunt.blogspot.com -- library culture and technology.
