Re: Welcome Erick Erickson as Lucene/Solr committer
Welcome aboard Erick! Looking forward to seeing some code that has been hacked up on a sailboat :) - Mark - To unsubscribe, e-mail: dev-unsubscr...@lucene.apache.org For additional commands, e-mail: dev-h...@lucene.apache.org
Re: Welcome Erick Erickson as Lucene/Solr committer
Welcome Erick! On 2 June 2011 06:45, Doron Cohen wrote: > Welcome Erick! > > > On Wed, Jun 1, 2011 at 11:39 PM, Erick Erickson > wrote: > >> Well, let's see. I used to work for a company that had acquired >> several other products. The small group I worked in supported >> ...5 different search engines. One of which had to be rebooted >> periodically (every hour?) to keep from bringing down the >> server. >> >> In the time it took me to get a response to an email asking for >> support from one of those vendors I'd found Lucene, downloaded >> it, indexed some of our content and was searching it. >> >> Then the vendor responded with "that's an invalid serial number, >> we can't talk to you until you give us the right one". I was hooked >> from there on. >> >> So we replaced another one of the search engines, also replaced >> a SQL solution, and put a new product on Lucene. By the end of >> the third one, I thought to myself "Gee, there's a certain >> commonality among these, I wonder if I could write something that >> was configuration-driven to make this even easier". Fortunately I >> found Solr before trying to write one myself >> >> The folks on the Lucene user's list gently helped me along >> with my understanding of Lucene, and I started answering >> the questions I could. I found three things out. >> 1> trying to regularly answer a question or two helped >> me understand nooks and crannies better. >> 2> it freed up people who really knew things to help me even more. >> 3> they invited me to be a committer. This part was totally >> unexpected I must say. I contributed a few patches along >> the way, mostly around the edges in the jUnit area. >> >> Personal stuff: >> >> My wife and I have a daughter who's the apple of our eye, and >> her husband adores her. What more could we ask of him? >> >> Along the way we built our house 20+ years ago. OK >> I don't do drywall (too slow) or electrical (don't like fires) or >> masonry (don't have the skill). But most of the rest of it worked out. >> And my wife and I even stayed married. >> >> Graduated U of Mich three times, once in elementary ed, then a bs >> and ms in computer science. Worked in the industry since then, >> mostly in the publishing area (typesetting systems Z80-based), >> a newspaper editorial system, a corporate search provider >> and most recently for a large information provider to business, >> research and educational customers. I guess I've been in the >> tech fields for...er...30 years. Siiggg. Do I get "grandfather" >> status? >> >> Anyway, I'm flattered by the invitation to become a committer and >> it looks like I need to actually start digging into the code... >> >> Thanks PMC >> Erick >> >> On Wed, Jun 1, 2011 at 4:07 PM, Robert Muir wrote: >> > I'm pleased to announce that the Lucene PMC has voted for Erick >> > Erickson as a committer. >> > >> > Erick, its tradition that you introduce yourself with a brief bio. >> > >> > Congratulations! >> > >> > - >> > To unsubscribe, e-mail: dev-unsubscr...@lucene.apache.org >> > For additional commands, e-mail: dev-h...@lucene.apache.org >> > >> > >> >> - >> To unsubscribe, e-mail: dev-unsubscr...@lucene.apache.org >> For additional commands, e-mail: dev-h...@lucene.apache.org >> >> > -- Met vriendelijke groet, Martijn van Groningen
Re: Welcome Erick Erickson as Lucene/Solr committer
Welcome Erick! On Wed, Jun 1, 2011 at 11:39 PM, Erick Erickson wrote: > Well, let's see. I used to work for a company that had acquired > several other products. The small group I worked in supported > ...5 different search engines. One of which had to be rebooted > periodically (every hour?) to keep from bringing down the > server. > > In the time it took me to get a response to an email asking for > support from one of those vendors I'd found Lucene, downloaded > it, indexed some of our content and was searching it. > > Then the vendor responded with "that's an invalid serial number, > we can't talk to you until you give us the right one". I was hooked > from there on. > > So we replaced another one of the search engines, also replaced > a SQL solution, and put a new product on Lucene. By the end of > the third one, I thought to myself "Gee, there's a certain > commonality among these, I wonder if I could write something that > was configuration-driven to make this even easier". Fortunately I > found Solr before trying to write one myself > > The folks on the Lucene user's list gently helped me along > with my understanding of Lucene, and I started answering > the questions I could. I found three things out. > 1> trying to regularly answer a question or two helped > me understand nooks and crannies better. > 2> it freed up people who really knew things to help me even more. > 3> they invited me to be a committer. This part was totally > unexpected I must say. I contributed a few patches along > the way, mostly around the edges in the jUnit area. > > Personal stuff: > > My wife and I have a daughter who's the apple of our eye, and > her husband adores her. What more could we ask of him? > > Along the way we built our house 20+ years ago. OK > I don't do drywall (too slow) or electrical (don't like fires) or > masonry (don't have the skill). But most of the rest of it worked out. > And my wife and I even stayed married. > > Graduated U of Mich three times, once in elementary ed, then a bs > and ms in computer science. Worked in the industry since then, > mostly in the publishing area (typesetting systems Z80-based), > a newspaper editorial system, a corporate search provider > and most recently for a large information provider to business, > research and educational customers. I guess I've been in the > tech fields for...er...30 years. Siiggg. Do I get "grandfather" > status? > > Anyway, I'm flattered by the invitation to become a committer and > it looks like I need to actually start digging into the code... > > Thanks PMC > Erick > > On Wed, Jun 1, 2011 at 4:07 PM, Robert Muir wrote: > > I'm pleased to announce that the Lucene PMC has voted for Erick > > Erickson as a committer. > > > > Erick, its tradition that you introduce yourself with a brief bio. > > > > Congratulations! > > > > - > > To unsubscribe, e-mail: dev-unsubscr...@lucene.apache.org > > For additional commands, e-mail: dev-h...@lucene.apache.org > > > > > > - > To unsubscribe, e-mail: dev-unsubscr...@lucene.apache.org > For additional commands, e-mail: dev-h...@lucene.apache.org > >
Re: Welcome Erick Erickson as Lucene/Solr committer
Congrats Erick! I've noticed you on the mailing list for a long time and you've offered many people good advise. ~ David Smiley - Author: https://www.packtpub.com/solr-1-4-enterprise-search-server/book -- View this message in context: http://lucene.472066.n3.nabble.com/Welcome-Erick-Erickson-as-Lucene-Solr-committer-tp3012429p3013723.html Sent from the Lucene - Java Developer mailing list archive at Nabble.com. - To unsubscribe, e-mail: dev-unsubscr...@lucene.apache.org For additional commands, e-mail: dev-h...@lucene.apache.org
Re: Welcome Erick Erickson as Lucene/Solr committer
Welcome Erick ! Shai On Thu, Jun 2, 2011 at 2:14 AM, Koji Sekiguchi wrote: > Welcome, Erick! > > > (11/06/02 5:07), Robert Muir wrote: > >> I'm pleased to announce that the Lucene PMC has voted for Erick >> Erickson as a committer. >> >> Erick, its tradition that you introduce yourself with a brief bio. >> >> Congratulations! >> >> - >> To unsubscribe, e-mail: dev-unsubscr...@lucene.apache.org >> For additional commands, e-mail: dev-h...@lucene.apache.org >> >> >> > > -- > http://www.rondhuit.com/en/ > > > - > To unsubscribe, e-mail: dev-unsubscr...@lucene.apache.org > For additional commands, e-mail: dev-h...@lucene.apache.org > >
Re: Welcome Erick Erickson as Lucene/Solr committer
Welcome, Erick! (11/06/02 5:07), Robert Muir wrote: I'm pleased to announce that the Lucene PMC has voted for Erick Erickson as a committer. Erick, its tradition that you introduce yourself with a brief bio. Congratulations! - To unsubscribe, e-mail: dev-unsubscr...@lucene.apache.org For additional commands, e-mail: dev-h...@lucene.apache.org -- http://www.rondhuit.com/en/ - To unsubscribe, e-mail: dev-unsubscr...@lucene.apache.org For additional commands, e-mail: dev-h...@lucene.apache.org
Re: Welcome Erick Erickson as Lucene/Solr committer
And welcome Erick ! Andi.. On Wed, 1 Jun 2011, Robert Muir wrote: I'm pleased to announce that the Lucene PMC has voted for Erick Erickson as a committer. Erick, its tradition that you introduce yourself with a brief bio. Congratulations! - To unsubscribe, e-mail: dev-unsubscr...@lucene.apache.org For additional commands, e-mail: dev-h...@lucene.apache.org - To unsubscribe, e-mail: dev-unsubscr...@lucene.apache.org For additional commands, e-mail: dev-h...@lucene.apache.org
RE: Welcome Erick Erickson as Lucene/Solr committer
Welcome Erick, It was nice to meet you several times in real life, too! Uwe - Uwe Schindler H.-H.-Meier-Allee 63, D-28213 Bremen http://www.thetaphi.de eMail: u...@thetaphi.de > -Original Message- > From: Robert Muir [mailto:rcm...@gmail.com] > Sent: Wednesday, June 01, 2011 10:08 PM > To: dev@lucene.apache.org > Subject: Welcome Erick Erickson as Lucene/Solr committer > > I'm pleased to announce that the Lucene PMC has voted for Erick Erickson as > a committer. > > Erick, its tradition that you introduce yourself with a brief bio. > > Congratulations! > > - > To unsubscribe, e-mail: dev-unsubscr...@lucene.apache.org For additional > commands, e-mail: dev-h...@lucene.apache.org - To unsubscribe, e-mail: dev-unsubscr...@lucene.apache.org For additional commands, e-mail: dev-h...@lucene.apache.org
Re: Welcome Erick Erickson as Lucene/Solr committer
Welcome, Erick! Dawid On Wed, Jun 1, 2011 at 10:58 PM, Michael McCandless < luc...@mikemccandless.com> wrote: > Welcome Erick! > > Mike McCandless > > http://blog.mikemccandless.com > > On Wed, Jun 1, 2011 at 4:07 PM, Robert Muir wrote: > > I'm pleased to announce that the Lucene PMC has voted for Erick > > Erickson as a committer. > > > > Erick, its tradition that you introduce yourself with a brief bio. > > > > Congratulations! > > > > - > > To unsubscribe, e-mail: dev-unsubscr...@lucene.apache.org > > For additional commands, e-mail: dev-h...@lucene.apache.org > > > > > > - > To unsubscribe, e-mail: dev-unsubscr...@lucene.apache.org > For additional commands, e-mail: dev-h...@lucene.apache.org > >
Re: Welcome Erick Erickson as Lucene/Solr committer
Welcome Erick! Mike McCandless http://blog.mikemccandless.com On Wed, Jun 1, 2011 at 4:07 PM, Robert Muir wrote: > I'm pleased to announce that the Lucene PMC has voted for Erick > Erickson as a committer. > > Erick, its tradition that you introduce yourself with a brief bio. > > Congratulations! > > - > To unsubscribe, e-mail: dev-unsubscr...@lucene.apache.org > For additional commands, e-mail: dev-h...@lucene.apache.org > > - To unsubscribe, e-mail: dev-unsubscr...@lucene.apache.org For additional commands, e-mail: dev-h...@lucene.apache.org
Re: Welcome Erick Erickson as Lucene/Solr committer
Well, let's see. I used to work for a company that had acquired several other products. The small group I worked in supported ...5 different search engines. One of which had to be rebooted periodically (every hour?) to keep from bringing down the server. In the time it took me to get a response to an email asking for support from one of those vendors I'd found Lucene, downloaded it, indexed some of our content and was searching it. Then the vendor responded with "that's an invalid serial number, we can't talk to you until you give us the right one". I was hooked from there on. So we replaced another one of the search engines, also replaced a SQL solution, and put a new product on Lucene. By the end of the third one, I thought to myself "Gee, there's a certain commonality among these, I wonder if I could write something that was configuration-driven to make this even easier". Fortunately I found Solr before trying to write one myself The folks on the Lucene user's list gently helped me along with my understanding of Lucene, and I started answering the questions I could. I found three things out. 1> trying to regularly answer a question or two helped me understand nooks and crannies better. 2> it freed up people who really knew things to help me even more. 3> they invited me to be a committer. This part was totally unexpected I must say. I contributed a few patches along the way, mostly around the edges in the jUnit area. Personal stuff: My wife and I have a daughter who's the apple of our eye, and her husband adores her. What more could we ask of him? Along the way we built our house 20+ years ago. OK I don't do drywall (too slow) or electrical (don't like fires) or masonry (don't have the skill). But most of the rest of it worked out. And my wife and I even stayed married. Graduated U of Mich three times, once in elementary ed, then a bs and ms in computer science. Worked in the industry since then, mostly in the publishing area (typesetting systems Z80-based), a newspaper editorial system, a corporate search provider and most recently for a large information provider to business, research and educational customers. I guess I've been in the tech fields for...er...30 years. Siiggg. Do I get "grandfather" status? Anyway, I'm flattered by the invitation to become a committer and it looks like I need to actually start digging into the code... Thanks PMC Erick On Wed, Jun 1, 2011 at 4:07 PM, Robert Muir wrote: > I'm pleased to announce that the Lucene PMC has voted for Erick > Erickson as a committer. > > Erick, its tradition that you introduce yourself with a brief bio. > > Congratulations! > > - > To unsubscribe, e-mail: dev-unsubscr...@lucene.apache.org > For additional commands, e-mail: dev-h...@lucene.apache.org > > - To unsubscribe, e-mail: dev-unsubscr...@lucene.apache.org For additional commands, e-mail: dev-h...@lucene.apache.org
Re: Welcome Erick Erickson as Lucene/Solr committer
Welcome! simon On Wed, Jun 1, 2011 at 8:16 PM, Erik Hatcher wrote: > Yay! Welcome, Erick. > > > On Jun 1, 2011, at 16:07 , Robert Muir wrote: > >> I'm pleased to announce that the Lucene PMC has voted for Erick >> Erickson as a committer. >> >> Erick, its tradition that you introduce yourself with a brief bio. >> >> Congratulations! >> >> - >> To unsubscribe, e-mail: dev-unsubscr...@lucene.apache.org >> For additional commands, e-mail: dev-h...@lucene.apache.org >> > > > - > To unsubscribe, e-mail: dev-unsubscr...@lucene.apache.org > For additional commands, e-mail: dev-h...@lucene.apache.org > > - To unsubscribe, e-mail: dev-unsubscr...@lucene.apache.org For additional commands, e-mail: dev-h...@lucene.apache.org
Re: Welcome Erick Erickson as Lucene/Solr committer
Yay! Welcome, Erick. On Jun 1, 2011, at 16:07 , Robert Muir wrote: > I'm pleased to announce that the Lucene PMC has voted for Erick > Erickson as a committer. > > Erick, its tradition that you introduce yourself with a brief bio. > > Congratulations! > > - > To unsubscribe, e-mail: dev-unsubscr...@lucene.apache.org > For additional commands, e-mail: dev-h...@lucene.apache.org > - To unsubscribe, e-mail: dev-unsubscr...@lucene.apache.org For additional commands, e-mail: dev-h...@lucene.apache.org
Re: Welcome Erick Erickson as Lucene/Solr committer
Welcome Erick! On Wed, Jun 1, 2011 at 1:09 PM, Steven A Rowe wrote: > Welcome, Erick! > > > -Original Message- > > From: Robert Muir [mailto:rcm...@gmail.com] > > Sent: Wednesday, June 01, 2011 4:08 PM > > To: dev@lucene.apache.org > > Subject: Welcome Erick Erickson as Lucene/Solr committer > > > > I'm pleased to announce that the Lucene PMC has voted for Erick > > Erickson as a committer. > > > > Erick, its tradition that you introduce yourself with a brief bio. > > > > Congratulations! > > > > - > > To unsubscribe, e-mail: dev-unsubscr...@lucene.apache.org > > For additional commands, e-mail: dev-h...@lucene.apache.org > > -- --- Minh
RE: Welcome Erick Erickson as Lucene/Solr committer
Welcome, Erick! > -Original Message- > From: Robert Muir [mailto:rcm...@gmail.com] > Sent: Wednesday, June 01, 2011 4:08 PM > To: dev@lucene.apache.org > Subject: Welcome Erick Erickson as Lucene/Solr committer > > I'm pleased to announce that the Lucene PMC has voted for Erick > Erickson as a committer. > > Erick, its tradition that you introduce yourself with a brief bio. > > Congratulations! > > - > To unsubscribe, e-mail: dev-unsubscr...@lucene.apache.org > For additional commands, e-mail: dev-h...@lucene.apache.org
