Re: [CODE4LIB] Advice on a class

2011-07-28 Thread Fowler, Jason
Until the Singularity happens, anyway. I'd think there will always be lots of enterprise Java jobs around. The Singularity will be written in Java. Jason On 11-07-27 7:32 PM, Bill Janssen jans...@parc.commailto:jans...@parc.com wrote: If I'm hiring a programmer, I want them to know C and

Re: [CODE4LIB] OPDS 1.1 review period

2011-07-28 Thread Ed Summers
edsu-- Except that it was from a month ago and the review period is over. Oh well, I guess the v1.1 of opds might be of interest still ... it is to me at least. /me slowly inches towards the door //Ed On Thu, Jul 28, 2011 at 4:04 PM, Ed Summers e...@pobox.com wrote: This might be of potential

Re: [CODE4LIB] Seeking feedback on database design for an open source software registry

2011-07-28 Thread Peter Murray
Ken -- Thanks for this info and for forwarding my initial message to the LIS-OSS mailing list. There does seem to be some overlap, and I need to study the great content on the wiki. On a similar note, if folks are aware of other efforts in other disciplines or areas of the world, I'd

Re: [CODE4LIB] Advice on a class

2011-07-28 Thread Simon Spero
On Jul 27, 2011, at 10:32 PM, Bill Janssen wrote: If I'm hiring a programmer, I want them to know C and Python. [...] Various flavors of C are acceptable: Objective-C is OK with me, and C++ is a plus -- it's an order of magnitude more difficult than C to use properly, and people who can

[CODE4LIB] Systems Librarian Rochester NY

2011-07-28 Thread Jadlos, Melissa E
Lavery Library at St. John Fisher College invites applications for the position of Systems Librarian. Lavery has just received a $200,000 grant to create the College's first Learning Commons. Be part of a team of award winning librarians providing outstanding service to the Fisher community.

Re: [CODE4LIB] Advice on a class

2011-07-28 Thread Cary Gordon
Thank the FSM!!! No Singularity in our lifetime! On Thu, Jul 28, 2011 at 11:01 AM, Fowler, Jason jason.fow...@ubc.ca wrote: Until the Singularity happens, anyway.  I'd think there will always be lots of enterprise Java jobs around. The Singularity will be written in Java. Jason On

Re: [CODE4LIB] Advice on a class

2011-07-28 Thread Bill Dueber
Interestingly, I disagree with almost everything you say below. Of course PARC is unlike almost everywhere else :-) Unless you're in a very, *very* different library than mine, all the low-level stuff written in C and variants are at a low-enough level (and in very specialized domains) that I'd