Re: [CODE4LIB] one tool and/or resource that you recommend to newbie coders in a library?

2012-11-01 Thread Kam Woods
owing and engaging > > talented developers and library geeks on Twitter and you'll soon have > more > > help than you know what to do with. Plus, no Zoia ;) > > > Too much misinformation: > > http://twitter.com/danhooker/status/5630099300 > > > &

Re: [CODE4LIB] one tool and/or resource that you recommend to newbie coders in a library?

2012-11-01 Thread Kam Woods
foss4lib is a good resource that I'm sure many use, but isn't (as far as I can tell) linked anywhere on the current code4lib site. How would this differentiate itself from that? Kam On Nov 1, 2012 5:00 PM, "Bohyun Kim" wrote: > Do you all really want a C4L wiki page that lists c4l and c4l journa

Re: [CODE4LIB] Are any facial recognition APIs available?

2012-10-25 Thread Kam Woods
Not an API per se, but OpenCV face tagging with Python! Here's an old and hacky example...I bet there are better ones out there now. http://creatingwithcode.com/howto/face-detection-in-static-images-with-python/ Kam On Fri, Oct 26, 2012 at 12:59 AM, Wilhelmina Randtke wrote: > I used face.com '

Re: [CODE4LIB] question.

2012-03-05 Thread Kam Woods
AFAIK there's no App Store app that satisfies all of these requirements. There is Prizmo, which is pretty good, but not free; it can export form data to CSV, which you can then quickly script for entry into a DB. http://www.creaceed.com/prizmo/iphone/ If you're working with *hand written* entries

Re: [CODE4LIB] Any deserving UW iSchool students who would like a free registration for code4lib 2012?

2012-01-31 Thread Kam Woods
"Sharpies at the front door" pretty much answered my comment. On Jan 31, 2012, at 4:18 PM, Kyle Banerjee wrote: >> +1. If there is such a policy, it doesn't really seem in the spirit of >> a smaller, more intimate conference. >> > > Just to give a little background on what's happening, it's no

Re: [CODE4LIB] Any deserving UW iSchool students who would like a free registration for code4lib 2012?

2012-01-31 Thread Kam Woods
+1. If there is such a policy, it doesn't really seem in the spirit of a smaller, more intimate conference. Kam On Tue, Jan 31, 2012 at 11:16 AM, Karen Schneider wrote: > Wait, what? There are no substitutes? Is this C4L policy? > > Karen G. Schneider > Director for Library Services > Holy Names

Re: [CODE4LIB] Detecting DRM in files

2012-01-20 Thread Kam Woods
, I'm just making a point about hash cracking in general. Kam Woods Postdoctoral Research Associate School of Information and Library Science, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill On Fri, Jan 20, 2012 at 9:01 AM, Farrell, Larry D wrote: > At this point I was primarily targeting

Re: [CODE4LIB] conference voting and registration

2011-12-15 Thread Kam Woods
://code4lib.org/local > > Also: http://wiki.code4lib.org/index.php/Main_Page#Local_.2F_Regional_Groups > > > Ryan Wick > > -Original Message- > From: Code for Libraries [mailto:CODE4LIB@LISTSERV.ND.EDU] On Behalf Of Kam > Woods > Sent: Thursday, December 15

Re: [CODE4LIB] conference voting and registration

2011-12-15 Thread Kam Woods
On Thu, Dec 15, 2011 at 6:30 PM, Jonathan Rochkind wrote: > On 12/15/2011 6:07 PM, Francis Kayiwa wrote: >> as more and more people get left out. I say if you get left out. Plan to run >> your $local code4lib to make up for it. ... > If you're unhappy that you can't get into code4lib, start your o

[CODE4LIB] Registration open for DigCCurr Professional Institute 2012

2011-12-15 Thread Kam Woods
*** Please excuse cross postings *** Registration Now Open DigCCurr Professional Institute: Curation Practices for the Digital Object Lifecycle Supported by IMLS Grant Award #RE-05-08-0060-08 and the School of Information and Library Science, UNC-Chapel Hill May 20-25, 2012 & January 7-8, 2013