Re: [CODE4LIB] thanks and poetry

2013-02-19 Thread Erik Hetzner
At Sat, 16 Feb 2013 06:42:04 -0800, Karen Coyle wrote: gitHub may have excellent startup documentation, but that startup documentation describes git in programming terms mainly using *nx commands. If you have never had to use a version control system (e.g. if you do not write code,

Re: [CODE4LIB] thanks and poetry

2013-02-16 Thread Karen Coyle
: Karen Coyle li...@kcoyle.net To: CODE4LIB@LISTSERV.ND.EDU Sent: Friday, February 15, 2013 6:38:53 PM Subject: Re: [CODE4LIB] thanks and poetry (github unfortunately would be a barrier to many) GitHub fortunately has excellent startup documentation for new users: https://help.github.com/articles

Re: [CODE4LIB] thanks and poetry

2013-02-16 Thread Tom Johnson
/13 4:25 AM, Sharp, Chris wrote: - Original Message - From: Karen Coyle li...@kcoyle.net To: CODE4LIB@LISTSERV.ND.EDU Sent: Friday, February 15, 2013 6:38:53 PM Subject: Re: [CODE4LIB] thanks and poetry (github unfortunately would be a barrier to many) GitHub fortunately has

[CODE4LIB] thanks and poetry

2013-02-15 Thread Joshua Gomez
I'm sitting at the hotel waiting for my airport shuttle and I'm looking over the list of great presentations that were given at the conference this year. Thanks to all the presenters and the hosts. As always, code4lib was a fun, engaging and inspiring event. Karen Coyle's nerd poetry was a fun

Re: [CODE4LIB] thanks and poetry

2013-02-15 Thread Megan O'Neill
I am grinning ear to ear at my reference desk monitor right now. Well done! Thanks for a great conference, everyone, and special thanks to Karen for the nerd poetry - I hope that will be a gift that keeps on giving! I'm certainly sharpening up my keyboard... Megan On Fri, Feb 15, 2013 at 1:26

Re: [CODE4LIB] thanks and poetry

2013-02-15 Thread Karen Coyle
Yeah, Joshua! That DEFINITELY qualifies as nerd poetry IMO. I hope your darling can appreciate it! kc On 2/15/13 10:26 AM, Joshua Gomez wrote: I'm sitting at the hotel waiting for my airport shuttle and I'm looking over the list of great presentations that were given at the conference this

Re: [CODE4LIB] thanks and poetry

2013-02-15 Thread Tom Johnson
relevant: http://everything2.com/title/Ode+To+Lynx I like Karen's proposal of establishing an oral tradition. But I've also been thinking about version controlled poetry in github or on a wiki, and hyperlinked/linked data poetry. For that matter, does IRC poetry count as oral if the channel is

Re: [CODE4LIB] thanks and poetry

2013-02-15 Thread Karen Coyle
Tom, no reason why we can't also have written poetry -- and performances for when we are together. Some slam poetry as well as much rap is not recorded, and therefore has the same passing existence of an unlogged IRC channel. I would be fun to have a wiki for more durable poetry (github

Re: [CODE4LIB] thanks and poetry

2013-02-15 Thread Hillel Arnold
/helrond/songs [2] http://songs.hillelarnold.com/ Date: Fri, 15 Feb 2013 15:12:38 -0800 From: johnson.tom+code4...@gmail.com Subject: Re: [CODE4LIB] thanks and poetry To: CODE4LIB@LISTSERV.ND.EDU relevant: http://everything2.com/title/Ode+To+Lynx I like Karen's proposal of establishing