[CODE4LIB] RailsBridge preconf attendees

2013-01-04 Thread Jason Ronallo
Hi, If you've signed up for the RailsBridge preconference, please either add your email address to the wiki page after your name [1] or send me your email address if you don't want to add it to the wiki. I'll be sending out a short survey soon that will help with planning the morning. There will

Re: [CODE4LIB] RailsBridge preconf attendees

2013-01-04 Thread Jeremy Morse
Hi Jason, I'm in that session, and my email (as you can plainly see) is jgmo...@umich.edu. Thanks, Jeremy On Fri, Jan 4, 2013 at 9:08 AM, Jason Ronallo jrona...@gmail.com wrote: Hi, If you've signed up for the RailsBridge preconference, please either add your email address to the wiki

[CODE4LIB] Library CDNs

2013-01-04 Thread Tom Keays
Is anybody out there using a CDN[1] that is separate from their website to host JavaScript, CSS, and image files? I'm looking for a one place where I can consolidate and organize these files that is reliable (good uptime and good response time) and affordable (less expensive than hosting a

Re: [CODE4LIB] Library CDNs

2013-01-04 Thread Jason Stirnaman
Tom, We use Rackspace's Cloud Files for Cloud Server backup, not CDN, but it is built for that. You can use it with Akamai to serve content. It has versioning and mobile UIs: http://www.rackspace.com/cloud/public/files/technology/ Jason Jason Stirnaman Digital Projects Librarian A.R. Dykes

Re: [CODE4LIB] Library CDNs

2013-01-04 Thread Peter Murray
Tom -- I use Amazon CloudFront and a plugin on my WordPress blog to automatically push media files to an S3 bucket (which Amazon then automatically distributes). There are a couple of front-ends to S3 that are fairly user friendly (Transmit on the Mac is the one I use most often). Peter

Re: [CODE4LIB] Library CDNs

2013-01-04 Thread Sarr, Nathan
I haven't used it but I've heard good things about cloud flare: http://www.cloudflare.com/ . It also has a free plan. -Nate Nathan Sarr Senior Software Engineer River Campus Libraries University of Rochester Rochester, NY  14627 (585) 275-0692 ns...@library.rochester.edu -Original

Re: [CODE4LIB] T-Shirt voting is now open!

2013-01-04 Thread Wick, Ryan
Hi MJ, I just approved your account registration on code4lib.org. You should now be able to log in to both code4lib.org and vote.code4lib.org If anyone else is having account or voting login issues, please let me know. (ryanw...@gmail.com) Ryan Wick -Original Message- From: Code

Re: [CODE4LIB] Diversity of presenters (was bibliotechy's fat fingers)

2013-01-04 Thread Doran, Michael D
Although code4lib doesn't typically do panels, I thought this might be of interest: A Simple Suggestion to Help Phase Out All-Male Panels at Tech Conferences http://www.theatlantic.com/technology/archive/13/01/a-simple-suggestion-to-help-phase-out-allmale-panels-at-tech-conferences/266837/ --

Re: [CODE4LIB] Diversity of presenters (was bibliotechy's fat fingers)

2013-01-04 Thread Karen Coyle
I want to give a thumbs up to Roy Tennant who evoked this recently (I was contacted by the organizer off-line since Roy's line in the sand left him a bit perplexed), and the upshot is that the panel will have at least one woman, maybe two. Roy, you deserve mega-credit for your role in this,

Re: [CODE4LIB] Diversity of presenters (was bibliotechy's fat fingers)

2013-01-04 Thread Roy Tennant
Why thank you, Karen, that's very nice of you. I do try to walk my talk, although like anyone does from time to time I may not always do it well. You mentioned it taking place behind the scenes but that's exactly where most of this happens. Men must be willing to draw those lines without anyone

Re: [CODE4LIB] Library CDNs

2013-01-04 Thread Tom Keays
I got 3 suggestions so far, all of them good. Thanks! I think I'm going to check out Rackspace Cloud Files. Though not free, it looks like it would fit my need. They seem to have a clearer web interface and API than other services I've looked at already. Not requiring a contract gives me some

[CODE4LIB] Job: Site Reliability Engineer at Wikimedia Foundation

2013-01-04 Thread jobs
**Job Summary** We are looking for exceptional engineers who like to bridge development and operations to support Wikimedia's technical team in building transformative improvements to the functionality and user experience on Wikipedia and our other sites, while maintaining high site