Re: [CODE4LIB] Suggest a keynote speaker for Code4Lib 2010!
I'd like to nominate two people (in no particular preference or order) because of their involvements in community-based activities. I think having somebody talks about community for the code4lib would be great. 1. Jono Bacon - http://www.jonobacon.org/ Jono Bacon works at Canonical as the Ubuntu Community Manager and works to grow and lead the world-wide Ubuntu community. He wrote several books[1] and currently is working on a book titled the Art Of Community published by O’Reilly. According to their site [2], the book will also be freely available online to enjoy, share and modify under a Creative Commons Attribution ShareAlike Non-Commercial license. The draft of the first chapter is available online.[3] Bacon previously had worked as a professional Open Source advocate at the UK government funded OpenAdvantage. He is a member of the Open Source community, co-founder and presenter of LugRadio, contributor to projects such as Jokosher, KDE and GNOME, and SeveredFifth music project.[4] 2. Benjamin Mako Hill - http://mako.cc/ Ben Mako Hill is a Senior Researcher at the MIT Sloan School of Management, a Fellow at the MIT Center for Future Civic Media, and an adviser and contractor for the One Laptop per Child project. He has been a leader, developer, and contributor to the Free and Open Source Software community as part of the Debian and Ubuntu projects. He authored The Official Ubuntu handbook (together with Jono Bacon) and Hacking Knoppix, among other things [5], and a member of the Free Software Foundation board of directors. I had a pleasure to listening to Ben Mako Hill's experience during an OLPC XO get together [6] at PenguiCon 2008 [7]. [1] http://www.worldcat.org/search?qt=worldcat_org_bksq=bacon%2C+jono [2] http://www.artofcommunityonline.org/about/ [3] http://www.artofcommunityonline.org/2009/07/16/chapter-1-released/ [4] http://www.severedfifth.com/ [5] http://www.worldcat.org/search?q=hill%2C+benjamin+mako [6] http://www.flickr.com/photos/ranti/2433871703/in/set-72157604675836466/ [7] http://penguicon.org -- Bulk mail. Postage paid.
Re: [CODE4LIB] Suggest a keynote speaker for Code4Lib 2010!
Hey James, Tim (or his bot...there is speculation) just tweeted this: http://twitter.com/timoreilly/statuses/2874552986 so maybe your dream is closer to reality than you think. Rosalyn On Mon, Jul 27, 2009 at 9:37 AM, King, James (NIH/OD/ORS) [E]james.k...@nih.gov wrote: Hi, I nominate two possibilities: * Jeff Patterson CEO of Safari Books Safari Books is the online host of the O'Reilly Book series. Jeff is a very down-to-earth guy but is also 'geeky' enough to work with this crowd. BIO: http://www.safaribooksonline.com/Corporate/Company/boardDirectors.php Jeff Patterson joined Safari Books Online from CMP Technology LLC, where he served in a number of senior executive positions over nine years. His most recent position was president of the Business Technology Group that included leading IT media brands such as InformationWeek, TechWeb and the Web 2.0 Conference. Prior to CMP, he co-founded Beacon Technology Partners LLC, a market research firm specializing in measuring IT audience behavior and attitudes, and held management positions in media, manufacturing and advertising companies including Cahners Publishing Company (now Reed Business Information); National Semiconductor; Foote, Cone Belding/San Francisco; Raychem Corporation; and Pinne, Garvin Hock/San Francisco. Jeff earned his B.A. from the University of California, Berkeley. *** Tim O'Reilly Founder and CEO of O'Reilly Media We can dream, can't we? In case you don't see the connection, he is the CEO of O'Reilly, home of the technology series of books named after him and author of radar.oreilly.com. I've tried to get him for a keynote for a conference and he accepted but the conference decided to go another route so I know he will consider keynotes for technology crowds. BIO: http://oreilly.com/oreilly/tim_bio.html Tim O'Reilly is the founder and CEO of O'Reilly Media, thought by many to be the best computer book publisher in the world. The company also publishes online through the O'Reilly Network and hosts conferences on technology topics. Tim is an activist for open source, open standards, and sensible intellectual property laws. Since 1978, Tim has led the company's pursuit of its core goal: to be a catalyst for technology change by capturing and transmitting the knowledge of alpha geeks and other innovators. His active engagement with technology communities drives both the company's product development and its marketing. Tim has built a culture where advocacy, meme-making, and evangelism are key tenets of the business philosophy. -James ___ James King, MLS Information Architect National Institutes of Health Library Building 10, Room 1L-07A 10 Center Drive, MSC 1150 Bethesda, MD 20892-1150 Phone: (301) 496-2187 Fax: (301) 402-0254 E-mail: kin...@mail.nih.gov http://nihlibrary.nih.gov/ ___ Amazing Research. Amazing Help. Please consider the environment before printing this e-mail -Original Message- From: Code for Libraries [mailto:code4...@listserv.nd.edu] On Behalf Of Andreas Orphanides Sent: Thursday, July 23, 2009 10:24 AM To: CODE4LIB@LISTSERV.ND.EDU Subject: [CODE4LIB] Suggest a keynote speaker for Code4Lib 2010! Hi folks, The time has come once again to commence discussion of possible keynote speakers for the upcoming Code4Lib 2010 conference in Asheville! If you've got any suggestions for a speaker who'd be engaging, knowledgeable, and foolhardy enough to accept this high honor, throw their names to the list for discussion. We here at Code4Lib 2010 World Headquarters, deep under the sea, will accept nominations until *September 16, 2009*. Shortly thereafter we will open the polls for online voting. All suggestions and comments are welcome! Discuss away! Andreas Orphanides Code4Lib 2010 Keynote Speakers Committee
Re: [CODE4LIB] Suggest a keynote speaker for Code4Lib 2010!
Hi, On Fri, Jul 24, 2009 at 1:19 PM, Chad Fennellfenne...@umn.edu wrote: I nominate Andy Lester, author of ack a grep replacement and itinerant speaker on Technical Debt and employment in the tech world. He's a Perl guru working in the publishing indsutry. Andy's Technical Debt lecture would be a good fit, IMO, for the code4lib group. Andy has another connection of interest to Code4Lib - he wrote the MARC::Record Perl module. Regards, Galen
Re: [CODE4LIB] Suggest a keynote speaker for Code4Lib 2010!
I'm happy to create that wiki page, unless someone else already started one. (I don't see anything linked off of here yet: http://wiki.code4lib.org/index.php/C4L2010planning ) /Daniel -Original Message- From: Code for Libraries [mailto:code4...@listserv.nd.edu] On Behalf Of Roy Tennant Sent: Thursday, July 23, 2009 11:12 PM To: CODE4LIB@LISTSERV.ND.EDU Subject: Re: [CODE4LIB] Suggest a keynote speaker for Code4Lib 2010! I'd like to second the Joan Frye Williams nomination, mostly because I know of few people with such a practical bent and I think it would be helpful to hear her perspective on what library coders might be able to do to help the largest number of people. Also, I'd like to ask the ad hoc committee if they are capturing these nominations somewhere. May I suggest the wiki, where we can all see them? It's too difficult to keep track of all the email. Thanks, Roy On 7/23/09 7/23/09 € 6:02 PM, Karen Schneider kgschnei...@gmail.com wrote: I am making a meta-comment that I for one appreciate the additional pre-vote discussion and that the voting booth is where I vote *after I have gathered input for my voting decision.* Mark Pilgrim would be cool, though I for one don't actually hear Cliff Lynch all that often, not where I go, and so he's a treat for me. She's not a developer-type, but Joan Frye Williams has a lot of insights that she might be willing to turn towards the issues C4L discusses. They might not be what we want to hear, but sometimes that's a good thing. --
Re: [CODE4LIB] Suggest a keynote speaker for Code4Lib 2010!
OK. I created a list here: http://wiki.code4lib.org/index.php/Nominations_list Hope I didn't miss anything; and my apologies to the ad hoc nominations committee if I'm stepping on their turf. -Original Message- From: Code for Libraries [mailto:code4...@listserv.nd.edu] On Behalf Of Roy Tennant Sent: Thursday, July 23, 2009 11:12 PM To: CODE4LIB@LISTSERV.ND.EDU Subject: Re: [CODE4LIB] Suggest a keynote speaker for Code4Lib 2010! I'd like to second the Joan Frye Williams nomination, mostly because I know of few people with such a practical bent and I think it would be helpful to hear her perspective on what library coders might be able to do to help the largest number of people. Also, I'd like to ask the ad hoc committee if they are capturing these nominations somewhere. May I suggest the wiki, where we can all see them? It's too difficult to keep track of all the email. Thanks, Roy On 7/23/09 7/23/09 € 6:02 PM, Karen Schneider kgschnei...@gmail.com wrote: I am making a meta-comment that I for one appreciate the additional pre-vote discussion and that the voting booth is where I vote *after I have gathered input for my voting decision.* Mark Pilgrim would be cool, though I for one don't actually hear Cliff Lynch all that often, not where I go, and so he's a treat for me. She's not a developer-type, but Joan Frye Williams has a lot of insights that she might be willing to turn towards the issues C4L discusses. They might not be what we want to hear, but sometimes that's a good thing. --
Re: [CODE4LIB] Suggest a keynote speaker for Code4Lib 2010!
On Fri, Jul 24, 2009 at 9:25 AM, Lovins, Danieldaniel.lov...@yale.edu wrote: my apologies to the ad hoc nominations committee if I'm stepping on their turf. Not at all! The more hands the merrier... Kevin -- Kevin S. Clarke Coordinator of Web Services Belk Library Information Commons Appalachian State University 218 College Street Boone, NC 28608 clark...@appstate.edu (828) 262-8472 There are two kinds of people in the world: those who believe there are two kinds of people and those who know better.
Re: [CODE4LIB] Suggest a keynote speaker for Code4Lib 2010!
I nominate Andy Lester, author of ack a grep replacement and itinerant speaker on Technical Debt and employment in the tech world. He's a Perl guru working in the publishing indsutry. Andy's Technical Debt lecture would be a good fit, IMO, for the code4lib group. Technical Debt Talk: http://www.media-landscape.com/yapc/2006-06-26.AndyLester/ Employment Stuff: http://theworkinggeek.com/ He spoke at OSCON year on a couple of topics: http://en.oreilly.com/oscon2009/public/schedule/speaker/6552 find him at twitter at: http://twitter.com/PetDance Cheers, -Chad
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I nominate Patrick Ball [1], director of the Human Rights Data Analysis Group [2] and lead on Martus (which is FLOSS) [3]. I've never heard him talk but I admire the project, which is about gathering and analyzing enormous amounts of data and making it accessible and understandable to make the world a better place, like we do---except they do it about torture and human rights violations. Here's a video of him leading a panel at Berkeley recently: http://fora.tv/2009/05/04/Human_Rights_Databases_Data_Sharing_and_Data_Security Benetech HRDAG develops database software, data collection strategies, and statistical techniques to measure human rights atrocities. Our technology and analysis is used by truth commissions, international criminal tribunals, and non-governmental human rights organizations around the world. Our analysis identifies the trends and patterns which is the evidence of crimes of policy. Martus is a secure information management tool that allows you to create a searchable and encrypted database and back this data up remotely to your choice of publicly available servers. The Martus software is used by organizations around the world to protect sensitive information and shield the identity of victims or witnesses who provide testimony on human rights abuses. Martus is the Greek word for witness. [1] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Patrick_Ball [2] http://www.hrdag.org/ [3] http://www.martus.org/ Bill -- William Denton, Toronto : miskatonic.org www.frbr.org openfrbr.org
[CODE4LIB] Suggest a keynote speaker for Code4Lib 2010!
Hi folks, The time has come once again to commence discussion of possible keynote speakers for the upcoming Code4Lib 2010 conference in Asheville! If you've got any suggestions for a speaker who'd be engaging, knowledgeable, and foolhardy enough to accept this high honor, throw their names to the list for discussion. We here at Code4Lib 2010 World Headquarters, deep under the sea, will accept nominations until *September 16, 2009*. Shortly thereafter we will open the polls for online voting. All suggestions and comments are welcome! Discuss away! Andreas Orphanides Code4Lib 2010 Keynote Speakers Committee
Re: [CODE4LIB] Suggest a keynote speaker for Code4Lib 2010!
Mark Pilgrim (diveintomark.org): * He knows (real world, not necessarily library) standards about as well as anyone and advocates strongly for what's simple and practical (check out his work on Atom and HTML5), but he's also an advocate for doing what's right even when it's not necessarily easy (http://diveintoaccessibility.org/) * He's updating Dive Into Python (http://diveintopython3.org/) * He's funny, writes well, and seems to be articulate in person (based on his short-lived video log) * He lives in NC * His mother was a librarian (http://diveintomark.org/archives/2002/06/02/more_on_social_networks) Brett Brett Bonfield Director Collingswood Public Library bonfi...@collingswoodlib.org 856.858.0649 On Thu, Jul 23, 2009 at 10:24 AM, Andreas Orphanidesandreas_orphani...@ncsu.edu wrote: Hi folks, The time has come once again to commence discussion of possible keynote speakers for the upcoming Code4Lib 2010 conference in Asheville! If you've got any suggestions for a speaker who'd be engaging, knowledgeable, and foolhardy enough to accept this high honor, throw their names to the list for discussion. We here at Code4Lib 2010 World Headquarters, deep under the sea, will accept nominations until *September 16, 2009*. Shortly thereafter we will open the polls for online voting. All suggestions and comments are welcome! Discuss away! Andreas Orphanides Code4Lib 2010 Keynote Speakers Committee
Re: [CODE4LIB] Suggest a keynote speaker for Code4Lib 2010!
2009/7/23 Eric Lease Morgan emor...@nd.edu: I suggest Richard Stahlman because: 1) he has repeatedly expressed an interest in attending, and 2) he apparently wants to tell us the real/true meaning of free and open source software. That would be AWESOME.
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Mike Taylor wrote: 2009/7/23 Eric Lease Morgan emor...@nd.edu: I suggest Richard Stahlman because: 1) he has repeatedly expressed an interest in attending, and 2) he apparently wants to tell us the real/true meaning of free and open source software. That would be AWESOME. I'd love to have Stallman as a keynote. I didn't know he expressed interest in attending. Just don't invite Eric Raymond on the same day! Edward
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I'd love to have Mark Pilgrim give the keynote. Of course, I'd also like to get RMS to sign my copy of Free Software, Free Society. Brett Bonfield wrote: Mark Pilgrim (diveintomark.org): * He knows (real world, not necessarily library) standards about as well as anyone and advocates strongly for what's simple and practical (check out his work on Atom and HTML5), but he's also an advocate for doing what's right even when it's not necessarily easy (http://diveintoaccessibility.org/) * He's updating Dive Into Python (http://diveintopython3.org/) * He's funny, writes well, and seems to be articulate in person (based on his short-lived video log) * He lives in NC * His mother was a librarian (http://diveintomark.org/archives/2002/06/02/more_on_social_networks) -- Jim Tuttle Digital Repository Librarian Digital Library Initiatives NCSU Libraries 919.513.0651 signature.asc Description: OpenPGP digital signature
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Sent from my mobile phone On Jul 23, 2009, at 10:56 AM, Edward M. Corrado I'd love to have Stallman as a keynote. I didn't know he expressed interest in attending. Just don't invite Eric Raymond on the same day! Edward That would really be awesome! :) (if my memory serves me correctly, doesn't dchud have some experience here?) -- had
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I think Richard Stallman would be interesting. Just make sure somebody is ready to drag him away when his time is up. He's a, er, very passionate speaker. ranti. -- Bulk mail. Postage paid.
Re: [CODE4LIB] Suggest a keynote speaker for Code4Lib 2010!
Yeah, don't ever invite Eric Raymond. Edward M. Corrado wrote: Mike Taylor wrote: 2009/7/23 Eric Lease Morgan emor...@nd.edu: I suggest Richard Stahlman because: 1) he has repeatedly expressed an interest in attending, and 2) he apparently wants to tell us the real/true meaning of free and open source software. That would be AWESOME. I'd love to have Stallman as a keynote. I didn't know he expressed interest in attending. Just don't invite Eric Raymond on the same day! Edward -- Jim Tuttle Digital Repository Librarian Digital Library Initiatives NCSU Libraries 919.513.0651 signature.asc Description: OpenPGP digital signature
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Hi, On Thu, Jul 23, 2009 at 11:11 AM, Ranti Junusranti.ju...@gmail.com wrote: I think Richard Stallman would be interesting. Just make sure somebody is ready to drag him away when his time is up. He's a, er, very passionate speaker. And particular, perhaps we can invite him without inviting Saint Ignucius? [1] [1] http://www.linuxtoday.com/infrastructure/2009072001335NWCY Regards, Galen
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I hadn't wanted to rain on the parade, but David's comment inspires me to do so. Does anyone really think we will hear anything new from Richard Stallman? I mean, seriously? Roy On 7/23/09 7/23/09 9:20 AM, David Fiander da...@fiander.info wrote: If you were to invite Stallman as your keynote, that would certainly make me feel better about the fact that I have to miss Code4Lib again this year. On Thu, Jul 23, 2009 at 11:55 AM, Andrew Nagyasn...@gmail.com wrote: I'd also be happy to nominate my old boss Joe Lucia at Villanova. He is a Library Director who fully supports Open Source software and speaks on it from time to time. He was the keynote speaker at the recent Evergreen conference. Andrew On Thu, Jul 23, 2009 at 10:24 AM, Andreas Orphanides andreas_orphani...@ncsu.edu wrote: Hi folks, The time has come once again to commence discussion of possible keynote speakers for the upcoming Code4Lib 2010 conference in Asheville! If you've got any suggestions for a speaker who'd be engaging, knowledgeable, and foolhardy enough to accept this high honor, throw their names to the list for discussion. We here at Code4Lib 2010 World Headquarters, deep under the sea, will accept nominations until *September 16, 2009*. Shortly thereafter we will open the polls for online voting. All suggestions and comments are welcome! Discuss away! Andreas Orphanides Code4Lib 2010 Keynote Speakers Committee --
Re: [CODE4LIB] Suggest a keynote speaker for Code4Lib 2010!
I don't think so. I'd be inclined to suggest someone else in lieu of rms who would prove more interesting, like Clifford Lynch... Mark A. Matienzo Applications Developer, Digital Experience Group The New York Public Library On Thu, Jul 23, 2009 at 12:38 PM, Roy Tennanttenna...@oclc.org wrote: I hadn't wanted to rain on the parade, but David's comment inspires me to do so. Does anyone really think we will hear anything new from Richard Stallman? I mean, seriously? Roy On 7/23/09 7/23/09 € 9:20 AM, David Fiander da...@fiander.info wrote: If you were to invite Stallman as your keynote, that would certainly make me feel better about the fact that I have to miss Code4Lib again this year. On Thu, Jul 23, 2009 at 11:55 AM, Andrew Nagyasn...@gmail.com wrote: I'd also be happy to nominate my old boss Joe Lucia at Villanova. He is a Library Director who fully supports Open Source software and speaks on it from time to time. He was the keynote speaker at the recent Evergreen conference. Andrew On Thu, Jul 23, 2009 at 10:24 AM, Andreas Orphanides andreas_orphani...@ncsu.edu wrote: Hi folks, The time has come once again to commence discussion of possible keynote speakers for the upcoming Code4Lib 2010 conference in Asheville! If you've got any suggestions for a speaker who'd be engaging, knowledgeable, and foolhardy enough to accept this high honor, throw their names to the list for discussion. We here at Code4Lib 2010 World Headquarters, deep under the sea, will accept nominations until *September 16, 2009*. Shortly thereafter we will open the polls for online voting. All suggestions and comments are welcome! Discuss away! Andreas Orphanides Code4Lib 2010 Keynote Speakers Committee --
Re: [CODE4LIB] Suggest a keynote speaker for Code4Lib 2010!
I nominate Peter Moreville. I also suggest folks save their RMS love/hate for the voting booth. The man's been nominated. Let's move on. --jay
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I've also seen Stephen talk and he offers a nice blend of tech, metadata, and end-user perspective. Mark Mark Jordan Head of Library Systems W.A.C. Bennett Library, Simon Fraser University Burnaby, British Columbia, V5A 1S6, Canada Voice: 778.782.5753 / Fax: 778.782.3023 mjor...@sfu.ca - Robert H. McDonald rhmcd...@indiana.edu wrote: An interesting person somewhere between Lynch and RMS is Stephen Downes (http://www.downes.ca/) - he is a great speaker and works with the Canadian National Research Council. He would definitely bring a more teaching and learning perspective to his talk. Best, Robert On 7/23/09 12:45 PM, Mark A. Matienzo m...@matienzo.org wrote: I don't think so. I'd be inclined to suggest someone else in lieu of rms who would prove more interesting, like Clifford Lynch... Mark A. Matienzo Applications Developer, Digital Experience Group The New York Public Library On Thu, Jul 23, 2009 at 12:38 PM, Roy Tennanttenna...@oclc.org wrote: I hadn't wanted to rain on the parade, but David's comment inspires me to do so. Does anyone really think we will hear anything new from Richard Stallman? I mean, seriously? Roy On 7/23/09 7/23/09 € 9:20 AM, David Fiander da...@fiander.info wrote: If you were to invite Stallman as your keynote, that would certainly make me feel better about the fact that I have to miss Code4Lib again this year. On Thu, Jul 23, 2009 at 11:55 AM, Andrew Nagyasn...@gmail.com wrote: I'd also be happy to nominate my old boss Joe Lucia at Villanova. He is a Library Director who fully supports Open Source software and speaks on it from time to time. He was the keynote speaker at the recent Evergreen conference. Andrew On Thu, Jul 23, 2009 at 10:24 AM, Andreas Orphanides andreas_orphani...@ncsu.edu wrote: Hi folks, The time has come once again to commence discussion of possible keynote speakers for the upcoming Code4Lib 2010 conference in Asheville! If you've got any suggestions for a speaker who'd be engaging, knowledgeable, and foolhardy enough to accept this high honor, throw their names to the list for discussion. We here at Code4Lib 2010 World Headquarters, deep under the sea, will accept nominations until *September 16, 2009*. Shortly thereafter we will open the polls for online voting. All suggestions and comments are welcome! Discuss away! Andreas Orphanides Code4Lib 2010 Keynote Speakers Committee -- ** Robert H. McDonald Associate Dean for Library Technologies Associate Director, Data to Insight Center-Pervasive Technology Institute Indiana University Herman B Wells Library 234 1320 East 10th Street Bloomington, IN 47405 Phone: 812-856-4834 Email: rob...@indiana.edu Skype/GTalk: rhmcdonald AIM/MSN: rhmcdonald1
Re: [CODE4LIB] Suggest a keynote speaker for Code4Lib 2010!
Yeah, just to counter the pro-Stallman mania, I personally would be completely non-plussed by Stallman as a keynote speaker, based on my experience seeing him before. But I guess that's why we vote. David Fiander wrote: If you were to invite Stallman as your keynote, that would certainly make me feel better about the fact that I have to miss Code4Lib again this year. On Thu, Jul 23, 2009 at 11:55 AM, Andrew Nagyasn...@gmail.com wrote: I'd also be happy to nominate my old boss Joe Lucia at Villanova. He is a Library Director who fully supports Open Source software and speaks on it from time to time. He was the keynote speaker at the recent Evergreen conference. Andrew On Thu, Jul 23, 2009 at 10:24 AM, Andreas Orphanides andreas_orphani...@ncsu.edu wrote: Hi folks, The time has come once again to commence discussion of possible keynote speakers for the upcoming Code4Lib 2010 conference in Asheville! If you've got any suggestions for a speaker who'd be engaging, knowledgeable, and foolhardy enough to accept this high honor, throw their names to the list for discussion. We here at Code4Lib 2010 World Headquarters, deep under the sea, will accept nominations until *September 16, 2009*. Shortly thereafter we will open the polls for online voting. All suggestions and comments are welcome! Discuss away! Andreas Orphanides Code4Lib 2010 Keynote Speakers Committee
Re: [CODE4LIB] Suggest a keynote speaker for Code4Lib 2010!
Hey, I'd find it useful if people who are submitting names would also submit a brief description for your suggestion (what s/he is famous for, why s/he'd be a good keynote, etc. - I know some of you already did this) Think of it as courting the lazy crowd (ie, people who won't Google a name)... with a bunch of programmers, this might be a good sized contingent. Thanks, Kevin On Thu, Jul 23, 2009 at 10:24 AM, Andreas Orphanidesandreas_orphani...@ncsu.edu wrote: Hi folks, The time has come once again to commence discussion of possible keynote speakers for the upcoming Code4Lib 2010 conference in Asheville! If you've got any suggestions for a speaker who'd be engaging, knowledgeable, and foolhardy enough to accept this high honor, throw their names to the list for discussion. We here at Code4Lib 2010 World Headquarters, deep under the sea, will accept nominations until *September 16, 2009*. Shortly thereafter we will open the polls for online voting. All suggestions and comments are welcome! Discuss away! Andreas Orphanides Code4Lib 2010 Keynote Speakers Committee -- Kevin S. Clarke Coordinator of Web Services Belk Library Information Commons Appalachian State University 218 College Street Boone, NC 28608 clark...@appstate.edu (828) 262-8472 There are two kinds of people in the world: those who believe there are two kinds of people and those who know better.
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Love Cliff. Really! But he's at practically every library-related conference speaking anyway. Laura Laura J. Smart Metadata Services Manager, Caltech Library la...@library.caltech.edu/laura.j.sm...@gmail.com On Thu, Jul 23, 2009 at 9:45 AM, Mark A. Matienzom...@matienzo.org wrote: I don't think so. I'd be inclined to suggest someone else in lieu of rms who would prove more interesting, like Clifford Lynch... Mark A. Matienzo Applications Developer, Digital Experience Group The New York Public Library --
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On Thu, Jul 23, 2009 at 2:14 PM, Kevin S. Clarkekscla...@gmail.com wrote: Hey, I'd find it useful if people who are submitting names would also submit a brief description for your suggestion (what s/he is famous for, why s/he'd be a good keynote, etc. - I know some of you already did this) Think of it as courting the lazy crowd (ie, people who won't Google a name)... with a bunch of programmers, this might be a good sized contingent. Amen. It would also be great if folks could properly spell the names of those they are nominating... Peter Morville--not Moreville--is most commonly known as the author of Ambient Findability, and co-author of Information Architecture for the World Wide Web. He's president and founder of Semantic Studios [1], teacher at UMich, and blogger at findability.org [2]. [1] http://www.semanticstudios.com [2] http://findability.org --jay
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On Thu, Jul 23, 2009 at 4:13 PM, Lovins, Danieldaniel.lov...@yale.edu wrote: I nominate Jonathan Zittrain [1], co-founder of Harvard's Berkman Center for Internet and Society [2] (where David Weinberger is a fellow [3]) and author of The Future of the Internet and How to Stop It [4]. +1
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I nominate Paul Jones, the director of ibiblio.org. He's a poet, teaches at a journalism school and a library school, he's a part of internet and open source history (how many of you downloaded your first linux distro from sunsite.unc.edu?) and he's a fantastic public speaker. Here's an extract from his website (http://www.ibiblio.org/pjones/): Although often mistaken for other unreconstructed relics of the failed social policies of the Sixties, Paul Jones is the Director of ibiblio.org, a project that includes the Site Formerly Known as MetaLab and SunSITE, The Public's Library -- a large contributor-run digital library. Besides speaking at several conferences world-wide, Paul teaches on the faculties of the School of Journalism and Mass Communication and the School of Information and Library Science. He can be found many places on the Internet. He was the original manager of SunSITE.unc.edu, one of the first WWW sites in North America and is co-author of The Web Server Book (Ventana, 1995) (rereleased as The Unix Web Server Book, Second Edition Ventana, 1997). Jones has an additional on-going research interest in Open Source and Sharing Communities and Information policy issues as well as being an actively publishing poet. Paul is the editor of the Internet Poetry Archives, published with UNC Press. Paul is a founding board member of the American Open Technology Consortium, a member of the Board of Trustees of Chapel Hill Public Library, and a board member of the Linux Documentation Project. But he is most pleased to have been admitted into the Luxuriant Flowing Hair Club for Scientists and to have been selected in April 2003 as Best Geek in the Research Triangle by the Independent Weekly. Elizabeth (Bess) Sadler Chief Architect for the Online Library Environment Box 400129 Alderman Library University of Virginia Charlottesville, VA 22904 b...@virginia.edu (434) 243-2305
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Great nomination Bess! I've known Paul for years, although unfortunately my interactions with him in recent years have been few. In addition to the bio below, he's funny and his sense of humor gains an additional kick by being delivered in a Southern drawl. hyperboleI'd run over kids in strollers to hear him speak./hyperbole Roy On 7/23/09 7/23/09 3:17 PM, Bess Sadler eo...@virginia.edu wrote: I nominate Paul Jones, the director of ibiblio.org. He's a poet, teaches at a journalism school and a library school, he's a part of internet and open source history (how many of you downloaded your first linux distro from sunsite.unc.edu?) and he's a fantastic public speaker. Here's an extract from his website (http://www.ibiblio.org/pjones/): Although often mistaken for other unreconstructed relics of the failed social policies of the Sixties, Paul Jones is the Director of ibiblio.org, a project that includes the Site Formerly Known as MetaLab and SunSITE, The Public's Library -- a large contributor-run digital library. Besides speaking at several conferences world-wide, Paul teaches on the faculties of the School of Journalism and Mass Communication and the School of Information and Library Science. He can be found many places on the Internet. He was the original manager of SunSITE.unc.edu, one of the first WWW sites in North America and is co-author of The Web Server Book (Ventana, 1995) (rereleased as The Unix Web Server Book, Second Edition Ventana, 1997). Jones has an additional on-going research interest in Open Source and Sharing Communities and Information policy issues as well as being an actively publishing poet. Paul is the editor of the Internet Poetry Archives, published with UNC Press. Paul is a founding board member of the American Open Technology Consortium, a member of the Board of Trustees of Chapel Hill Public Library, and a board member of the Linux Documentation Project. But he is most pleased to have been admitted into the Luxuriant Flowing Hair Club for Scientists and to have been selected in April 2003 as Best Geek in the Research Triangle by the Independent Weekly. Elizabeth (Bess) Sadler Chief Architect for the Online Library Environment Box 400129 Alderman Library University of Virginia Charlottesville, VA 22904 b...@virginia.edu (434) 243-2305 --
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I think that Mitchell Baker, Chair of the Mozilla Foundation is an excellent speaker, and perhaps a more modern evangelist for open source and a gimmick-free web. Cary -- Cary Gordon The Cherry Hill Company http://chillco.com
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I am making a meta-comment that I for one appreciate the additional pre-vote discussion and that the voting booth is where I vote *after I have gathered input for my voting decision.* Mark Pilgrim would be cool, though I for one don't actually hear Cliff Lynch all that often, not where I go, and so he's a treat for me. She's not a developer-type, but Joan Frye Williams has a lot of insights that she might be willing to turn towards the issues C4L discusses. They might not be what we want to hear, but sometimes that's a good thing. -- -- | Karen G. Schneider | Community Librarian | Equinox Software Inc. The Evergreen Experts | Toll-free: 1.877.Open.ILS (1.877.673.6457) x712 | k...@esilibrary.com | Web: http://www.esilibrary.com
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I nominate Cathy Marshall, Senior Researcher at Microsoft Research. She's working in personal digital archiving and personal information management. I've been really impressed with two of her recent projects: a talk at ASIST '08 about myths of digital archiving [1] and her JCDL 2009 paper No bull, No spin[2]--which examined zillions of flickr photos of a particular tourist attraction to understand how they used tags. Despite being a serious researcher, Cathy is very down-to-earth (check her twitter feed http://twitter.com/ccmarshall or her older and sometimes bizarre hypertext art). I think she'd be a great keynoter for Code4Lib. Her homepages: http://research.microsoft.com/en-us/people/cathymar/ http://www.csdl.tamu.edu/~marshall/ [1] http://research.microsoft.com/en-us/people/cathymar/asist-marshall.pdf [2] http://research.microsoft.com/apps/pubs/default.aspx?id=80591
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I'd like to second the Joan Frye Williams nomination, mostly because I know of few people with such a practical bent and I think it would be helpful to hear her perspective on what library coders might be able to do to help the largest number of people. Also, I'd like to ask the ad hoc committee if they are capturing these nominations somewhere. May I suggest the wiki, where we can all see them? It's too difficult to keep track of all the email. Thanks, Roy On 7/23/09 7/23/09 6:02 PM, Karen Schneider kgschnei...@gmail.com wrote: I am making a meta-comment that I for one appreciate the additional pre-vote discussion and that the voting booth is where I vote *after I have gathered input for my voting decision.* Mark Pilgrim would be cool, though I for one don't actually hear Cliff Lynch all that often, not where I go, and so he's a treat for me. She's not a developer-type, but Joan Frye Williams has a lot of insights that she might be willing to turn towards the issues C4L discusses. They might not be what we want to hear, but sometimes that's a good thing. --
