Re: [CODE4LIB] preconference proposals

2009-11-10 Thread Erik Hatcher
I'm interested presenting something Solr+library related at c4l10. I'm soliciting ideas from the community on what angle makes the most sense. At first I was thinking a regular conference talk proposal, but perhaps a preconference session would be better. I could be game for a half day

Re: [CODE4LIB] preconference proposals

2009-11-10 Thread Andrew Ashton
This isn't enough for a whole session or workshop, but we've been using Solr for a lot of small-to-medium-sized projects, and I've been interested in ways to optimize an environment to host a lot of little Solr instances (multicore?). I've also been working a bit with Solango (Solr Django) and

Re: [CODE4LIB] preconference proposals

2009-11-10 Thread Kevin S. Clarke
On Tue, Nov 10, 2009 at 8:38 AM, Erik Hatcher erikhatc...@mac.com wrote:  I could be game for a half day session.  It could be either an introductory Solr class, get up and running with Solr (+ Blacklight, of course).  Or maybe a more advanced session on topics like leveraging dismax, Solr

Re: [CODE4LIB] preconference proposals

2009-11-10 Thread Jodi Schneider
If you'd be up for it Erik, I'd envision a basic session in the morning. Some of us (like me) have never gotten Solr up and running. Then the afternoon could break off for an advanced session. Though I like Bess's idea, too! Would that be suitable for a conference breakout? Not sure I'd want to

Re: [CODE4LIB] preconference proposals

2009-11-10 Thread Becky Yoose
I like the Hacker 101/102/201/202 idea. While you do have a lot of seasoned programmers at c4l, others (and myself) haven't quite yet broken that barrier between the mundane and programming enlightenment/zen. I've met quite a few folks in that situation at the last c4l, and I'm sure many would

Re: [CODE4LIB] preconference proposals

2009-11-10 Thread Jay Luker
On Tue, Nov 10, 2009 at 10:06 AM, Dan Chudnov daniel.chud...@gmail.com wrote:  - Heckle Me, based on the example/ideas behind Chick's lightning talk last year The PDF of chick's slides is 404-ing [1]. Can someone remind me what this was about? --jay 1

Re: [CODE4LIB] preconference proposals

2009-11-10 Thread Tom Keays
Bad URL there. The real one is http://code4lib.org/files/chicks-lightning.pdf (that's where all the other lightning talks were stored). t On Tue, Nov 10, 2009 at 10:14 AM, Jay Luker jay.lu...@gmail.com wrote: On Tue, Nov 10, 2009 at 10:06 AM, Dan Chudnov daniel.chud...@gmail.com wrote:  -

Re: [CODE4LIB] preconference proposals

2009-11-10 Thread Jay Luker
Those. Slides. Don't. Help. --jay On Tue, Nov 10, 2009 at 10:36 AM, Tom Keays tomke...@gmail.com wrote: Bad URL there. The real one is http://code4lib.org/files/chicks-lightning.pdf (that's where all the other lightning talks were stored). t On Tue, Nov 10, 2009 at 10:14 AM, Jay Luker

Re: [CODE4LIB] preconference proposals

2009-11-10 Thread Dan Chudnov
Maybe you'd have to be e.e. cummings, but maybe not: the keyword refactotum leads to this: http://blog.thinkrelevance.com/2008/5/23/refactotum-overview ...which was what he described, and which sounds like a great session when led by the right hands. I think we could do it at c4lc.

[CODE4LIB] big thanks to ND folks

2009-11-10 Thread Dan Chudnov
A quick interjection to praise the wise folks at ND who host this list and whose listserv overlords (or they themselves?) saw fit to upgrade the listserv web front-end sometime past year or two. Following Eric's page into subscribers' corner led me into a screen where I could actually set

Re: [CODE4LIB] big thanks to ND folks

2009-11-10 Thread Eric Lease Morgan
On Nov 10, 2009, at 10:54 AM, Dan Chudnov wrote: A quick interjection to praise the wise folks at ND who host this list and whose listserv overlords (or they themselves?) saw fit to upgrade the listserv web front-end sometime past year or two. Following Eric's page into subscribers' corner

Re: [CODE4LIB] Transport options from Charlotte to Asheville for c4l2010

2009-11-10 Thread Jay Luker
FYI, on my previous visits to Asheville I've flown into/out of Greenville, SC. It's only about 1 hr driving time, so could be worth comparing vs. Charlotte shuttles. --jay On Tue, Nov 10, 2009 at 11:58 AM, Kevin S. Clarke kscla...@gmail.com wrote: I wonder how many folks would be interested in

Re: [CODE4LIB] Transport options from Charlotte to Asheville for c4l2010

2009-11-10 Thread Kevin S. Clarke
I wonder how many folks would be interested in this? It might be possible to use one of the university vans to make trips. I'll look into this. Kevin On Tue, Nov 10, 2009 at 1:32 AM, Mark A. Matienzo m...@matienzo.org wrote: Charlotte to Asheville shuttles are not cheap - one

Re: [CODE4LIB] preconference proposals

2009-11-10 Thread Jason Stirnaman
+1 I'm managing a Solr-powered app, but haven't had much time to learn how to use Solr better. Hands-on would be great as long as the attendees understand the prereqs and were ready to jump in and work - not expecting time and assistance with downloading, installing, etc. Speaking as one of the

[CODE4LIB] wiki page for preconference proposals

2009-11-10 Thread Kevin S. Clarke
Hi all, I put up a draft page for preconference proposals[1]. I populated it with some of the ideas mentioned on the code4lib list. There is some overlap so feel free to go on there and refine, remove, add, etc. [1] http://wiki.code4lib.org/index.php/2010_Preconference_Proposals Kevin