Would anyone be interested in working through Introduction to
Probability and Statistics Using R together?
There's a free downloadable PDF and a paperback is available.
http://www.lulu.com/product/file-download/introduction-to-probability-and-statistics-using-r/12037733
/dev
On Tue, May 3,
Thank You Abagail! I was just doing this in Excel. Here were the top vote
getters with a little squishing to dedup.
~
Edward Iglesias
Systems Librarian
Central Connecticut State University
XML/XSLT 6 Drupal 5 Git 5 RDA 5 map/reduce 4 PHP 4 Python 4 R 4
guitar 3 hadoop
Thanks for the updates everyone! Please do continuing editing or adding
things you're interested in learning
Abigail [spelled with an i please ;) ]
On 5/6/2011 10:15 AM, Edward Iglesias wrote:
Thank You Abagail! I was just doing this in Excel. Here were the top vote
getters with a little
In case anyone was curious--here's a compilation of topics people are
seeking. May be some ideas for presentations, continuing ed, what not in
the future.
https://spreadsheets.google.com/ccc?key=0AvPz7vaHT-1CdDdvNEFSdlphYmtPUkJOcTNSVnB1RHchl=enauthkey=CM2S9tEO
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In case anyone was curious--here's a compilation of topics people are seeking.
May be some ideas for presentations, continuing ed, what not in the future.
https://spreadsheets.google.com/ccc?key
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Abigail Goben
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In case anyone was curious--here's a compilation of topics
I believe the key is capturing your subjects in flagrante delicto
On Fri, Apr 29, 2011 at 5:08 PM, Fleming, Declan dflem...@ucsd.edu wrote:
How to make money at photography
--
Cary Gordon
The Cherry Hill Company
http://chillco.com
That is where the wine comes in. Give me a Montechristo #2 and an '77
Fonseca or perhaps a '65 Domaine de la Coume de Roy Maury, and I am in
the proverbial hog heaven.
Cary
On Fri, Apr 29, 2011 at 4:45 PM, Fleming, Declan dflem...@ucsd.edu wrote:
Dude, that's easy.
Throw yourself at the
On Fri, Apr 29, 2011 at 9:08 PM, Fleming, Declan dflem...@ucsd.edu wrote:
Wine appreciation - ok, this one is a lie. BEER!!!
Same here. Both the façade and the truth.
--
Luciano Ramalho
programador repentista || stand-up programmer
Twitter: @luciano
Dude, that's easy.
Throw yourself at the ground and miss.
I like Cubans.
D
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Gordon
Sent: Thursday, April 28, 2011 8:16 AM
To: CODE4LIB@LISTSERV.ND.EDU
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Awesome thread! This is why I love barcamp. Any and all of this would fit at
one.
My lists:
Work -
Git
Hadoop
Python
CSS - still confounds my procedural mind...
More Drupal
Explaining RDF better
Explaining lots of tech stuff better
Marketing
Life -
How to make money at photography
Artistic
I've thought for a while that libraries would be significantly better places
if there was always a big brisket near the reference desk that people could
just carve a slice off of and a giant pot of curry in the basement.
On Thu, Apr 28, 2011 at 8:55 AM, Andreas Orphanides
I think that the air traffic controllers tried that. It didn't work out.
On Thu, Apr 28, 2011 at 6:16 AM, Bill Dueber b...@dueber.com wrote:
I've thought for a while that libraries would be significantly better places
if there was always a big brisket near the reference desk that people could
Node.js
hadoop
basics of complex data structures
How anyone else learned to stop worrying and love their LMS
how to maintain focus when I have 3000 things on the go
how to get a toddler to consistently sleep through the night
And for Benjamin
Brussel Sprouts, Garlic, Cashews, Olive Oil and a Bit
Thanks for all the responses. From the looks of things the next Code4lib
conference should include
A) A good New Orleans Jazz Band. May I suggest Tuba Skinny
http://tubaskinny.blogspot.com/
B) A few good sessions on Statistics
C) A keynote by Jamie Oliver.
I love this group.
Edward Iglesias
calculus (embarrassing)
html (just kidding)
ruby (for real)
spanish (like to be fluent)
russian (been to country once)
git (with David Walker on this one)
On 4/26/2011 7:30 AM, Edward Iglesias wrote:
Hello All,
I am doing a presentation at RILA (Rhode Island Library Association) on
changing
I wish I had time to definitively remove should from my vocabulary. :) If it
were only as easy as: s/should/could/
That said I want to (and probably will) learn
All things Drupal
More advanced PHP
RDF
Whatever the semantic web is and the magic it offers
XSLT (this seems to be a common theme)
- Italian
- Russian
- Dutch
- the Cajun two step
- rotary wing aircraft piloting
On 4/26/2011 7:30 AM, Edward Iglesias wrote:
Hello All,
I am doing a presentation at RILA (Rhode Island Library Association)
on
changing skill sets for Systems Librarians. I did a formal survey a
while
back
Here's my list
Leading people well
Managing people well
Making good things happen (e.g. going from a perceived problem to a routine
implemented service)
Understanding (at a fairly high level) how a networked digital environment
works technically, economically, and socially
Old English
Hebrew
* Google App Engine
* PostGIS
* Drums
This thread got me thinking about what I learned during a time when I actually
had time to learn whatever I wanted to:
Applied Epistemology (reading list supplied mostly by @edsu)
Copyright Law (reading list supplied mostly by @grimmelm)
Writing and Journalism
Eric Hellman
President, Gluejar,
Perl
Drupal
Esperanto
kylebanerjee++ for What I can totally tune out with no fear of regret.
And my latest addition to the list:
Double Bass
Joe Montibello, MLIS
Library Systems Manager
Dartmouth College
603.646.9394
joseph.montibe...@dartmouth.edu
Great topic, Edward!
Next on my list are:
- nodejs
- CoffeScript
- JQueryUI
- Clojure
- Video editing
- Spanish (I speak Portuguese, which is close enough to grok most
Spanish texts and basic conversation)
I'd also want to learn more about current best practices for dealing
with bibliographic
Java - yeah, i know... the syntax I got but the other bits are always
flail and error. i'm missing a fundamental understanding of the tools,
how to actually build, package deploy an app, how to use the IDE
properly, etc
NLP
Python Testing
ePub
Tennis
How to cook an eggplant so that it is edible
MapReduce/Hadoop/Pig
Python
Patience
Not necessarily in that order.
Roy
I played double bass in 6th grade. Wish I'd continued.
Jay, start with white eggplant. And that's it really.
Dang it, Simon. I hate that song and now it's stuck in my head. No
hard feelings though. I'll just wander off to listen to some TMBG to
replace the earworm.
Linda
Big secret for eggplant cookery [1]: Slice, sprinkle with a moderate dose of
salt, drain for an hour or two. Rinse thoroughly, then cook. This will not only
purge the tannins and other bitter compounds from the eggplant but will also
get rid of a lot of the locked-in moisture that would
12:49 PM
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Big secret for eggplant cookery [1]: Slice, sprinkle with a moderate dose of
salt, drain for an hour or two. Rinse thoroughly, then cook. This will not only
purge the tannins and other bitter
On 4/27/11, Richard, Joel M richar...@si.edu wrote:
I wish I had time to definitively remove should from my vocabulary. :) If
it were only as easy as: s/should/could/
That said I want to (and probably will) learn
All things Drupal
More advanced PHP
RDF
Whatever the semantic web is and the
To those who are interested in transitioning to git from Subversion, I
can recommend the excellent git-svn tool
(http://www.kernel.org/pub/software/scm/git/docs/git-svn.html) that
comes with git.
You can clone (git for checkout) directly from an svn repository:
git svn clone
On Tue, Apr 26, 2011 at 7:30 AM, Edward Iglesias
edwardigles...@gmail.com wrote:
Hello All,
I am doing a presentation at RILA (Rhode Island Library Association) on
changing skill sets for Systems Librarians. I did a formal survey a while
back (if you participated, thank you) but this stuff
On Tue, Apr 26, 2011 at 11:00 AM, Nate Vack njv...@wisc.edu wrote:
On Tue, Apr 26, 2011 at 7:30 AM, Edward Iglesias
edwardigles...@gmail.com wrote:
Hello All,
I am doing a presentation at RILA (Rhode Island Library Association)
on changing skill sets for Systems Librarians. I did a
From: Code for Libraries [CODE4LIB@LISTSERV.ND.EDU] on behalf of Simon Spero
[s...@unc.edu]
Sent: Tuesday, April 26, 2011 12:23 PM
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On Tue, Apr 26, 2011 at 11:00 AM, Nate Vack njv...@wisc.edu wrote:
On Tue
Fun question, my list:
- data mining (the algorithms, the tools, etc)
- go (the programming language)
- hadoop
Not necessarily inter-related mind you :-)
//Ed
On Tue, Apr 26, 2011 at 8:30 AM, Edward Iglesias
edwardigles...@gmail.com wrote:
Hello All,
I am doing a presentation at RILA (Rhode
Spero
[s...@unc.edu]
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On Tue, Apr 26, 2011 at 11:00 AM, Nate Vack njv...@wisc.edu wrote:
On Tue, Apr 26, 2011 at 7:30 AM, Edward Iglesias
edwardigles
Networking (people)
Effective git workflows
Rails integration (railties, generators, rake, gems)
Brice Stacey
Digital Library Services
University of Massachusetts Boston
brice.sta...@umb.edu
617-287-5921
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From: Code for Libraries [mailto:CODE4LIB@LISTSERV.ND.EDU] On
Drupal
PHP
MySQL
XML/XSLT
APIs
what the heck the above really means
Arabic
Hindi
RDA
speed reading
RDF
prioritizing
time management
time travel
Not a Systems person though. Just a cataloger trying to keep up.
---
Linda Ballinger
Principal Cataloging Librarian
Newberry Library
CSS
PHP
MYSQL
Sharepoint
Netapps and other storage networks
Mashups
Better ways of involving users in design and process issues
On a non tech level, improve my Spanish and overall stress management.
Thanks for kicking off this thread!
===
Daniel Cornwall
Head
map/reduce
coffeescript, node.js, other server side javascripts
XSLT
How to not make a not-completely-hideous-looking web app.
-Ross.
On Tue, Apr 26, 2011 at 8:30 AM, Edward Iglesias
edwardigles...@gmail.com wrote:
Hello All,
I am doing a presentation at RILA (Rhode Island Library
play the guitar
real statistics (not have t-test, will travel!)
cook a really good roast
graph theory
map/reduce
Hebrew
some machine learning (esp. wrt parsing)
On Tue, Apr 26, 2011 at 4:15 PM, Ross Singer rossfsin...@gmail.com wrote:
map/reduce
coffeescript, node.js, other server side
On Tue, Apr 26, 2011 at 08:30:29AM -0400, Edward Iglesias wrote:
Hello All,
I am doing a presentation at RILA (Rhode Island Library Association) on
changing skill sets for Systems Librarians. I did a formal survey a while
back (if you participated, thank you) but this stuff changes so
On Tue, Apr 26, 2011 at 8:30 AM, Edward Iglesias
edwardigles...@gmail.com wrote:
Hello All,
I am doing a presentation at RILA (Rhode Island Library Association) on
changing skill sets for Systems Librarians. I did a formal survey a while
back (if you participated, thank you) but this stuff
My list:
the language I'd switch to if Oracle manages to screw up Java
R
ObjectiveC
Dutch
how to play guitar
-Esme
--
Esme Cowles escow...@ucsd.edu
Men feared witches and burnt women.
-- Louis Brandeis, Whitney v. California, concurring
On Apr 26, 2011, at 8:30 AM, Edward Iglesias wrote:
I used Hadoop a little bit in my old job and found that it was a very handy
tool to have. I used it to test a change to some logic that tried to extract
item quantities from titles in a very large product catalog. It's not really a
classic map/reduce application, but I think it would have been
My list would be:
Data mining
Computer vision
Danish
Linear algebra / Matrix theory (enough that I can understand the spectral
analysis of PageRank, Hubs and Authorities, and similar algorithms)
I already play the double bass, but I could always be better, so that goes on
any list.
Mark
On
Python
No-mind (ego-less)
Advanced PHP
Victorian Science
Jason
On 11-04-26 5:30 AM, Edward Iglesias
edwardigles...@gmail.commailto:edwardigles...@gmail.com wrote:
Hello All,
I am doing a presentation at RILA (Rhode Island Library Association) on
changing skill sets for Systems Librarians. I
It is a pretty big list for me, much of it has already been mentioned.
- map/reduce pattern
- sophisticated Google Analytics usage
- advanced Drupal module programming
- AJAX in general and JQuery in particular
- mock objects in PHP and Java for unit testing
- playing a guitar
Peter
On
Sounds like we need a guitar teacher at the next conference.
Michael
On 4/26/2011 3:45 PM, Peter Murray wrote:
It is a pretty big list for me, much of it has already been mentioned.
- map/reduce pattern
- sophisticated Google Analytics usage
- advanced Drupal module programming
- AJAX
Sounds like we need a guitar teacher at the next conference.
I can do that if somebody will teach me how to read minds.
--
Eric Lease Morgan
1)
On Feb 18, 2011, at 10:48 AM, Eric Lease Morgan wrote:
How does a person go about exporting MARC records from a III system?
Thank you for all of the very helpful replied regarding the exporting of MARC
records from a III system. I'm well on my way to resolving the problem, and
I've
Ok. Bassists where are you at?
1) Python
2) CSound
3) R
4) Old school jazz bass - French Jazz/New Orleans Jazz (double bass would
definitely come in handy)
-nruest
On 2011-04-26, at 7:03 PM, Fowler, Jason jason.fow...@ubc.ca wrote:
1)
On Feb 18, 2011, at 10:48 AM, Eric Lease Morgan wrote:
Drupal
Solr/Blacklight
Rr
Hula-hoop tricks
-Ken
On Apr 26, 2011, at 8:30 AM, Edward Iglesias wrote:
Hello All,
I am doing a presentation at RILA (Rhode Island Library Association) on
changing skill sets for Systems Librarians. I did a formal survey a while
back (if you
I'm a double bassist, and I played traditional/New Orleans jazz for a
while with a band called Chuck Taylor and the Dixie Squid. These days
I pretty much only play classical, though.
Mark
Quoting Nick Ruest rue...@mcmaster.ca:
Ok. Bassists where are you at?
1) Python
2) CSound
3) R
4)
* neo4j
* All the math I forgot since college (linear algebra, graph theory, etc)
* RDA
* PostGIS
* Augmented reality
* Cleaner, more stylish Javascript than the derpy stuff I currently write.
* A brussel sprout recipe my wife will eat that doesn't involve bacon.
Ben
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