Re: [CODE4LIB] preconference proposals

2009-11-17 Thread David A. Faler
. Yes, it IS all about me. ;) D -Original Message- From: Code for Libraries [mailto:code4...@listserv.nd.edu] On Behalf Of Gabriel Farrell Sent: Thursday, November 12, 2009 4:11 PM To: CODE4LIB@LISTSERV.ND.EDU Subject: Re: [CODE4LIB] preconference proposals On Tue, Nov 10, 2009

Re: [CODE4LIB] preconference proposals

2009-11-17 Thread Michael J. Giarlo
Message- From: Code for Libraries [mailto:code4...@listserv.nd.edu] On Behalf Of Gabriel Farrell Sent: Thursday, November 12, 2009 4:11 PM To: CODE4LIB@LISTSERV.ND.EDU Subject: Re: [CODE4LIB] preconference proposals On Tue, Nov 10, 2009 at 02:47:42PM +, Jodi Schneider wrote

Re: [CODE4LIB] preconference proposals

2009-11-17 Thread Fleming, Declan
Heh, Declan can't even make Declan do pushups... ;) D -Original Message- From: Code for Libraries [mailto:code4...@listserv.nd.edu] On Behalf Of Bess Sadler Sent: Tuesday, November 17, 2009 5:25 AM To: CODE4LIB@LISTSERV.ND.EDU Subject: Re: [CODE4LIB] preconference proposals Dear David

Re: [CODE4LIB] preconference proposals - solr

2009-11-16 Thread Michael Beccaria
College 518.327.6376 -Original Message- From: Code for Libraries [mailto:code4...@listserv.nd.edu] On Behalf Of Bess Sadler Sent: Friday, November 13, 2009 11:26 AM To: CODE4LIB@LISTSERV.ND.EDU Subject: Re: [CODE4LIB] preconference proposals - solr Hey, how about this? I've been

Re: [CODE4LIB] preconference proposals

2009-11-16 Thread Fleming, Declan
[mailto:code4...@listserv.nd.edu] On Behalf Of Jodi Schneider Sent: Tuesday, November 10, 2009 6:48 AM To: CODE4LIB@LISTSERV.ND.EDU Subject: Re: [CODE4LIB] preconference proposals 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

Re: [CODE4LIB] preconference proposals

2009-11-16 Thread Fleming, Declan
] On Behalf Of Gabriel Farrell Sent: Thursday, November 12, 2009 4:11 PM To: CODE4LIB@LISTSERV.ND.EDU Subject: Re: [CODE4LIB] preconference proposals On Tue, Nov 10, 2009 at 02:47:42PM +, Jodi Schneider wrote: If you'd be up for it Erik, I'd envision a basic session in the morning. Some of us (like

Re: [CODE4LIB] preconference proposals - solr

2009-11-14 Thread John Fereira
On 13-Nov-09, at 10:29 AM, Cary Gordon wrote: I might be able to help with the white belt. Do I get to wear one of those padded suits? It should probably be mandatory. Aren't you glad they're modeling the pre-conf after karate, and not sumo wresting?

Re: [CODE4LIB] preconference proposals - solr

2009-11-13 Thread Bess Sadler
Hey, how about this? I've been discussing this off list with Erik and Naomi and this is what we came up with (I also added it to the wiki): This is a proposal for several pre-conference sessions that would fit together nicely for people interested in implementing a next-gen catalog system.

Re: [CODE4LIB] preconference proposals - solr

2009-11-13 Thread Walter Lewis
On 13 Nov 09, at 11:25 AM, Bess Sadler wrote: 1. Morning session - solr white belt [delightful descriptions snipped] 2. Morning session - solr black belt 3. Afternoon session - Blacklight Is there any chance that the black belt session needs to be/should be a two parter and run through the

Re: [CODE4LIB] preconference proposals - solr

2009-11-13 Thread McDonald, Robert H.
This looks like a great set of pre-conferences - especially since they are built around Solr. Robert On 11/13/09 11:25 AM, Bess Sadler eo...@virginia.edu wrote: Hey, how about this? I've been discussing this off list with Erik and Naomi and this is what we came up with (I also added it to

Re: [CODE4LIB] preconference proposals - solr

2009-11-13 Thread Erik Hatcher
+1, Bess! I'm especially psyched for the kata demonstrations and sparring matches we'll have at the end of the session :) I'll tinker with the advanced session description a bit when I can, but let's run with that for the time being. I'm happy to have Noami join me however she likes.

Re: [CODE4LIB] preconference proposals - solr

2009-11-13 Thread Gabriel Farrell
On Fri, Nov 13, 2009 at 11:42:53AM -0500, Walter Lewis wrote: On 13 Nov 09, at 11:25 AM, Bess Sadler wrote: 1. Morning session - solr white belt [delightful descriptions snipped] 2. Morning session - solr black belt 3. Afternoon session - Blacklight Is there any chance that the black

Re: [CODE4LIB] preconference proposals - solr

2009-11-13 Thread Jason Stirnaman
+1 I'd never leave the dojo. Agreed on morning and afternoon black belt sessions for all those who desire dark Solr. -- Jason Stirnaman On 11/13/2009 at 11:01 AM, in message 20091113170101.gd4...@manheim.library.drexel.edu, Gabriel Farrell g...@rc98.net wrote: On Fri, Nov 13, 2009 at

Re: [CODE4LIB] preconference proposals - solr

2009-11-13 Thread Erik Hatcher
On Nov 13, 2009, at 11:42 AM, Walter Lewis wrote: On 13 Nov 09, at 11:25 AM, Bess Sadler wrote: 1. Morning session - solr white belt [delightful descriptions snipped] 2. Morning session - solr black belt 3. Afternoon session - Blacklight Is there any chance that the black belt session needs

Re: [CODE4LIB] preconference proposals - solr

2009-11-13 Thread Cary Gordon
I might be able to help with the white belt. Do I get to wear one of those padded suits? Cary On Fri, Nov 13, 2009 at 8:25 AM, Bess Sadler eo...@virginia.edu wrote: Hey, how about this? I've been discussing this off list with Erik and Naomi and this is what we came up with (I also added it to

Re: [CODE4LIB] preconference proposals - solr

2009-11-13 Thread Bess Sadler
Cary, that would be great! I'll contact you off-list so we can make our lesson plan. Anyone else want to join us? Bess On 13-Nov-09, at 10:29 AM, Cary Gordon wrote: I might be able to help with the white belt. Do I get to wear one of those padded suits? Cary smime.p7s Description: S/MIME

Re: [CODE4LIB] preconference proposals - solr

2009-11-13 Thread Naomi Dushay
On Nov 13, 2009, at 8:47 AM, Erik Hatcher wrote: +1, Bess! I'm especially psyched for the kata demonstrations and sparring matches we'll have at the end of the session :) I'll tinker with the advanced session description a bit when I can, but let's run with that for the time being. I'm

Re: [CODE4LIB] preconference proposals

2009-11-12 Thread Erik Hatcher
On Nov 11, 2009, at 6:46 PM, Naomi Dushay wrote: What do you think about the Solr part having some specific goodies like: +1 to it all! lots on dismax magic how to do fielded searching (author/title/subject) with dismax how to do browsing (termsComponent query, then fielded query to get

Re: [CODE4LIB] preconference proposals

2009-11-12 Thread Gabriel Farrell
On Tue, Nov 10, 2009 at 06:41:20AM -0800, Bess Sadler wrote: +1 from me on this, no surprise. :) What if we did a next gen catalog day thing? We could spend the morning on solr, which many projects have in common, in the morning, and then in the afternoon have sessions that build on top of

Re: [CODE4LIB] preconference proposals

2009-11-12 Thread Gabriel Farrell
On Tue, Nov 10, 2009 at 02:47:42PM +, Jodi Schneider wrote: 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!

Re: [CODE4LIB] preconference proposals

2009-11-12 Thread Gabriel Farrell
On Thu, Nov 12, 2009 at 09:02:09AM -0500, Erik Hatcher wrote: Or, use the new Lucid contributed extended dismax parser ;) https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/SOLR-1553 Erik This looks sweet, Erik. Many thanks for sharing. Gabriel

Re: [CODE4LIB] preconference proposals

2009-11-11 Thread Naomi Dushay
yes, tuning! - NaomI On Nov 10, 2009, at 6:43 AM, Kevin S. Clarke wrote: 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

Re: [CODE4LIB] preconference proposals

2009-11-11 Thread Naomi Dushay
What do you think about the Solr part having some specific goodies like: lots on dismax magic how to do fielded searching (author/title/subject) with dismax how to do browsing (termsComponent query, then fielded query to get matching docs) how to do boolean (use lucene QP, or fake it

Re: [CODE4LIB] preconference proposals

2009-11-11 Thread Michael B. Klein
Distributed search! On Tue, Nov 10, 2009 at 5:38 AM, Erik Hatcher erikhatc...@mac.com wrote: 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

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.

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