Interesting read Dav - re: Slack I can see that he is comparing Slack to Github (not email).
But, I too, am happy to go with the flow. Deb On 2019-07-22 1:48 PM, Dav Clark wrote: I resonate strongly with this "Why I Avoid Slack" article from Matthew Rocklin, who has a pretty good track record of fostering open source community: https://matthewrocklin.com/blog/2019/02/28/slack-github<https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://matthewrocklin.com/blog/2019/02/28/slack-github__;!5Xm4_O-4tfk!koMzvGrx2-_VK1Z4bc48mcMwJWAJEybGjDuXEj2CJiS3H1mZdn6mRBivM_-41A$> I think an email archive also has good affordances, especially for putting together a curriculum vs. a software project. But I'll try to keep up with whatever the broader group wants to do. D On Mon, Jul 22, 2019 at 8:50 AM Deborah Paul <dp...@fsu.edu<mailto:dp...@fsu.edu>> wrote: Maybe good to have a Slack channel in the Carpentries Slack account? Deb On 2019-07-22 11:40 AM, Dav Clark wrote: So it seems maybe there is no working group. Shall we make something to keep communication organized? Or just use this thread? D On Mon, Jul 22, 2019, 8:28 AM Shoaib Ahmed Sufi <shoaib.s...@manchester.ac.uk<mailto:shoaib.s...@manchester.ac.uk>> wrote: Hi, I just thought I would mentioned this course - https://www.fast.ai/2019/07/08/fastai-nlp/<https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__www.fast.ai_2019_07_08_fastai-2Dnlp_&d=DwMFaQ&c=HPMtquzZjKY31rtkyGRFnQ&r=ODXYRdWm1Oqf5-w5G2NjQw&m=mBY1InSFuM2T90uBu7clAWnqg5FfmYzxVYajXsG7Wvk&s=xOGyd9Ue0EwjGwgB5bJJ8DAM1SKeQdpenfBwDx3qi3A&e=> that might be a useful ‘extra reading’ or data point for your preparation - I am not an Natural Language Processing person but I heard this course being mentioned and lauded recently. Best Shoaib On 19 Jul 2019, at 17:10, ba...@staffmail.ed.ac.uk<mailto:ba...@staffmail.ed.ac.uk> wrote: Hi all, just to let you know ... I'm planning to prepare a carpentries style course on text mining... which is a type of NLP (i.e. Natural Language Processing). :-) Bea Alex (Edinburgh) -- -- Upcoming iDigBio Events https://www.idigbio.org/calendar<https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.idigbio.org/calendar__;!5Xm4_O-4tfk!koMzvGrx2-_VK1Z4bc48mcMwJWAJEybGjDuXEj2CJiS3H1mZdn6mRBhHw8OrPQ$> -- Deborah Paul, iDigBio Digitization and Workforce Development Manager iDigBio -- Steering Committee Member SPNHC Liaison, Member-At-Large and Member International Relations Committee SYNTHESYS3 Representative, ICEDIG External Advisory Board Member Vice Chair, Biodiversity Information Standards Organisation (TDWG)(2019-2020) Institute for Digital Information, 234 LSB Florida State University Tallahassee, Florida 32306 850-644-6366 The Carpentries<https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://carpentries.topicbox.com/latest__;!5Xm4_O-4tfk!koMzvGrx2-_VK1Z4bc48mcMwJWAJEybGjDuXEj2CJiS3H1mZdn6mRBiEQ9HETw$> / discuss / see discussions<https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://carpentries.topicbox.com/groups/discuss__;!5Xm4_O-4tfk!koMzvGrx2-_VK1Z4bc48mcMwJWAJEybGjDuXEj2CJiS3H1mZdn6mRBgv--eGBw$> + participants<https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://carpentries.topicbox.com/groups/discuss/members__;!5Xm4_O-4tfk!koMzvGrx2-_VK1Z4bc48mcMwJWAJEybGjDuXEj2CJiS3H1mZdn6mRBgGtWNmng$> + delivery options<https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://carpentries.topicbox.com/groups/discuss/subscription__;!5Xm4_O-4tfk!koMzvGrx2-_VK1Z4bc48mcMwJWAJEybGjDuXEj2CJiS3H1mZdn6mRBi6vxJh_w$> Permalink<https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://carpentries.topicbox.com/groups/discuss/Tee8f460df4206334-Mda2af3a7783cc0f6f536ee09__;!5Xm4_O-4tfk!koMzvGrx2-_VK1Z4bc48mcMwJWAJEybGjDuXEj2CJiS3H1mZdn6mRBiV1_VlXQ$> -- -- Upcoming iDigBio Events https://www.idigbio.org/calendar -- Deborah Paul, iDigBio Digitization and Workforce Development Manager iDigBio -- Steering Committee Member SPNHC Liaison, Member-At-Large and Member International Relations Committee SYNTHESYS3 Representative, ICEDIG External Advisory Board Member Vice Chair, Biodiversity Information Standards Organisation (TDWG)(2019-2020) Institute for Digital Information, 234 LSB Florida State University Tallahassee, Florida 32306 850-644-6366 ------------------------------------------ The Carpentries: discuss Permalink: https://carpentries.topicbox.com/groups/discuss/T8155b8ebe88ca076-M10a6610ae3e5ab642c84801a Delivery options: https://carpentries.topicbox.com/groups/discuss/subscription
