Re: [CODE4LIB] C4L2012 Hackfest

2011-11-08 Thread David Uspal
@LISTSERV.ND.EDU] On Behalf Of Lisa H Kurt Sent: Tuesday, November 08, 2011 2:09 AM To: CODE4LIB@LISTSERV.ND.EDU Subject: Re: [CODE4LIB] C4L2012 Hackfest That would be great- I'm interested! _ Lisa Kurt Emerging Technologies Librarian Mathewson-IGT Knowledge Center/0322 University

Re: [CODE4LIB] C4L2012 Hackfest

2011-11-08 Thread Shaun Ellis
I'm interested as well, but I agree with David. In fact, I think that the judicious use of Git would be a big boon to hackfests in general. This goes for getting hackers up and running quickly when enhancing/contributing to existing projects, facilitates collaboration during the session, and

Re: [CODE4LIB] C4L2012 Hackfest

2011-11-08 Thread Fowler, Jason
Is there a way that these can be piggybacked or combined? Recently learned Git commands would be reinforced by actually using them during a hacking session. I think it would be awesome for the Hackfest to include learning sessions such as Gitfest and R-fest. Would it be a good idea to have

Re: [CODE4LIB] C4L2012 Hackfest

2011-11-08 Thread Cary Gordon
I would be happy to do a session on Drupal, but I think that really learning Git, as opposed to learning the bare number of commands you need to survive, is a really good idea. I think that it also might be more valuable to do a Drupal qa discussion than a class. I also think that the Gitfest

[CODE4LIB] C4L2012 Hackfest

2011-11-07 Thread Fowler, Jason
Anyone interested in having a hackfest on the pre-conference day? Something like last year's CURATEcamp or the Access hackfests? There's a proposal on the wiki: http://wiki.code4lib.org/index.php/2012_preconference_proposals And a link to topics from there. Hopefully a coffee house will

Re: [CODE4LIB] C4L2012 Hackfest

2011-11-07 Thread Lisa H Kurt
@LISTSERV.ND.EDU] On Behalf Of Fowler, Jason [jason.fow...@ubc.ca] Sent: Monday, November 07, 2011 12:43 PM To: CODE4LIB@LISTSERV.ND.EDU Subject: [CODE4LIB] C4L2012 Hackfest Anyone interested in having a hackfest on the pre-conference day? Something like last year's CURATEcamp or the Access hackfests