From markb at stanford.edu Tue Apr 1 09:49:57 2008 From: markb at stanford.edu (markb at stanford.edu) Date: Tue, 01 Apr 2008 09:49:57 -0700 Subject: [opensource] TRAINING ANNOUNCEMENT: Ruby and Ruby on Rails Message-ID: <20080401094957.6nzatomwe8sccsow@webmail.stanford.edu> IT Services Technology Training is pleased to announce the five-day class, RUBY and RUBY ON RAILS. (See course description and details below.) To REGISTER, complete this registration form http://www.stanford.edu/services/techtraining/form.pdf and fax it to 725-0995 (Tech Training). Call 723-4391 if you have any registration questions. Please feel free to share this announcement with others you know who may be interested. If you have any questions, please contact me (nancyb at stanford.edu). Regards, Nancy Baumann Technology Training IT Services Ruby and Ruby on Rails IT Services course #: ITS-3000-031008 Course Dates: May 5-9 Location: PHIL (Polya Hall, Jordan Quad) Fee: $1800 Course DESCRIPTION In this 5-day training course, you will be introduced to Ruby programming language, and learn to put your web development on Rails. Experience the Rails way of approaching web applications and see how you'll be able to spend less time configuring and more time developing using this true object-oriented language. Starting with the basics of Ruby and Rails, you'll learn the full Rails' MVC stack, testing techniques, Ajax and even web services. We will work through the full life-cycle of a Rails project, giving you experience with all facets of a typical application. This course is designed for developers who have some development experience that wish to learn Ruby and Ruby on Rails. Prerequisites: The participants taking this course must be familiar with the general principles of object oriented programming (OOP). Prior exposure to the following concepts and technologies is very helpful, but not required: General understanding of web development principles, Basic knowledge of HTML and CSS, Basic knowledge of JavaScript, Basic understanding of the HTTP protocol, including concepts like SSL, redirection, GET vs POST, etc., Basic knowledge of SQL, Familiarity with MySQL (or any other relational database). Course ABSTRACT Objectives: - Learn the basics of the Ruby language - Configure and install Ruby and Rails - Build a new Rails application from scratch Setup and manage databases with migrations Learn how to configure Rails' routing Practice test-driven development (TDD) with Test - Learn how to add Ajax with RJS - Learn how to leverage ActiveRecord with associations, validations, and callbacks - Understand resources and REST, and how to use them in a Rails application - Learn how to find and use plugins - Learn how to send emails with ActionMailer - Understand the various deployment options for Rails applications - Understand Rails' opinions and how to embrace or override them Course Outline Ruby Overview -Objects -Classes -Strings -Numbers -Arrays -Hashes -Control structures -Scope Ruby - Going Deeper -Ruby standard library -Closures: procs, blocks and yield -Iterators -Modules: mixins and extensions -Metaprogramming: method_missing, send, binding and eval -File manipulation -XML parsing -Threading -Syntax gotchas and Ruby idioms Ruby for Rails -Rake -test/unit Rails Introduction -The Architecture -The Model-View-Controller pattern -Rails project structure -Scaffolding for jumpstart Demystifying Rails -The Console -Models, controllers -Associations -Migrations -Views -Core Ruby extensions Test-Driving your Rails App -Beyond Scaffolding -Unit and Functional tests -Integration Tests Advanced Controllers and Models -Validations -User Authentication -TDD'ing Actions -Evolving Associations Rails Power Tools -Mock Objects -Named Routes -Advanced Integration Testing -Rails Plugins Ajax on Rails -Helpers and RJS -Ajax with Prototype and Scriptaculous -Ajaxifying your Rails App -Advanced Ajax on Rails Nancy Baumann (nancyb at stanford.edu) Manager, IT Services, Technology Training Phone: 650-725-6223 Fax: 650-725-0995 468 Via Ortega, Spruce Hall, F2 Stanford University, Stanford, CA 94305-4144 (http://techtraining.stanford.edu) From markb at stanford.edu Tue Apr 1 11:00:02 2008 From: markb at stanford.edu (Technology Training Services) Date: Tue, 01 Apr 2008 11:00:02 -0700 Subject: [opensource] Fwd: TRAINING ANNOUNCEMENT: Ruby and Ruby on Rails Message-ID: <20080401110002.rhpr3ltlskcko880@webmail.stanford.edu> BTW, if you are interested in participating in this class, please let Tech Training know by this Thursday, April 3rd. We need at least 5 more students to make the class a go (no fooling!). --IT Services Tech Training ----- Forwarded message ----- Date: Tue, 01 Apr 2008 09:49:57 -0700 Subject: TRAINING ANNOUNCEMENT: Ruby and Ruby on Rails To: opensource at lists.stanford.edu IT Services Technology Training is pleased to announce the five-day class, RUBY and RUBY ON RAILS. (See course description and details below.) To REGISTER, complete this registration form http://www.stanford.edu/services/techtraining/form.pdf and fax it to 725-0995 (Tech Training). Call 723-4391 if you have any registration questions. Please feel free to share this announcement with others you know who may be interested. If you have any questions, please contact me (nancyb at stanford.edu). Regards, Nancy Baumann Technology Training IT Services Ruby and Ruby on Rails IT Services course #: ITS-3000-031008 Course Dates: May 5-9 Location: PHIL (Polya Hall, Jordan Quad) Fee: $1800 Course DESCRIPTION In this 5-day training course, you will be introduced to Ruby programming language, and learn to put your web development on Rails. Experience the Rails way of approaching web applications and see how you'll be able to spend less time configuring and more time developing using this true object-oriented language. Starting with the basics of Ruby and Rails, you'll learn the full Rails' MVC stack, testing techniques, Ajax and even web services. We will work through the full life-cycle of a Rails project, giving you experience with all facets of a typical application. This course is designed for developers who have some development experience that wish to learn Ruby and Ruby on Rails. Prerequisites: The participants taking this course must be familiar with the general principles of object oriented programming (OOP). Prior exposure to the following concepts and technologies is very helpful, but not required: General understanding of web development principles, Basic knowledge of HTML and CSS, Basic knowledge of JavaScript, Basic understanding of the HTTP protocol, including concepts like SSL, redirection, GET vs POST, etc., Basic knowledge of SQL, Familiarity with MySQL (or any other relational database). Course ABSTRACT Objectives: - Learn the basics of the Ruby language - Configure and install Ruby and Rails - Build a new Rails application from scratch Setup and manage databases with migrations Learn how to configure Rails' routing Practice test-driven development (TDD) with Test - Learn how to add Ajax with RJS - Learn how to leverage ActiveRecord with associations, validations, and callbacks - Understand resources and REST, and how to use them in a Rails application - Learn how to find and use plugins - Learn how to send emails with ActionMailer - Understand the various deployment options for Rails applications - Understand Rails' opinions and how to embrace or override them Course Outline Ruby Overview -Objects -Classes -Strings -Numbers -Arrays -Hashes -Control structures -Scope Ruby - Going Deeper -Ruby standard library -Closures: procs, blocks and yield -Iterators -Modules: mixins and extensions -Metaprogramming: method_missing, send, binding and eval -File manipulation -XML parsing -Threading -Syntax gotchas and Ruby idioms Ruby for Rails -Rake -test/unit Rails Introduction -The Architecture -The Model-View-Controller pattern -Rails project structure -Scaffolding for jumpstart Demystifying Rails -The Console -Models, controllers -Associations -Migrations -Views -Core Ruby extensions Test-Driving your Rails App -Beyond Scaffolding -Unit and Functional tests -Integration Tests Advanced Controllers and Models -Validations -User Authentication -TDD'ing Actions -Evolving Associations Rails Power Tools -Mock Objects -Named Routes -Advanced Integration Testing -Rails Plugins Ajax on Rails -Helpers and RJS -Ajax with Prototype and Scriptaculous -Ajaxifying your Rails App -Advanced Ajax on Rails Nancy Baumann (nancyb at stanford.edu) Manager, IT Services, Technology Training Phone: 650-725-6223 Fax: 650-725-0995 468 Via Ortega, Spruce Hall, F2 Stanford University, Stanford, CA 94305-4144 (http://techtraining.stanford.edu) ----- End forwarded message ----- From irina.zaks at stanford.edu Thu Apr 3 10:52:13 2008 From: irina.zaks at stanford.edu (Irina Zaks) Date: Thu, 03 Apr 2008 10:52:13 -0700 Subject: [opensource] Drupal/Google Summer of Code Message-ID: <47F5194D.5060703@stanford.edu> Hi, everybody, I have noticed that Drupal/Google Summer of Code has been announced and mentor applications are open. http://drupal.org/node/235590 I think that this is a great project for OpenSource Labs. I am interested in participation in this program and invite anyone who might be interested in this project to join forces. Best - Irina Zaks http://stanford.edu/~izaks/resume/ From bennetsen at gmail.com Tue Apr 8 08:53:45 2008 From: bennetsen at gmail.com (Henrik Bennetsen) Date: Tue, 8 Apr 2008 08:53:45 -0700 Subject: [opensource] [Fwd: LugRadio conference in San Francisco] In-Reply-To: <47E9592C.6070100@stanford.edu> References: <47E9592C.6070100@stanford.edu> Message-ID: <8bf04b5b0804080853k4c0b8fder1fc657008a62bc72@mail.gmail.com> Anyone else registered for this? Henrik On Tue, Mar 25, 2008 at 12:57 PM, James Jacobs wrote: > Sorry for the overlap, but this was just posted to the sulug list and I > thought folks on this list would be interested. April 12-13, 2008 in SF! > > james > > -------- Original Message -------- > Subject: LugRadio conference in San Francisco > Date: Tue, 25 Mar 2008 12:38:23 -0700 > From: Imran Akbar > To: sulug-announce at lists.stanford.edu > References: < > 5f3bf4d20803251225k7a972347q94d5b667ddf45598 at mail.gmail.com> > > > > I was asked to forward this event out to the list: > > I just wanted to drop you a quick note about a community organised and > run Open Source and technology event that we have been working on that > your group may be interested in. It is called LugRadio Live USA 2008 and > has over 35 well-known speakers, nearly 40 exhibitors and takes place on > the 12th and 13th April 2008 in San Francisco. It is very much a > community event, and designed for the community - we have been working > on it for the last six months or so with a large number of volunteers. > To make it as accessible as possible for people, we don't believe in > charging the $600-$1200 that other commercial shows do - our show is > just $10 for the full weekend. > > We figured your group may be interested in LugRadio Live USA 2008, and > would love to see you there (we also have exhibition space available if > you would like to exhibit your group - it is free to exhibit!). > > Also, we have an opportunity to win an Asus EEEPC or Neuros OSD, some > O'Reilly books and a limited edition LugRadio t-shirt, as well as a > bunch of prizes for your friends for recommending LugRadio Live USA 2008 > to people. See the bottom of the announcement below for details > > Anyway, below is the announcement of the show, if you could pass it onto > your members, that would be great. :) > > -------- > > LugRadio Live USA 2008 > 12th and 13th April 2008 > The Metreon, 101 4th St., San Francisco, CA, 94103 > > Registration for LugRadio Live USA 2008 is now open at > http://lugradio.org/live/USA2008/register, and tickets for the two-day > spectacular cost only $10 for the full weekend, including full access to > all talks, the exhibition, evening events, and a free bag o'swag for > visitors. Pre-registrations also enjoy additional benefits at the show > and the first 50 registrations will receive a free copy of Postal 2: > Share The Pain (subject to age verification), thanks to Running With > Scissors. All pre-registrations will also be entered into a raffle to > win prizes by a variety of vendors. > > LugRadio Live USA 2008, the 'rock-conference' from the team behind the > popular LugRadio podcast (http://www.lugradio.org), brings the > successful and unique formula of the UK LugRadio Live events to The > Metreon in San Francisco on the 12th and 13th April 2008. The event is > supported extensively by Google and also supported by Dice. > LinuxQuestions.org is a press partner. > > LugRadio Live USA 2008 brings together over 35 speakers across three > stages, 30+ exhibitors, a range of BOF sessions, debate panels, > lightbulb talk sessions, demos and much more, all wrapped up in the > unique event that the UK incarnation has become known for, combining an > incredibly loose, social, inclusive, and amusing atmosphere - if you are > new to LugRadio Live, it is nothing you will have seen before. > > Confirmed speakers for the event include: > > * Miguel de Icaza (Mono / Novell / Co-Founder Of GNOME) > * Ian Murdoch (OpenSolaris / Founder Of Debian) > * Robert Love (GNOME / Google) > * Aza Raskin (Mozilla / Humanized) > * Benjamin Mako Hill (Ubuntu / Debian / FSF) > * John Buckman (Magnatune) > * Val Henson (Kernel / VAH consulting) > * Christopher Blizzard (Mozilla / GNOME) > * Mike Linksvayer (Creative Commons) > * Alex Graveley (VMWare / GNOME) > * David Schleef (GStreamer) > * Matthew Garrett (Power Management / Kernel) > * Danese Cooper (Intel / OSI) > * Aaron Bockover (Banshee / Novell) > * Liana Holmberg (Second Life / Linden Lab) > * Emma Jane Hogbin (Hick Tech) > * Joe Zonker Brockmeier (OpenSuSE / Novell) > * Kristen Accardi (Kernel) > * David Lefty Schlesinger > * Joe Born (Neuros) > * Selena Deckelmann (PostgreSQL) > * Stewart Smith (MySQL) > * Dan Kegal (Wine) > * Ben Collins (Ubuntu / Kernel) > * Jason Kridner (Texas Instruments) > * Jeremy Allison (Samba / Google) > * Christian Hammond (VMWare) > * Ian McKeller (Songbird) > * Alison Randall (Parrot / Perl / OSCON) > * David Huffman (LVM) > * Brian Will (Pigeon) > * Belinda Lopez (Ubuntu) > * Ilan Rabanovich (SoCal Linux Expo) > * Eddy Mulyono (Packaging) > * Matthew Walster (Demo Scene) > > The show will also involve a large exhibition area with a range of > projects, organisations and companies with plenty to see and do. The > first batch of confirmed exhibitors (at the show there will be another > twice as many exhibitors) include: > > * Google > * Dice > * GNOME > * PostgreSQL > * O'Reilly > * OpenSuSE > * Linden Labs > * Magnatune > * gOS > * Neuros > * Sun > * Texas Instruments > * South California Linux Expo > * Komputers 4 R Kids > * San Francisco LUG > * BytesFree.org > * Ontario Linux Fest > * Frets on Fire > * OpenNMS > * One Course Source > * Haiku > * Hyperic > * BitRock > * Ubuntu > * OpenStreetMap > * The Digital Tipping Point > * FreeBSD > * Inkscape > * Mandriva > * OLPC San Francisco > * Linux Pro Magazine > * KDE > * San Francisco Community Colocation Project > * Indamixx > * untangle > * San Francisco Perl Mongers > * ZaReason > > In addition to this, the LugRadio team will be recording a live > performance of their cult-hit podcast, which has over 20,000 listeners, > in front of the LugRadio Live USA 2008 audience - like the UK event, > this is always quite a spectacle, and excellent fun for all involved. > > More information about LugRadio Live USA 2008 can be found at > http://lugradio.org/live/USA2008/ > > ##> REFER PEOPLE TO LUGRADIO LIVE USA 2008 AND WIN PRIZES! > > Would you like to win an Asus EEEPC or Neuros OSD, some O'Reilly books > and a limited edition LugRadio t-shirt, as well as a bunch of prizes for > your friends too? > > Easy. Simply encourage people to come to LugRadio Live USA 2008 and ask > them to pre-register at http://lugradio.org/live/USA2008/register - when > they do this, they will be asked for the person who referred them. In > this box they should type in *your name*. Now repeat with lots of > people. If you get the highest number of referrals (as in, the most > amount of people that said you referred them) you will win your choice > of an Asus EEEPC or Neuros OSD, as well as two O'Reilly books, and a > limited edition LugRadio t-shirt. Also, each of the people you referred > will get an O'Reilly book and a limited edition LugRadio t-shirt too - > so everyone is a winner! We will also have a runner-up winner who will > win the Asus EEEPC or Neuros OSD that is left - lots of opportunity to > win! Thanks to efficientpc.co.uk , Neuros and > O'Reilly for the prizes. :) > > So...get people along to http://lugradio.org/live/USA2008/register and > tell them to tell us that you sent them! > > Note: only people that have pre-registered a ticket and actually show up > to the event will be counted as referrals - no trying to stooge the > system, folks. :) > > > -- > James R. Jacobs > International Documents Librarian > Green Library > Stanford University > (650) 725-1030 > jrjacobs at stanford.edu > http://jonssonlibrary.stanford.edu > AIM: LibrarianJames Jabber: radlib at jabber.org > > "A library is an arsenal of liberty." Anonymous > > (\ > {|||8- > (/ > _______________________________________________ > opensource mailing list > opensource at lists.stanford.edu > https://mailman.stanford.edu/mailman/listinfo/opensource > -- Henrik Bennetsen Research Director Stanford Humanities Lab Stanford University Wallenberg Hall, 450 Serra Mall Building 160, Stanford University Stanford, CA 94305-2055, USA bennetsen at gmail.com Cell: +1 415.418.4042 Office: +1 650.724.5504 Fax: +1 650.725.0192 -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From bennetsen at gmail.com Tue Apr 8 10:39:03 2008 From: bennetsen at gmail.com (Henrik Bennetsen) Date: Tue, 8 Apr 2008 10:39:03 -0700 Subject: [opensource] Drupal/Google Summer of Code In-Reply-To: <47F5194D.5060703@stanford.edu> References: <47F5194D.5060703@stanford.edu> Message-ID: <8bf04b5b0804081039y3718f8e0ma584e645da84c737@mail.gmail.com> Hi Irina, I intuitively love this idea but would like to hear some more about how you see this playing out. What kind of projects do you envision supporting? What role might the OS Lab play in helping this out? Tell me more, tell me more :) Henrik On Thu, Apr 3, 2008 at 10:52 AM, Irina Zaks wrote: > Hi, everybody, > I have noticed that Drupal/Google Summer of Code has been announced and > mentor applications are open. > http://drupal.org/node/235590 > > I think that this is a great project for OpenSource Labs. I am > interested in participation in this program and invite anyone who might > be interested in this project to join forces. > > Best - Irina Zaks > http://stanford.edu/~izaks/resume/ > > > > _______________________________________________ > opensource mailing list > opensource at lists.stanford.edu > https://mailman.stanford.edu/mailman/listinfo/opensource > -- Henrik Bennetsen Research Director Stanford Humanities Lab Stanford University Wallenberg Hall, 450 Serra Mall Building 160, Stanford University Stanford, CA 94305-2055, USA bennetsen at gmail.com Cell: +1 415.418.4042 Office: +1 650.724.5504 Fax: +1 650.725.0192 -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From tec at stanford.edu Tue Apr 8 11:24:04 2008 From: tec at stanford.edu (Thomas Carlson) Date: Tue, 08 Apr 2008 11:24:04 -0700 Subject: [opensource] [Fwd: LugRadio conference in San Francisco] In-Reply-To: <8bf04b5b0804080853k4c0b8fder1fc657008a62bc72@mail.gmail.com> References: <47E9592C.6070100@stanford.edu> <8bf04b5b0804080853k4c0b8fder1fc657008a62bc72@mail.gmail.com> Message-ID: <47FBB844.6020401@stanford.edu> I am. :) Cheers, Thomas Henrik Bennetsen wrote: > Anyone else registered for this? > > Henrik > > On Tue, Mar 25, 2008 at 12:57 PM, James Jacobs > wrote: > > Sorry for the overlap, but this was just posted to the sulug list and I > thought folks on this list would be interested. April 12-13, 2008 in SF! > > james > > -------- Original Message -------- > Subject: LugRadio conference in San Francisco > Date: Tue, 25 Mar 2008 12:38:23 -0700 > From: Imran Akbar > > To: sulug-announce at lists.stanford.edu > > References: > <5f3bf4d20803251225k7a972347q94d5b667ddf45598 at mail.gmail.com > > > > > > I was asked to forward this event out to the list: > > I just wanted to drop you a quick note about a community organised and > run Open Source and technology event that we have been working on that > your group may be interested in. It is called LugRadio Live USA 2008 and > has over 35 well-known speakers, nearly 40 exhibitors and takes place on > the 12th and 13th April 2008 in San Francisco. It is very much a > community event, and designed for the community - we have been working > on it for the last six months or so with a large number of volunteers. > To make it as accessible as possible for people, we don't believe in > charging the $600-$1200 that other commercial shows do - our show is > just $10 for the full weekend. > > We figured your group may be interested in LugRadio Live USA 2008, and > would love to see you there (we also have exhibition space available if > you would like to exhibit your group - it is free to exhibit!). > > Also, we have an opportunity to win an Asus EEEPC or Neuros OSD, some > O'Reilly books and a limited edition LugRadio t-shirt, as well as a > bunch of prizes for your friends for recommending LugRadio Live USA 2008 > to people. See the bottom of the announcement below for details > > Anyway, below is the announcement of the show, if you could pass it onto > your members, that would be great. :) > > -------- > > LugRadio Live USA 2008 > 12th and 13th April 2008 > The Metreon, 101 4th St., San Francisco, CA, 94103 > > Registration for LugRadio Live USA 2008 is now open at > http://lugradio.org/live/USA2008/register, and tickets for the two-day > spectacular cost only $10 for the full weekend, including full access to > all talks, the exhibition, evening events, and a free bag o'swag for > visitors. Pre-registrations also enjoy additional benefits at the show > and the first 50 registrations will receive a free copy of Postal 2: > Share The Pain (subject to age verification), thanks to Running With > Scissors. All pre-registrations will also be entered into a raffle to > win prizes by a variety of vendors. > > LugRadio Live USA 2008, the 'rock-conference' from the team behind the > popular LugRadio podcast (http://www.lugradio.org), brings the > successful and unique formula of the UK LugRadio Live events to The > Metreon in San Francisco on the 12th and 13th April 2008. The event is > supported extensively by Google and also supported by Dice. > LinuxQuestions.org is a press partner. > > LugRadio Live USA 2008 brings together over 35 speakers across three > stages, 30+ exhibitors, a range of BOF sessions, debate panels, > lightbulb talk sessions, demos and much more, all wrapped up in the > unique event that the UK incarnation has become known for, combining an > incredibly loose, social, inclusive, and amusing atmosphere - if you are > new to LugRadio Live, it is nothing you will have seen before. > > Confirmed speakers for the event include: > > * Miguel de Icaza (Mono / Novell / Co-Founder Of GNOME) > * Ian Murdoch (OpenSolaris / Founder Of Debian) > * Robert Love (GNOME / Google) > * Aza Raskin (Mozilla / Humanized) > * Benjamin Mako Hill (Ubuntu / Debian / FSF) > * John Buckman (Magnatune) > * Val Henson (Kernel / VAH consulting) > * Christopher Blizzard (Mozilla / GNOME) > * Mike Linksvayer (Creative Commons) > * Alex Graveley (VMWare / GNOME) > * David Schleef (GStreamer) > * Matthew Garrett (Power Management / Kernel) > * Danese Cooper (Intel / OSI) > * Aaron Bockover (Banshee / Novell) > * Liana Holmberg (Second Life / Linden Lab) > * Emma Jane Hogbin (Hick Tech) > * Joe Zonker Brockmeier (OpenSuSE / Novell) > * Kristen Accardi (Kernel) > * David Lefty Schlesinger > * Joe Born (Neuros) > * Selena Deckelmann (PostgreSQL) > * Stewart Smith (MySQL) > * Dan Kegal (Wine) > * Ben Collins (Ubuntu / Kernel) > * Jason Kridner (Texas Instruments) > * Jeremy Allison (Samba / Google) > * Christian Hammond (VMWare) > * Ian McKeller (Songbird) > * Alison Randall (Parrot / Perl / OSCON) > * David Huffman (LVM) > * Brian Will (Pigeon) > * Belinda Lopez (Ubuntu) > * Ilan Rabanovich (SoCal Linux Expo) > * Eddy Mulyono (Packaging) > * Matthew Walster (Demo Scene) > > The show will also involve a large exhibition area with a range of > projects, organisations and companies with plenty to see and do. The > first batch of confirmed exhibitors (at the show there will be another > twice as many exhibitors) include: > > * Google > * Dice > * GNOME > * PostgreSQL > * O'Reilly > * OpenSuSE > * Linden Labs > * Magnatune > * gOS > * Neuros > * Sun > * Texas Instruments > * South California Linux Expo > * Komputers 4 R Kids > * San Francisco LUG > * BytesFree.org > * Ontario Linux Fest > * Frets on Fire > * OpenNMS > * One Course Source > * Haiku > * Hyperic > * BitRock > * Ubuntu > * OpenStreetMap > * The Digital Tipping Point > * FreeBSD > * Inkscape > * Mandriva > * OLPC San Francisco > * Linux Pro Magazine > * KDE > * San Francisco Community Colocation Project > * Indamixx > * untangle > * San Francisco Perl Mongers > * ZaReason > > In addition to this, the LugRadio team will be recording a live > performance of their cult-hit podcast, which has over 20,000 listeners, > in front of the LugRadio Live USA 2008 audience - like the UK event, > this is always quite a spectacle, and excellent fun for all involved. > > More information about LugRadio Live USA 2008 can be found at > http://lugradio.org/live/USA2008/ > > ##> REFER PEOPLE TO LUGRADIO LIVE USA 2008 AND WIN PRIZES! > > Would you like to win an Asus EEEPC or Neuros OSD, some O'Reilly books > and a limited edition LugRadio t-shirt, as well as a bunch of prizes for > your friends too? > > Easy. Simply encourage people to come to LugRadio Live USA 2008 and ask > them to pre-register at http://lugradio.org/live/USA2008/register - when > they do this, they will be asked for the person who referred them. In > this box they should type in *your name*. Now repeat with lots of > people. If you get the highest number of referrals (as in, the most > amount of people that said you referred them) you will win your choice > of an Asus EEEPC or Neuros OSD, as well as two O'Reilly books, and a > limited edition LugRadio t-shirt. Also, each of the people you referred > will get an O'Reilly book and a limited edition LugRadio t-shirt too - > so everyone is a winner! We will also have a runner-up winner who will > win the Asus EEEPC or Neuros OSD that is left - lots of opportunity to > win! Thanks to efficientpc.co.uk > , Neuros and > O'Reilly for the prizes. :) > > So...get people along to http://lugradio.org/live/USA2008/register and > tell them to tell us that you sent them! > > Note: only people that have pre-registered a ticket and actually show up > to the event will be counted as referrals - no trying to stooge the > system, folks. :) > > > -- > James R. Jacobs > International Documents Librarian > Green Library > Stanford University > (650) 725-1030 > jrjacobs at stanford.edu > http://jonssonlibrary.stanford.edu > AIM: LibrarianJames Jabber: radlib at jabber.org > > "A library is an arsenal of liberty." 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He outlines 5 ways universities can promote open access (OA):* - *Launch OA repositories* - *Fund, publish and recognize OA journals* - *Support OA monographs through library and university press* - *Promotion and tenure criteria that takes OA into account* - *Educate faculty about copyright and OA* *Go here for the slidesand consider also checking out Peter's open access overview .* -- Henrik Bennetsen Research Director Stanford Humanities Lab Stanford University Wallenberg Hall, 450 Serra Mall Building 160, Stanford University Stanford, CA 94305-2055, USA bennetsen at gmail.com Cell: +1 415.418.4042 Office: +1 650.724.5504 Fax: +1 650.725.0192 -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From bennetsen at gmail.com Tue Apr 8 17:43:48 2008 From: bennetsen at gmail.com (Henrik Bennetsen) Date: Tue, 8 Apr 2008 17:43:48 -0700 Subject: [opensource] Next Workshop: Ahrash Bissel of ccLearn Message-ID: <8bf04b5b0804081743l54c1858y695051b68f38890d@mail.gmail.com> *Please forward this email to all interested parties at Stanford and beyond* Stanford Open Source Lab would like to invite all interested parties to our fourth workshop. As our invited speaker we are happy to welcome Ahrash Bissel of ccLearn . - *When: Wednesday, April 23rd at 3pm* - *Where: The Learning Theater on the ground floor of Wallenberg Hall(Bldg. 160), Stanford University * Talk Abstract: Open source, open content, open practices. What is "open", why is it compelling, and where is all of this heading? I will focus on recent developments in the open education movement, including the hopes, challenges, and promising advances in this international effort. We can discuss any number of things, including: the establishment of and current work at ccLearn (including a federated search project, best-practices in (CC) licensing, etc.), the Cape Town Open Education Declaration, key barriers to the implementation of open educational resources (OER) in both higher education and K-12, international efforts and coordination, technical platforms for enabling participation (OER creation, use, and adaptation), and more. Speaker Bio: Ahrash Bissell is the Executive Director of ccLearn, the education division of Creative Commons , which focuses on removing the legal, technical, and cultural barriers to open education, digital scholarship, and the growth of the global commons. Prior to his current position, Ahrash was at Duke University, where he was Assistant Director of the Academic Resource Center and a Research Associate in Biology. He has a Ph.D. in Biology (Evolutionary Genetics) from the University of Oregon and a BS in Biology from the University of California, San Diego. More practical stuff: - The event is free and open to all interested parties. - Feel very free to forward this email or link to our blog . - No need to RSVP but you can write Henrik Bennetsen - hbe at stanford.edu if you have any questions. - You can check video out the from our previous 3 workshops: - Aaron Swartz of the Open Library Project - Wikiversity, Wikipedia, and Participatory Learning - Bruce Perens: Innovation Goes Public We hope to see you there, Stanford Open Source Lab -- About the Lab: - The lab was founded in November 2007 by a group of people from across Stanford who feel that openness matter. - We have a wiki (Currently you need a SUNetID to login in, this will be changed) - We have a mailing listand you are welcome to join us or read the open archives -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From jrjacobs at stanford.edu Tue Apr 8 21:36:58 2008 From: jrjacobs at stanford.edu (James Jacobs) Date: Tue, 08 Apr 2008 21:36:58 -0700 Subject: [opensource] [Fwd: LugRadio conference in San Francisco] In-Reply-To: <8bf04b5b0804080853k4c0b8fder1fc657008a62bc72@mail.gmail.com> References: <47E9592C.6070100@stanford.edu> <8bf04b5b0804080853k4c0b8fder1fc657008a62bc72@mail.gmail.com> Message-ID: <47FC47EA.4000807@stanford.edu> Shinjoung and I are going! james Henrik Bennetsen wrote: > Anyone else registered for this? > > Henrik > > On Tue, Mar 25, 2008 at 12:57 PM, James Jacobs > wrote: > > Sorry for the overlap, but this was just posted to the sulug list and I > thought folks on this list would be interested. April 12-13, 2008 in SF! > > james > > -------- Original Message -------- > Subject: LugRadio conference in San Francisco > Date: Tue, 25 Mar 2008 12:38:23 -0700 > From: Imran Akbar > > To: sulug-announce at lists.stanford.edu > > References: > <5f3bf4d20803251225k7a972347q94d5b667ddf45598 at mail.gmail.com > > > > > > I was asked to forward this event out to the list: > > I just wanted to drop you a quick note about a community organised and > run Open Source and technology event that we have been working on that > your group may be interested in. It is called LugRadio Live USA 2008 and > has over 35 well-known speakers, nearly 40 exhibitors and takes place on > the 12th and 13th April 2008 in San Francisco. It is very much a > community event, and designed for the community - we have been working > on it for the last six months or so with a large number of volunteers. > To make it as accessible as possible for people, we don't believe in > charging the $600-$1200 that other commercial shows do - our show is > just $10 for the full weekend. > > We figured your group may be interested in LugRadio Live USA 2008, and > would love to see you there (we also have exhibition space available if > you would like to exhibit your group - it is free to exhibit!). > > Also, we have an opportunity to win an Asus EEEPC or Neuros OSD, some > O'Reilly books and a limited edition LugRadio t-shirt, as well as a > bunch of prizes for your friends for recommending LugRadio Live USA 2008 > to people. See the bottom of the announcement below for details > > Anyway, below is the announcement of the show, if you could pass it onto > your members, that would be great. :) > > -------- > > LugRadio Live USA 2008 > 12th and 13th April 2008 > The Metreon, 101 4th St., San Francisco, CA, 94103 > > Registration for LugRadio Live USA 2008 is now open at > http://lugradio.org/live/USA2008/register, and tickets for the two-day > spectacular cost only $10 for the full weekend, including full access to > all talks, the exhibition, evening events, and a free bag o'swag for > visitors. Pre-registrations also enjoy additional benefits at the show > and the first 50 registrations will receive a free copy of Postal 2: > Share The Pain (subject to age verification), thanks to Running With > Scissors. All pre-registrations will also be entered into a raffle to > win prizes by a variety of vendors. > > LugRadio Live USA 2008, the 'rock-conference' from the team behind the > popular LugRadio podcast (http://www.lugradio.org), brings the > successful and unique formula of the UK LugRadio Live events to The > Metreon in San Francisco on the 12th and 13th April 2008. The event is > supported extensively by Google and also supported by Dice. > LinuxQuestions.org is a press partner. > > LugRadio Live USA 2008 brings together over 35 speakers across three > stages, 30+ exhibitors, a range of BOF sessions, debate panels, > lightbulb talk sessions, demos and much more, all wrapped up in the > unique event that the UK incarnation has become known for, combining an > incredibly loose, social, inclusive, and amusing atmosphere - if you are > new to LugRadio Live, it is nothing you will have seen before. > > Confirmed speakers for the event include: > > * Miguel de Icaza (Mono / Novell / Co-Founder Of GNOME) > * Ian Murdoch (OpenSolaris / Founder Of Debian) > * Robert Love (GNOME / Google) > * Aza Raskin (Mozilla / Humanized) > * Benjamin Mako Hill (Ubuntu / Debian / FSF) > * John Buckman (Magnatune) > * Val Henson (Kernel / VAH consulting) > * Christopher Blizzard (Mozilla / GNOME) > * Mike Linksvayer (Creative Commons) > * Alex Graveley (VMWare / GNOME) > * David Schleef (GStreamer) > * Matthew Garrett (Power Management / Kernel) > * Danese Cooper (Intel / OSI) > * Aaron Bockover (Banshee / Novell) > * Liana Holmberg (Second Life / Linden Lab) > * Emma Jane Hogbin (Hick Tech) > * Joe Zonker Brockmeier (OpenSuSE / Novell) > * Kristen Accardi (Kernel) > * David Lefty Schlesinger > * Joe Born (Neuros) > * Selena Deckelmann (PostgreSQL) > * Stewart Smith (MySQL) > * Dan Kegal (Wine) > * Ben Collins (Ubuntu / Kernel) > * Jason Kridner (Texas Instruments) > * Jeremy Allison (Samba / Google) > * Christian Hammond (VMWare) > * Ian McKeller (Songbird) > * Alison Randall (Parrot / Perl / OSCON) > * David Huffman (LVM) > * Brian Will (Pigeon) > * Belinda Lopez (Ubuntu) > * Ilan Rabanovich (SoCal Linux Expo) > * Eddy Mulyono (Packaging) > * Matthew Walster (Demo Scene) > > The show will also involve a large exhibition area with a range of > projects, organisations and companies with plenty to see and do. The > first batch of confirmed exhibitors (at the show there will be another > twice as many exhibitors) include: > > * Google > * Dice > * GNOME > * PostgreSQL > * O'Reilly > * OpenSuSE > * Linden Labs > * Magnatune > * gOS > * Neuros > * Sun > * Texas Instruments > * South California Linux Expo > * Komputers 4 R Kids > * San Francisco LUG > * BytesFree.org > * Ontario Linux Fest > * Frets on Fire > * OpenNMS > * One Course Source > * Haiku > * Hyperic > * BitRock > * Ubuntu > * OpenStreetMap > * The Digital Tipping Point > * FreeBSD > * Inkscape > * Mandriva > * OLPC San Francisco > * Linux Pro Magazine > * KDE > * San Francisco Community Colocation Project > * Indamixx > * untangle > * San Francisco Perl Mongers > * ZaReason > > In addition to this, the LugRadio team will be recording a live > performance of their cult-hit podcast, which has over 20,000 listeners, > in front of the LugRadio Live USA 2008 audience - like the UK event, > this is always quite a spectacle, and excellent fun for all involved. > > More information about LugRadio Live USA 2008 can be found at > http://lugradio.org/live/USA2008/ > > ##> REFER PEOPLE TO LUGRADIO LIVE USA 2008 AND WIN PRIZES! > > Would you like to win an Asus EEEPC or Neuros OSD, some O'Reilly books > and a limited edition LugRadio t-shirt, as well as a bunch of prizes for > your friends too? > > Easy. Simply encourage people to come to LugRadio Live USA 2008 and ask > them to pre-register at http://lugradio.org/live/USA2008/register - when > they do this, they will be asked for the person who referred them. In > this box they should type in *your name*. Now repeat with lots of > people. If you get the highest number of referrals (as in, the most > amount of people that said you referred them) you will win your choice > of an Asus EEEPC or Neuros OSD, as well as two O'Reilly books, and a > limited edition LugRadio t-shirt. Also, each of the people you referred > will get an O'Reilly book and a limited edition LugRadio t-shirt too - > so everyone is a winner! We will also have a runner-up winner who will > win the Asus EEEPC or Neuros OSD that is left - lots of opportunity to > win! Thanks to efficientpc.co.uk > , Neuros and > O'Reilly for the prizes. :) > > So...get people along to http://lugradio.org/live/USA2008/register and > tell them to tell us that you sent them! > > Note: only people that have pre-registered a ticket and actually show up > to the event will be counted as referrals - no trying to stooge the > system, folks. :) > > > -- > James R. Jacobs > International Documents Librarian > Green Library > Stanford University > (650) 725-1030 > jrjacobs at stanford.edu > http://jonssonlibrary.stanford.edu > AIM: LibrarianJames Jabber: radlib at jabber.org > > "A library is an arsenal of liberty." Anonymous > > (\ > {|||8- > (/ > _______________________________________________ > opensource mailing list > opensource at lists.stanford.edu > https://mailman.stanford.edu/mailman/listinfo/opensource > > > > > -- > Henrik Bennetsen > Research Director > Stanford Humanities Lab > Stanford University > > Wallenberg Hall, 450 Serra Mall > Building 160, Stanford University > Stanford, CA 94305-2055, USA > > bennetsen at gmail.com > Cell: +1 415.418.4042 > Office: +1 650.724.5504 > Fax: +1 650.725.0192 > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > _______________________________________________ > opensource mailing list > opensource at lists.stanford.edu > https://mailman.stanford.edu/mailman/listinfo/opensource -- James R. Jacobs International Documents Librarian Green Library Stanford University (650) 725-1030 jrjacobs at stanford.edu http://jonssonlibrary.stanford.edu AIM: LibrarianJames Jabber: radlib at jabber.org "A library is an arsenal of liberty." Anonymous (\ {|||8- (/ From bennetsen at gmail.com Wed Apr 9 08:37:19 2008 From: bennetsen at gmail.com (Henrik Bennetsen) Date: Wed, 9 Apr 2008 08:37:19 -0700 Subject: [opensource] NASA RFI: Collaborative Technology Tools Message-ID: <8bf04b5b0804090837q17358edaj33a6aea35139d981@mail.gmail.com> Sorry for this slightly OT mail. Got sent the RFI below from a friend at Nasa. Anyone have an idea of who works with this topic? Henrik --------- The NASA Astrobiology Institute (NAI) has released a Request for Information (RFI), "Collaborative Technology Tools and Methods for Distributed Interdisciplinary Science". More information is available at * http://astrobiology.nasa.gov/articles/nai-request-for-information/* Response Date: April 23, 2008 The NASA Astrobiology Institute (NAI) is soliciting information on ways to enhance its use of collaborative technologies for conducting distributed interdisciplinary research in astrobiology. NAI is seeking information from those with insight on ways to improve the use and impact of these technologies across the Institute, and with expertise on the social, technical, and other barriers to their adoption. The NAI is requesting information on state-of-the-art tools and methods, as well as promising new technologies, that may help the NAI further achieve its mission now and into the future... (continued on URL above) -- Henrik Bennetsen Research Director Stanford Humanities Lab Stanford University Wallenberg Hall, 450 Serra Mall Building 160, Stanford University Stanford, CA 94305-2055, USA bennetsen at gmail.com Cell: +1 415.418.4042 Office: +1 650.724.5504 Fax: +1 650.725.0192 -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From jj.toothman at stanford.edu Thu Apr 10 10:55:23 2008 From: jj.toothman at stanford.edu (J.J. Toothman) Date: Thu, 10 Apr 2008 10:55:23 -0700 Subject: [opensource] open source lab blog updated to wordpress 2.5 In-Reply-To: <8bf04b5b0804090837q17358edaj33a6aea35139d981@mail.gmail.com> References: <8bf04b5b0804090837q17358edaj33a6aea35139d981@mail.gmail.com> Message-ID: <47FE548B.8050306@stanford.edu> Hi, Just finished updating oslblog.stanford.edu to use WP 2.5. All appears well, but if you notice anything screwy, let me know. In case you don't know, WordPress 2.5 took some major leaps. Whether they are forward leaps remains to be seen, but it does appear that cutting and pasting from a Word document into a blog post in the WP dashboard is much, MUCH improved thanks to the inclusion of the latest TinyMCE wysiwyg editor. You can actually cut and past word doc content into a post without wanting to scream. The WP admin dashboard looks nothing like the admin dashboard in previous versions. You've been warned. - J.J. -- + J.J. Toothman + Senior Web Technologist + jj.toothman at stanford.edu + 650.736.2910 From jrjacobs at stanford.edu Thu Apr 10 15:07:44 2008 From: jrjacobs at stanford.edu (James Jacobs) Date: Thu, 10 Apr 2008 15:07:44 -0700 Subject: [opensource] open source lab blog updated to wordpress 2.5 In-Reply-To: <47FE548B.8050306@stanford.edu> References: <8bf04b5b0804090837q17358edaj33a6aea35139d981@mail.gmail.com> <47FE548B.8050306@stanford.edu> Message-ID: <47FE8FB0.1090002@stanford.edu> Thanks JJ. wow you're right about the dashboard. took me a few minutes to figure out where I was. james J.J. Toothman wrote: > Hi, > > Just finished updating oslblog.stanford.edu to use WP 2.5. All appears > well, but if you notice anything screwy, let me know. > > In case you don't know, WordPress 2.5 took some major leaps. Whether > they are forward leaps remains to be seen, but it does appear that > cutting and pasting from a Word document into a blog post in the WP > dashboard is much, MUCH improved thanks to the inclusion of the latest > TinyMCE wysiwyg editor. You can actually cut and past word doc content > into a post without wanting to scream. > > The WP admin dashboard looks nothing like the admin dashboard in > previous versions. You've been warned. > > - J.J. > > > > -- James R. Jacobs International Documents Librarian Green Library Stanford University (650) 725-1030 jrjacobs at stanford.edu http://jonssonlibrary.stanford.edu AIM: LibrarianJames Jabber: radlib at jabber.org "A library is an arsenal of liberty." Anonymous (\ {|||8- (/ From vijoy at stanford.edu Thu Apr 10 15:35:55 2008 From: vijoy at stanford.edu (Vijoy Abraham) Date: Thu, 10 Apr 2008 15:35:55 -0700 Subject: [opensource] open source lab blog updated to wordpress 2.5 In-Reply-To: <47FE8FB0.1090002@stanford.edu> References: <8bf04b5b0804090837q17358edaj33a6aea35139d981@mail.gmail.com> <47FE548B.8050306@stanford.edu> <47FE8FB0.1090002@stanford.edu> Message-ID: Sounds like there were no upgrade issues with Leland installs, correct? -Vijoy On Apr 10, 2008, at 3:07 PM, James Jacobs wrote: > Thanks JJ. wow you're right about the dashboard. took me a few minutes > to figure out where I was. > > james > > J.J. Toothman wrote: >> Hi, >> >> Just finished updating oslblog.stanford.edu to use WP 2.5. All >> appears >> well, but if you notice anything screwy, let me know. >> >> In case you don't know, WordPress 2.5 took some major leaps. Whether >> they are forward leaps remains to be seen, but it does appear that >> cutting and pasting from a Word document into a blog post in the WP >> dashboard is much, MUCH improved thanks to the inclusion of the >> latest >> TinyMCE wysiwyg editor. You can actually cut and past word doc >> content >> into a post without wanting to scream. >> >> The WP admin dashboard looks nothing like the admin dashboard in >> previous versions. You've been warned. >> >> - J.J. >> >> >> >> > > -- > James R. Jacobs > International Documents Librarian > Green Library > Stanford University > (650) 725-1030 > jrjacobs at stanford.edu > http://jonssonlibrary.stanford.edu > AIM: LibrarianJames Jabber: radlib at jabber.org > > "A library is an arsenal of liberty." Anonymous > > (\ > {|||8- > (/ > _______________________________________________ > opensource mailing list > opensource at lists.stanford.edu > https://mailman.stanford.edu/mailman/listinfo/opensource From jj.toothman at stanford.edu Thu Apr 10 16:06:35 2008 From: jj.toothman at stanford.edu (J.J. Toothman) Date: Thu, 10 Apr 2008 16:06:35 -0700 Subject: [opensource] open source lab blog updated to wordpress 2.5 In-Reply-To: References: <8bf04b5b0804090837q17358edaj33a6aea35139d981@mail.gmail.com> <47FE548B.8050306@stanford.edu> <47FE8FB0.1090002@stanford.edu> Message-ID: <47FE9D7B.1000107@stanford.edu> Nothing major but... WP 2.5 now has plugin upgrading capability from within the dashboard. I've tried it out on some other WordPress sites and I must say, it really is great. The old method when you had an out of date plugin was you used to have to go download the new plugin .zip file from the plugin developer's website and then manually replace files on your server. The new system is a one-click auto upgrade. It's pretty killer. On oslblog.stanford.edu (hosted on Leland, correct?) -- that feature didn't work at all. It wasted to know all this FTP login account info which I decided I wasn't up for telling it. But at least WP caught itself before over exerting itself. So I had to resort to the old download zip from web, unzip, and upload via FTP routine. Not that big a deal on oslblog.stanford.edu...theres only a handful of plugins being used. A couple versions ago, WP didn't even tell you that a new version of the plugin even existed. Once, I actually found a freelancer and paid someone to periodically look at plugins installed on sites and do an "update audit" (check to see if there is a new version and if so, install it) So things have come a long way. - J.J. -- + J.J. Toothman + Senior Web Technologist + jj.toothman at stanford.edu + 650.736.2910 Vijoy Abraham wrote: > Sounds like there were no upgrade issues with Leland installs, correct? > > -Vijoy > > > On Apr 10, 2008, at 3:07 PM, James Jacobs wrote: >> Thanks JJ. wow you're right about the dashboard. took me a few minutes >> to figure out where I was. >> >> james >> >> J.J. Toothman wrote: >>> Hi, >>> >>> Just finished updating oslblog.stanford.edu to use WP 2.5. All >>> appears >>> well, but if you notice anything screwy, let me know. >>> >>> In case you don't know, WordPress 2.5 took some major leaps. Whether >>> they are forward leaps remains to be seen, but it does appear that >>> cutting and pasting from a Word document into a blog post in the WP >>> dashboard is much, MUCH improved thanks to the inclusion of the >>> latest >>> TinyMCE wysiwyg editor. You can actually cut and past word doc >>> content >>> into a post without wanting to scream. >>> >>> The WP admin dashboard looks nothing like the admin dashboard in >>> previous versions. You've been warned. >>> >>> - J.J. >>> >>> >>> >>> >> -- >> James R. Jacobs >> International Documents Librarian >> Green Library >> Stanford University >> (650) 725-1030 >> jrjacobs at stanford.edu >> http://jonssonlibrary.stanford.edu >> AIM: LibrarianJames Jabber: radlib at jabber.org >> >> "A library is an arsenal of liberty." Anonymous >> >> (\ >> {|||8- >> (/ >> _______________________________________________ >> opensource mailing list >> opensource at lists.stanford.edu >> https://mailman.stanford.edu/mailman/listinfo/opensource > > _______________________________________________ > opensource mailing list > opensource at lists.stanford.edu > https://mailman.stanford.edu/mailman/listinfo/opensource > From bennetsen at gmail.com Sat Apr 12 19:31:20 2008 From: bennetsen at gmail.com (Henrik Bennetsen) Date: Sat, 12 Apr 2008 19:31:20 -0700 Subject: [opensource] Harvard starts teaching open source Message-ID: <8bf04b5b0804121931s438de6dag4b7f1f8deb27ea80@mail.gmail.com> *It's about time that United States elite academic institutions finally got around to not only using open-source software, but also teaching it. In the April 2008 edition of Harvard Business Review, Harvard gives its MBA students a taste of the decision facing every company that leverages technology as part of its business (namely, everyone):* *Should I embrace or fight open source?* http://www.cnet.com/8301-13505_1-9916323-16.html -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From imran at osg.stanford.edu Mon Apr 14 08:54:05 2008 From: imran at osg.stanford.edu (Imran Akbar) Date: Mon, 14 Apr 2008 08:54:05 -0700 Subject: [opensource] today: talk by founder of LiveJournal -free pizza Message-ID: <5f3bf4d20804140854w27ba3299webc4e17310f4794b@mail.gmail.com> Our April meeting will feature Brad Fitzpatrick , the founder of the blogging site LiveJournal . After LiveJournal was acquired in 2005, Brad joined the ranks of Google. Brad has started a number of open-source projects that are widely used among web 2.0 websites, including memcached , perlbal , and most-recently, OpenID. 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Post-graduate > studies in computational biology at the Weizmann and EMBL seemed too > intractable in comparision to the more tangible joys of Unix. Paul > alternated between research & commercial environments for several years, > eventually spending 4-1/2 years in the CS&E department at the University > of Washington. He left to help start Amazon.com but stayed for only a > year before becoming an at-home parent. Ardour and JACK emerged from the > dark nights and early mornings, and after more than 8 years dedicated to > open source pro-audio and MIDI software, Paul now works full-time thanks > to the support of the user community and several audio technology > companies. He also likes to race triathlons, cook and listen to music > that keeps the listener in mind." > > ----- > > A special thanks to Stanford Institute for Creativity and the Arts for > making this visit possible. From bennetsen at gmail.com Mon Apr 14 15:10:33 2008 From: bennetsen at gmail.com (Henrik Bennetsen) Date: Mon, 14 Apr 2008 15:10:33 -0700 Subject: [opensource] Folding @ Home: An Example of What Distributed Computing Can Do Message-ID: <8bf04b5b0804141510v68afc643hcdb717e1d7382b30@mail.gmail.com> Slightly OT but nice and geeky :)* * *Using the CPU power and communications abilities of unattended desktop computers throughout the world, the Folding @ Home project studies protein folding and misfolding. In this method of computer processing, known as distributed computing, different parts of a computer program run simultaneously on two or more computers that are communicating with each other over a network. By harnessing the power of many machines, researchers are able to analyze far more data than they might have been able to do so otherwise. Indeed, Folding at home has recently been acknowledged as the most powerful computer cluster on earth, exceeding a petaflop in performance. The Folding @ Home project runs on any modern computer, including Playstation 3s, and runs only when the computer is otherwise not being used.* *Join Professor Vijay S. Pande (Chemistry and Structural Biology) as he details the general history and methodology behind the distributed computing model, how this is a paradigm shift from the mainframe/supercomputer model, and how the Folding @ Home project utilizes this novel technique.* - Date and Time: Friday, April 25, 2008. 2:00 PM. *Approximate duration of 1.5 hour(s).* - Location:Turing Auditorium (Polya Hall, Room 111) [Map] - URL:http://techbriefings.stanford.edu -- -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From annaraven at gmail.com Mon Apr 14 21:24:27 2008 From: annaraven at gmail.com (Anna Ravenscroft) Date: Mon, 14 Apr 2008 21:24:27 -0700 Subject: [opensource] Christian Tismer? Message-ID: Do we want to invite Christian Tismer to come speak? He'll be in the Bay Area starting May 8, for a couple weeks. He's the inventor of Stackless Python, and a major contributor to Pypy. He lives in Berlin, but is consulting for a group up in SF, called Slides. -- cordially, Anna -- Walking through the water. Trying to get across. Just like everybody else. From shyeo at stanford.edu Tue Apr 15 12:28:08 2008 From: shyeo at stanford.edu (ShinJoung Yeo) Date: Tue, 15 Apr 2008 12:28:08 -0700 Subject: [opensource] FCC Public Hearing on the Future of the Internet (4/17 Dinkelspiel Auditorium) Message-ID: <480501C8.6080805@stanford.edu> Hi all, Sorry for the duplication. This Thursday, April 17th, Stanford Law School's Center for Internet & Society (http://cyberlaw.stanford.edu/) will host Federal Communication Commission's Public hearing on the future of the Internet. Below is the schedule. For more detailed information please visit at http://www.savetheinternet.com/=stanford. Please forward this email widely. Thanks. Shinjoung WHAT: Public Hearing on the Future of the Internet WHEN: Thursday, April 17th TIME: 12:00pm to 7:00pm WHERE: Dinkelspiel Auditorium, Stanford University (471 Lagunita Drive, Palo Alto, CA) Map It! For directions and travel information visit: http://www.savetheinternet.com/=stanford_travel FCC Public Hearing Agenda 12:00 p.m. - Welcome/Opening Remarks 12:45 p.m. - Panel 1: Network Management and Consumer Expectations 3:00 p.m. - Panel 2: Consumer Access to Emerging Internet Technologies and Applications 4:30 p.m. - Public Comment 6:30 p.m. - Closing Remarks 7:00 p.m. - Adjournment -- ShinJoung Yeo Coordinator for Reference and Outreach Services Bibliographer for Communication & Feminist Studies Green Library, Stanford University shyeo at stanford.edu (650) 723-9523 Washing one's hands of the conflict between the powerful and the powerless means to side with the powerful, not to be neutral. -- Paulo Freire From bennetsen at gmail.com Tue Apr 15 15:34:46 2008 From: bennetsen at gmail.com (Henrik Bennetsen) Date: Tue, 15 Apr 2008 15:34:46 -0700 Subject: [opensource] Christian Tismer? In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: <8bf04b5b0804151534nbee10dcr8ff96e16744a6e95@mail.gmail.com> Hi Anna, I am not really aware of the work but I do know that one of the challenges for our little lab has been to attract developers and this sounds like a possible way to do that. I would be happy to help set this up. Henrik On Mon, Apr 14, 2008 at 9:24 PM, Anna Ravenscroft wrote: > Do we want to invite Christian Tismer to come speak? He'll be in the > Bay Area starting May 8, for a couple weeks. He's the inventor of > Stackless Python, and a major contributor to Pypy. He lives in Berlin, > but is consulting for a group up in SF, called Slides. > > -- > cordially, > Anna > -- > Walking through the water. Trying to get across. > Just like everybody else. > _______________________________________________ > opensource mailing list > opensource at lists.stanford.edu > https://mailman.stanford.edu/mailman/listinfo/opensource > -- Henrik Bennetsen Research Director Stanford Humanities Lab Stanford University Wallenberg Hall, 450 Serra Mall Building 160, Stanford University Stanford, CA 94305-2055, USA bennetsen at gmail.com Cell: +1 415.418.4042 Fax: +1 650.725.0192 -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From cengel at stanford.edu Tue Apr 15 21:44:43 2008 From: cengel at stanford.edu (Claudia A Engel) Date: Tue, 15 Apr 2008 21:44:43 -0700 Subject: [opensource] Christian Tismer? In-Reply-To: <8bf04b5b0804151534nbee10dcr8ff96e16744a6e95@mail.gmail.com> References: <8bf04b5b0804151534nbee10dcr8ff96e16744a6e95@mail.gmail.com> Message-ID: Yes, I am very interested and happy to help make this happen. Henrik, I faintly remember that you set up a separate list to plan events? Claudia _________________________ Claudia A Engel Department of Anthropology On Apr 15, 2008, at 3:34 PM, Henrik Bennetsen wrote: > Hi Anna, > > I am not really aware of the work but I do know that one of the > challenges for our little lab has been to attract developers and > this sounds like a possible way to do that. > > I would be happy to help set this up. > > Henrik > > On Mon, Apr 14, 2008 at 9:24 PM, Anna Ravenscroft > wrote: > Do we want to invite Christian Tismer to come speak? He'll be in the > Bay Area starting May 8, for a couple weeks. He's the inventor of > Stackless Python, and a major contributor to Pypy. He lives in Berlin, > but is consulting for a group up in SF, called Slides. > > -- > cordially, > Anna > -- > Walking through the water. Trying to get across. > Just like everybody else. > _______________________________________________ > opensource mailing list > opensource at lists.stanford.edu > https://mailman.stanford.edu/mailman/listinfo/opensource > > > > -- > Henrik Bennetsen > Research Director > Stanford Humanities Lab > Stanford University > > Wallenberg Hall, 450 Serra Mall > Building 160, Stanford University > Stanford, CA 94305-2055, USA > > bennetsen at gmail.com > Cell: +1 415.418.4042 > Fax: +1 650.725.0192 > _______________________________________________ > opensource mailing list > opensource at lists.stanford.edu > https://mailman.stanford.edu/mailman/listinfo/opensource From marco.wise at stanford.edu Wed Apr 16 09:08:32 2008 From: marco.wise at stanford.edu (Marco Wise) Date: Wed, 16 Apr 2008 09:08:32 -0700 Subject: [opensource] Christian Tismer? In-Reply-To: References: <8bf04b5b0804151534nbee10dcr8ff96e16744a6e95@mail.gmail.com> Message-ID: Hi Claudia, > Yes, I am very interested and happy to help make this happen. > Henrik, I faintly remember that you set up a separate list to plan > events? That's true, the list to plan out events is opensourcevents at lists.stanford.edu . - marco From annaraven at gmail.com Wed Apr 16 09:20:04 2008 From: annaraven at gmail.com (Anna Ravenscroft) Date: Wed, 16 Apr 2008 09:20:04 -0700 Subject: [opensource] Christian Tismer? In-Reply-To: References: <8bf04b5b0804151534nbee10dcr8ff96e16744a6e95@mail.gmail.com> Message-ID: On Wed, Apr 16, 2008 at 9:08 AM, Marco Wise wrote: > Hi Claudia, > > > > Yes, I am very interested and happy to help make this happen. > > Henrik, I faintly remember that you set up a separate list to plan > > events? > > That's true, the list to plan out events is opensourcevents at lists.stanford. Thanks. I wanted to make sure there was interest first. Now we can switch over to the other list. Thanks for the eddress. -- cordially, Anna -- Walking through the water. Trying to get across. Just like everybody else. From bennetsen at gmail.com Fri Apr 18 17:43:51 2008 From: bennetsen at gmail.com (Henrik Bennetsen) Date: Fri, 18 Apr 2008 17:43:51 -0700 Subject: [opensource] RecentChangesCamp - May 9-11, 2008 in Palo Alto Message-ID: <8bf04b5b0804181743v404ff9a1ic63dfa016e0b7edf@mail.gmail.com> http://rcc2008.blueoxen.net/invitation Looks pretty interesting in a barcampy way :) Henrik -- Henrik Bennetsen Research Director Stanford Humanities Lab Stanford University Wallenberg Hall, 450 Serra Mall Building 160, Stanford University Stanford, CA 94305-2055, USA bennetsen at gmail.com Cell: +1 415.418.4042 Fax: +1 650.725.0192 -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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If so please share your impressions. Henrik On Tue, Apr 15, 2008 at 12:28 PM, ShinJoung Yeo wrote: > Hi all, > > Sorry for the duplication. > > This Thursday, April 17th, Stanford Law School's Center for Internet & > Society (http://cyberlaw.stanford.edu/) will host Federal Communication > Commission's Public hearing on the future of the Internet. Below is > the schedule. For more detailed information please visit at > http://www.savetheinternet.com/=stanford. Please forward this email > widely. > > Thanks. > > Shinjoung > > > > WHAT: Public Hearing on the Future of the Internet > WHEN: Thursday, April 17th > TIME: 12:00pm to 7:00pm > WHERE: Dinkelspiel Auditorium, Stanford University > (471 Lagunita Drive, Palo Alto, CA) Map It! > For directions and travel information visit: > http://www.savetheinternet.com/=stanford_travel > > FCC Public Hearing Agenda > 12:00 p.m. - Welcome/Opening Remarks > 12:45 p.m. - Panel 1: Network Management and Consumer Expectations > 3:00 p.m. - Panel 2: Consumer Access to Emerging Internet Technologies > and Applications > 4:30 p.m. - Public Comment > 6:30 p.m. - Closing Remarks > 7:00 p.m. - Adjournment > > > > -- > ShinJoung Yeo > Coordinator for Reference and Outreach Services > Bibliographer for Communication & Feminist Studies > Green Library, Stanford University > shyeo at stanford.edu > (650) 723-9523 > > Washing one's hands of the conflict between the powerful and the powerless > means to side with the powerful, not to be neutral. > -- Paulo Freire > > _______________________________________________ > participatorymedia mailing list > participatorymedia at lists.stanford.edu > https://mailman.stanford.edu/mailman/listinfo/participatorymedia > -- Henrik Bennetsen Research Director Stanford Humanities Lab Stanford University Wallenberg Hall, 450 Serra Mall Building 160, Stanford University Stanford, CA 94305-2055, USA bennetsen at gmail.com Cell: +1 415.418.4042 Fax: +1 650.725.0192 -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From jrjacobs at stanford.edu Mon Apr 21 13:48:45 2008 From: jrjacobs at stanford.edu (James Jacobs) Date: Mon, 21 Apr 2008 13:48:45 -0700 Subject: [opensource] FCC Public Hearing on the Future of the Internet (4/17 Dinkelspiel Auditorium) In-Reply-To: <8bf04b5b0804211143k32272992we953549786d7c421@mail.gmail.com> References: <480501C8.6080805@stanford.edu> <8bf04b5b0804211143k32272992we953549786d7c421@mail.gmail.com> Message-ID: <480CFDAD.2030804@stanford.edu> Shinjoung and I attended for several hours and she and Seeta Gangadharan wrote an op-ed in the daily: http://daily.stanford.edu/article/2008/4/17/opedCanTheFccFixTheInternet There was quite a good crowd there with the panelists being probably 3/4+ pro net neutrality and 1/4 "free market utopians." I couldn't stay for the public comment period, but Shinjoung tells me that passions ran high on the side of net neutrality. I think the panelists showed that there were quite a few issues to deal with, but that at the end of the day, net neutrality is warranted to protect public networks and airwaves from corporate monopolies and anti-public practices of blocking and/or discriminating network traffic by the big telecoms (most notably Comcast). At this point though, I only hope that the overtly pro-telecom FCC chair Kevin Martin will do nothing until January, 2009 when a new administration comes in. His past actions have shown that he is not a friend of the public that he purportedly represents. You can find the statements from the FCC commissioners and others as well as audio and video at: http://www.savetheinternet.com/=stanford james Henrik Bennetsen wrote: > Just read: > > > Law professor warns the FCC about ceding too much control to large > Internet providers > > > Did anyone here manage to attend this? If so please share your impressions. > > Henrik > > > > On Tue, Apr 15, 2008 at 12:28 PM, ShinJoung Yeo > wrote: > > Hi all, > > Sorry for the duplication. > > This Thursday, April 17th, Stanford Law School's Center for Internet & > Society (http://cyberlaw.stanford.edu/) will host Federal Communication > Commission's Public hearing on the future of the Internet. Below is > the schedule. For more detailed information please visit at > http://www.savetheinternet.com/=stanford. Please forward this email > widely. > > Thanks. > > Shinjoung > > > > WHAT: Public Hearing on the Future of the Internet > WHEN: Thursday, April 17th > TIME: 12:00pm to 7:00pm > WHERE: Dinkelspiel Auditorium, Stanford University > (471 Lagunita Drive, Palo Alto, CA) Map It! > For directions and travel information visit: > http://www.savetheinternet.com/=stanford_travel > > FCC Public Hearing Agenda > 12:00 p.m. - Welcome/Opening Remarks > 12:45 p.m. - Panel 1: Network Management and Consumer Expectations > 3:00 p.m. - Panel 2: Consumer Access to Emerging Internet Technologies > and Applications > 4:30 p.m. - Public Comment > 6:30 p.m. - Closing Remarks > 7:00 p.m. - Adjournment > > > > -- > ShinJoung Yeo > Coordinator for Reference and Outreach Services > Bibliographer for Communication & Feminist Studies > Green Library, Stanford University > shyeo at stanford.edu > (650) 723-9523 > > Washing one's hands of the conflict between the powerful and the > powerless means to side with the powerful, not to be neutral. > -- Paulo Freire > > _______________________________________________ > participatorymedia mailing list > participatorymedia at lists.stanford.edu > > https://mailman.stanford.edu/mailman/listinfo/participatorymedia > > > > > -- > Henrik Bennetsen > Research Director > Stanford Humanities Lab > Stanford University > > Wallenberg Hall, 450 Serra Mall > Building 160, Stanford University > Stanford, CA 94305-2055, USA > > bennetsen at gmail.com > Cell: +1 415.418.4042 > Fax: +1 650.725.0192 > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > _______________________________________________ > opensource mailing list > opensource at lists.stanford.edu > https://mailman.stanford.edu/mailman/listinfo/opensource -- James R. Jacobs International Documents Librarian Green Library Stanford University (650) 725-1030 jrjacobs at stanford.edu http://jonssonlibrary.stanford.edu AIM: LibrarianJames Jabber: radlib at jabber.org "A library is an arsenal of liberty." Anonymous (\ {|||8- (/ From bennetsen at gmail.com Tue Apr 22 10:44:57 2008 From: bennetsen at gmail.com (Henrik Bennetsen) Date: Tue, 22 Apr 2008 10:44:57 -0700 Subject: [opensource] Science 2.0 -- Is Open Access Science the Future? Message-ID: <8bf04b5b0804221044u2aea698w340bd6e4821755f2@mail.gmail.com> *A small but growing number of researchers (and not just the younger ones) have begun to carry out their work via the wide-open tools of Web 2.0. And although their efforts are still too scattered to be called a movement?yet?their experiences to date suggest that this kind of Web-based "Science 2.0" is not only more collegial than traditional science but considerably more productive.* http://www.sciam.com/article.cfm?id=science-2-point-0&print=true -- Henrik Bennetsen Research Director Stanford Humanities Lab Stanford University Wallenberg Hall, 450 Serra Mall Building 160, Stanford University Stanford, CA 94305-2055, USA bennetsen at gmail.com Cell: +1 415.418.4042 Fax: +1 650.725.0192 -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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As our invited speaker > we are happy to welcome Ahrash Bissel of ccLearn > . > > - > > *When: Wednesday, April 23rd at 3pm* > - > > *Where: The Learning Theater on the ground floor of Wallenberg Hall(Bldg. 160), Stanford University > * > > Talk Abstract: > > Open source, open content, open practices. What is "open", why is it > compelling, and where is all of this heading? I will focus on recent > developments in the open education movement, including the hopes, > challenges, and promising advances in this international effort. We can > discuss any number of things, including: the establishment of and current > work at ccLearn (including a federated search project, best-practices in > (CC) licensing, etc.), the Cape Town Open Education Declaration, key > barriers to the implementation of open educational resources (OER) in both > higher education and K-12, international efforts and coordination, technical > platforms for enabling participation (OER creation, use, and adaptation), > and more. > > Speaker Bio: > > Ahrash Bissell is the Executive Director of ccLearn, the education > division of Creative Commons , which focuses > on removing the legal, technical, and cultural barriers to open education, > digital scholarship, and the growth of the global commons. Prior to his > current position, Ahrash was at Duke University, where he was Assistant > Director of the Academic Resource Center and a Research Associate in > Biology. He has a Ph.D. in Biology (Evolutionary Genetics) from the > University of Oregon and a BS in Biology from the University of California, > San Diego. > > More practical stuff: > > - > > The event is free and open to all interested parties. > - > > Feel very free to forward this email or link to our blog > . > - > > No need to RSVP but you can write Henrik Bennetsen - hbe at stanford.edu > if you have any questions. > - > > You can check video out the from our previous 3 workshops: > - > > Aaron Swartz of the Open Library Project > - > > Wikiversity, Wikipedia, and Participatory Learning > - > > Bruce Perens: Innovation Goes Public > > We hope to see you there, > > Stanford Open Source Lab > > -- > > About the Lab: > > - > > The lab was founded in November 2007 by a group of people from > across Stanford who feel that openness matter. > - > > We have a wiki (Currently you need > a SUNetID to login in, this will be changed) > - > > We have a mailing listand you are welcome to join us or read the open > archives > > -- Henrik Bennetsen Research Director Stanford Humanities Lab Stanford University Wallenberg Hall, 450 Serra Mall Building 160, Stanford University Stanford, CA 94305-2055, USA bennetsen at gmail.com Cell: +1 415.418.4042 Fax: +1 650.725.0192 -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From bennetsen at gmail.com Tue Apr 22 18:32:26 2008 From: bennetsen at gmail.com (Henrik Bennetsen) Date: Tue, 22 Apr 2008 18:32:26 -0700 Subject: [opensource] Next Workshop: Ahrash Bissel of ccLearn In-Reply-To: <8bf04b5b0804221434x59cc79ddibbed5f4f997313fa@mail.gmail.com> References: <8bf04b5b0804081743l54c1858y695051b68f38890d@mail.gmail.com> <8bf04b5b0804221434x59cc79ddibbed5f4f997313fa@mail.gmail.com> Message-ID: <8bf04b5b0804221832j3999b01cwdb7a770b6d284c0@mail.gmail.com> We got a nice little plug on the Creative Commons website: ccLearn Workshop at Stanford's Open Source Lab Tomorrow H On Tue, Apr 22, 2008 at 2:34 PM, Henrik Bennetsen wrote: > A little reminder about tomorrow's event. > > Hope to see you there, > > Henrik > > > On Tue, Apr 8, 2008 at 5:43 PM, Henrik Bennetsen > wrote: > > > *Please forward this email to all interested parties at Stanford and > > beyond* > > > > Stanford Open Source Lab would like to > > invite all interested parties to our fourth workshop. As our invited speaker > > we are happy to welcome Ahrash Bissel of ccLearn > > . > > > > - > > > > *When: Wednesday, April 23rd at 3pm* > > - > > > > *Where: The Learning Theater on the ground floor of Wallenberg > > Hall(Bldg. 160), Stanford University > > * > > > > Talk Abstract: > > > > Open source, open content, open practices. What is "open", why is it > > compelling, and where is all of this heading? I will focus on recent > > developments in the open education movement, including the hopes, > > challenges, and promising advances in this international effort. We can > > discuss any number of things, including: the establishment of and current > > work at ccLearn (including a federated search project, best-practices in > > (CC) licensing, etc.), the Cape Town Open Education Declaration, key > > barriers to the implementation of open educational resources (OER) in both > > higher education and K-12, international efforts and coordination, technical > > platforms for enabling participation (OER creation, use, and adaptation), > > and more. > > > > Speaker Bio: > > > > Ahrash Bissell is the Executive Director of ccLearn, the education > > division of Creative Commons , which > > focuses on removing the legal, technical, and cultural barriers to open > > education, digital scholarship, and the growth of the global commons. Prior > > to his current position, Ahrash was at Duke University, where he was > > Assistant Director of the Academic Resource Center and a Research Associate > > in Biology. He has a Ph.D. in Biology (Evolutionary Genetics) from the > > University of Oregon and a BS in Biology from the University of California, > > San Diego. > > > > More practical stuff: > > > > - > > > > The event is free and open to all interested parties. > > - > > > > Feel very free to forward this email or link to our blog > > . > > - > > > > No need to RSVP but you can write Henrik Bennetsen - hbe at stanford.edu > > if you have any questions. > > - > > > > You can check video out the from our previous 3 workshops: > > - > > > > Aaron Swartz of the Open Library Project > > - > > > > Wikiversity, Wikipedia, and Participatory Learning > > - > > > > Bruce Perens: Innovation Goes Public > > > > We hope to see you there, > > > > Stanford Open Source Lab > > > > -- > > > > About the Lab: > > > > - > > > > The lab was founded in November 2007 by a group of people from > > across Stanford who feel that openness matter. > > - > > > > We have a wiki (Currently you > > need a SUNetID to login in, this will be changed) > > - > > > > We have a mailing listand you are welcome to join us or read the open > > archives > > > > > > > -- > Henrik Bennetsen > Research Director > Stanford Humanities Lab > Stanford University > > Wallenberg Hall, 450 Serra Mall > Building 160, Stanford University > Stanford, CA 94305-2055, USA > > bennetsen at gmail.com > Cell: +1 415.418.4042 > Fax: +1 650.725.0192 > -- Henrik Bennetsen Research Director Stanford Humanities Lab Stanford University Wallenberg Hall, 450 Serra Mall Building 160, Stanford University Stanford, CA 94305-2055, USA bennetsen at gmail.com Cell: +1 415.418.4042 Fax: +1 650.725.0192 -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From irina.zaks at stanford.edu Tue Apr 22 19:36:20 2008 From: irina.zaks at stanford.edu (Irina Zaks) Date: Tue, 22 Apr 2008 19:36:20 -0700 Subject: [opensource] Drupal/Google Summer of Code In-Reply-To: <47F5194D.5060703@stanford.edu> References: <47F5194D.5060703@stanford.edu> Message-ID: <480EA0A4.5070107@stanford.edu> Here is a brief write up on the proposed project: As it turned out , mentoring applications deadline was March 12, so it is late for formal for participation in this year's SoC http://drupal.org/node/235590 So here are my ideas on possible participation in the next year's Summer of Code or other similar projects. The general approach is the following: Drupal developers at the University (or at a university) could save a lot of time if we had some university-specialized modules, for example, Faculty profile (like a conference registration module (http://drupal.org/project/cod) that was used for BADcamp). Several people at Drupal community at Stanford has been working on such projects and have lots for knowledge about requirements, possible implementation, advantages and disadvantages of these implementations. None of us really have time to make it a module because on other work that we need to complete. So it seems to me like a win-win situation, if we could get a CS student with the knowledge of Drupal and interest in coding a module and give him clear requirements for what we want. Here is how I see benefits to all parties involved: player provides gets Stanford Drupalles Community domain knowledge and mentoring module that can be used by all university departments participating student time, Drupal coding knowledge work experience, reference, connections Drupal community platform module that can be used by all universities/schools/other education organizations, etc If that is something that might be of interest to Open Source Labs, I can go into more technical details. 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URL: From annaraven at gmail.com Thu Apr 24 13:31:29 2008 From: annaraven at gmail.com (Anna Ravenscroft) Date: Thu, 24 Apr 2008 13:31:29 -0700 Subject: [opensource] Fwd: Microsoft Attempts to Patent "Recommending Contacts in a Social Network" In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: Just forwarding this so more people are aware. ---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: Beth Noveck Date: Thu, Apr 24, 2008 at 9:17 AM Subject: Microsoft Attempts to Patent "Recommending Contacts in a Social Network" To: Terry Winograd Terry, This application, in particular, may be of great interest to members of the HCI list and others you know. Could you kindly circulate? Thanks, Beth Dear Friends, Microsoft has a patent application posted on the Peer-to-Patent site (http://www.peertopatent.org) for Recommending contacts in a social network It is posted here http://www.peertopatent.org/patent/20080059576/activity. We are soliciting your help and that of the communities you know in finding prior art that will help the Patent Office to examine this application and determine if it deserves a twenty-year grant of rights to prevent all others from making, using, or selling this invention (this includes any research and R&D that would touch upon the claims of the invention, if patented). Can you let people know about this opportunity? We invite them to submit: 1) prior art, 2) to annotate the prior art submitted by others, 3) to vote on the relevance of the public submissions, and 3) to suggest fruitful avenues for research for the USPTO when examining this application. Peer-to-Patent is not just another blog, wiki or website. It is an "extension" of the government institution! Posted information will be forwarded directly to the United States Patent and Trademark Office and be used in the examination process. Here's a bit more detail about the application and about Peer-to-Patent: Recommending contacts in a social network A method and system for recommending potential contacts to a target user is provided. A recommendation system identifies users who are related to the target user through no more than a maximum degree of separation. The recommendation system identifies the users by starting with the contacts of the target user and identifying users who are contacts of the target user's contacts, contacts of those contacts, and so on. The recommendation system then ranks the identified users, who are potential contacts for the target user, based on a likelihood that the target user will want to have a direct relationship with the identified users. The recommendation system then presents to the target user a ranking of the users who have not been filtered out. Peer-to-Patent is an initiative of New York Law School's Institute for Information Law and Policy in cooperation with the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO). The pilot program allows for public participation in the patent examination process by inviting the public to submit annotated prior art relevant to examining computer and software-related patent applications. The Peer-to-Patent Web site enables those who sign up to: --review and discuss posted patent applications --share research to locate references to relevant earlier publications --submit these prior art references with an explanation of relevance --annotate and evaluate submitted prior art --winnow the top ten prior art references, which, together with commentary, will be forwarded directly to the USPTO Reviewing patent applications is free and open to all via the Peer-to-Patent Web site at www.peertopatent.org. Bloggers are invited and encouraged to host their own conversations about pending patent applications and then submit prior art via the Peer-to-Patent website. Any assistance you can provide by encouraging participation in the Peer-to-Patent review process will be helpful. Regards, The Peer-to-Patent Team --++**==--++**==--++**==--++**==--++**==--++**==--++**== hci-research mailing list hci-research at lists.stanford.edu https://mailman.stanford.edu/mailman/listinfo/hci-research -- cordially, Anna -- Walking through the water. Trying to get across. Just like everybody else.