Fwd: code4lib linked data preconference
Ed Summers
... sans the spreadsheet which some people (well one) objected to me
distributing...
//Ed
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From: Buzzell, Bonnie Good <Bonnie_...@brown.edu>
Date: Thu, Feb 19, 2009 at 9:04 PM
Subject: code4lib linked data preconference
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Cc: jean.ra...@gmail.com
Hi from Providence with some last minute details…
Attached is the current information on folks registered for your
code4lib preconference. Note that some people may not have time to
get their official code4lib credentials prior to attending your
session, so may not have nametags.
We are still working to provide the best network/internet access and
power we can within the constraints of the rooms we are using. If
attendees will need to download any files, we recommend that you make
them available in advance of your session.
We have set up the "conference buzz" wiki page which you are welcome
to use: http://wiki.code4lib.org/index.php/Conference_Buzz
SITE-SPECIFIC INFO…
Renaissance Providence Hotel
Linked Data in Symphony Ballroom A (all day)
The Symphony Ballroom is on the lowest level, adjacent to the code4lib
registration area.
Access to the room for morning setup will be at 8:00 AM.
Two 12-passenger shuttles circling between the Renaissance and Brown
will run 7:45-9:45, 11:45-1:45, 4:15-6:15. Please point this out to
morning attendees who may be going to a different location in the
afternoon.
We hope to have several flip charts available.
If using a Mac, please provide your own dongle.
Light morning and afternoon refreshments will be available in Ballroom
A all morning and all afternoon.
Restrooms are nearby on the same floor.
Lunch near the Renaissance: There are a number of eating options in
the Providence Place Mall (1 block south), including both a food court
and several sit-down-with-service restaurants. Specific suggestions
will be provided on the wiki. The Temple Restaurant in the hotel is
also a good lunch option (mac & cheese highly recommended.)
Jean Rainwater will be the main code4lib contact for this
preconference. Additional Brown staff attending will also be
available to help.
See you Monday!
Bonnie
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Bonnie Buzzell, Senior Knowledge Systems Librarian
Integrated Technology Services, Brown University Library
10 Prospect Street - Box A, Providence, RI 02912
office 401-863-3599, home 401-751-6127, cell 401-487-0245
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Anders Söderbäck
I will bring my macbook air, but shall I prepare for hooking it up to an external monitor/projector? If "dongle" is what i think it is (the 3G internet access thingy) - can I borrow one if needed? The macbook air only has one usb-port... Can I, if needed, borrow a usb-hub?
With the exception of these hopefully minor problems, I'm really looking forward to the preconference.
/ Anders
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Latest info from Bonnie @brown.edu regarding the linked-data preconf
... sans the spreadsheet which some people (well one) objected to me
distributing...
//Ed
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From: Buzzell, Bonnie Good <Bonnie_...@brown.edu>
Date: Thu, Feb 19, 2009 at 9:04 PM
Subject: code4lib linked data preconference
To: e...@pobox.com
Cc: jean.ra...@gmail.com
Attached is the current information on folks registered for your
code4lib preconference. Note that some people may not have time to
get their official code4lib credentials prior to attending your
session, so may not have nametags.
We are still working to provide the best network/internet access and
power we can within the constraints of the rooms we are using. If
attendees will need to download any files, we recommend that you make
them available in advance of your session.
We have set up the "conference buzz" wiki page which you are welcome
to use: http://wiki.code4lib.org/index.php/Conference_Buzz
Ross Singer
Last year while MC-ing, I erroneously referred to this as a 'dongle'
and it sort of took on a life of its own.
My interpretation of this is that "there are no guarantees of
connectivity" which will show major downside of LOD.
Perhaps it will inspire a Google Gears app in the breakout :)
-Ross.
Ed Summers
departure to local pub I think...
Jean Rainwater
There WILL be internet access at the hotel (or there better be because we're
paying a bunch for it). Our IT folks were concerned about the wireless at
Brown and lots of simultaneous downloading of large files. They worry a lot
but that's often good.
The dongle is a MAC video connector. I always carry it with me cuz they're
never supplied and someone always needs one.
We're using a MacBook Pro (mine) as a podium computer for the conference but
hadn't planned to provide laptops for the pre-conferences. I'm in the the
lod preconf so you're welcome to use mine (and my dongle!) for the morning.
-- Jean
Klein, Michael
Making matters even more confusing is the fact that Mac laptops made in the past 5 years may have either a DVI (15-inch PowerBook G4, Original MacBook Pro), Mini-DVI (12-inch PowerBook G4, Polycarbonate MacBook), Micro-DVI (Original MacBook Air), or Mini DisplayPort (Unibody MacBook Pro, Aluminum MacBook, Revised MacBook Air). Most machines with the Mini- and Micro-DVI ports came with DVI adapters, but people might not think to travel with them.
I'm bringing a full-size DVI->VGA adapta-dongle-thingy if anyone needs one. I wish I'd thought to borrow one of the Mini-DVI->VGA adapters from work, but I didn't. I'll email Scot and ask if he's got a Mini DisplayPort adapter, since he has an Aluminum MacBook. For the other two, we'll just have to wait and see.
I love my Mac. But I continue to hate Apple's propensity to abandon useful ports.
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Michael B. Klein
Digital Initiatives Technology Librarian
BPL Digital Library Program
mkl...@bpl.org
Anders Söderbäck
/ Anders
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Michael J. Giarlo
successful conference -- and it shows.
-Mike
Fleming, Declan
Excellent work!
D
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