ACQFest is just finishing up, everyone is safely stowed on or near planes for their trip back home, and I’m trying to catch up on more than a week of backlog. I took a quick break to take the book quiz pointed out by Mark Linder and it seems … well, I’ll let you, kind … Continue Reading about When I speak, IT SOUNDS LIKE THIS! →
ALA; Open Source is not a distraction
I had a great time at ALA, and obviously, I perked my ears whenever the topic of open source came up (which was a lot). I found it interesting that everyone seemed forced to agree that open source was a good thing, whether it was as infrastructure that even proprietary vendors made use of or … Continue Reading about ALA; Open Source is not a distraction →
Lies, Damned Lies, and Library Automation Software
What’s on my mind today? I’ll tell you: it’s the War against Evergreen. What’s that Jason? Surely you’re kidding? No, I’m not. Another title could be Open Source vs. the Used Car Salesmen. We’ve seen this before with Linux vs. Windows; but I’ve never expected to experience such a thing first hand. It really upsets … Continue Reading about Lies, Damned Lies, and Library Automation Software →
code4lib 2007
On behalf of the Evergreen team, I wanted to thank everyone who made the trip down to Georgia for the code4lib 2007 conference. It was a pleasure to host the conference, and we hope to have the opportunity to host again some day. Personally, for me, one of the most interesting things about the conference … Continue Reading about code4lib 2007 →
Pile o’ stuff
Wow. It’s been a crazy two months. We’ve been going strong, if silent, and overall things have been going swimmingly. Some highlights: The mailing lists finally got busy (yay!), and to help sort through some of our growing pains we put together a document to help early adopters and contributors to get their feet wet … Continue Reading about Pile o’ stuff →
For the Good of the Many
Last time I wrote about our UTF-8 escaping machinery. It’s not that involved, but it’s something critical to get Right(tm) for proper unicode support. It’s also something that took me far too much time to complete, being something that nearly all modern data handling programs need to do. Let’s all hope that someone can benefit … Continue Reading about For the Good of the Many →