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Some pertinent history/biography/hyperlinks that elucidates why Jane would be a good keynote speaker.
 
Some pertinent history/biography/hyperlinks that elucidates why Jane would be a good keynote speaker.
 
== Greg Wilson ==
 
 
[http://third-bit.com/about.html Greg Wilson] is the co-founder of [http://software-carpentry.org/about/ Software Carpentry], a volunteer organization that teaches basic computing skills to researchers in a wide range of disciplines.  Greg has worked for 30 years in both industry and academia, and is the author or editor of several books on computing and two for children.
 
 
Twitter: [https://twitter.com/gvwilson @gvwilson]
 
  
 
== Paul Ford ==
 
== Paul Ford ==
  
 
Paul Ford is a Brooklyn-based writer and web technologist. He often writes about [https://medium.com/message/how-paper-magazines-web-engineers-scaled-kim-kardashians-back-end-sfw-6367f8d37688 the web], [http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=6241967 archives] [http://www.bloomberg.com/graphics/2015-paul-ford-what-is-code/ programming], [http://www.ftrain.com/wwic.html the nature of information], and [https://medium.com/message/networks-without-networks-7644933a3100 living in the information age]. Past projects include [https://medium.com/message/tilde-club-i-had-a-couple-drinks-and-woke-up-with-1-000-nerds-a8904f0a2ebf tilde.club] and the [http://www.ftrain.com/AWebSiteForHarpers.html semantic web-ified harpers.org] (back in 2003). Ford's 30,000-word article [http://www.bloomberg.com/graphics/2015-paul-ford-what-is-code/ What Is Code?] was the entire June 11, 2015 issue of Bloomberg BusinessWeek. Learn more at his [http://ftrain.com website], on [http://twitter.com/ftrain Twitter], or on [https://medium.com/@ftrain Medium], or watch [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WSL5qVL3Mng his talk at XOXO 2014] or [http://www.bloomberg.com/news/videos/2015-06-12/-what-is-code-charlie-rose-06-12- his interview on Charlie Rose]. Paul was also interviewed at [http://www.inthelibrarywiththeleadpipe.org/2012/an-interview-with-paul-ford-and-gina-trapani/ at In the Library with the Lead Pipe, along with Gina Trapani].
 
Paul Ford is a Brooklyn-based writer and web technologist. He often writes about [https://medium.com/message/how-paper-magazines-web-engineers-scaled-kim-kardashians-back-end-sfw-6367f8d37688 the web], [http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=6241967 archives] [http://www.bloomberg.com/graphics/2015-paul-ford-what-is-code/ programming], [http://www.ftrain.com/wwic.html the nature of information], and [https://medium.com/message/networks-without-networks-7644933a3100 living in the information age]. Past projects include [https://medium.com/message/tilde-club-i-had-a-couple-drinks-and-woke-up-with-1-000-nerds-a8904f0a2ebf tilde.club] and the [http://www.ftrain.com/AWebSiteForHarpers.html semantic web-ified harpers.org] (back in 2003). Ford's 30,000-word article [http://www.bloomberg.com/graphics/2015-paul-ford-what-is-code/ What Is Code?] was the entire June 11, 2015 issue of Bloomberg BusinessWeek. Learn more at his [http://ftrain.com website], on [http://twitter.com/ftrain Twitter], or on [https://medium.com/@ftrain Medium], or watch [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WSL5qVL3Mng his talk at XOXO 2014] or [http://www.bloomberg.com/news/videos/2015-06-12/-what-is-code-charlie-rose-06-12- his interview on Charlie Rose]. Paul was also interviewed at [http://www.inthelibrarywiththeleadpipe.org/2012/an-interview-with-paul-ford-and-gina-trapani/ at In the Library with the Lead Pipe, along with Gina Trapani].
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== Sumana Harihareswara ==
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Sumana is the founder of Changeset Consulting. She is a geek-suit interface, a programmer, and a teacher who likes to work on open source products, services, or sites that delight and help people.
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== David S. H. Rosenthal ==
 
== David S. H. Rosenthal ==
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== Sumana Harihareswara ==
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== Greg Wilson ==
Sumana is the founder of Changeset Consulting. She is a geek-suit interface, a programmer, and a teacher who likes to work on open source products, services, or sites that delight and help people.
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[https://www.harihareswara.net/ https://www.harihareswara.net/]
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[http://third-bit.com/about.html Greg Wilson] is the co-founder of [http://software-carpentry.org/about/ Software Carpentry], a volunteer organization that teaches basic computing skills to researchers in a wide range of disciplines.  Greg has worked for 30 years in both industry and academia, and is the author or editor of several books on computing and two for children.
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Twitter: [https://twitter.com/gvwilson @gvwilson]

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Nominations for invited speakers/keynotes for Code4Lib 2017 in Los Angeles. Please include a description and any relevant links and try to keep the list in alphabetical order.


Please follow the formatting guidelines:


== Nominee's Name ==

Description of no more than 250 words.

[[Link(s) with contact information for nominee]]

Jane Doe (example)

Jane works at ________, doing _______.

Some pertinent history/biography/hyperlinks that elucidates why Jane would be a good keynote speaker.

Paul Ford

Paul Ford is a Brooklyn-based writer and web technologist. He often writes about the web, archives programming, the nature of information, and living in the information age. Past projects include tilde.club and the semantic web-ified harpers.org (back in 2003). Ford's 30,000-word article What Is Code? was the entire June 11, 2015 issue of Bloomberg BusinessWeek. Learn more at his website, on Twitter, or on Medium, or watch his talk at XOXO 2014 or his interview on Charlie Rose. Paul was also interviewed at at In the Library with the Lead Pipe, along with Gina Trapani.

Sumana Harihareswara

Sumana is the founder of Changeset Consulting. She is a geek-suit interface, a programmer, and a teacher who likes to work on open source products, services, or sites that delight and help people.

https://www.harihareswara.net/

David S. H. Rosenthal

Dr. David Rosenthal started the LOCKSS Program, which is aimed at long-term preservation of web published materials. https://www.lockss.org/contact-us/dshr/ http://blog.dshr.org/

Greg Wilson

Greg Wilson is the co-founder of Software Carpentry, a volunteer organization that teaches basic computing skills to researchers in a wide range of disciplines. Greg has worked for 30 years in both industry and academia, and is the author or editor of several books on computing and two for children.

Twitter: @gvwilson