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2013 Code4Lib Midwest Conference

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Programming
Share what you are working on! We are looking for 10-15 minute lightning talks, 30-60 minute in-depth talks, and 90-minute workshops. We would also love to hear some ideas for an afternoon hackfest. Add your name and a description of your talk below to sign up, or throw out an idea for hackfest.
==Schedule==Lightning Talks====* Francis Kayiwa - Giving XTF an Admin interface* M Ryan Hess - UnLibGuiding LibGuides - Using JQuery and CSS with Campus Guides to make LibGuides a real Web CMS* Matthew Reidsma - Guerrila analytics - uncovering user behavior with jQuery, JSONP, and sneakery.* Margaret Heller - What works for intranets and what doesn't (may be a hackfest question as well)* Erin Fisher - Makerspaces: What are they and why should they live in libraries?
===Tuesday, July 24=Talks====* M Ryan Hess - Web Services project management and reporting using a custom-built Zoho ticketing application.* ''Virtual Presentation via video: Ken Irwin - Deluxe screen-scraping with DOM parsing (15 min + Q&A)''* Kyle Felker Gamification Basics (30 mins + Q&A)* Matthew Reidsma - Dead-simple version control for your team with Git.* Eric Echeverri and Noah Botimer - Devise Authentication for Rails (for beginners)
====WorkshopsCoffee and schmooze-time (9:00am - 9:30am)====
====Hackfest ideas====Get your name badge, drink some coffee, eat a snack, and meet some library nerds. Or cower in the corner in fear. Your call.
Is your library facing a problem====Lightning Talks (9:30am - 10:30am):==== * Erin Fisher: Makerspaces: What are they and why should they live in libraries? Bring it * M Ryan Hess: UnLibGuiding LibGuides - Using JQuery and CSS with Campus Guides to the hackfest make LibGuides a real Web CMS* Margaret Heller: What works for intranets and wewhat doesn'll t (may be a hackfest question as well) ====Talks (10:30am - 12:00pm)==== * Eric Echeverri and Noah Botimer: Devise Authentication for Rails (for beginners)* Nathan Collins and Stephen Schrauger: Something very interesting, which they will have decided upon by Tuesday ====Lunch (12:00pm - 1:00pm)==== This is where you eat food.  ====Hackfest (1:00pm - 4:00pm)==== Pitch an idea you can work to solve in 3 hours or so, or join with someone else who has a project. Stuck on some solutionssomething at work? Find a buddy here to help you. Remember! Hackfest topics don't need Want to be technical! make something new and fun? Here's your chance for free labor. We 'll have a hackfest idea basket at morning coffee, or you can work leave your ideas on solutions the wiki. Of course, you can also just show up with your idea. We're not the boss of you. ====Social Outing (6:00pm? - can be moved earlier)==== Dinner and such at Harpers' for those who are around. ===Wednesday, July 25=== =====Coffee and schmooze-time/frantic hackfest finish time (9:00am - 9:30am)===== Seriously? We did this yesterday. You should know what to hack organizational or political problemsdo. ====Lightning talks and Hackfest share (9:30am - 12:00pm)==== * Ken Irwin: Virtual Presentation via video: Deluxe screen-scraping with DOM parsing* Dave Widmer: Object-oriented CSS* Francis Kayiwa: Giving XTF an Admin interface* Matthew Reidsma: Guerrila analytics - uncovering user behavior with javascript and sneakery.* Kelly Sattler: Conversation starter: how do you plan a website redesign so that you're up-to-date when it's done and not behind? Let us know what you built/brainstormed for hackfest. If it works, too!give us a demo. If you're stuck, we'll all pitch in to solve the problem.  ====Lunch (12:00pm - 1:30pm)==== I think we are going to walk somewhere? ====More Talks (1:30pm - done)==== * Kyle Felker: Gamification Basics (30 mins + Q&A)* Matthew Reidsma: Dead-simple version control for your team with Git.* M Ryan Hess: Web Services project management and reporting using a custom-built Zoho ticketing application.
===Registration===
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