Re: [CODE4LIB] Lean Library Security Concerns

2018-08-31 Thread Eric Hellman
's catastrophic security loss if they recommend installation of this product (as presented today.) If anyone needs technical backup on this, please don't hesitate to contact me. Eric Hellman President, Free Ebook Foundation Founder, Unglue.it https://unglue.it/ https://go-to-hellman.blogspot.co

Re: [CODE4LIB] Lean Library Security Concerns

2018-09-19 Thread Eric Hellman
That explains the mangled bit about aquisitions in its privacy policy. Wonder what it used to say! https://www.leanlibrary.com/privacy-policy/item181 > On Sep 19, 2018, at 11:04 AM, Tim McGeary wrote: > > Bumping this conversation up given the latest news: Lean Library was > purchased by SAGE.

Re: [CODE4LIB] Google Chrome privacy changes untenable

2018-09-24 Thread Eric Hellman
uld cut that down significantly. https://blog.mozilla.org/futurereleases/2018/08/30/changing-our-approach-to-anti-tracking/ Eric Hellman > On Sep 24, 2018, at 7:48 PM, Sam Manderson wrote: > > Greetings library colleagues, > > I would like to propose the changes to Google C

Re: [CODE4LIB] DDC is like an API specification so it can be used freely

2021-04-26 Thread Eric Hellman
Also don't forget that versions of the Dewey Decimal System published in 1925 and earlier are are now in the public domain, for example https://archive.org/details/deweydecimal11dewe (enjoy the spelling!) Eric > On Apr 23, 2021, at 1:37 PM, Karen Coyle wrote: > > There are three (at least!) d

Re: [CODE4LIB] DDC is like an API specification so it can be used freely

2021-04-26 Thread Eric Hellman
Apr 26, 2021, at 12:05 PM, Eric Hellman wrote: > > Also don't forget that versions of the Dewey Decimal System published in 1925 > and earlier are are now in the public domain, for example > https://archive.org/details/deweydecimal11dewe (enjoy the spelling!) > > Eric >

[CODE4LIB] Code4lib Group Run/Walk

2023-01-26 Thread Eric Hellman
I'm organizing a group run/walk on the Delaware and Raritan Canal towpath for Thursday Morning, 3/16. Mark your calendars for 7AM. I'll have 3mi and 3 mile+ options. Will have more info closer in, but feel free to email me with questions. Eric Hellman President, Free Ebook Foundati

[CODE4LIB] Code4lib 2023 Group Run/Walk

2023-03-06 Thread Eric Hellman
I'm organizing a group run/walk on the Delaware and Raritan Canal towpath for Thursday Morning, 3/16. We'll meet at 7AM at Delaware and Raritan Canal State Park - Alexander Rd. Parking. (https://goo.gl/maps/vck1HgivaRrt2kXR7) That's a 1.6 run/ride from Hyatt place/Residence inn, 1mi run/ride fr

[CODE4LIB] listserv aggressive unsubscriptions

2016-09-15 Thread Eric Hellman
<https://support.google.com/mail/?p=IPv6AuthError> for more information 550 > 5.7.1 . g16... (23 bytes suppressed) Eric Hellman President, Free Ebook Foundation Founder, Unglue.it <http://unglue.it/> https://unglue.it/ <https://unglue.it/> https://go-to-hellman.blogspot.com/

[CODE4LIB] CODE4LIB HTTPS awesomeness

2016-10-19 Thread Eric Hellman
I notice that vast swaths of the Code4lib website have recently made the switch to HTTPS. All hail the code4lib web admins! Eric Hellman President, Free Ebook Foundation Founder, Unglue.it https://unglue.it/ https://go-to-hellman.blogspot.com/ twitter: @gluejar signature.asc Description

Re: [CODE4LIB] CODE4LIB HTTPS awesomeness

2016-10-19 Thread Eric Hellman
It needs modification! more brainpower needed. > On Oct 19, 2016, at 1:14 PM, Andreas Orphanides wrote: > > Does that mean you rescind your t-shirt submission? > > On Wed, Oct 19, 2016 at 1:09 PM, Eric Hellman wrote: > >> I notice that vast swaths of the Code4lib we

Re: [CODE4LIB] CODE4LIB HTTPS awesomeness

2016-10-19 Thread Eric Hellman
I have revised my t-shirt design. > On Oct 19, 2016, at 1:14 PM, Andreas Orphanides wrote: > > Does that mean you rescind your t-shirt submission? > > On Wed, Oct 19, 2016 at 1:09 PM, Eric Hellman wrote: > >> I notice that vast swaths of the Code4lib website have rec

[CODE4LIB] Post-election reflections for Code4Lib

2016-11-15 Thread Eric Hellman
eillance by commercial or government entities? Eric Hellman President, Free Ebook Foundation Founder, Unglue.it https://unglue.it/ https://go-to-hellman.blogspot.com/ twitter: @gluejar signature.asc Description: Message signed with OpenPGP using GPGMail

Re: [CODE4LIB] Post-election reflections for Code4Lib

2016-11-16 Thread Eric Hellman
nd "algorithms" is where we differ. In particular, the algorithms that govern search results and content lables are not expressed in computer code, but in 'people code". > On Nov 15, 2016, at 4:05 PM, William Denton wrote: > > On 15 November 2016, Eric Hellman w

Re: [CODE4LIB] Post-election reflections for Code4Lib

2016-11-16 Thread Eric Hellman
> On Nov 15, 2016, at 2:34 PM, Karen Coyle wrote: > > Eric, I think these are questions that go far beyond online services. My > public library carries books with descriptions such as: "Learn to interpret > and understand the cosmic language being spoken by the crystals, and unlock > your own

Re: [CODE4LIB] Post-election reflections for Code4Lib

2016-11-16 Thread Eric Hellman
I spent about 15 years of my professional life growing crystals for scientific research. I would be offended if I went to a library and found a book on " the cosmic language being spoken by crystals" next to Alan Holden and Phylis Morrison's "Crystals and Crystal Growing". But physical libraries

Re: [CODE4LIB] Post-election reflections for Code4Lib

2016-12-05 Thread Eric Hellman
I'm hoping to make it to C4L this year and yes, this would be a good topic for a BOF discussion. > On Nov 29, 2016, at 2:59 PM, Salazar, Christina > wrote: > > @Eric Hellman, Will Denton, Michelle, Karen Coyle, etc. > > I REALLY want to have this conversation AND the

Re: [CODE4LIB] Code4Lib registration - round 1 - now open!

2016-12-14 Thread Eric Hellman
The schedule thinks that March 10 is a Thursday. > On Dec 14, 2016, at 11:58 AM, Mary Jinglewski > wrote: > Details about the pre-conference workshops will be available on the > registration form (and will be posted to the conference website); the > schedule for the main conference is now availa

[CODE4LIB] NYT goes HTTPS

2017-01-10 Thread Eric Hellman
https://open.blogs.nytimes.com/2017/01/10/https-on-nytimes-com/ <https://open.blogs.nytimes.com/2017/01/10/https-on-nytimes-com/> In case you're keeping track, Breitbart is carrying the flag for news via unencrypted web. Eric Hellman President, Free Ebook Foundation Founder, Ungl

Re: [CODE4LIB] Pinetrest Privacy Question

2017-02-17 Thread Eric Hellman
The reason they have you do this is to prove that your account is linked to your site. Otherwise anyone could claim ownership of the site and put their own logo on the pinterest page. Privacy is only implicated to the extent that you wish to hide the connection between the website and the pinte

Re: [CODE4LIB] Fiscal Continuity IG report redux [silence has been deafening]

2017-07-18 Thread Eric Hellman
hile we're at it, we could stage a hostile takeover of OCLC and then when a Kakistocratic Party decides to privatize LOC Eric Hellman President, Free Ebook Foundation Founder, Unglue.it https://unglue.it/ https://go-to-hellman.blogspot.com/ twitter: @gluejar signature.asc Descrip

Re: [CODE4LIB] Governance for Code4Lib (was: What's so bad about bylaws?)

2017-07-24 Thread Eric Hellman
I've been pondering about this a fair amount. I don't think Code4Lib is an "amorphous entity with no systematic way of arriving at a decision or definable point of contact". Rather, it is a decentralized community with long-established norms and consensus-based procedures for discerning the wil

Re: [CODE4LIB] Governance for Code4Lib

2017-07-25 Thread Eric Hellman
no absolutely no >>> reason that our existing Trustees can't be elected as officers. And when >>> they want to set their burden down for a bit, the Community can elect new >>> ones. Making this process explicit may be more trouble in some ways, but >>> it's also cons

Re: [CODE4LIB] Governance for Code4Lib

2017-07-25 Thread Eric Hellman
Eric Hellman President, Free Ebook Foundation Founder, Unglue.it https://unglue.it/ https://go-to-hellman.blogspot.com/ twitter: @gluejar > On Jul 25, 2017, at 11:18 AM, Esmé Cowles wrote: > > On Jul 25, 2017, at 10:58 AM, Eric Hellman wrote: >> >> To follow up on An

Re: [CODE4LIB] HTTPS requirement in Chrome v.62

2017-08-31 Thread Eric Hellman
curately communicate to users that non-HTTPS sites may present risks: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GoXgl9r0Kjk&feature=youtu.be <https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GoXgl9r0Kjk&feature=youtu.be> (discussion of Chrome 62 changes starts around 32:00) Eric Hellman President, Fr

Re: [CODE4LIB] Upcoming vote on fiscal continuity options

2017-10-04 Thread Eric Hellman
under by-laws that closely match "the DIY spirit of the community". Eric Hellman > On Sep 30, 2017, at 10:55 AM, Eric Lease Morgan wrote: > > For what it is worth, I will vote for us to incorporate in lieu of us doing > nothing or partnering with a fiscal agent. I have

Re: [CODE4LIB] Help with History of Code4lib

2017-11-17 Thread Eric Hellman
We looked so young then! Except for Roy. He seems to be aging backwards. Eric Hellman President, Free Ebook Foundation Founder, Unglue.it https://unglue.it/ https://go-to-hellman.blogspot.com/ twitter: @gluejar > On Nov 14, 2017, at 12:48 PM, Frumkin, Jeremy A - (frumkinj) > wrote: &g