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Ditto. :-) Glen Newton Kevin Clarke wrote: > Welcome John, > It's nice to have more Java folks around :-) > > Kevin > > > On Feb 9, 2008 11:13 AM, John Fereira <[log in to unmask]> wrote: > > Roy's message to the web4lib list gave me a nudge that I should probably > > subscribed to Code4Lib. Then I had a meeting yesterday in which I was asked > > to start working on a new project that would require that I do more library > > specific development (I've mostly been developing applications for the > > international agriculture community for the past few years). The kicker > > though was reading that Eric has decided to come over to the dark side and > > has started to do some development in Java and I figured he could use some > > moral support. > > > > As a bit of an introduction... > > > > I work at Mann Library, one of the 20 unit libraries at Cornell University. > > Albert R. Mann Library is the library for the College of Agriculture and > > Life Sciences, thus my work in the Agriculture community. My official title > > is Programmer/Analyst Specialist, however for the past couple of years I > > have served as the Technology Strategist/Systems Architect for our > > department as well. I develop web and standalone applications almost > > exclusively in Java primarily using the Spring Framework and SOA practices. > > > > I have been an active participant in the open source community primarily > > with my association with JA-SIG for about six years. I have been serving on > > the planning committee for the upcoming JA-SIG conference (I'll have to see > > if an announcement for it has been posted yet) and have been on the > > committee for the past four conferences. I've served as the jasig.org (and > > uPortal.org) webmaster for several years. > > > > Prior to working at Cornell I worked in the corporate world going back 30 > > years, including 13 years at the Hewlett Packard workstation division (where > > I set up their first TCP/IP network), but my first job in the electronics > > industry was working on a production line building home Pong games at Atari. > > > > I have been an active participant in the Usenet community since 1985. > > > > > > -- > There are two kinds of people in the world: those who believe there > are two kinds of people and those who know better. >