Or a LibraryBox! I've done a couple of workshops now where slides, data, handouts, etc was all on my LibraryBox so we weren't relying on web to get those files passed around. Abigail On 10/7/2015 1:46 PM, Katherine N. Deibel wrote: > And just to add to this, even if you provide the links beforehand, > presenters should bring a few thumb drives with the > software/files/etc. as well just in case something needs to be > reinstalled or there are a few slackers who didn't read their > pre-workshop e-mails. > > Providing silly hats to wear while using the thumb drives is optional. > > > Kate Deibel, PhD | Web Applications Specialist > Information Technology Services > University of Washington Libraries > http://staff.washington.edu/deibel > > -- > > "When Thor shows up, it's always deus ex machina." > > On 10/7/2015 11:17 AM, Fox, Bobbi wrote: >> Hi, Christina! >> >> I don't have a workshop to propose, but I *do* have a plea for any >> workshop that is a hands-on-the-laptop experience: >> >> That the presenter of said workshop provide links, in advance, to any >> software needed. If the presenter would suggest the use of vagrant >> or docker (or whatever else is out there), then links to those tools, >> plus good, easy implementation instructions, should also be supplied >> in advance. In addition, if the workshop is going to feature a >> particular language or framework, that should be specified in advance >> as well. (why no, I *don't* know how to spin up a web server on my >> Windoze laptop; at work I do it in Linux!) >> >> I have unfortunately been to too many workshops where the presenter >> either assumed a crystal-clear, fast, internet connection for the 40 >> participants, or assumed a lot more vagrant/docker knowledge than I, >> and several others, had. >> >> >> (hmm, maybe I can find someone to propose an "everything you need to >> learn, software package-wise, to take advantage of Code4Lib hands-on >> workshops...) >> >> Cheers, >> Bobbi >> > -- Abigail Goben, MLS Information Services and Liaison Librarian Assistant Professor Library of the Health Sciences University of Illinois at Chicago 1750 W. Polk (MC 763) Chicago, IL 60612 [log in to unmask]