play the guitar
"real" statistics (not "have t-test, will travel!")
cook a really good roast
graph theory
map/reduce
Hebrew
some machine learning (esp. wrt parsing)

On Tue, Apr 26, 2011 at 4:15 PM, Ross Singer <[log in to unmask]> wrote:

> map/reduce
> coffeescript, node.js, other server side javascripts
> XSLT
> How to not make a not-completely-hideous-looking web app.
>
> -Ross.
>
> On Tue, Apr 26, 2011 at 8:30 AM, Edward Iglesias
> <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
> > Hello All,
> >
> > I am doing a presentation at RILA (Rhode Island Library Association) on
> > changing skill sets for Systems Librarians.  I did a formal survey a
> while
> > back (if you participated, thank you) but this stuff changes so quickly I
> > thought I would ask this another way.  What do you wish you had time to
> > learn?
> >
> > My list includes
> >
> >
> > CouchDB(NoSQL in general)
> > neo4j
> > nodejs
> > prototype
> > API Mashups
> > R
> >
> > Don't be afraid to include Latin or Greek History.  I'm just going for a
> > snapshot of System angst at not knowing everything.
> >
> > Thanks,
> >
> >
> > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~
> > Edward Iglesias
> > Systems Librarian
> > Central Connecticut State University
> >
>



-- 
Bill Dueber
Library Systems Programmer
University of Michigan Library