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Jason, I think both ideas are excellent. As for the Ruby on Rails intro, the RailsBridge Curriculum mentions an "install-fest" happening the night before. In the interest of time, I would recommend distributing a VM with all the required software pre-loaded. While part of programming involves setting up one's environment, it will be more inspiring to get right to the "fun". -Shaun On 11/8/12 10:12 AM, Jason Ronallo wrote: > I have a couple ideas for preconf sessions, but I am wondering whether > anyone would be interested in them before further committing by posting one > to the wiki. Would you be interested in attending or suggesting someone > attend either of these? > > 1. An introduction to coding through Ruby and Rails. I'm looking at > something like the RailsBridge Curriculum [1] as a quick, gentle > introduction to getting started coding web applications. It seems that with > the bigger venue that more folks may be attending that do not do coding in > their regular job but may like to get started. Is there something like a > basic training that the Code4Lib conference and community can do to bridge > that gap and get more folks in libraries coding and having a better > understanding what is involved in the work? Anyone else who would be > interested in helping to lead this or help field questions and help folks > work through problems? > > 2. An HTML5 Video workshop. I've pitched a talk on HTML5 Video that I'd > really like to give, but wonder if there would be enough interest to do a > 1/2 day workshop on the topic? It would allow time to do some hands-on work > with the whole process of making video available this way. Anyone else with > experience with video who would like to help put this together? > > Interest in either of these? Would you commit to attend one? Willing to > help plan one? > > Jason > > > [1] http://curriculum.railsbridge.org/curriculum/curriculum > -- Shaun D. Ellis Digital Library Interface Developer Firestone Library, Princeton University voice: 609.258.1698 | [log in to unmask]