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+1 to both > Date: Tue, 1 Sep 2015 11:58:39 -0700 > From: [log in to unmask] > Subject: Re: [CODE4LIB] "coders for libraries" > To: [log in to unmask] > > Code4Lib | Libers for Codaries > > > 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 9/1/2015 11:39 AM, scott bacon wrote: > > Code4Lib | We Are The Wind Beneath Your Wings > > > > On Tue, Sep 1, 2015 at 2:31 PM, Wilhelmina Randtke <[log in to unmask]> > > wrote: > > > >> In general, it's not great to refer to people as nouns. It's better to say > >> people with an adjective, so the person isn't replaced or given just one > >> identity. I support not calling people coders or other noun. > >> > >> -Wilhelmina Randtke > >> > >> On Tue, Sep 1, 2015 at 9:42 AM, Eric Hellman <[log in to unmask]> wrote: > >> > >>> Between September and November of 2008, the title attribute of the > >>> Code4lib homepage was changed from "code4lib | Code for Libraries" to > >>> "code4lib | coders for libraries, libraries for coders". > >>> > >>> Dave Winer, who could be considered the inventor of the blog, recently > >>> tweeted about us: > >>> > >>> "code4lib: coders for libraries, libraries for coders. (I really hate the > >>> word "coders.") code4lib.org <http://code4lib.org/>" > >>> > >>> As someone who feels that Code4Lib should welcome people who don't > >>> particularly identify as "coders", I would welcome a return to the > >> previous > >>> title attribute. > >>> > >>> Eric Hellman > >>> President, Free Ebook Foundation > >>> Founder, Unglue.it https://unglue.it/ > >>> http://go-to-hellman.blogspot.com/ > >>> twitter: @gluejar > >>> > >>