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Computers in Libraries Presentation

April 16th, 2007  |  Published in Presentations  |  4 Comments

Today I spoke at the Computers in Libraries conference in Crystal City, about creating browsable data with Django. My presentation is attached in PowerPoint and PDF formats.

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  1. Karen Huffman says:

    April 17th, 2007 at 11:30 am (#)

    Hi, Derek! Good to finally meet and co-present. If you are interested in my presentation, please see my speakers page http://cil2007.pbwiki.com/Karen-Huffman . Hope to intesect with you again at a conference or something! Will definitely be exploring Django. ~ Karen :-)

  2. Connie says:

    April 18th, 2007 at 4:21 pm (#)

    Thank you for posting your presentation so quickly. I really enjoyed your presentation and will be looking into Django!

  3. Highlights from Computers in Libraries « Labyrinths says:

    April 19th, 2007 at 12:28 pm (#)

    [...] Derek Willis gave a great presentation on implementation of Django at washingtonpost.com. He talked about “bringing beauty out of the data” and creating emotional investment in data, particularly by supporting browsability, not just search. [...]

  4. links for 2007-05-24 « The Wayward Word Press says:

    May 24th, 2007 at 2:31 am (#)

    [...] The Scoop » Blog Archive » Computers in Libraries Presentation Fascinating presentation on libraries and open-source, especially Python and Django, by Derek Willis of the Washington Post. His blog is well worth a read. (tags: open-source education libraries via:sogrady) [...]

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