[Digitalarchivists] Noisebridge DIY Book Scanner

[Christopher Whipple]

Sure, my car will be available on a relatively short-notice basis for
transporting the scanner back and forth. My schedule is pretty flexible, so
given a day or two notice I should be able to move things around to fit
whatever time-frame. No worries.

-c.


On Thu, Jul 25, 2013 at 11:35 AM, newmy51 at gmail.com <newmy51 at gmail.com>wrote:

> Jude et al.
>
> Your concerns are duly noted.  I, for one, have no problem at all with a
> longer time commitment in Richmond, as long as it's fine by you.  My only
> concern with waiting much longer, as mentioned before, is my own upcoming
> travel plans.  If Chris or anyone else receiving these dispatches is
> willing and able to make a vehicle available, we can have the scanner
> relocated as soon as they're ready (hopefully the same driver will be able
> to shuttle it back as well).
>
> I want to ensure that one or more of our code-/software-savvy people will
> be in attendance for one or more days too, namely John, whose schedule
> produced the original 24th date.
>
> On the other hand, if it is your and/or Robert's strong preference that we
> wait until he's back, I will happily defer to your better judgement.
>
> -Danny
>
>
> On Thursday, July 25, 2013, Jude Coelho wrote:
>
>>  Hi Danny,
>>
>> I've spoken with Robert.
>>
>> Our main concern, I think, is with the software, and the idea that we're
>> releasing into the wild this version of our software that I've hacked up
>> fairly liberally to function outside the archive but which will still be
>> associated with Internet Archive. Robert wants to be sure that we don't
>> give you software and cameras that function poorly in production because
>> they haven't really been tested with this equipment, since that would
>> reflect on our reputation, as this whole experiment is public (which is
>> fine - we just don't want to hand you a lemon if we can help it). So I
>> think it's best to wait until he returns.
>>
>> Or:
>>
>> Another option would be for us to spend more than just a day testing the
>> software, cameras, and machine together. Would you be able to spend 3-5
>> days in Richmond or let us borrow and test the scanner for 3-5 days on our
>> own? If so, we could start as soon as tomorrow or next week.
>>
>> Sorry for any inconvenience, and I've CCed Robert in case I'm getting
>> anything wrong here.
>>
>> Jude Coelho
>> Process Manager
>> Internet Archive
>>
>> On 7/23/13 4:02 PM, newmy51 at gmail.com wrote:
>>
>> Jude,
>>
>> There's a chance I'll be out of town during those dates.  Let me know
>> what Robert says if/when you can get a hold of him and let's go from there.
>>
>> -Danny
>>
>>
>> On Tue, Jul 23, 2013 at 3:08 PM, Jude Coelho <judec at archive.org> wrote:
>>
>>  Hey Danny,
>>
>> I'm hoping to talk to Robert within the next hour or so (it is about 6AMin Shenzhen), but since he's not here, I think it would be most convenient
>> to reschedule for when Robert is back in town. How about any time during
>> the week of August 12-16 or 19-23?
>>
>> Jude Coelho
>> Process Manager
>> Internet Archive
>>
>>   On 7/23/13 2:06 PM, newmy51 at gmail.com wrote:
>>
>>  Jude,
>>
>>  Haven't heard back from you yet.  Are we on for tomorrow, or should we
>> reschedule for when Robert's back in town?
>>
>>  -Danny
>>
>>
>> On Sun, Jul 14, 2013 at 10:49 PM, newmy51 at gmail.com <newmy51 at gmail.com>wrote:
>>
>>  DA List et al.,
>>
>>  I propose we plan for the late morning/early afternoon of Wednesday the
>> 24th or anytime shortly thereafter.  That way, John will be back in town to
>> participate.
>>
>> Reply to confirm.
>>
>>  -Danny
>>
>>
>>
>> On Thu, Jul 11, 2013 at 6:00 PM, Christopher Whipple <crwbot at gmail.com>wrote:
>>
>> I'm unavailable Wednesday evenings and this coming Monday evening, the
>> 15th. Other than that, my schedule is fairly flexible given some fair
>> warning.
>>
>>  -c
>>
>>
>>
>
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