Mark Eaton

Reader Services Librarian and Associate Professor at Kingsborough Community College

Kingsborough Community College bio page.
A blog about library technology.
Some web projects, with code on GitHub.

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    Mark Eaton wrote a new post on the site Library Technology at Kingsborough 1 week ago

    AR, part 3Over on the Springshare Lounge, I was asked for some detail about how our new augmented reality game works, so I posted the text […]

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    Mark Eaton wrote a new post on the site Library Technology at Kingsborough 1 week, 6 days ago

    AR, part 2This was the first week of the fall semester, so our augmented reality (AR) game went live to students for the first time. Prof. […]

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    Mark Eaton wrote a new post on the site Library Technology at Kingsborough 2 weeks, 5 days ago

    TildegitI’ve set up an account on tildegit to mirror some of our library’s most important GitHub repos. On the one hand, this is simply a […]

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    Mark Eaton wrote a new post on the site Library Technology at Kingsborough 2 weeks, 5 days ago

    LimitsOne thing I’ve come to recognize over my time as a programmer is where my limits lie. I’m not a super talented programmer: I […]

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    Mark Eaton commented on the post, The smol internet, on the site Library Technology at Kingsborough 1 month, 2 weeks ago

    So after writing this post I went and started a capsule anyway. We’ll see if I have any time to maintain it…

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    Mark Eaton wrote a new post on the site Library Technology at Kingsborough 1 month, 2 weeks ago

    The smol internetI’ve been interested in gemini for quite a while now. It’s a protocol that serves up plain text with hyperlinks, and that’s about […]

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    Mark Eaton wrote a new post on the site Library Technology at Kingsborough 1 month, 2 weeks ago

    On using a fading JavaScript libraryI’ve been building some web stuff recently with a JavaScript library that seems to be well past its prime. A couple of years is a […]

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    Mark Eaton wrote a new post on the site Library Technology at Kingsborough 1 month, 3 weeks ago

    ARI’ve been working on an augmented reality (AR) tour game for our Fall library orientation. Basically, you wander around the […]

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    Mark Eaton started the topic PyGotham in the forum Group logo of Programming Across CUNY CampusesProgramming Across CUNY Campuses 2 months ago

    NYC’s Python conference is coming up:

    https://2023.pygotham.tv/2023/03/04/announcing-pygotham-2023/

    I look forward to the return of the in-person conference next year, but hopefully this year’s online format will tide us over until then!

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    Mark Eaton commented on the post, Vim, on the site Library Technology at Kingsborough 2 months, 2 weeks ago

    Definitely not looking to start an editor holy war here.

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    Mark Eaton wrote a new post on the site Library Technology at Kingsborough 2 months, 2 weeks ago

    VimI am a long-time user of vim. Vim is a terminal-based text editor. It can be expanded through all sorts of plug-ins to give you […]

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    Mark Eaton wrote a new post on the site Library Technology at Kingsborough 2 months, 3 weeks ago

    In praise of buying low quality booksI buy a lot of really bad books on Amazon. They’re minor books, on fringe topics, and they’re usually well out of date. They’re […]

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    Mark Eaton wrote a new post on the site Library Technology at Kingsborough 2 months, 3 weeks ago

    CopilotSo I set up Copilot last night. Copilot is GitHub’s AI that helps with writing code. I don’t think I’d pay the list price of […]

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    Mark Eaton wrote a new post on the site Library Technology at Kingsborough 2 months, 4 weeks ago

    DX and Vue in LibGuidesWhile I was very optimistic about Vue Single File Components (SFCs) a few posts ago, I’ve been having some trouble implementing […]

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    Mark Eaton wrote a new post on the site Library Technology at Kingsborough 3 months, 2 weeks ago

    Minimum viable websiteIn my last post I talked about pushing back on the complexity of JavaScript frameworks. Now I’m thinking about taking this […]

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    Dr. Natasha Cox-Magno (She/Her) and Profile picture of Mark EatonMark Eaton are now friends 3 months, 3 weeks ago

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    Mark Eaton started the topic Summer opportunities for Python learners in the forum Group logo of Programming Across CUNY CampusesProgramming Across CUNY Campuses 3 months, 3 weeks ago

    These free summer workshops from ITHAKA on various Python topics look super interesting:

    https://www.ithaka.org/constellate/text-analysis-pedagogy-institute/

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    Mark Eaton wrote a new post on the site Library Technology at Kingsborough 4 months ago

    Pushing forward; pushing backLately, I’ve been trying to push forward with best practices for our library webpage. This has meant moving toward Vue and moving […]

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    Mark Eaton wrote a new post on the site Library Technology at Kingsborough 4 months, 1 week ago

    In praise of Single File ComponentsOne of the recommended ways to organize Vue code is to use Single File Components, and I have to say, they are wonderful. Instead […]

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    Mark Eaton wrote a new post on the site Library Technology at Kingsborough 4 months, 3 weeks ago

    Up to dateThere is more than one way to simplify code. You could, for example, adopt new abstractions that make things that were previously […]

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