Dear LibriVoxers,
some exciting news:
1. We got a small ($50k) grant from the Mellon Foundation to undertake some
sorely needed tech improvements. See:
http://librivox.org/2012/04/05/100-million-dowloads-and-a-mellon-foundation-grant/
And following from 1,
2. We are hiring (on a contract basis) two or three people:
* a technical project manager
* a PHP/Ruby developer
* a sysadmin/systems architect
Strong preference to applicants from the LirbiVox community, if you are
interested, please follow the link below, and apply:
http://librivox.org/2012/04/05/jobs-were-hiring-a-tech-project-manager-and-a-developer/
Finally,
3. Internet Archive reports that we've had more than 100 million downloads.
That's pretty great!
Thanks to everyone !
Best,
Hugh McGuire
Founder (though rather absentee of late)
100 MILLION downloads, a Grant, and Jobs!
-
- Posts: 5845
- Joined: November 24th, 2005, 3:54 am
- Location: Chigwell (North-East London, U.K.)
Not I. I'm glad of the donation and the chance to improve our systems though.
Hugh,
When I received your email at home, I thought it was someone phishing ... because of the mis-spelling ("LirbiVox community"!) ... and came to the site itself to check.
Peter
Hugh,
When I received your email at home, I thought it was someone phishing ... because of the mis-spelling ("LirbiVox community"!) ... and came to the site itself to check.
Peter
"I think, therefore I am, I think." Solomon Cohen, in Terry Pratchett's Dodger
Me too!Peter Why wrote:Hugh,When I received your email at home, I thought it was someone phishing ... because of the mis-spelling ("LirbiVox community"!) ... and came to the site itself to check.
How exciting! I feel truly privileged to be part of this great organisation.
Congratulations everyone!
...and thank you, Hugh!!
Carol
Content retracted.
Daniel
Daniel
Last edited by scout on March 16th, 2015, 10:51 am, edited 1 time in total.
The quality of an audiobook of fiction may be defined by its technical quality, the author's
storytelling abilities, and the narrator's ability to capture the mood of the text. — scout
storytelling abilities, and the narrator's ability to capture the mood of the text. — scout
If I had a dollar for every time I have CORRECTED your spelling of LibriVox, Hugh, we wouldn't need a grant. :p
LibriVox members, especially those who joined more recently, may not be aware of the appalling technical problems we have had over the last year or two, from most of which they have been carefully protected. Our gallant volunteer programmers and sysadmin kept LibriVox going for years on a budget of about 0$, give or take a dollar or two. The growth of LibriVox necessitates a complete overhaul of the software that they generously wrote and maintained, and hence the need for paid assistance now so that we can go forward with confidence and continue to expand in years to come.
Ruth
LibriVox members, especially those who joined more recently, may not be aware of the appalling technical problems we have had over the last year or two, from most of which they have been carefully protected. Our gallant volunteer programmers and sysadmin kept LibriVox going for years on a budget of about 0$, give or take a dollar or two. The growth of LibriVox necessitates a complete overhaul of the software that they generously wrote and maintained, and hence the need for paid assistance now so that we can go forward with confidence and continue to expand in years to come.
Ruth
My LV catalogue page | RuthieG's CataBlog of recordings | Tweet: @RuthGolding
Content retracted.
Daniel
Daniel
Last edited by scout on March 16th, 2015, 10:51 am, edited 1 time in total.
The quality of an audiobook of fiction may be defined by its technical quality, the author's
storytelling abilities, and the narrator's ability to capture the mood of the text. — scout
storytelling abilities, and the narrator's ability to capture the mood of the text. — scout
-
- LibriVox Admin Team
- Posts: 60781
- Joined: June 15th, 2008, 10:30 pm
- Location: Toronto, ON (but Minnesotan to age 32)
We don't have a need of funds right now. If we do in future, we'll do a fundraising campaign like we did a year or so ago.
School fiction: David Blaize
America Exploration: The First Four Voyages of Amerigo Vespucci
Serial novel: The Wandering Jew
Medieval England meets Civil War Americans: Centuries Apart
America Exploration: The First Four Voyages of Amerigo Vespucci
Serial novel: The Wandering Jew
Medieval England meets Civil War Americans: Centuries Apart
Scout, there are other places that LV feeds off of that can always use a donation. Distributed proofreaders, Archive.org and Gutenberg to name a few.
Distributed proofreaders prepares text for Gutenberg where we use MANY texts from and Archive stores all our completed files FOR FREE.
Esther
Distributed proofreaders prepares text for Gutenberg where we use MANY texts from and Archive stores all our completed files FOR FREE.
Esther
"Reasonable people adapt themselves to the world. Unreasonable
people attempt to adapt the world to themselves. All progress,
therefore, depends on unreasonable people." George Bernard Shaw
people attempt to adapt the world to themselves. All progress,
therefore, depends on unreasonable people." George Bernard Shaw
Content retracted.
Daniel
Daniel
Last edited by scout on March 16th, 2015, 10:51 am, edited 1 time in total.
The quality of an audiobook of fiction may be defined by its technical quality, the author's
storytelling abilities, and the narrator's ability to capture the mood of the text. — scout
storytelling abilities, and the narrator's ability to capture the mood of the text. — scout
Here you go, scout:
http://archive.org/donate/ (they use JustGive, Paypal or Bitcoin, and provide an email contact if none of those are suitable.)
or,
http://www.pgdp.net/c/faq/dpf.php (DP donate page, which has Paypal link)
or,
http://www.gutenberg.org/wiki/Gutenberg:Project_Gutenberg_Needs_Your_Donation
http://archive.org/donate/ (they use JustGive, Paypal or Bitcoin, and provide an email contact if none of those are suitable.)
or,
http://www.pgdp.net/c/faq/dpf.php (DP donate page, which has Paypal link)
or,
http://www.gutenberg.org/wiki/Gutenberg:Project_Gutenberg_Needs_Your_Donation
There's honestly no such thing as a stupid question -- but I'm afraid I can't rule out giving a stupid answer : : To Posterity and Beyond!