Draft for this week's CouchDB news

[Jenn Turner <je...@thehoodiefirm.com>]

Here’s the very rough version of the content I’ve found for this week’s email. Please let me know if I’m missing anything! 

CouchDB Weekly Meeting
- http://wilderness.apache.org/archives/aurora-11_01_2016-6766.html

Major Discussions
- Mango Catch All Selector (https://pony-poc.apache.org/thread.html/Z4rary5ug1652we)

Releases in the CouchDB universe
- https://pypi.python.org/pypi/cloudant/2.0.0b1
- https://github.com/tmpfs/rlx
- https://rubygems.org/gems/couchrest
- https://github.com/tangledfruit/rx-couch

PouchDB
- https://www.npmjs.com/package/pouchdb-redux-helper
- http://gitt.io/component/ti.pouchdb
- https://github.com/bmihelac/pouchdb-redux-helper-example
- https://www.npmjs.com/package/pouchdb-authentication-cloudant

Opinions and other news in the CouchDB universe

- https://medium.com/@ibmcloud/how-can-data-help-a-blind-man-run-a-100-mile-race-f898b4bc0b3a#.kdj7s8chn
- https://twitter.com/llabball/status/686529069073207297
- https://graphcommons.com/graphs/0df3be5d-dcfd-4040-b002-0a504d36d176 (context: https://twitter.com/qeremy/status/686341382341017602)
- http://railsgirlssummerofcode.org/guide/projects/

… and in the PouchDB Universe

- https://twitter.com/pouchdb/status/685539096949846016
- https://speakerdeck.com/bradleyholt/offline-first-apps-with-pouchdb-at-codemash
- https://twitter.com/nolanlawson/status/686925305391484929
- https://twitter.com/_pawurb/status/686495176055996416

CouchDB use cases, questions and answers
Stack Overflow:
- http://stackoverflow.com/questions/34621040/when-startkey-is-unknown-how-to-implement-strategy-for-couchdb-pouchdb/34688889#34688889
- http://stackoverflow.com/questions/34740991/couchdb-change-api-on-view/34746046#34746046

No public answer:
- http://stackoverflow.com/questions/34690957/couchdb-ssl-handshake-error

PouchDB use cases, questions and answers
Stack Overflow:
- http://stackoverflow.com/questions/34712642/pouchdb-does-not-replicate-all-docs-from-the-remote-database
- http://stackoverflow.com/questions/34705204/couchbase-sync-gateway-multiple-buckets-per-database/34708549#34708549

No public answer:
- http://stackoverflow.com/questions/34679975/pouchdb-insert-different-types-and-search-for-specific-record
- http://stackoverflow.com/questions/34719804/pouchdb-query-is-taking-more-time

Get involved!
If you want to get into working on CouchDB:
We have an infinite number of open contributor positions on CouchDB. Submit a pull request and join the project!

Do you want to help us with the work on the new CouchDB website? Get in touch on our new website mailing list and join the website team! – www@couchdb.apache.org

The CouchDB advocate marketing programme is just getting started. Join us in CouchDB’s Advocate Hub!

CouchDB has a new wiki. Help us move content from the old to the new one!

Can you help with Web Design, Development or UX for our Admin Console? No Erlang skills required! – Get in touch with us.

Do you want to help moving the CouchDB docs translation forward? We’d love to have you in our L10n team! See our current status and languages we’d like to provide CouchDB docs in on this page. If you’d like to help, don’t hesitate to contact the L10n mailing list on l10n@couchdb.apache.org or ping Andy Wenk (awenkhh on IRC).

We’d be happy to welcome you on board!

Events
- http://www.meetup.com/CouchDB-Meetup-Hamburg/events/226859021/
- February 09, Saint Louis (MO), US: Mobile & Web sync with CouchDB, Couchbase Lite, and PouchDB

Job opportunities for people with CouchDB skills
- Senior Server-Side Developer
- Senior Software Developer
- Developer
- DevOps Engineer
- Scala/Java Backend Developer (m/f) (Munich, Germany)

Time to relax!
- Your body is an anchor to the present (https://medium.com/higher-thoughts/your-body-is-an-anchor-to-the-present-4236b635c5ce#.jca4lwig0)
- 4 Reasons Why You Should Make More Time To Relax During The Day (http://www.bustle.com/articles/120811-4-reasons-why-you-should-make-more-time-to-relax-during-the-day)
- 17 Inspirational New Year's Reads For The Self-Help Skeptic (http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/17-inspirational-new-years-reads-for-the-self-help-skeptic_5682b384e4b014efe0d943de)
- [VIDEO] Rohan Gunatillake: You Are Not Your Work http://99u.com/videos/51943/rohan-gunatillake-you-are-not-your-work
- The “Other Side” Is Not Dumb (https://medium.com/@SeanBlanda/the-other-side-is-not-dumb-2670c1294063#.7hpf29ed1)

...and also in the news
- Elephant in the Valley: Women in Tech (http://elephantinthevalley.com)
- The Top 50 White Guys Of 2015 (http://www.theestablishment.co/2015/12/31/the-top-50-white-guys-of-2015/)
- The New Normal: Codes of Conduct in 2015 and Beyond (https://modelviewculture.com/pieces/the-new-normal-codes-of-conduct-in-2015-and-beyond)
- This wearable project adds a GPS receiver, an OLED screen and a WiFi-enabled microcontroller to a Darth Vader mask to make a Star Wars-themed geocaching GPS device. (https://www.hackster.io/monkbroc/darth-vader-wearable-jedi-tracker-13e806)
- How to write support emails that your customers will love (http://www.helpscout.net/guide-to-better-email/)
- Enjoy this interactive history lesson! (http://www.vam.ac.uk/designawig/)

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Jenn Turner
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