[LRUG] It begins!

Peter Jones peterbjones at yahoo.com
Mon Apr 30 09:39:55 PDT 2007


James, it was indeed your idea - are you happy with
how this is being organised?

So far we have two mentors and three people wishing to
be mentored. If the numbers remain small we could just
meet informally in the pub after the next LRUG meeting
and take things from there...

Peter.

--- James Adam <james.adam at gmail.com> wrote:

> I suppose I ought to state that I'm happy to be a
> mentor, given it was
> my idea :)
> 
> James
> 
> On 4/30/07, Suw Charman <suw.charman at gmail.com>
> wrote:
> > I am totally still interested, yes.
> >
> > 1. I would like to be an mentoree. (sounds like a
> sort of strange
> > mythical dragon)
> > 2. I'd be a bit more interested in Rails, but I
> think I also need some
> > basic Ruby instruction.
> >
> > Suw
> >
> > On 4/28/07, Peter Jones <peterbjones at yahoo.com>
> wrote:
> > > Hi All,
> > >
> > > In order to assess if there is enough demand to
> > > justify matching up potential mentors/mentorees
> at the
> > > next LRUG meeting please could people indicate
> if:
> > >
> > > 1. They would like to be a mentor, or a mentoree
> > > 2. They are more focused on Ruby or Rails.
> > >
> > > If we do go ahead with this I think it is
> important
> > > that that the mentors get as much out of the
> > > experience as possible. Hopefully it will be
> possible
> > > to match them up with people and
> projects/applications
> > > that they will find interesting. First we need
> to find
> > > out how many people want to participate...
> > >
> > > Peter.
> > >
> > > --- Murray Steele <murray.steele at gmail.com>
> wrote:
> > >
> > > > It doesn't seem to me that we've quite reached
> a
> > > > consensus on what people
> > > > actually want from a beginners session.
> > > >
> > > > The options so far have been:
> > > >
> > > > 1. Small groups of beginners (new to
> programming,
> > > > new to ruby etc...) going
> > > > over some kind of formal tutorials
> > > > 2. Small groups of beginners having informal
> Q&A
> > > > type sessions
> > > > 3. People bringing code / ideas to the meeting
> and
> > > > getting feedback on these
> > > > 4. Using the meeting to arrange pairing up
> beginners
> > > > with mentors for
> > > > sessions not part of the LRUG meetings.
> > > >
> > > > I think that's all the suggestions so far, but
> I
> > > > could be wrong.  Given that
> > > > most of these would require some work on the
> part of
> > > > the mentors/group
> > > > leaders (e.g. preparing a tutorial) or the
> beginners
> > > > (e.g. background
> > > > reading, preparing some code to bring) we
> should
> > > > probably firm up which of
> > > > these options we actually want to do.  We can
> easily
> > > > do more than one as
> > > > they're not all that different; my separation
> of
> > > > them was a tad arbitrary.
> > > >
> > > > We'll want to think about how best to run the
> > > > meeting too.  Will the
> > > > beginner groups need tables, a flip chart,
> projector
> > > > etc...?  Perhaps a
> > > > separate room, as there may be another talk or
> > > > discussion going on that
> > > > would distract from the knowledge sharing. 
> Note,
> > > > I've no idea if Skills
> > > > Matter can accommodate this, I'm just thinking
> out
> > > > loud
> > > >
> > > > Cheers,
> > > >
> > > > Muz
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > On 18/04/07, Peter Jones
> <peterbjones at yahoo.com>
> > > > wrote:
> > > > >
> > > > > Actually, what I meant was "What would we
> need to
> > > > do
> > > > > to start off a mentoring scheme?" rather
> than
> > > > trying
> > > > > to get people to post questions to the list.
> > > > >
> > > > > If people who would like to be mentored
> brought
> > > > their
> > > > > applications/ideas into the next LRUG
> meeting it
> > > > would
> > > > > give potential mentors a chance to see what
> they
> > > > were
> > > > > doing, and talk to the person, to see if
> they
> > > > would
> > > > > like to mentor them. Would that be a good
> first
> > > > step?
> > > > >
> > > > > I would be happy to compile a list of
> mentors and
> > > > > mentorees(?). We could meet before the main
> > > > meeting or
> > > > > (probably better) in the pub afterwards to
> match
> > > > > people up.
> > > > >
> > > > > --- Alex Pounds <alex at alexpounds.com> wrote:
> > > > >
> > > > > > On Wed, April 18, 2007 12:34 pm, Peter
> Jones
> > > > wrote:
> > > > > > > I have always decided against posting
> > > > questions on
> > > > > > > this list as I don't feel it would be
> > > > appropriate.
> > > > > > > What would we need to do to start this
> off?
> > > > > >
> > > > > > Well, to try and hit both points ("What
> Rails
> > > > stuff
> > > > > > would members like to
> > > > > > cover?" and "Could someone ask some
> questions to
> > > > the
> > > > > > list?") I present a
> > > > > > couple of issues I'm looking at in my
> current
> > > > Rails
> > > > > > project(s).
> > > > > >
> > > > > > 1. I want to let people tag stuff in my
> app.
> > > > There
> > > > > > are at least 3 tagging
> > > > > > solutions out there: acts_as_taggable,
> > > > > > acts_as_taggable on steroids, and
> > > > > > has_many_polymorphs. Which should I use
> and why?
> > > > > >
> > > > > > 2. I want to start letting people upload
> photos
> > > > to
> > > > > > the project. What should
> > > > > > I use and why?
> > > > > >
> > > > > >
> > > > > > I'm pretty sure I know the answers to
> these, and
> > > > the
> > > > > > implementation details
> > > > > > are covered in the docs for the relevant
> parts,
> > > > but
> > > > > > it might be a good
> > > > > > starting point - especially as both of
> these
> > > > things
> > > > > > are fairly common parts
> > > > > > of websites and don't get any coverage in
> the
> > > > > > beginner's books...
> > > > > >
> 
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