[LRUG] Coding meet up

[Viktor Tron]

count me in.

vik

On Mon, 16 May 2011 21:10:33 +0100, Keith McDonnell  
<keith at dancingtext.com> wrote:

> Hi,
>
> It seems that Thursday 28th suits most people.
>
> I'm thinking we can work on a search app to find UK rubyists, maybe  
> visualise on a google map or do some graph analysis.
>
> We've had two generous offers so far to host the event:
> - http://www.wordtracker.com in Kentish Town
> - http://tribesports.com in Hoxton
>
> Capacity is limited to about 15 spots though.
>
> Can you reply if you can attend on Thursday please?
>
> Keith
> http://keithmcdonnell.net
>
> On 16/05/11 12:41, chat-request at lists.lrug.org wrote:
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>>     1. Re: Coding meet up (David Waller)
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>>     3. Re: Coding meet up (Aleksandar Simic)
>>     4. Re: Coding meet up (Leonardo Cassarani)
>>     5. Re: Coding meet up (Viktor Tron)
>>     6. Re: Coding meet up (Andrew McDonough)
>>     7. Re: Coding meet up (Graham Ashton)
>>     8. Re: Coding meet up (Murray Steele)
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>> Message: 1
>> Date: Sun, 15 May 2011 22:32:32 +0100 (BST)
>> From: David Waller<david.a.waller at btinternet.com>
>> To: London Ruby Users Group<chat at lists.lrug.org>
>> Subject: Re: [LRUG] Coding meet up
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>> Could do Mon, Tue, Wed, but not Thu.
>>
>> David
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> ________________________________
>> From: Keith McDonnell<keith at dancingtext.com>
>> To: chat at lists.lrug.org
>> Sent: Friday, 13 May, 2011 13:43:03
>> Subject: Re: [LRUG] Coding meet up
>>
>> Hi,
>>
>> Great to hear there's interest in meeting up to code together!
>>
>> I'm thinking of meeting up any day between Monday 23rd&  Thursday 26th  
>> from
>> 18:30 - 20:00. What day suits everyone best?
>>
>> When we pick a day, I'll sort out a venue (in central London).
>>
>> Keith
>> http://keithmcdonnell.net
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>> Date: Sun, 15 May 2011 22:43:44 +0100
>> From: Leonardo Cassarani<leonardo.cassarani at gmail.com>
>> To: London Ruby Users Group<chat at lists.lrug.org>
>> Subject: Re: [LRUG] Coding meet up
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>> Hi all
>>
>> I had to miss Ruby Golf last week as I had a prior commitment, so I'd  
>> really
>> love to come, though I'm not a professional Ruby developer (yet) and I  
>> fear
>> my skills may be slightly below par. However, it sounds like I could  
>> learn a
>> lot from the event. Any evening between Monday and Thursday is fine by  
>> me,
>> especially Wednesday and Thursday.
>>
>> Out of curiosity (I'm fairly new to this) are there any plans for the  
>> day
>> yet? Is it going to be another competitive event (like Ruby Golf) or do  
>> you
>> guys have something more collaborative in mind (along the lines of  
>> everyone
>> pulling together to solve an interesting problem)?
>>
>> Cheers
>> Leo
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>> Date: Sun, 15 May 2011 22:52:47 +0100
>> From: Aleksandar Simic<asimic at gmail.com>
>> To: London Ruby Users Group<chat at lists.lrug.org>
>> Subject: Re: [LRUG] Coding meet up
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>> On Sun, May 15, 2011 at 10:43 PM, Leonardo Cassarani
>> <leonardo.cassarani at gmail.com>  wrote:
>>> Hi all
>>> I had to miss Ruby Golf last week as I had a prior commitment, so I'd  
>>> really
>>> love to come, though I'm not a professional Ruby developer (yet) and I  
>>> fear
>>> my skills may be slightly below par. However, it sounds like I could  
>>> learn a
>>> lot from the event. Any evening between Monday and Thursday is fine by  
>>> me,
>>> especially Wednesday and Thursday.
>>> Out of curiosity (I'm fairly new to this) are there any plans for the  
>>> day
>>> yet? Is it going to be another competitive event (like Ruby Golf) or  
>>> do you
>>> guys have something more collaborative in mind (along the lines of  
>>> everyone
>>> pulling together to solve an interesting problem)?
>>
>> Hello Leonardo,
>>
>> there's a Code Retreat being planned, maybe that might be of interest  
>> to you?
>>
>> More details coming soon.
>>
>> Thanks,
>> Aleksandar
>>
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>> Date: Sun, 15 May 2011 23:14:27 +0100
>> From: Leonardo Cassarani<leonardo.cassarani at gmail.com>
>> To: London Ruby Users Group<chat at lists.lrug.org>
>> Subject: Re: [LRUG] Coding meet up
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>> Hi Aleksandar
>>
>> Yeah, it certainly does sound interesting, though I've never been to a  
>> Code
>> Retreat myself and can't vouch for the effectiveness of the format. From
>> what I gather (correct me if I'm wrong), the idea is to be given a set  
>> of
>> problems of increasing difficulties in a certain amount of time, at the  
>> end
>> of which solutions are compared and people learn from different  
>> approaches
>> to the problem. I've read accounts of people doing this sort of thing  
>> and
>> from what I can remember they were all very enthusiastic about it, so  
>> as I
>> said I'd definitely be interested. I'll stay tuned for locations and  
>> dates.
>>
>> Leo
>>
>> On 15 May 2011 22:52, Aleksandar Simic<asimic at gmail.com>  wrote:
>>
>>>
>>> Hello Leonardo,
>>>
>>> there's a Code Retreat being planned, maybe that might be of interest  
>>> to
>>> you?
>>>
>>> More details coming soon.
>>>
>>> Thanks,
>>> Aleksandar
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>> Date: Mon, 16 May 2011 08:12:51 +0100
>> From: "Viktor Tron"<viktor.tron at gmail.com>
>> To: "London Ruby Users Group"<chat at lists.lrug.org>
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>> I'd love to come, would prefer tue or thu
>> Vik
>>
>> On Sun, 15 May 2011 22:32:32 +0100, David Waller
>> <david.a.waller at btinternet.com>  wrote:
>>
>>> Could do Mon, Tue, Wed, but not Thu.
>>>
>>> David
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> ________________________________
>>> From: Keith McDonnell<keith at dancingtext.com>
>>> To: chat at lists.lrug.org
>>> Sent: Friday, 13 May, 2011 13:43:03
>>> Subject: Re: [LRUG] Coding meet up
>>>
>>> Hi,
>>>
>>> Great to hear there's interest in meeting up to code together!
>>>
>>> I'm thinking of meeting up any day between Monday 23rd&  Thursday 26th
>>> from
>>> 18:30 - 20:00. What day suits everyone best?
>>>
>>> When we pick a day, I'll sort out a venue (in central London).
>>>
>>> Keith
>>> http://keithmcdonnell.net
>>> _______________________________________________
>>> Chat mailing list
>>> Chat at lists.lrug.org
>>> http://lists.lrug.org/listinfo.cgi/chat-lrug.org
>>
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>> Date: Mon, 16 May 2011 12:05:49 +0100
>> From: Andrew McDonough<andrew at andrewmcdonough.co.uk>
>> To: London Ruby Users Group<chat at lists.lrug.org>
>> Subject: Re: [LRUG] Coding meet up
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>> I'm also keen on more practical evenings, and I'd be happy to hold
>> some in the Tribesports office.  We're located beside Hoxton station,
>> and our office could fit about 20 comfortably or 30 at a squeeze.  The
>> only issue is we only have about 12 chairs, so I'd probably need to
>> order a few folding ones.  We also have a digital projector for
>> presentations.
>>
>> Andrew
>>
>> ---
>> Andrew McDonough
>> CTO, Tribesports
>> http://tribesports.com
>>
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>> Date: Mon, 16 May 2011 12:15:13 +0100
>> From: Graham Ashton<graham at effectif.com>
>> To: London Ruby Users Group<chat at lists.lrug.org>
>> Subject: Re: [LRUG] Coding meet up
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>> On 16 May 2011, at 12:05, Andrew McDonough wrote:
>>
>>> I'm also keen on more practical evenings, and I'd be happy to hold
>>> some in the Tribesports office.  We're located beside Hoxton station,
>>> and our office could fit about 20 comfortably or 30 at a squeeze.  The
>>> only issue is we only have about 12 chairs, so I'd probably need to
>>> order a few folding ones.  We also have a digital projector for
>>> presentations.
>>
>> That'd be very handy for me.
>>
>> I've been to the Python dojo a few times and really enjoy the "sit down  
>> and code on a problem" format.
>>
>> One of the things the Python guys do is to limit the number of people  
>> who can go to a single event. I suspect this is because there's only so  
>> much room in the office they use, but it also makes the evening feel a  
>> little more personal. It's just a bummer if you want to go and don't  
>> manage to book a place on eventwax fast enough...
>>
>> Oh, and, the company who provides the office sponsors the evening with  
>> beer and take away pizza, so everybody stands around getting to know  
>> each other at the beginning.
>>
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>> Date: Mon, 16 May 2011 12:37:51 +0100
>> From: Murray Steele<murray.steele at gmail.com>
>> To: London Ruby Users Group<chat at lists.lrug.org>
>> Subject: Re: [LRUG] Coding meet up
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>> On 16 May 2011 12:15, Graham Ashton<graham at effectif.com>  wrote:
>>
>>> On 16 May 2011, at 12:05, Andrew McDonough wrote:
>>>
>>>> I'm also keen on more practical evenings, and I'd be happy to hold
>>>> some in the Tribesports office.  We're located beside Hoxton station,
>>>> and our office could fit about 20 comfortably or 30 at a squeeze.  The
>>>> only issue is we only have about 12 chairs, so I'd probably need to
>>>> order a few folding ones.  We also have a digital projector for
>>>> presentations.
>>>
>>> That'd be very handy for me.
>>>
>>> I've been to the Python dojo a few times and really enjoy the "sit  
>>> down and
>>> code on a problem" format.
>>>
>>> One of the things the Python guys do is to limit the number of people  
>>> who
>>> can go to a single event. I suspect this is because there's only so  
>>> much
>>> room in the office they use, but it also makes the evening feel a  
>>> little
>>> more personal. It's just a bummer if you want to go and don't manage  
>>> to book
>>> a place on eventwax fast enough...
>>>
>>
>> There are plenty of ruby companies in London, I wonder if these sorts of
>> meetings could rotate through multiple companies / venues.  Everyone can
>> offer to run one and reduce the burden on their company and hopefully  
>> more
>> people would attend if it's in difference places each time (overall,  
>> rather
>> than on a given night).  The downside is of course that it has an  
>> increased
>> effort on the part of the organiser to find a company each time.
>>
>> Speaking of which, do we need an "organiser" to keep momentum on this?   
>> And
>> if so, do they want a place on lrug.org to talk about these things?
>>
>> Muz
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