<HTML><BODY style="word-wrap: break-word; -khtml-nbsp-mode: space; -khtml-line-break: after-white-space; "><DIV>I've got a couple of short talks up my sleeve, but I think I'd like to wait until I've been able to attend at least one meeting before giving a talk! I'm planning on coming next month - couldn't Monday due to my car being smashed into by someone not looking properly before pulling out in front :-(</DIV><DIV><BR class="khtml-block-placeholder"></DIV><DIV>Anyway, if anyone was interested, I could probably talk at some future point about the Invoice DSL [1] (how Ruby is *just great* for DSL coding), or about Pin in the Map [2] (how Rails helps you write apps that just fill one simple need *really* quickly, what this could mean for the future of web apps).</DIV><DIV><BR class="khtml-block-placeholder"></DIV><DIV>If these subjects aren't of interest, no worries, but I thought I'd offer in any case.</DIV><DIV><BR class="khtml-block-placeholder"></DIV><DIV>Regards</DIV><DIV>Chris</DIV><DIV><BR class="khtml-block-placeholder"></DIV><DIV>[1a] <A href="http://blog.edendevelopment.co.uk/articles/2006/10/03/domain-specific-language-for-invoices">http://blog.edendevelopment.co.uk/articles/2006/10/03/domain-specific-language-for-invoices</A> </DIV><DIV>[1b] <A href="http://blog.edendevelopment.co.uk/articles/2006/10/05/invoice-dsl-now-supports-time-and-currency">http://blog.edendevelopment.co.uk/articles/2006/10/05/invoice-dsl-now-supports-time-and-currency</A></DIV><DIV>[2] <A href="http://pininthemap.com">http://pininthemap.com</A></DIV><DIV><BR class="khtml-block-placeholder"></DIV><DIV><DIV><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: separate; border-spacing: 0px 0px; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 12px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; text-align: auto; -khtml-text-decorations-in-effect: none; text-indent: 0px; -apple-text-size-adjust: auto; text-transform: none; orphans: 2; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; "><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: separate; border-spacing: 0px 0px; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 12px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; text-align: auto; -khtml-text-decorations-in-effect: none; text-indent: 0px; -apple-text-size-adjust: auto; text-transform: none; orphans: 2; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; "><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: separate; border-spacing: 0px 0px; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 12px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; text-align: auto; -khtml-text-decorations-in-effect: none; text-indent: 0px; -apple-text-size-adjust: auto; text-transform: none; orphans: 2; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; "><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: separate; border-spacing: 0px 0px; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 12px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; text-align: auto; -khtml-text-decorations-in-effect: none; text-indent: 0px; -apple-text-size-adjust: auto; text-transform: none; orphans: 2; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; "><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: separate; border-spacing: 0px 0px; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 12px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; text-align: auto; -khtml-text-decorations-in-effect: none; text-indent: 0px; -apple-text-size-adjust: auto; text-transform: none; orphans: 2; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; "><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: separate; border-spacing: 0px 0px; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 12px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; text-align: auto; -khtml-text-decorations-in-effect: none; text-indent: 0px; -apple-text-size-adjust: auto; text-transform: none; orphans: 2; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; "><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: separate; border-spacing: 0px 0px; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 12px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; text-align: auto; -khtml-text-decorations-in-effect: none; text-indent: 0px; -apple-text-size-adjust: auto; text-transform: none; orphans: 2; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; "><DIV>--</DIV><DIV>Chris Parsons</DIV><DIV>Director, Eden Development (UK) Ltd</DIV><DIV><A href="mailto:chris@edendevelopment.co.uk">chris@edendevelopment.co.uk</A> </DIV><DIV>www.edendevelopment.co.uk</DIV><DIV><BR class="khtml-block-placeholder"></DIV><DIV>0845 0097 094</DIV><DIV>po box 425, winchester, so23 0wy, uk</DIV><DIV><BR class="khtml-block-placeholder"></DIV><DIV>Tried Pin in the Map? 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The sender does not accept liability for any errors or omissions.</DIV><DIV><BR class="khtml-block-placeholder"></DIV><BR class="Apple-interchange-newline"></SPAN></SPAN></SPAN></SPAN></SPAN></SPAN></SPAN> </DIV><BR><DIV><DIV>On 16 Feb 2007, at 11:02, Murray Steele wrote:</DIV><BR class="Apple-interchange-newline"><BLOCKQUOTE type="cite">Hi all,<BR><BR>I was thinking about next months meeting, and wondering if rather than saying "Hey, who wants to do a talk?", it might be an idea to find out what people are interested in hearing something about. Maybe then someone will say, "Oh, I know a bit about that, I'll say something. I'd have suggested it myself, but I didn't think anyone would be interested." <BR><BR>I'm also quite interested in the suggestion Tom Armitage made about short "lighning-talk" style presentations, as I think they'd open up the floor to more lively debate. Let's face it, with only 5 minutes you've got to be opinionated as you ave no time to explain your reasoning and that's bound to cause some sparks in a way that a 15 minute presentation where you can explain yourself more clearly wouldn't. <BR><BR>So, with that in mind, feel free to suggest topics big and small. To get the ball rolling I'd be interested in:<BR><BR>* RSpec - how does it differ from bog-standard Test::Unit and, perhaps most importantly, how it should it's pronunciation differ from "Arse Peck" to avoid embarrassment. <BR>* inject() - people are always harping on about how amazing and yet underused this method is. You've got 5 mins; prove it!<BR>* Piston and/or svk - there's a lot of buzz about these, anyone care to give a little "vendor" demo? <BR><BR>So, anyone else?<BR><BR>Muz<BR><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">_______________________________________________</DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">chat mailing list</DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><A href="mailto:chat@lrug.org">chat@lrug.org</A></DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><A href="http://lists.lrug.org/listinfo.cgi/chat-lrug.org">http://lists.lrug.org/listinfo.cgi/chat-lrug.org</A></DIV> </BLOCKQUOTE></DIV><BR></DIV></BODY></HTML>