Re: VAGUE Project Suggestion

2009-04-17 Thread Jim Carroll
On Thu, Apr 16, 2009 at 6:01 PM, Jacob Torrey ra...@r4n0k.com wrote: I know PHP, and would love to learn Python, and could offer some help, though there are some other projects that are more interesting, (like a Google Maps rideshare mashup) I have plenty of free time after work. Sounds like a

Re: VAGUE Project Suggestion

2009-04-16 Thread Stanley Brinkerhoff
All, Here is a summary of what I am proposing we develop. Hopefully this will shed some light on why software previously proposed is not an adequate solution for the Onion River Exchange, and other like small collectives. I hope to setup a meeting with the Onion River Exchange to discuss this

Re: VAGUE Project Suggestion

2009-04-16 Thread Kevin Thorley
2009/4/16 Stanley Brinkerhoff s...@vtwireless.com: I'm not sure if the intended audience of this is beyond just this list, but if it is, I found a couple typos: Purely by definition a Time Bank works by members exchanging services in luau of direct tangible payment.  A Time Bank therefore

Re: VAGUE Project Suggestion

2009-04-16 Thread Stanley Brinkerhoff
I think you meant promote, not promose Thanks -- just a first draft at lunch while on the phone with the mortgage lady (your lucky it doesn't contain rates!) Anyways, this looks great! I wish some of the product managers I've worked with over the years could write a document like this

Re: VAGUE Project Suggestion

2009-04-16 Thread Kevin Thorley
On Thu, Apr 16, 2009 at 3:22 PM, Stanley Brinkerhoff s...@vtwireless.com wrote: [...] I am too -- I will admit I am strongest in PHP -- but depending on who gets involved I would love to do it whatever meets the requirements -- I think even RoR is supported on Dreamhost.  I would be a little

Re: VAGUE Project Suggestion

2009-04-16 Thread Kevin Thorley
On Thu, Apr 16, 2009 at 3:42 PM, Stanley Brinkerhoff s...@vtwireless.com wrote: I've got a dreamhost account with a fair amount of space that I wouldn't mind providing to the project to get it on its feet.  Right now my content and bandwidth don't come close to approaching the limits set for

Re: VAGUE Project Suggestion

2009-04-16 Thread Jim Carroll
Hi Stanley, I'm in too! Proposal for development by the Vermont Area Group of Unix Enthusiasts of software to manage a Time Bank collective. I have a completely stalled project called Vital Vermont http://www.vitalvermont.com/mission/ Which already has a basic design, hosting, etc... I'm

Re: VAGUE Project Suggestion

2009-04-16 Thread Rubin Bennett
Another FWIW, we run our own server, a 2U dual Xeon e5405 with 4Gb (ish) RAM and ~1.5Tb RAIDed SATA disks, connected to the Level3 SONET via a 50Mb Fiber connection. I would be willing to set up and host a domain and database on that machine if that would be helpful to the project. I don't want

Re: VAGUE Project Suggestion

2009-04-16 Thread Jacob Torrey
I know PHP, and would love to learn Python, and could offer some help, though there are some other projects that are more interesting, (like a Google Maps rideshare mashup) I have plenty of free time after work. Jacob Rubin Bennett wrote: Another FWIW, we run our own server, a 2U dual Xeon

Re: VAGUE Project Suggestion

2009-04-15 Thread chris yarger
learn something new while helping do something proactive, sounds fun where do i sign? warmest regards, Chris Yarger Founder Yarger Designs web: http://YargerDesigns.org skype: cpyarger msn: elfloc...@hotmail.com aim: patyarg yahoo: christoyarg ASCII ribbon campaign ( ) against HTML e-mail X

Re: VAGUE Project Suggestion

2009-04-15 Thread Balu Raman
You may want to have a look at http://project.cyclos.org Thanks, - balu On 4/15/09, chris yarger cpyar...@gmail.com wrote: learn something new while helping do something proactive, sounds fun where do i sign? warmest regards, Chris Yarger Founder Yarger Designs web:

Re: VAGUE Project Suggestion

2009-04-15 Thread chris yarger
this may also be an idea for a base system http://www.wedge.coop/is4c/ warmest regards, Chris Yarger Founder Yarger Designs web: http://YargerDesigns.org skype: cpyarger msn: elfloc...@hotmail.com aim: patyarg yahoo: christoyarg ASCII ribbon campaign ( ) against HTML e-mail X

Re: VAGUE Project Suggestion

2009-04-15 Thread Kevin Thorley
On Wed, Apr 15, 2009 at 7:37 PM, Stanley Brinkerhoff s...@vtwireless.com wrote: Cyclos is Java based (can't be inexpensively hosted on a free dreamhost account, or google app engine easily). A goal of our project would be hosting on commodity low cost hosting platforms. Not that I'm pushing

Re: VAGUE Project Suggestion

2009-04-15 Thread Stanley Brinkerhoff
Not that I'm pushing for Java (I do plenty of that already), but doesn't Google's App Engine support Java now, as of sometime in the last week or so? It supports a subset of Java with a series of heavy limitations, and you need to likely work within an API. I doubt its a cut and paste