Open question to anyone in a similar vein. What do we have for training in the area? I would imagine basic Ruby, Rails, and other training would be of interest and fairly valuable.
-c On Fri, Oct 22, 2010 at 7:47 PM, Prakash N Murthy <prak...@yahoo.com> wrote: > Thanks Dave. > > The Dojo4 Code-n-coffee event is in the morning. > > The Quick Left hackfest, Pivotal Pair-with-a-pivot event, and Foraker > Hackfest will be in the evenings. Do follow *Quick > Left*<http://twitter.com/quickleft>, > *Pivotal Labs Boulder <http://twitter.com/#!/pivotalboulder>* and *Foraker > Labs* <http://twitter.com/#!/forakerlabs> on Twitter to know the exact > dates for these events. > > The Code Retreat event will probably be on a Saturday as it is a day long > event. > > Also, feel free to contact me - or send an email to the group - if you are > interested in having a pairing session any evening; most likely there will > be others who will be interested in pairing at the same time. > > Cheers, > Prakash N Murthy > (347) 228 3993 > http://twitter.com/_prakash > > --- On *Fri, 10/22/10, David Kapp <davek...@gmail.com>* wrote: > > > From: David Kapp <davek...@gmail.com> > Subject: Re: [Boulder Ruby Group] PROMISCUOUS PAIR PROGRAMMING FOR ALL! > To: "Boulder Ruby" <bdrg-members@rubyforge.org> > Date: Friday, October 22, 2010, 6:26 PM > > > Sounds awesome! Thanks Prakash for getting the word out and this email > topic going! > > I'm personally very interested in all of these, although the morning events > simply aren't doable for me as I live outside of Boulder. If the QuickLeft > hackfests and pair-with-a-Pivot events are at times I can attend I'll > definitely be there. Do you know what time the Foraker Labs meetups will > happen? If it's Thursday evening I'll try my best to be there, but Thursday > day I'll have to pass on. > > That's a lot of events, so I'm certain to make it to at least a couple. :) > > Thanks again, and I'm looking forward to some promiscuous hackery! > > > Dave Kapp > > On Fri, Oct 22, 2010 at 5:19 PM, Prakash N Murthy > <prak...@yahoo.com<http://mc/compose?to=prak...@yahoo.com> > > wrote: > > HAPPY *CAPSLOCK DAY* <http://www.capslockday.com/> FOLKS. And now let me > switch back to regular case. > > Got some terrific feedback for the email I sent earlier querying about the > interest in regular paired programming sessions. There is a lot of interest > from many people to have such sessions, and the general perception is it is > good to have such sessions. Here is *Aaron "Tenderlove" Peterson's advice > - via Chad Fowler - during > Mountain.rb<http://twitter.com/#%21/chadfowler/status/26760442153> > . *So*"Promiscuous Pair Programming for all"* will be the mantra for this > effort going forward. > > Some quick notes relating this topic: > > - Some people are already pairing even outside of their regular work; > some people are interested in getting to work on specific items with > others. > - The Boulder based companies are providing many opportunities for the > local Rubyists to pair: > - *Dojo4 <http://twitter.com/dojo4>* has the weekly Code-n-coffee > event every Wednesday morning. > - *QuickLeft* <http://twitter.com/quickleft> plans to organize a > once a month hackfest during the last week of the month. There won't be > one > this month though as they just hosted a big hackfest during Mountain.rb. > - *Pivotal Boulder <http://twitter.com/pivotalboulder>* is planning > a Pair-with-a-Pivot-evening event where a limited number of people (8 + > 8) > would work on open source projects or any personal projects, pairing > with > the Pivots. I am co-ordinating with Pivotal to organize this sometime in > November - more info later as we thrash out the details. > - *Foraker Labs <http://twitter.com/forakerlabs>* is planning a > monthly hackfest - tentatively planned for the second thursday of every > month - to start in November or December. The november date (Thu Nov > 11th) > is not confirmed yet as it conflicts with the start of Ruby Conf in New > Orleans and many of their staff will be in New Orleans. > - There could probably be more that I am not aware of. > - At some point in the next 3-4 months, it would be awesome if we could > organize a*Corey Haines' Code Retreat style > event<http://www.coderetreat.com/> > * in Boulder over one weekend. I think its best we build up to it by > having regular small size pair programming events at one of the numerous > Coffee shops in Downtown Boulder or at the offices of one of the companies. > - I have added a *separate sheet to the Regular Pair Programming > sessions in Boulder spreadsheet* <http://bit.ly/bhU57R> with a weekly > calendar to allow for people to list their available time for pairing with > others. Do add your availability to the spreadsheet, or inform the person > whose paired programming event you will be joining. > - As I mentioned in the spreadsheet, I am planning to be at The Cup > Boulder next week - Monday to Thursday - from 5pm to 8pm; will be useful > for > anyone who wants to work on Ruby Koans or try out TDD with Project Euler > problems. > - The above spreadsheet seems to be a non-scalable solution for the > kind of promiscuous-pair-programming-for-all scenario I am thinking about - > so am considering building a Heroku-hosted Rails app to manage the regular > paired programming functionality. Aiming to have it up in the next couple > of > weeks. > > > Thanks for reading this rather long email. Do let me know if you have any > feedback on this idea. > > Have an awesome weekend. > > Cheers, > Prakash N Murthy > (347) 228 3993 > http://twitter.com/_prakash > > > > _______________________________________________ > Bdrg-members mailing list > Bdrg-members@rubyforge.org<http://mc/compose?to=bdrg-memb...@rubyforge.org> > http://rubyforge.org/mailman/listinfo/bdrg-members > > > > -----Inline Attachment Follows----- > > > _______________________________________________ > Bdrg-members mailing list > Bdrg-members@rubyforge.org<http://mc/compose?to=bdrg-memb...@rubyforge.org> > http://rubyforge.org/mailman/listinfo/bdrg-members > > > > _______________________________________________ > Bdrg-members mailing list > Bdrg-members@rubyforge.org > http://rubyforge.org/mailman/listinfo/bdrg-members >
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