And I, too, would pay to attend such a workshop. -tj
On Sun, Feb 15, 2009 at 5:48 PM, Nick Frost <[email protected]> wrote: > On Feb 15, 2009, at 4:52 PM, Roger Critchlow wrote: > > That's a hard google: GLASS = Gemstone Linux Apache Seaside Smalltalk = >> http://seaside.gemstone.com which didn't appear on the first page of any >> search until I knew to include gemstone in the search terms. >> >> Why for desktop applications? It's presenting itself as a refactored LAMP >> (Linux Apache Mysql Php) stack? If you want infidel participation in a >> 4-1/2 day workshop you really need to make more of a case. >> > > I'm thankful to Roger for helping me strike yet one more book off my wish > list (Ruby Programming) as that will save a few pennies. > > Speaking from the neophyte point-of-view of someone who wouldn't dare call > himself a programmer but as one who writes simple programs (mostly in BASH, > PERL, and Python) I'm interested in the GLASS workshop merely for what more > I might learn about programming in general. Most of what I've written over > the years is for systems administration (mostly in BASH) and I doubt I've > written anything in my career or amateur experimentation over 500 lines. I > don't know if there's a workshop series planned, but think it's safe to say > I know more than one person who would be willing to pay for a 1-4 day > computer programming workshop that covered coding topics (GLASS, Python, C, > PERL, etc.). I'd like to learn more about Python programming. I don't know > if there are enough like-minded people to make running such a workshop or > series at the sfComplex worthwhile? For me my interest is as much in > learning about the process and fundamentals than the language. I just > wonder how many people there are who, instead of plugging along blindly with > O'Reilly books and writing small programs for specific projects, might like > to take a class for a few days to learn from an expert or two. I'm willing > to wager that a few people on the NMLUG and/or NMGLUG lists might be > interested as well. Maybe the constituency is already being served by the > CSF curriculum, but I think there might be working people who haven't time > for a class but who would have time for a programming workshop. > > -Nick > > ---------------------------------------- > Nicholas S. Frost > 7 Avenida Vista Grande #325 > Santa Fe, NM 87508 > [email protected] > ---------------------------------------- > > > ============================================================ > FRIAM Applied Complexity Group listserv > Meets Fridays 9a-11:30 at cafe at St. John's College > lectures, archives, unsubscribe, maps at http://www.friam.org > -- ========================================== J. T. Johnson Institute for Analytic Journalism -- Santa Fe, NM USA www.analyticjournalism.com 505.577.6482(c) 505.473.9646(h) http://www.jtjohnson.com [email protected] "You never change things by fighting the existing reality. To change something, build a new model that makes the existing model obsolete." -- Buckminster Fuller ==========================================
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