Hi Ross, That's an idea! Once I get the sign off I may find we have enough time for 2 or 3 events a month. Will have to gauge interest towards the end of the week.
On 31 January 2012 11:45, Ross Lawley <ross.law...@gmail.com> wrote: > Ed if you're feeling really adventurous you could throw a BarCamp! Its > been a while since one has been done there: > http://barcamp.org/w/page/401031/BarCampLondon4 > > Ross > > > On Tue, Jan 31, 2012 at 11:37 AM, Ed Stafford < > walter.staff...@carbonsixty.co.uk> wrote: > >> I like the idea of a hackathon and the venue would lend itself well to >> this. I've been told that we won't have budget for food or drink but I have >> other contacts that I may able to convince to help sponsor the events. As I >> said, it's early days yet and I've only just started the formal process for >> sign-off and I'm hoping to have that sorted this week. I'll have a look >> around the theatre and meeting rooms to get a better idea of how many we >> can support. >> >> On 31 January 2012 11:28, Nicholas H.Tollervey <nt...@ntoll.org> wrote: >> >>> -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- >>> Hash: SHA1 >>> >>> Choosing the day/time of a dojo is always going to inconvenience >>> someone. I have a young family and weekends are precious. Obviously I >>> could make a Saturday dojo but not every month. >>> >>> If Ed is willing to provide a location along with free pizza and beer >>> (which is the usual package provided by a "sponsor") then I think it's >>> a cracking good idea! >>> >>> Actually, rather than run a dojo (which is quite a focussed affair) >>> why not run a hackathon? Self selecting teams can coalesce around a >>> problem area rather than specific problem and have 6 hours to produce >>> something before a show-and-tell. For example, running a hackathon >>> around the subject of "Living in London" (I'm making this up as I go >>> along, can't you tell..?) might produce tools for grabbing data, quick >>> and lightweight websites, data-analysis tools, cloud based APIs to >>> aggregate information or single use applications such as something >>> that sends you a text message if it's going to rain in London in the >>> next 24 hours... and so on. >>> >>> Now, *that* would be awesome and play to the extended period of time >>> we'd have at our disposal. >>> >>> What's the upper limit on numbers..? How are people fixed in February? >>> >>> Just throwing ideas around... ;-) >>> >>> N. >>> >>> On 31/01/12 11:00, Jonathan Hartley wrote: >>> > On 30/01/2012 23:58, Carles Pina i Estany wrote: >>> >> Hi, >>> >> >>> >> On Jan/30/2012, Tom Viner wrote: >>> >> >>> >>> I personally would really enjoy having a longer session to >>> >>> create more ambitious solutions on a weekend dojo. Although I >>> >>> wouldn't be able to attend every time. >>> >> I estimate that I would go 50% of the Python Dojo's that would >>> >> happen on weekends. >>> >> >>> > >>> > Personally, I could probably only make it 10% of the time at >>> > weekends. I much prefer a weeknight slot. >>> > >>> > Good luck to those of you who prefer it though, that shouldn't stop >>> > you. >>> > >>> >>> -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- >>> Version: GnuPG v1.4.11 (GNU/Linux) >>> Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org/ >>> >>> iQEcBAEBAgAGBQJPJ9BMAAoJEP0qBPaYQbb6li0IAKX3au2/NRAu4cMWMTczUYW3 >>> 5aVLqRnDyjkfq+O18kGklCFczNc7eT0fcLZdqgIJ9wNwTSC4wSQjrHp0AUfBJWat >>> wPI9R3E+vNIDt9wnA2fUzRsi/j6csIr5iSNPXruMpVxmqtfrDq33V5bSVu9P7BAw >>> OvLVxk+t8kt5KskbIFCm1heHnFWzf1E+3BBL++yEXogWPvc5Fp4auVLaLrRDo2NP >>> JdPctIKr6mh39N5E3aMaGVnqmR6RBmkHJv5VuqG3ENkAQvyiqLbX2Y0Kicu8Oc0K >>> EwJvuYb177edclrZe9SV4duc50rZIZaeE7AxgltPgb5OH+nFcuILE41G6VsmTB8= >>> =8nCS >>> -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- >>> _______________________________________________ >>> python-uk mailing list >>> python-uk@python.org >>> http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-uk >>> >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> python-uk mailing list >> python-uk@python.org >> http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-uk >> >> > > _______________________________________________ > python-uk mailing list > python-uk@python.org > http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-uk > >
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