[julia-users] Re: Julia Hack Nights?
Great Idea. I live in Bangladesh, so I might be one in a handful of people who're actually using Julia (or even playing around with it for that matter). So, would anyone be interested in a hangout? I'd love to learn more, because right now my skills aren't the best :( On Tuesday, April 29, 2014 9:54:38 AM UTC+6, Ted Fujimoto wrote: > > Hi all, > > I've skimmed through a number of the Julia meetup groups and it seems that > there aren't any recurring Julia "Hack nights" going on. Is it too early > (since version 0.3 is not stable yet)? If not, it could be a great way to > get people serious about Julia. > > To the Bay Area Julia Meetup group: Do you think Forio would be open to > the idea? > > Ted >
[julia-users] Re: Julia Hack Nights?
Thanks Stu! Just voted, but my only gripe is that if I vote to have it on a weeknight, it seems to imply I won't make it on a weekend (and vice versa). I just ask that you consider the voters who are open to both weeknights and weekends depending on the circumstances when tallying up all the votes. If the people want the hack nights, we should really try to advertise it as much as possible. Even Hackerspaces (like Sudo Room) seem quite interested in Julia. But we'll talk about that when the meetup group tallies up enough votes. On Friday, May 2, 2014 8:03:40 AM UTC-7, Stu Thompson wrote: > > Hi Ted, > > To the Bay Area Julia Meetup group: Do you think Forio would be open to >> the idea? >> >> > We are certainly open to the idea. BAJU meetups are consistently drawing > around 50-70 registrations and 25 attendees ever few weeks. I am a bit > skeptical that a formally scheduled "hack night" would draw enough people > to be worth the effort. In an effort to gauge the Bay Area Julia Users > community's interest I've setup a poll: > http://www.meetup.com/Bay-Area-Julia-Users/polls/1066332/ > > How about we try to tack on a "hack night" to the beginning or end of the > next meetup? At a minimum let's talk about it at the next meetup. > > Cheers, > > Stu >
[julia-users] Re: Julia Hack Nights?
Hi Ted, To the Bay Area Julia Meetup group: Do you think Forio would be open to the > idea? > > We are certainly open to the idea. BAJU meetups are consistently drawing around 50-70 registrations and 25 attendees ever few weeks. I am a bit skeptical that a formally scheduled "hack night" would draw enough people to be worth the effort. In an effort to gauge the Bay Area Julia Users community's interest I've setup a poll: http://www.meetup.com/Bay-Area-Julia-Users/polls/1066332/ How about we try to tack on a "hack night" to the beginning or end of the next meetup? At a minimum let's talk about it at the next meetup. Cheers, Stu
Re: [julia-users] Re: Julia Hack Nights?
I'm not one to push for "regular participation", as my schedule is typically a mess. Hypocrisy aside, perhaps it might work to designate one evening every XXX (month? two weeks? weekly?) where people informally congregate and work on something julia related? I think it just needs a couple people to show up each time at a specified venue. Anyhow, more details for Cambridge should probably happen on another list (cajun?) Cameron p.s. It looks like the standard is using meetup.com for group organization, which all the groups listed on the website use (community tab on home page). More specifically, http://julia.meetup.com/ On Tue, Apr 29, 2014 at 3:49 PM, Jiahao Chen wrote: > I've been busy, so the cajun meetups have slipped somewhat from the > original monthly plan. I can certainly advertise on julia-cajun if > someone wants to put together such a hack night. I believe Cameron > mentioned to me May 9 as a possibility. > Thanks, > > Jiahao Chen > Staff Research Scientist > MIT Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence Laboratory > > > On Tue, Apr 29, 2014 at 3:31 PM, Cameron McBride > wrote: > > On Tue, Apr 29, 2014 at 2:13 PM, Iain Dunning > wrote: > >> > >> Nothing has really been happening in Cambridge more often than those. > What > >> exactly is a hack night? > > > > > > All I had in mind was an informal meeting where there is work on > something > > julia for the evening (an hour or two or so). Basically, no scheduled > talks > > and increased chance to collaborate. Maybe a couple lightning talks if > it > > seemed appropriate to the time and venue, but certainly nothing more. > > > > I suspect Cambridge has enough interested people to make this happen. I > > guess many (most?) of the julia folks here are oriented on the core and > > interact enough anyhow? Julia is not my day job, so... > > > > Cameron >
Re: [julia-users] Re: Julia Hack Nights?
I've been busy, so the cajun meetups have slipped somewhat from the original monthly plan. I can certainly advertise on julia-cajun if someone wants to put together such a hack night. I believe Cameron mentioned to me May 9 as a possibility. Thanks, Jiahao Chen Staff Research Scientist MIT Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence Laboratory On Tue, Apr 29, 2014 at 3:31 PM, Cameron McBride wrote: > On Tue, Apr 29, 2014 at 2:13 PM, Iain Dunning wrote: >> >> Nothing has really been happening in Cambridge more often than those. What >> exactly is a hack night? > > > All I had in mind was an informal meeting where there is work on something > julia for the evening (an hour or two or so). Basically, no scheduled talks > and increased chance to collaborate. Maybe a couple lightning talks if it > seemed appropriate to the time and venue, but certainly nothing more. > > I suspect Cambridge has enough interested people to make this happen. I > guess many (most?) of the julia folks here are oriented on the core and > interact enough anyhow? Julia is not my day job, so... > > Cameron
Re: [julia-users] Re: Julia Hack Nights?
On Tue, Apr 29, 2014 at 2:13 PM, Iain Dunning wrote: > Nothing has really been happening in Cambridge more often than those. What > exactly is a hack night? > All I had in mind was an informal meeting where there is work on something julia for the evening (an hour or two or so). Basically, no scheduled talks and increased chance to collaborate. Maybe a couple lightning talks if it seemed appropriate to the time and venue, but certainly nothing more. I suspect Cambridge has enough interested people to make this happen. I guess many (most?) of the julia folks here are oriented on the core and interact enough anyhow? Julia is not my day job, so... Cameron
Re: [julia-users] Re: Julia Hack Nights?
(BTW, the Cambridge meetup is great, everyone in the area should come!) On Tuesday, April 29, 2014 2:13:31 PM UTC-4, Iain Dunning wrote: > > Nothing has really been happening in Cambridge more often than those. What > exactly is a hack night?
Re: [julia-users] Re: Julia Hack Nights?
Nothing has really been happening in Cambridge more often than those. What exactly is a hack night?
Re: [julia-users] Re: Julia Hack Nights?
There is this an organized meetup in Cambrige (MA), but does anything more regular happen locally? http://www.meetup.com/julia-cajun/ I guess hack nights could probably be organized through the same meetup? Any interest? Cameron On Tue, Apr 29, 2014 at 2:48 AM, svakSha wrote: > On Tue, Apr 29, 2014 at 11:30 AM, Viral Shah wrote: > > It is certainly not too early. It's only a matter of having enough > interest > > and someone hosting it to pull it off. We should certainly check with > Forio, > > if there is enough interest in San Francisco. > > Hey Viral, if you are still in BLR, would you be interested in > something similar locally? I can take care of the logistics - venue > with wifi, but it would be easier to have day-long sessions, or even > all-weekend sessions(?). I dont know hosts for all-night hack sessions > though :/ Thoughts? > ॥ SVAKSHA ॥ http://about.me/svaksha ॥ >
Re: [julia-users] Re: Julia Hack Nights?
On Tue, Apr 29, 2014 at 11:30 AM, Viral Shah wrote: > It is certainly not too early. It's only a matter of having enough interest > and someone hosting it to pull it off. We should certainly check with Forio, > if there is enough interest in San Francisco. Hey Viral, if you are still in BLR, would you be interested in something similar locally? I can take care of the logistics - venue with wifi, but it would be easier to have day-long sessions, or even all-weekend sessions(?). I dont know hosts for all-night hack sessions though :/ Thoughts? ॥ SVAKSHA ॥ http://about.me/svaksha ॥
[julia-users] Re: Julia Hack Nights?
It is certainly not too early. It's only a matter of having enough interest and someone hosting it to pull it off. We should certainly check with Forio, if there is enough interest in San Francisco. -viral On Tuesday, April 29, 2014 9:24:38 AM UTC+5:30, Ted Fujimoto wrote: > > Hi all, > > I've skimmed through a number of the Julia meetup groups and it seems that > there aren't any recurring Julia "Hack nights" going on. Is it too early > (since version 0.3 is not stable yet)? If not, it could be a great way to > get people serious about Julia. > > To the Bay Area Julia Meetup group: Do you think Forio would be open to > the idea? > > Ted >
