Re: [DUG] Barcamp possibly?

2010-10-27 Thread Jeremy Coulter
I think that its a good idea. Esp. If its in diff locations. Then everyone gets a chance to be involved esp. Those of us who could get away with doing it locally rather than asking to get funding to go out of town which would never happen. Jeremy From: delphi-boun...@delphi.org.nz

Re: [DUG] Barcamp possibly?

2010-10-27 Thread John Bird
Would be very interested. Was talking to Gary B (who runs the list) – he also has been thinking of setting up a library where people can contribute code for benefit of others, and pick up others tricks.I for instance do all my printing with Rave by displaying the stuff on the screen in

Re: [DUG] Barcamp possibly?

2010-10-27 Thread David Brennan
Does BARcamp mean alcohol is involved? That would make it more entertaining! I think you are correct Richard in that many people on this list are pretty busy day to day and find it difficult to find the time. That's pretty much the category I am in. I guess I'm also unsure exactly what I would

Re: [DUG] Barcamp possibly?

2010-10-27 Thread Ian Drower
I'd also be very interested. A one day event, is likely to work much better than the 1 - 2 hours each month .. I'd be a great listener, and audience .. Ian On 27/10/2010 8:31 p.m., John Bird wrote: Would be very interested. Was talking to Gary B (who runs the list) – he also has been

Re: [DUG] Barcamp possibly?

2010-10-27 Thread lbisman
Re Barcamps Great idea - I'd be a starter and would offer our college as a possible venjue, we have multiple computer rooms for instance... Laurie Bisman.. Laurie.. ___ NZ Borland Developers Group - Delphi mailing list Post: delphi@delphi.org.nz

Re: [DUG] Barcamp possibly?

2010-10-27 Thread John Bird
?I don't think it would be hard to find topics - For instance off the top of my head: -it would be interesting to see the sort of programs others are doing -Their favourite tips and tricks -some IDE/OO/language education and explanations -debugging techniques -tools that others use and how they

Re: [DUG] Barcamp possibly?

2010-10-27 Thread Alister Christie
Yup, plenty of stuff that I should be using. I did a video a few years back for coderage 3 http://codegearguru.com/index.php?option=com_contenttask=viewid=80Itemid=27 http://codegearguru.com/index.php?option=com_contenttask=viewid=80Itemid=27 which is about 50 minutes long. Alister Christie

Re: [DUG] Barcamp possibly?

2010-10-27 Thread Paul Heinz
Hi folks Yeah - a barcamp concept sounds great to me. A full day every so often sounds like much better 'bang for buck' to me than a few hours in the evening. I can't speak for the other devs on the Accredo team, but I would definitely try to attend one in Auckland if at all possible. Cheers,

Re: [DUG] Barcamp possibly?

2010-10-27 Thread Jolyon Smith
http://www.stevetrefethen.com/files/codecompletion.html CodeCompletion in all the places he shows yep, I knew all that stuff. He basically shows N variations of the same thing. I was kinda hoping he would also mention using dotted unit names, like 'pseudo' namespsaces - code completion

Re: [DUG] Barcamp possibly?

2010-10-27 Thread Alister Christie
I could probably justify traveling a couple times a year for some training. Alister Christie Computers for People Ph: 04 471 1849 Fax: 04 471 1266 http://www.salespartner.co.nz PO Box 13085 Johnsonville Wellington On 27/10/2010 7:41 p.m., Richard Vowles wrote: I was thinking before this

Re: [DUG] Barcamp possibly?

2010-10-27 Thread Todd
Hi Jolyon CodeCompletion in all the places he shows yep, I knew all that stuff. He basically shows N variations of the same thing. I was kinda hoping he would also mention using dotted unit names, like 'pseudo' namespsaces - code completion works REALLY well when you have units named and