On Thu, Sep 30, 2010 at 8:59 PM, Mike Orr <[email protected]> wrote: > I just got back from the Jigsaw Renaissance field trip. Melissa, > myself, and Richard attended. As Geremy experienced, it's hard to find > if you haven't been there before, and I was looking in all the wrong > places until I saw the snailshell logo across the street. (The address > is 1026, meaning it's just east of Terry, but across the street at > Boren there's a large building called 1001 just to confuse you, and > it's the only building on the block so you're wondering "Where is > 1026?" But the 1001 actually refers to the cross street because > Madison is 1000 when you're going past it, yet the number was on the > Madison side of the building rather than the Boren side just to > confuse everybody. Bad building, nyaah!)
Yeah, I'm pretty sure next time I head out there I'm going to have to have a guide. I'm also accepting applications for a sherpa, if anybody is interested. > Lion Kimbro and this guy Ryan showed us around the place. It's a small > storefront on Madison. The front third has "squares" along the walls, > which are spaces that people rent individually and can just fit a desk > and shelving unit. The middle part has a sofa one one side and a > projection wall on the other. The back part has a woodshop (with a > jigsaw!) and they're building a kitchen (mainly utilitarian but also a > learning opportunity). Then there's a separate room in back which > seems like a microwave/snack alcove. So the JS space is quite the > variety. Apparently you just look on the calendar for an interesting > theme day and show up. What kinds of themes were there? > Later another guy came, a new SeaPIG member, I think his name was Eric > (?, I'm bad with names and identities, which is why I can't remember > if I've met somebody before, as half the SeaPIGgies can attest). He's > looking to hire a Python programmer who's an expert on > scaling/greenlets/networking for a multiplayer-game project with > buzzwords like cloud application servers, game consoles, and > smartphones. Geremy, we thought you might know somebody along those > lines, and anyone else; I expect he'll make a more detailed > announcement shortly. Or if anyone would like to give a SeaPIG talk on > related topics. (We also invited him to give a talk on his areas of > expertise, so that may be coming.) I think I know just the person; if you could have him get in touch with me I would appreciate it. Geremy Condra
