Ruby hack-ternoon - pleasant and productive

Sounds like it was a good time. I hope I can get to the next one and
hopefully my ruby skills will have progressed by then. I'm also
interested in a hack session closer to home (SF) as well.

Cheers,
Greg

Rich Morin wrote:
>
> Yesterday afternoon, I dragged myself out of my post-Dim Sum
> reptilian stupor and drove down to Stanford. After trekking
> about for a while (I had printed out several maps, none of
> which were particularly useful in finding the room. :-/), I
> arrived at the hack session.
>
> The facilities are great: a largish room with chairs, tables,
> power connections, white boards, and wifi. There was even a
> snack dispenser out in the hall! Although I didn't see anyone
> take advantage of this, there were some pleasant, shady spots
>; outside for back-to-nature hacking.
>
> After some short introductions (who am I; what's my project?),
> we all settled down to hacking or quiet conversations. In my
> case, I chatted with Jonathan Dugan for a while about common
> interests (AI, graph-based data structures), then settled in
> to start translating a Perl script into Ruby.
>;
> Although I asked for (and received) help at a couple of points,
> there were many more times when I solved problems on my own. I
> was helped, nonetheless, by the knowledge of a support network
> sitting around me in the room.
>;
> As I commented to Jonathan, it reminded me of some of the times
>; I spent in the SF State Computer Lab, back in 1970. Email lists
>; and chat sessions are fine, but they don't have the convenience
> and immediacy of a room full of hackers!
>
> Anyway, if you're free on the 4th Sunday of October, grab your
> laptop and wander on down. In fact, if anyone is interested in
> a "Second Sunday Scripting Session" up in (say) SF, let me know!
>;
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I wish I had made it to this.

Is anyone planning on holding another hack-ternoon session in the near future?

Rich Morin - Did you organize this one?  What would it take to get another one together?&nbsp; Need help?

-Rich

On 9/26/06, Greg < greggregcheong.com">greggregcheong.com> wrote:

Sounds like it was a good time. I hope I can get to the next one and
hopefully my ruby skills will have progressed by then. I'm also
interested in a hack session closer to home (SF) as well.

Cheers,
Greg


Rich Morin wrote:
>;
> Yesterday afternoon, I dragged myself out of my post-Dim Sum
> reptilian stupor and drove down to Stanford. After trekking
&gt; about for a while (I had printed out several maps, none of
> which were particularly useful in finding the room. :-/), I
> arrived at the hack session.
&gt;
> The facilities are great: a largish room with chairs, tables,
&gt; power connections, white boards, and wifi. There was even a
> snack dispenser out in the hall! Although I didn't see anyone
>; take advantage of this, there were some pleasant, shady spots
> outside for back-to-nature hacking.
&gt;
> After some short introductions (who am I; what's my project?),
> we all settled down to hacking or quiet conversations. In my
> case, I chatted with Jonathan Dugan for a while about common
>; interests (AI, graph-based data structures), then settled in
> to start translating a Perl script into Ruby.
>;
> Although I asked for (and received) help at a couple of points,
&gt; there were many more times when I solved problems on my own. I
> was helped, nonetheless, by the knowledge of a support network
&gt; sitting around me in the room.
>
> As I commented to Jonathan, it reminded me of some of the times
> I spent in the SF State Computer Lab, back in 1970. Email lists
> and chat sessions are fine, but they don't have the convenience
> and immediacy of a room full of hackers!
&gt;
> Anyway, if you're free on the 4th Sunday of October, grab your
> laptop and wander on down. In fact, if anyone is interested in
> a "Second Sunday Scripting Session&quot; up in (say) SF, let me know!
>;
> -r
> --
> http://www.cfcl.com/rdm <http://www.cfcl.com/rdm> Rich Morin
> http://www.cfcl.com/rdm/resume <http://www.cfcl.com/rdm/resume>
> rdmcfcl.com">rdmcfcl.com <mailto: rdm%40cfcl.com">rdm%40cfcl.com >
> http://www.cfcl.com/rdm/weblog <http://www.cfcl.com/rdm/weblog> +1
>; 650-873-7841
>
>; Technical editing and writing, programming, and web development
>
>;




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On 31/12/06, Rich Bodo < richbodo%40gmail.com">richbodogmail.com> wrote:
&gt; Is anyone planning on holding another hack-ternoon session in the near future?

I could be persuaded to hold one. Anyone want to nudge me?
> What would it take to get another one together?

A critical mass of people, of different skill levels. I am thinking a
Super Happy Dev House-type thing, but shorter in length (48 hours is a
bit much for me). Anyone else game?

&gt; Need help?

Sure, I'll accept any help, in terms of planning or executing.
--
Cheers,
Hasan Diwan < hasan.diwan%40gmail.com">hasan.diwangmail.com>

On 12/31/06, Rich Bodo < richbodogmail.com">richbodogmail.com> wrote:

I would like to hold a SF hack session at my office CitizenSpace in SOMA - 425 2nd St #300 - it's near the corner of 2nd and Harrison. 

How big is your space? How many people can you hold? The Feb 2007 SF Ruby Meetup has not been planned yet, and I like to play with the idea of a 4-hour hack session (6:00-10:00pm) instead of the usual presentation/talk format. I've been wanting to get down to Stanford for the BYOL, but weekends never work out well for me (and I suspect others as well). So here's an opportunity to do a medium hack session in the city.

-- Bosco, SF Ruby organizer

On 1/2/07, Ivan Storck < ivansustainablewebsites.com">ivansustainablewebsites.com> wrote:

I would like to hold a SF hack session at my office CitizenSpace in SOMA - 425 2nd St #300 - it's near the corner of 2nd and Harrison.&nbsp;

I'm out of town for the holidays but would like to schedule a weekday evening thing sometime.

More info on CitizenSpace at citizenspace.pbwiki.com 

-Ivan

.

Sorry for not getting back to you, it looks like my reply from my email program did not go
through.

We can hold about 20-25 hackers, and 50 in a lecture enviroment here at CitizenSpace.

I'd still love to host, so let me know. I am back in town so I can think about planning a hack
session. What nights are good for people? I am thinking the first one would be the week after
macworld ? Or maybe we should do one during MacWorld?

-Ivan
SustainableWebsites.com

--- In ba-rb%40yahoogroups.com">ba-rbyahoogroups.com, "Bosco So" <rubymeetup...> wrote:
&gt;
> How big is your space? How many people can you hold? The Feb 2007 SF Ruby
> Meetup has not been planned yet, and I like to play with the idea of a
> 4-hour hack session (6:00-10:00pm)