Re: [extremeprogramming] Practicing XP gathering

"Jeff Langr" <[email protected]> Fri, 27 Dec 2019 15:06:27 -0700
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I'm up for a Detroit event.


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Bryan Beecham wrote on 12/17/19 8:17 AM:
> I'd go to Detroit for such an event depending on the date.
>
> On Tue, Dec 17, 2019 at 9:40 AM Jeff Morgan <[email protected] 
> <mailto:[email protected]>> wrote:
>
>     If it’s on a weekend, I might be tempted to ride the train over
>     from Toronto.
>
>     On Tue, Dec 17, 2019 at 08:36 Chet Hendrickson
>     <[email protected] <mailto:[email protected]>> wrote:
>
>         Might even get Ron to show up
>         	
>         Chet Hendrickson
>         [email protected] <mailto:[email protected]>
>         	
>         Tel 248.345.7258
>         http://www.hendricksonxp.com
>
>
>>         On Dec 17, 2019, at 1:54 AM, John Welty
>>         <[email protected] <mailto:[email protected]>>
>>         wrote:
>>
>>         I could drive to Detroit if need be. I'm in eastern Iowa.
>>         ------------------------------------------------------------------------
>>         *From:*[email protected]
>>         <mailto:[email protected]><[email protected]
>>         <mailto:[email protected]>> on behalf of Steve
>>         Ropa via Groups.Io <[email protected]
>>         <mailto:[email protected]>>
>>         *Sent:*Monday, December 16, 2019 10:55:08 PM
>>         *To:*[email protected]
>>         <mailto:[email protected]><[email protected]
>>         <mailto:[email protected]>>
>>         *Subject:*Re: [extremeprogramming] Practicing XP gathering
>>         You know, there’s a bunch of us XP’ers up in Detroit these
>>         days too, I can ask around about that.
>>
>>         Sent fromMail
>>         <https://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkId=550986>for Windows 10
>>
>>         *From:*George Paci <mailto:[email protected]>
>>         *Sent:*Monday, December 16, 2019 4:57 PM
>>         *To:*[email protected]
>>         <mailto:[email protected]>
>>         *Subject:*Re: [extremeprogramming] Practicing XP gathering
>>
>>         From the replies, it looks like we can do this in three
>>         locations:
>>
>>           * Washington, DC
>>
>>           * London
>>
>>           * Lisbon
>>
>>         While it would be cool to try to do them all on the same day and
>>         videoconference or something, it might make more sense to run
>>         one, then
>>         incorporate lessons learned into the others.
>>
>>         I suggest discussing the format in this thread, and
>>         scheduling for
>>         individual locations in their own threads.
>>
>>         ** Format:
>>
>>         Todd brought up Open Space, and I think at least part of the
>>         day should
>>         have that kind of participant-directedness.
>>
>>         Todd also mentioned that he has some interactive workshops,
>>         which is the
>>         kind of thing I was thinking of.  In particular, I would like
>>         most of
>>         the time to either be hands-on (coding, integrating,
>>         deploying, etc.) or
>>         reflecting directly on what we learned from hands-on activity
>>         or how we
>>         can improve it.
>>
>>         I also want us to share our Best Tricks (either coding, or
>>         coaching, or
>>         otherwise).
>>
>>         ** Programming content:
>>
>>         Steve mentioned The Dude's Code Jams, and giving something to the
>>         community. My present company has a couple existing projects for
>>         not-for-profits that might benefit from contributors; I'll
>>         ask about
>>         that.  Bob Payne is local to DC, and I know he's connected to
>>         some
>>         not-for-profit projects, as is George[1].
>>
>>         If we're thinking about the programming or XP community, I
>>         don't think
>>         there's any dearth of ideas for smallish applications that
>>         would improve
>>         things. (Maybe that deserves a thread of its own?)
>>
>>         ** Schedule:
>>
>>         This will depend on the location, so I'll start a new thread
>>         for DC.
>>         Feel free to start threads for your location.
>>
>>         —George
>>
>>         On 12/5/19 3:22 PM, George Paci wrote:
>>
>>         > Who would be interested in physically getting together for a
>>         > substantial period of time (8 hours or a few days) to just
>>         plain
>>         > practice the way we do XP (and related things) today?  At
>>         the end, we
>>         > could make a list of things we saw that aren't common
>>         knowledge, and
>>         > briefly explain them.
>>         >
>>         > The code could be one or more (probably Open Source)
>>         projects that we
>>         > bring. Each project could be in a different language; part
>>         of what we
>>         > need to know is how to deal with languages and systems we don't
>>         > understand yet.
>>         >
>>         > This is just a vague idea at the moment, but for what it's
>>         worth, I
>>         > can provide space for a couple dozen people to code (in a
>>         sunny,
>>         > climate-controlled room) near Washington, DC.
>>         >
>>         > —George
>>         >
>>         > "I used to think that the brain was the most important organ in
>>         > body.  Then I realized who was telling me this..." - Emo
>>         Phillips
>>         >
>>         >
>>         >
>>         >
>>
>
>
>
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> Bryan Beecham
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<span>Bryan Beecham wrote on 12/17/19 8:17 AM:</span><br>
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  <div dir="ltr">I'd go to Detroit for such an event depending on the 
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  <div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Tue, Dec
 17, 2019 at 9:40 AM Jeff Morgan &lt;<a href="mailto:[email protected]" 
moz-do-not-send="true">[email protected]</a>&gt; wrote:<br></div><blockquote
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solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex"><div><div dir="auto">If it’s on
 a weekend, I might be tempted to ride the train over from Toronto. </div></div><div><br><div
 class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Tue, Dec 17, 
2019 at 08:36 Chet Hendrickson &lt;<a 
href="mailto:[email protected]" target="_blank" 
moz-do-not-send="true">[email protected]</a>&gt; wrote:<br></div><blockquote
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solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex"><div style="overflow-wrap: 
break-word;">Might even get Ron to show up<br><div>
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<div><br><blockquote type="cite"><div>On Dec 17, 2019, at 1:54 AM, John 
Welty &lt;<a href="mailto:[email protected]" target="_blank" 
moz-do-not-send="true">[email protected]</a>&gt; wrote:</div><br><div><div
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 could drive to Detroit if need be. I'm in eastern Iowa.<span> </span></div><hr
 
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 style="font-size:11pt" face="Calibri, sans-serif"><b>From:</b><span> </span><a
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moz-do-not-send="true">[email protected]</a><span> </span>&lt;<a
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 Steve Ropa via Groups.Io &lt;<a 
href="mailto:[email protected]" 
style="color:blue;text-decoration:underline" target="_blank" 
moz-do-not-send="true">[email protected]</a>&gt;<br><b>Sent:</b><span> </span>Monday,
 December 16, 2019 10:55:08 PM<br><b>To:</b><span> </span><a 
href="mailto:[email protected]" 
style="color:blue;text-decoration:underline" target="_blank" 
moz-do-not-send="true">[email protected]</a><span> </span>&lt;<a
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moz-do-not-send="true">[email protected]</a>&gt;<br><b>Subject:</b><span> </span>Re:
 [extremeprogramming] Practicing XP gathering</font><div> </div></div><div
 
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 lang="EN-US"><div><div style="margin:0in 0in 
0.0001pt;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">You know, 
there’s a bunch of us XP’ers up in Detroit these days too, I can ask 
around about that.</div><p style="margin:0in 0in 
0.0001pt;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"> </p><div 
style="margin:0in 0in 
0.0001pt;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">Sent from<span> </span><a
 href="https://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkId=550986" 
style="color:blue;text-decoration:underline" target="_blank" 
moz-do-not-send="true">Mail</a><span> </span>for Windows 10</div><p 
style="margin:0in 0in 
0.0001pt;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"> </p><div 
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none;border-top-width:1pt;border-top-color:rgb(225,225,225);padding:3pt 
0in 0in"><div style="margin:0in 0in 
0.0001pt;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;border:none;padding:0in"><b>From:<span> </span></b><a
 href="mailto:[email protected]" 
style="color:blue;text-decoration:underline" target="_blank" 
moz-do-not-send="true">George Paci</a><br><b>Sent:<span> </span></b>Monday,
 December 16, 2019 4:57 PM<br><b>To:<span> </span></b><a 
href="mailto:[email protected]" 
style="color:blue;text-decoration:underline" target="_blank" 
moz-do-not-send="true">[email protected]</a><br><b>Subject:<span> </span></b>Re:
 [extremeprogramming] Practicing XP gathering</div></div><p 
style="margin:0in 0in 
0.0001pt;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"> </p><div 
style="margin:0in 0in 
0.0001pt;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">From the 
replies, it looks like we can do this in three locations:</div><p 
style="margin:0in 0in 
0.0001pt;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"> </p><div 
style="margin:0in 0in 
0.0001pt;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">  * Washington, 
DC</div><p style="margin:0in 0in 
0.0001pt;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"> </p><div 
style="margin:0in 0in 
0.0001pt;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">  * London</div><p
 style="margin:0in 0in 
0.0001pt;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"> </p><div 
style="margin:0in 0in 
0.0001pt;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">  * Lisbon</div><p
 style="margin:0in 0in 
0.0001pt;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"> </p><div 
style="margin:0in 0in 
0.0001pt;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">While it would 
be cool to try to do them all on the same day and</div><div 
style="margin:0in 0in 
0.0001pt;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">videoconference 
or something, it might make more sense to run one, then</div><div 
style="margin:0in 0in 
0.0001pt;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">incorporate 
lessons learned into the others.</div><p style="margin:0in 0in 
0.0001pt;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"> </p><div 
style="margin:0in 0in 
0.0001pt;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">I suggest 
discussing the format in this thread, and scheduling for</div><div 
style="margin:0in 0in 
0.0001pt;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">individual 
locations in their own threads.</div><p style="margin:0in 0in 
0.0001pt;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"> </p><div 
style="margin:0in 0in 
0.0001pt;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">** Format:</div><p
 style="margin:0in 0in 
0.0001pt;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"> </p><div 
style="margin:0in 0in 
0.0001pt;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">Todd brought up 
Open Space, and I think at least part of the day should</div><div 
style="margin:0in 0in 
0.0001pt;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">have that kind 
of participant-directedness.</div><p style="margin:0in 0in 
0.0001pt;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"> </p><div 
style="margin:0in 0in 
0.0001pt;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">Todd also 
mentioned that he has some interactive workshops, which is the</div><div
 style="margin:0in 0in 
0.0001pt;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">kind of thing I 
was thinking of.  In particular, I would like most of</div><div 
style="margin:0in 0in 
0.0001pt;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">the time to 
either be hands-on (coding, integrating, deploying, etc.) or</div><div 
style="margin:0in 0in 
0.0001pt;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">reflecting 
directly on what we learned from hands-on activity or how we</div><div 
style="margin:0in 0in 
0.0001pt;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">can improve it.</div><p
 style="margin:0in 0in 
0.0001pt;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"> </p><div 
style="margin:0in 0in 
0.0001pt;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">I also want us 
to share our Best Tricks (either coding, or coaching, or</div><div 
style="margin:0in 0in 
0.0001pt;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">otherwise).</div><p
 style="margin:0in 0in 
0.0001pt;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"> </p><div 
style="margin:0in 0in 
0.0001pt;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">** Programming 
content:</div><p style="margin:0in 0in 
0.0001pt;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"> </p><div 
style="margin:0in 0in 
0.0001pt;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">Steve mentioned 
The Dude's Code Jams, and giving something to the</div><div 
style="margin:0in 0in 
0.0001pt;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">community. My 
present company has a couple existing projects for</div><div 
style="margin:0in 0in 
0.0001pt;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">not-for-profits 
that might benefit from contributors; I'll ask about</div><div 
style="margin:0in 0in 
0.0001pt;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">that.  Bob Payne
 is local to DC, and I know he's connected to some</div><div 
style="margin:0in 0in 
0.0001pt;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">not-for-profit 
projects, as is George[1].</div><p style="margin:0in 0in 
0.0001pt;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"> </p><div 
style="margin:0in 0in 
0.0001pt;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">If we're 
thinking about the programming or XP community, I don't think</div><div 
style="margin:0in 0in 
0.0001pt;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">there's any 
dearth of ideas for smallish applications that would improve</div><div 
style="margin:0in 0in 
0.0001pt;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">things. (Maybe 
that deserves a thread of its own?)</div><p style="margin:0in 0in 
0.0001pt;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"> </p><div 
style="margin:0in 0in 
0.0001pt;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">** Schedule:</div><p
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0.0001pt;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"> </p><div 
style="margin:0in 0in 
0.0001pt;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">This will depend
 on the location, so I'll start a new thread for DC.</div><div 
style="margin:0in 0in 
0.0001pt;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">Feel free to 
start threads for your location.</div><p style="margin:0in 0in 
0.0001pt;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"> </p><div 
style="margin:0in 0in 
0.0001pt;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">—George</div><p 
style="margin:0in 0in 
0.0001pt;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"> </p><div 
style="margin:0in 0in 
0.0001pt;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">On 12/5/19 3:22 
PM, George Paci wrote:</div><p style="margin:0in 0in 
0.0001pt;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"> </p><div 
style="margin:0in 0in 
0.0001pt;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">&gt; Who would 
be interested in physically getting together for a</div><div 
style="margin:0in 0in 
0.0001pt;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">&gt; substantial
 period of time (8 hours or a few days) to just plain</div><div 
style="margin:0in 0in 
0.0001pt;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">&gt; practice 
the way we do XP (and related things) today?  At the end, we</div><div 
style="margin:0in 0in 
0.0001pt;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">&gt; could make a
 list of things we saw that aren't common knowledge, and</div><div 
style="margin:0in 0in 
0.0001pt;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">&gt; briefly 
explain them.</div><div style="margin:0in 0in 
0.0001pt;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">&gt; </div><div 
style="margin:0in 0in 
0.0001pt;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">&gt; The code 
could be one or more (probably Open Source) projects that we</div><div 
style="margin:0in 0in 
0.0001pt;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">&gt; bring.  
Each project could be in a different language; part of what we</div><div
 style="margin:0in 0in 
0.0001pt;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">&gt; need to 
know is how to deal with languages and systems we don't</div><div 
style="margin:0in 0in 
0.0001pt;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">&gt; understand 
yet.</div><div style="margin:0in 0in 
0.0001pt;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">&gt; </div><div 
style="margin:0in 0in 
0.0001pt;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">&gt; This is 
just a vague idea at the moment, but for what it's worth, I</div><div 
style="margin:0in 0in 
0.0001pt;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">&gt; can provide
 space for a couple dozen people to code (in a sunny,</div><div 
style="margin:0in 0in 
0.0001pt;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">&gt; 
climate-controlled room) near Washington, DC.</div><div 
style="margin:0in 0in 
0.0001pt;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">&gt; </div><div 
style="margin:0in 0in 
0.0001pt;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">&gt; —George</div><div
 style="margin:0in 0in 
0.0001pt;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">&gt; </div><div 
style="margin:0in 0in 
0.0001pt;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">&gt; "I used to 
think that the brain was the most important organ in</div><div 
style="margin:0in 0in 
0.0001pt;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">&gt; body.  Then
 I realized who was telling me this..." - Emo Phillips</div><div 
style="margin:0in 0in 
0.0001pt;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">&gt; </div><div 
style="margin:0in 0in 
0.0001pt;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">&gt; </div><div 
style="margin:0in 0in 
0.0001pt;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">&gt;</div><div 
style="margin:0in 0in 
0.0001pt;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">&gt; </div><p 
style="margin:0in 0in 
0.0001pt;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"> </p><p 
style="margin:0in 0in 
0.0001pt;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"> </p><p 
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