Re: [activities] Re: [SLUG-ANNOUNCE] Re: SLUG monthly meeting: 29 October 2010

James Polley <[email protected]> Wed, 27 Oct 2010 22:17:41 +1100
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On Tue, Oct 26, 2010 at 1:18 PM, Nick Sewell <[email protected]> wrote:
> James,
>
> Are you recording the talk? I've got existing arrangements.

We plan to; we've been recording most talks, but haven't had much
success in getting them online.

>
> I use rails at work, but I'd be interested to know how the talk goes. SLUG
> seems to have had issues holding talks appropriate for a broad audience

Could you elaborate on what you mean here? I started to respond, but I
think I'm twisting your words to suit my own insecurities and
responding to those, rather than responding to what you meant.

>
> I'd be interested to come and listen or talk some time in future if the
> dates work.
>
> Regards,
> Nick
>
> On Tue, Oct 26, 2010 at 11:29 AM, James Polley <[email protected]>
> wrote:
>>
>> This meeting is only a few days away. Please remember to sign up at
>> http://slug.eventbrite.com if you're attending - unless we see some
>> more signups today, we'll only be ordering catering for 5 people.
>>
>> We still have one lightning talk slot available - you can claim it at
>> http://wiki.slug.org.au/october2010lightningtalks
>>
>> See you Friday!
>>
>> On Sat, Oct 9, 2010 at 9:36 AM, James Polley <[email protected]>
>> wrote:
>> > ====== October 2010 SLUG Meeting ======
>> >
>> > ====Location====
>> > Google Sydney - 48 Pirrama Road, Pyrmont
>> >
>> > ====Summary====
>> >  * Date: Friday October 29 2010
>> >  * Start time: Arrive at 6pm for a 6:30pm start
>> >  * Format: Main talk, preceded by social lightning talks
>> >  * == RSVP at [[http://slug.eventbrite.com]] ==
>> >  * Suggest or sign up for a talk on the wiki[1]
>> >
>> >
>> > ==== Details ====
>> > This month we will have one main talk, preceded by some time for
>> > socialisation and lightning talks. To keep the meeting short, we're
>> > only asking for two talks, of a 5-7 minute duration. If you are
>> > interested in talking, please sign up below.
>> >
>> > Don't think you can give a talk, but have an idea for a talk you'd
>> > like to see? Add it to the **Talks I'd like to see** on the wiki page
>> > [1]
>> >
>> > === Main Talk ===
>> >
>> > Chris Collins will be giving a talk on Rails 3 [2], covering the
>> > differences between Rails 2.x and Rails 3.0 (and possibly more).
>> >
>> > Rails (more fully,  Ruby on Rails) is one of the most popular web
>> > frameworks amongst the hip Web2.0/Agile Development crowd; the upgrade
>> > to 3.0 is a major step forward, as it sees Rails merging with another
>> > popular framework, Merb.
>> >
>> > === Lightning Talks ===
>> > See the wiki[1] for details of lightning talks, or to suggest or offer
>> > for a talk.
>> >
>> >
>> > === Afterwards ===
>> >
>> > As with September, we'll be aiming to finish by 8 and will be heading
>> > to the Pyrmont Bridge Hotel afterwards.
>> >
>> >
>> > [1] http://wiki.slug.org.au/october2010lightningtalks
>> > [2] http://rubyonrails.org/
>> >
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