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Re: [toronto-lisp] toronto-lisp Digest, Vol 56, Issue 6
by Rajiv Abraham 31 Oct '12

31 Oct '12

Hi , I am one of the sheer number of people mentioned by Michael asking for functional programmers at code retreats. So please do come ! 2012/10/31 <toronto-lisp-request(a)common-lisp.net> > Send toronto-lisp mailing list submissions to > toronto-lisp(a)common-lisp.net > > To subscribe or unsubscribe via the World Wide Web, visit > http://lists.common-lisp.net/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/toronto-lisp > or, via email, send a message with subject or body 'help' to > toronto-lisp-request(a)common-lisp.net > > You can reach the person managing the list at > toronto-lisp-owner(a)common-lisp.net > > When replying, please edit your Subject line so it is more specific > than "Re: Contents of toronto-lisp digest..." > > > Today's Topics: > > 1. Global Day of Code Retreat Toronto Dec 8 (Michael DiBernardo) > 2. Re: Global Day of Code Retreat Toronto Dec 8 (Andrey Paramonov) > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > Message: 1 > Date: Wed, 31 Oct 2012 14:28:31 -0400 > From: Michael DiBernardo <mikedebo(a)gmail.com> > To: toronto lisp <toronto-lisp(a)common-lisp.net> > Subject: [toronto-lisp] Global Day of Code Retreat Toronto Dec 8 > Message-ID: <01182F1D-690E-43EE-A8EE-FAE2F0FEEE6B(a)gmail.com> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" > > Hi folks, > > I've been lurking in the group for a long time, although the last time I > attended a meetup was nigh-3-years ago. (You're all the reason I discovered > LinuxCaffe! Which is sort of bittersweet, now.) > > I'm writing because I'm co-organizing the Toronto edition of the Global > Day of Coderetreat (description below.) I've run many a Coderetreat, and > one of the fascinating things about it is the sheer number of people who > show up and say things like "I'd like to try solving this problem in > Lisp/Scala/Erlang/Clojure/Haskell/etc.". I'd love to have some people from > this group coming out to represent the functional crowd! > > I've pasted the announcement below -- I hope to see some of you there! > > -Mike > > == > > You are invited to attend the 2012 Global Day of Coderetreat (Toronto > chapter), sponsored by Guidewire and Polar Mobile! > > Where: Polar Mobile, 156 Front Street West, Suite 610 (5 min walk from > Union Station!) > When: Saturday, December 8th, 10am-6pm > Registration: http://guestli.st/130467 > Cost: FREE! > > What is CodeRetreat? > > Coderetreat is a day-long, intensive practice event, focusing on the > fundamentals of software development and design. > > Developers engage in focused practice in pairs, working on a single > problem for the whole day in 45 minute sprints. At the end of each sprint, > the entire group pauses for a collective retrospective and discusses the > lessons learned, before re-pairing with a new partner and starting from > scratch. > > This format accomplishes a couple of things: > - Pairing up with a new partner for each sprint exposes you to how other > developers work. > - Starting from scratch in every round removes the pressure of finishing > the exercise, and instead enables you to focus on moving outside of your > comfort zone with your design and implementation skills. > > Coderetreat is totally language- and technology-agnostic. If you feel like > using your "native" language all day long, that's up to you. If you'd like > to try a different language or technique each round, that's awesome too! > > What is the Global Day of Coderetreat? > > Global Day of Coderetreat is a world-wide event celebrating passion and > software craftsmanship. Last year, over 1800 passionate software developers > in 94 cities around the world spent the day practicing the craft of > software development using the coderetreat format. > > See http://globalday.coderetreat.org. > > The average CodeRetreat size last year was 15-20 attendees. We can do > better than that, Toronto! We've got room for 100 people at Polar Mobile's > spacious office, and we intend to fill it! > > What's for Lunch? > > We'll be serving a complimentary catered lunch, courtesy of our event > sponsor Guidewire! Guidewire's engineering culture upholds many of the same > tenets as CodeRetreat, and we're very happy to have them as a sponsor! > > About Guidewire > Guidewire is a rapidly growing software product development company with a > unique track record of 100% customer satisfaction. Voted #1 in the 25 > Best Tech Companies to Work For the past two years, they offer an > environment truly dedicated to mentorship, innovation, excellence, > improvement and fulfillment. > > Their commitment to Agile practices and product quality goes far beyond > scrum, test-driven development, pair-programming, test automation, and > continuous integration/delivery; it's in their company's DNA. Their teams > are autonomous, self-managing and empowered, having clear sense of purpose > and understanding of the value of their contributions. They foster a > culture based on collegiality, rationality and integrity - our core values > - and encourage process improvements and innovation to be driven bottom up. > > Guidewire is headquartered in Foster City, California, with offices in > Toronto, Beijing, Dublin, Hong Kong, London, Munich, Paris, Sydney, and > Tokyo. They are currently hiring software engineers with strong object > oriented and Java experience for their Toronto location. Please check them > out at www.guidewire.com! > >

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[toronto-lisp] Global Day of Code Retreat Toronto Dec 8
by Michael DiBernardo 31 Oct '12

31 Oct '12

Hi folks, I've been lurking in the group for a long time, although the last time I attended a meetup was nigh-3-years ago. (You're all the reason I discovered LinuxCaffe! Which is sort of bittersweet, now.) I'm writing because I'm co-organizing the Toronto edition of the Global Day of Coderetreat (description below.) I've run many a Coderetreat, and one of the fascinating things about it is the sheer number of people who show up and say things like "I'd like to try solving this problem in Lisp/Scala/Erlang/Clojure/Haskell/etc.". I'd love to have some people from this group coming out to represent the functional crowd! I've pasted the announcement below -- I hope to see some of you there! -Mike == You are invited to attend the 2012 Global Day of Coderetreat (Toronto chapter), sponsored by Guidewire and Polar Mobile! Where: Polar Mobile, 156 Front Street West, Suite 610 (5 min walk from Union Station!) When: Saturday, December 8th, 10am-6pm Registration: http://guestli.st/130467 Cost: FREE! What is CodeRetreat? Coderetreat is a day-long, intensive practice event, focusing on the fundamentals of software development and design. Developers engage in focused practice in pairs, working on a single problem for the whole day in 45 minute sprints. At the end of each sprint, the entire group pauses for a collective retrospective and discusses the lessons learned, before re-pairing with a new partner and starting from scratch. This format accomplishes a couple of things: - Pairing up with a new partner for each sprint exposes you to how other developers work. - Starting from scratch in every round removes the pressure of finishing the exercise, and instead enables you to focus on moving outside of your comfort zone with your design and implementation skills. Coderetreat is totally language- and technology-agnostic. If you feel like using your "native" language all day long, that's up to you. If you'd like to try a different language or technique each round, that's awesome too! What is the Global Day of Coderetreat? Global Day of Coderetreat is a world-wide event celebrating passion and software craftsmanship. Last year, over 1800 passionate software developers in 94 cities around the world spent the day practicing the craft of software development using the coderetreat format. See http://globalday.coderetreat.org. The average CodeRetreat size last year was 15-20 attendees. We can do better than that, Toronto! We've got room for 100 people at Polar Mobile's spacious office, and we intend to fill it! What's for Lunch? We'll be serving a complimentary catered lunch, courtesy of our event sponsor Guidewire! Guidewire's engineering culture upholds many of the same tenets as CodeRetreat, and we're very happy to have them as a sponsor! About Guidewire Guidewire is a rapidly growing software product development company with a unique track record of 100% customer satisfaction. Voted #1 in the 25 Best Tech Companies to Work For the past two years, they offer an environment truly dedicated to mentorship, innovation, excellence, improvement and fulfillment. Their commitment to Agile practices and product quality goes far beyond scrum, test-driven development, pair-programming, test automation, and continuous integration/delivery; it's in their company's DNA. Their teams are autonomous, self-managing and empowered, having clear sense of purpose and understanding of the value of their contributions. They foster a culture based on collegiality, rationality and integrity - our core values - and encourage process improvements and innovation to be driven bottom up. Guidewire is headquartered in Foster City, California, with offices in Toronto, Beijing, Dublin, Hong Kong, London, Munich, Paris, Sydney, and Tokyo. They are currently hiring software engineers with strong object oriented and Java experience for their Toronto location. Please check them out at www.guidewire.com!

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Re: [toronto-lisp] Venue for November
by Ravi Desai 20 Oct '12

20 Oct '12

Wave works for me too.

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[toronto-lisp] Venue for November
by Leo Zovic 18 Oct '12

18 Oct '12

>From Paul T: > We have two standing offers - wave accounting and bento. Wave had a large monitor that would accept laptop inputs. I couldn't attend the last meeting, but I believe bento has a big screen and projector. > If the meeting is at wave, we start at the usual 6pm, if at bento, 7pm. --------------- So that's the shape of it. Our choices are Bento Miso - West end (near Queen West and Strachan) - Has a projector, painted whiteboards everywhere and a huge space - Available 7pm or later (which means we'd be doing a 7 to 9 meeting rather than our standard 6 to 8) Wave Accounting - East end (near Queen East and Carlaw) - Has giant TV, very comfortable chairs and a medium space - Available at our usual meeting time Both are reachable by the Queen streetcar (you may still need to take a bus part-way to Wave because of construction). Make your voice heard: which do you prefer? I've got a vague preference for Wave just because they're much closer to where I work. Count me as a 1/4 vote since I very probably won't be at the November meeting (we're due on the 2nd). -Leo

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[toronto-lisp] Missed Meeting last month
by Golden Oracle 18 Oct '12

18 Oct '12

Leo I also missed last months meeting due to a business trip. I'm game for either location, although the Wave Accounting space was rather small. How was Bento Miso? Regards Mark

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[toronto-lisp] Next meeting?
by Jos'h Fuller 16 Oct '12

16 Oct '12

Hi! * Has the venue for the next meeting been decided? * Will there be a projector? Thanks! -- Jos'h Fuller * josh(a)cjmunday.com * 416-462-0168

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[toronto-lisp] Sorting network presentation
by doug 02 Oct '12

02 Oct '12

Here are the slides from my presentation: http://hoytech.github.com/sorting-networks/ Thanks to all who attended. Doug

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[toronto-lisp] Clojure Dojo
by Leo Zovic 02 Oct '12

02 Oct '12

Not sure if this had been announced already, but some people were surprised and/or intrigued when I mentioned it at tonight's meeting. http://www.meetup.com/Toronto-Coding-Dojo/events/calendar/ There is a randori-style coding dojo focused on learning about pair programming, TDD and Clojure. It happens (almost) every Wednesday at 5:30 at the 19th floor of the Toronto Star building at 1 Yonge. https://maps.google.com/maps?q=1+Yonge+St,+Toronto,+ON Tomorrow, we're going to take a look at the Dining Philosophers problem (and by extension, concurrency in Clojure). Check it out if it sounds interesting. -Leo

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[toronto-lisp] This Months meeting
by Golden Oracle 01 Oct '12

01 Oct '12

Where is the group meeting this Tuesday Oct 2,2012? Thanks Mark

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[toronto-lisp] Possible meeting topic
by doug 01 Oct '12

01 Oct '12

Since there's a projector, if there's interest I can give a (possibly abridged) talk "Introduction to Sorting Networks". Sorting networks are sorting algorithms where all steps are planned out ahead of time. They have applications in software performance, security, and hardware design. Doug

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