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[toronto-lisp] Meeting Location
by Golden Oracle 20 Nov '12

20 Nov '12

Either location is fine with me, however that said if Bento Miso can host a larger group....then I vote for "Bento Miso". Regards Mark Rohn

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Re: [toronto-lisp] toronto-lisp Digest, Vol 57, Issue 6
by Paul Iannazzo 20 Nov '12

20 Nov '12

bento miso please! :) it's possible that we could merge the haskell group (with their interest) with the lisp group. bento miso holds tech/programming/math focused events and is probably a better place for this group. One of the people managing bento miso (dann) has also attended this group's meetings. ~~ Paul Joseph Iannazzo. On Tue, Nov 20, 2012 at 3:00 PM, <toronto-lisp-request(a)common-lisp.net>wrote: > 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. Meeting December 4th? (Andrey Paramonov) > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > Message: 1 > Date: Tue, 20 Nov 2012 13:39:20 -0500 > From: Andrey Paramonov <andrey.paramonov(a)gmail.com> > To: toronto-lisp(a)common-lisp.net > Subject: [toronto-lisp] Meeting December 4th? > Message-ID: > <CAA88jGZUkcgP7Apna+Cc=G0FBAX2W0EfgeXO+= > Zfpun2S6o3zQ(a)mail.gmail.com> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 > > Hey guys, > > Do we have a place for the next meeting? > > Cheers, > Andrey > > > > ------------------------------ > > _______________________________________________ > toronto-lisp mailing list > toronto-lisp(a)common-lisp.net > http://lists.common-lisp.net/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/toronto-lisp > > > End of toronto-lisp Digest, Vol 57, Issue 6 > ******************************************* >

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[toronto-lisp] Meeting December 4th?
by Andrey Paramonov 20 Nov '12

20 Nov '12

Hey guys, Do we have a place for the next meeting? Cheers, Andrey

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[toronto-lisp] ANN: clojure-power
by Andrey Paramonov 18 Nov '12

18 Nov '12

Hello everyone, There is a new Google Group started yesterday, called clojure-power (http://bit.ly/T1ehqO) The goal of the group is sharing ideas between various Clojure user groups world wide, promoting Clojure, and making user group meetings more interesting and fun. We can probably borrow some ideas and try them in our group. https://groups.google.com/d/msg/clojure-power/gz8Yy-6_Ogk/Yv_XOT7PwNYJ Cheers, Andrey

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[toronto-lisp] FogBugz/emacs user?
by Rudolf 12 Nov '12

12 Nov '12

I started working on a mode to interface to emacs with FogBugz. In particular I want a nice org-mode file generated with it.<https://github.com/omouse/fogbugz-mode> FogBugz is a bug/issue tracker, we're using it at work and it isn't too bad. I'm coding a server that mocks the API of FogBugz so that testing the interface is much quicker (also because I have no internet at home at the moment and it's really hard to test a web API without internet) The mock server uses Common Lisp: https://github.com/omouse/fogbugz-mode/blob/master/mock-fogbugz.lisp -Rudolf O.

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[toronto-lisp] mailing list
by Paul Tarvydas 09 Nov '12

09 Nov '12

Rudolf has recovered the toronto-lisp mailing list. We won't need to switch lists. Thanks pt

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[toronto-lisp] Venue for Tuesday
by Leo Zovic 05 Nov '12

05 Nov '12

Not sure if this has been sent out already, but just in case. Based on feedback from people who have voiced their opinions thus far, it looks like we're back at Wave for the week coming up. Regular time (6:00pm to 8:00pm) on Tuesday at Wave Accounting; http://goo.gl/maps/fm4id I probably won't be there, so it would be useful if one of the attendees volunteered to take notes. -Leo

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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 21 Oct '12

21 Oct '12

Wave works for me too.

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