Re: ANN: State of Clojure 2014 Survey - please contribute!!

2014-10-14 Thread Bridget
, and I would like for them to be visible. I just ran through who I follow on Twitter, and I counted 13 women (including me) who get paid to write Clojure. So we are out there. Bridget On Tuesday, October 14, 2014 8:50:37 AM UTC-4, Rick Moynihan wrote: > > On 13 October 2014 22:05, Alex

Re: [PSA] Clojars scp disabled until further notice

2014-10-08 Thread Bridget
nt to take this opportunity to say, yet again - because it can't be said enough - THANK YOU to Nelson (and Phil, of course!) for all of the hard - and unpaid - work that you put into Clojars. I hope that some sponsors can step forward to say thank you in a more concrete way. Bridget -

Clojure/conj Opportunity Grants

2014-09-15 Thread Bridget
Hi all. Just a reminder: Clojure/conj is offering Opportunity Grants to help community members who cannot otherwise afford to attend the conference. More info is here: http://clojure-conj.org/grants Bridget -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups

Re: Office Hour Requests

2014-09-15 Thread Bridget
Hi Tim. There was some talk a while back about an organized Clojure office hours effort, but it seems to have gone quiet for now. I don't have time right now, but I am still interested in helping move something like that forward. I hope someone is able to help you out. Bridget On S

Re: Joy of Clojure question

2014-05-13 Thread Bridget
\3 is a character literal, so you're looking up the character 3. You're looking it up in a collection which is a string. Count from the first position, 0, a colon, then 1, the letter a, and so on. 3 is at the 13th position. On Tuesday, May 13, 2014 9:44:38 PM UTC-4, gamma235 wrote: > > I am rea

Re: Clojure Office Hours - Experience Report and Future Plans

2014-04-28 Thread Bridget
Hi Leif. I think this is a great idea. I volunteer to do some office hours for beginners. It would be great if some folks who have put on ClojureBridge could help pitch in an hour or two of office hours. ClojureBridge workshop attendees would be a great audience for this. Bridget On Thursday

Re: Clojure Office Hours

2014-04-22 Thread Bridget
Thanks, Leif, for offering these office hours. I just wrapped up my office hour with Leif. We chatted about Clojure community and open source project stuff, as that is what I needed help with, and he was very helpful in brainstorming ideas. If he offers office hours again, I'd recommend it high

Re: Helping newcomers get involved in Clojure projects

2014-04-14 Thread Bridget
e more time in a couple of weeks. Anyone available to team up? I think Marcus' suggestion to put up a web page/wiki to start the ball rolling would be great. Bridget On Monday, April 14, 2014 9:51:36 AM UTC-4, Leif wrote: > > Below is a list of the top 1,000 clojure projects (by star

Re: Helping newcomers get involved in Clojure projects

2014-01-29 Thread Bridget
On Monday, January 27, 2014 9:35:17 AM UTC-5, Michael Klishin wrote: > > Bridget: >> >> Are there any other Clojure projects that are doing this? >> > > Some ClojureWerkz [1] projects do, and eventually all key ones will. > > 1. http://clojurewerkz.org > &g

Re: Helping newcomers get involved in Clojure projects

2014-01-27 Thread Bridget
quot;virtual hackathon" > sessions which let people work together? I went to a hackathon this > weekend and it seems like a great way to learn. > > Thanks, > Marcus > > Marcus Blankenship > 541-805-2736 > > On Jan 25, 2014, at 11:24 AM, Mimmo Cosenza >

Re: Helping newcomers get involved in Clojure projects

2014-01-27 Thread Bridget
On Saturday, January 25, 2014 2:13:35 PM UTC-5, Jarrod Swart wrote: > > I have been spending a lot of time thinking about the Clojure newcomer >> perspective lately, and I'd like to work on some things that help smooth >> that path. > > > I've been thinking about this as well, and I would love to

Helping newcomers get involved in Clojure projects

2014-01-25 Thread Bridget
oing this? Would you like to do this with your project? If so, I can try to help. I have been spending a lot of time thinking about the Clojure newcomer perspective lately, and I'd like to work on some things that help smooth that path. Bridget -- -- You received this message because y