Wanted: Lightning Talks MC

2014-01-17 Thread Rich Bowen
Wanted: MC for the ApacheCon Lightning talks. You should be loud, funny, and confident, and love working the crowd. If you've attended the lightning talks in the past, you know how they go. You probably also notice the difference between when Fitz and Fred did it, and when I did it. We're look

Re: New Committer Orientation

2014-01-17 Thread Noah Slater
I'll hit you up if I'm going. I'll ask work. If you're ever in Berlin, let me know. :) On 17 January 2014 15:05, Rich Bowen wrote: > Somehow I managed to post this message twice. There's lots of info and > discussion in the *other* thread about this. But, in general, what Ross > said. :) > > Spea

Re: New Committer Orientation

2014-01-17 Thread Rich Bowen
Somehow I managed to post this message twice. There's lots of info and discussion in the *other* thread about this. But, in general, what Ross said. :) Speaking of which, FOSDEM, Jan 30-Feb 4. Come have a beer with me. :) --Rich On 01/15/2014 03:03 PM, Noah Slater wrote: party@? On 13 Janu

Re: New Committer Orientation

2014-01-17 Thread Noah Slater
Humbedooh just clarified that it is a non-archived list, which is why I couldn't find it on mail-archives. Thanks! On 17 January 2014 14:12, Noah Slater wrote: > How might I sign up for receiving such mails? > > On 17 January 2014 07:34, Ross Gardler wrote: >> party@ is used for syncing up with

Re: New Committer Orientation

2014-01-17 Thread Noah Slater
How might I sign up for receiving such mails? On 17 January 2014 07:34, Ross Gardler wrote: > party@ is used for syncing up with folks when travelling. Send a mail to > party@ with "I'll be in X on ..., want to meet up for dinner or beer or > something" and you will often find people to entertain

Re: Keynote idea: Revolutionizing Education

2014-01-17 Thread Bertrand Delacretaz
On Fri, Jan 17, 2014 at 7:33 AM, Ian Boston wrote: > ...Both Ross and I know through experience that Academia is a brutal > place where every thought and concept is fought over purely because it > exists, not because there is any value in it... If you replace "thought" with "line of code" that's