[albany-pm] Tech meeting

[Mark Fowler]

Sounds like a good meeting, sorry to have missed it.

I actually was at the EGL on the first of this month, and the CDLUG was
going on at the same time as I was there.   I had my young children with me
at the time, so didn't have time to go into the room to say hi to anyone,
but it did look like a friendly group.

Mark.

On Tue, Sep 30, 2014 at 11:26 AM, Patrick Cronin <oshihuna at gmail.com> wrote:

> Great meeting last night. I got my first code review on a tiny script and
> the feedback was super useful. I always learn something new.
>
> A couple follow-ups:
>
> 1. "Ring", "Creaky door" and "Hey can ya hear me?" Did anyone
> "accidentally leave" an Eviltron on my bag at the meeting last night? I'm
> still trying to figure out how to turn it off. (Just wondering if you want
> it back.) I was lucky enough to recognize the sounds of the device after a
> while because I am also an owner, but it definitely caught me off guard
> this morning and took a while to figure out what was happening.
>
> 2. I like our meet up because I usually learn a lot, and it's never
> boring. In case you're interested, I've been to a couple other tech
> meetings in the area which have larger followings of tech minded people:
> a. Tech Valley Ruby Brigade <http://www.techvalleyrb.org> - 4th Wednesday
> of each month, 6 - 8:30PM, at Enable Labs in Troy. Food and drinks
> provided. Presentations are usually related to Ruby, sometimes lightning
> talks, sometimes project days. Attendees (usually 10-20 people) are all
> tech minded and range from 0 Ruby ability - expert Ruby ability. Nice
> community and some very smart people.
> b. Capital District Linux Users Group (CDLUG) <http://cdlug.net> -
> usually 1st Saturday of every month, 1-3PM, at East Greenbush Library. No
> food/drinks provided. More of a meet up than anything else, people come in,
> plug in, and work on their own projects (which range the gamut from
> software to hardware to homemade electronic peripherals), help with
> others', or just see what's going on. Attendees (usually 7-12 people) range
> the gamut on abilities, and you do not need to have a penguin patch on your
> bag to get in. Relaxed atmosphere. Active mailing list.
> c. Albany 2600 <http://albany2600.org> - First Friday of each month,
> usually meets at or around SUNY Albany from 6:00 PM - 8 or so. Meetup style
> meeting. 2600 advances the notion that "hackers" are people who are curious
> about how things work, and the term should not be applied to people who
> break into computer systems with malevolent intent. Historically, 2600 took
> its name from phreaking (phone "hacking" - building and using things like
> red boxes and blue boxes). 2600 currently concerns itself with governments'
> and individuals' use/abuse of technology within the realms of innovation,
> media treatment, espionage, and privacy (both domestic and abroad). The
> local meet up is attended by 10 or so people who are technically curious
> individuals who are hackers in the 2600 sense. The best way to find the
> meeting for the month is via their IRC channel.
>
> 3. Is anyone interested in doing a social meet up just before Halloween?
>
> -Pat
>
>
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