From grand-rapids-pm-list at pm.org Thu May 5 12:15:18 2011 From: grand-rapids-pm-list at pm.org (grand-rapids-pm-list at pm.org) Date: Thu, 05 May 2011 15:15:18 -0400 Subject: [grand-rapids-pm-list] Coming soon, Kata 4 to a GRPM event near you. Message-ID: I will have an official call for RSVP tomorrow but I know some of you are on digest and like a little early warning: The next GRPM event will be at "The Factory" (http://workthefactory.com/) on Monday May 9 at 11:30am We will be working though Prag Dave's Kata #4 (http://codekata.pragprog.com/2007/01/kata_four_data_.html) The format will be something like: Eat, then pair off and work through a first itiration for about ten to fifteen minutes, then talk about it for five minutes and pair off again then talk until there are no people left to talk to. Please bring a laptop if you have one available. Feel free to start emailing to dave at hopasaurus.com if you are planning on attending or have any questions. I will have directions and more details tomorrow. Have a great day, David Hoppe From grand-rapids-pm-list at pm.org Fri May 6 06:38:28 2011 From: grand-rapids-pm-list at pm.org (grand-rapids-pm-list at pm.org) Date: Fri, 06 May 2011 09:38:28 -0400 Subject: [grand-rapids-pm-list] Grand Rapids Perl Mongers - Monday May 9th Message-ID: When:Monday May 9th at 11:30am Where: "The Factory" - 38 West Fulton Suite 320 What: Free food, Pizza and Pop, sponsored by Hopasaurus. After a time to eat and catch up, we will be participating in a group coding Kata, transforming "The Factory" into coding dojo.The Kata practiced will be doing PragDave's Kata number 4, it may be helpful to practice, but not required.Please bring laptop if you have one available.We will be practicing in pairs so do not worry if you have no laptop. A link to the Kata details: http://codekata.pragprog.com/2007/01/kata_four_data_.html I would like to get two 15 minute iterations with a short time to discuss between iterations. We do want to wrap up in time for people to get back to work so the schedule will be tuned accordingly. Please RSVP with your pizza and pop preferences and number attending to dave at hopasaurus.com For more information on "The Factory" see http://workthefactory.com/ Other area events of interest: Grand Rapids Software Testers: May 9th at 6:30pm http://groups.google.com/group/gr-testers GrWebDev will meet with the topic of "Mobile Web Development" on Monday, May 23rd at 5:45pm http://www.meetup.com/grwebdev/ or http://grwebdev.org/ Any questions?Please email me at dave at hopasaurus.com Have a great day! David Hoppe Parking information: http://maps.google.com/maps/ms?ie=UTF8&msa=0&msid=104272895292631458975.0004 75af35ad5dcb8a90f&ll=42.962547,-85.672116&spn=0.008982,0.011973&z=16 same but tiny: http://tinyurl.com/yeg5u7l "Monroe Center 2 Ramp" looks good if you are just coming for the meeting, the lot between Ottawa, Ionia, Louis and Monroe center features first hour free and $1.00 per half hours after however there is no daily max.See the link above for more options and directions. "Arena Area Lot 3" looks great for all day with a $3.00 daily max.Expect it to fill up quick it is located near Fulton and Weston. This lot may be restricted to "Card Access" May be card only The "Ottawa & Fulton Ramp" between Ottawa, Ionia, Fulton and Louis seems good if you will be there all day and the Arena Lot 3 is full ($9.00 max). There is metered parking conveniently located too, I will survey the landscape early Monday gathering details on location and fees. Hopefully this helps, but I usually end up circling around several times, get irritated and find the next thing I see. From grand-rapids-pm-list at pm.org Mon May 9 07:10:41 2011 From: grand-rapids-pm-list at pm.org (grand-rapids-pm-list at pm.org) Date: Mon, 09 May 2011 10:10:41 -0400 Subject: [grand-rapids-pm-list] Grand Rapids Perl Mongers - Monday May 9th In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: Less than two hours to go. If you are planning on attending and have not yet, please let me know so I can get enough pizza. I have Mountain Dew, Pepsi and Coke Zero on hand, there is a vending machine onsite too. Have a great day, David On 5/6/2011 9:38 AM, grand-rapids-pm-list at pm.org wrote: > When:Monday May 9th at 11:30am > > Where: "The Factory" - 38 West Fulton Suite 320 > > What: > > Free food, Pizza and Pop, sponsored by Hopasaurus. > > After a time to eat and catch up, we will be participating in a group > coding Kata, transforming "The Factory" into coding dojo.The Kata > practiced will be doing PragDave's Kata number 4, it may be helpful to > practice, but not required.Please bring laptop if you have one > available.We will be practicing in pairs so do not worry if you have > no laptop. > > A link to the Kata details: > > http://codekata.pragprog.com/2007/01/kata_four_data_.html > > I would like to get two 15 minute iterations with a short time to > discuss between iterations. We do want to wrap up in time for people > to get back to work so the schedule will be tuned accordingly. > > Please RSVP with your pizza and pop preferences and number attending > to dave at hopasaurus.com > > For more information on "The Factory" see http://workthefactory.com/ > > Other area events of interest: > > Grand Rapids Software Testers: May 9th at 6:30pm > > http://groups.google.com/group/gr-testers > > GrWebDev will meet with the topic of "Mobile Web Development" on > Monday, May 23rd at 5:45pm > > http://www.meetup.com/grwebdev/ or http://grwebdev.org/ > > > > > > Any questions?Please email me at dave at hopasaurus.com > > > Have a great day! > > David Hoppe > > > Parking information: > > http://maps.google.com/maps/ms?ie=UTF8&msa=0&msid=104272895292631458975.0004 > 75af35ad5dcb8a90f&ll=42.962547,-85.672116&spn=0.008982,0.011973&z=16 > > > same but tiny: http://tinyurl.com/yeg5u7l > > "Monroe Center 2 Ramp" looks good if you are just coming for the > meeting, the lot between Ottawa, Ionia, Louis and Monroe center > features first hour free and $1.00 per half hours after however there > is no daily max.See the link above for more options and directions. > > "Arena Area Lot 3" looks great for all day with a $3.00 daily > max.Expect it to fill up quick it is located near Fulton and Weston. > This lot may be restricted to "Card Access" > > May be card only The "Ottawa & Fulton Ramp" between Ottawa, Ionia, > Fulton and Louis seems good if you will be there all day and the Arena > Lot 3 is full ($9.00 max). > > There is metered parking conveniently located too, I will survey the > landscape early Monday gathering details on location and fees. > > Hopefully this helps, but I usually end up circling around several > times, get irritated and find the next thing I see. > > > > > _______________________________________________ > grand-rapids-pm-list mailing list > grand-rapids-pm-list at pm.org > http://mail.pm.org/mailman/listinfo/grand-rapids-pm-list > >