From robertfwest at gmail.com Thu Oct 16 21:31:39 2008 From: robertfwest at gmail.com (Rob West) Date: Fri, 17 Oct 2008 00:31:39 -0400 Subject: [Raleigh-talk] Fwd: [raleigh.rb] Erlang Hack Night - 10/22 In-Reply-To: <66459526-E9A8-42A4-8664-B922B3FE2014@hypotheticalabs.com> References: <66459526-E9A8-42A4-8664-B922B3FE2014@hypotheticalabs.com> Message-ID: This is the announcement of the Erlang hack night I mentioned at the PM meeting. ---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: Kevin A. Smith Date: Fri, Oct 10, 2008 at 7:55 AM Subject: [raleigh.rb] Erlang Hack Night - 10/22 To: "The mailing list of raleigh.rb" What: Erlang Hack Night When: 10/22, Starting around 7:00 PM Where: Carrboro Creative Coworking Why: Because all the cool kids are learning Erlang ;) Seriously, I'm really excited about this event! Brian Russell has graciously offered the use of CCC's facilities for the evening. If you've got an Erlang project you're hacking, feel free to bring it along. If you're new to Erlang I'll have some code exercises, or katas, we can work through to exercise those functional programming muscles. For the early birds, I'm thinking we could meet for food beforehand, say around 6:00-ish. I'm up for almost any of the retaurants close by, but I'm particularly partial to Carrburritos. --Kevin _______________________________________________ raleigh-rb-members mailing list raleigh-rb-members at rubyforge.org http://rubyforge.org/mailman/listinfo/raleigh-rb-members -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From robertfwest at gmail.com Mon Oct 20 14:24:18 2008 From: robertfwest at gmail.com (Rob West) Date: Mon, 20 Oct 2008 17:24:18 -0400 Subject: [Raleigh-talk] Fwd: Reminder: 21 Rubyists meet tomorrow. In-Reply-To: <1438178421.1224522927656.JavaMail.root@stage.meetup.com> References: <1438178421.1224522927656.JavaMail.root@stage.meetup.com> Message-ID: The local Ruby user group is having an interesting general programming topic this month. Details below: ---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: Meetup Reminder Date: Mon, Oct 20, 2008 at 1:15 PM Subject: Reminder: 21 Rubyists meet tomorrow. To: robertfwest at gmail.com [image: Meetup] Meetup Reminder The Raleigh-area Ruby Brigade (raleigh.rb) Your group has a Meetup tomorrow! You still need to RSVP. What The Raleigh-area Ruby Brigade October Meeting When Tuesday, October 21, 2008 7:00 PM Who At least 21 Rubyists. Where Red Hat Headquarters 1801 Varsity Dr Raleigh NC 27606 919-754-3700 x44308 RSVP Now YES MAYBE NO 21 Rubyists are attending, including? *see all * Meetup Description __Fear of Programming__ We developers spend a lot of time talking about how to improve technically at our craft, how to write better code, how to be more productive when we're writing code. But what about when we don't feel like coding? What about the emotions that often keep us from putting our fingers on the keyboard and working on that cool library we want to write or finishing up that cool side project we were so fired up about a few weeks ago? Maybe the reason we don't create more is that we're afraid. Afraid of not finishing, afraid of what others will say, afraid we won't know how to solve a problem, afraid that we're not working on the right thing. If creating code is even partly an act of artistry, then it's worth examining our emotional connection with what we're making. It might be time to start realizing that coding productivity is affected as much by our emotional outlook as it is by our technique. If "fear is the mind-killer", how do we overcome it? How do we get past our fear so we can create something amazing and have a blast doing it? Those are the questions that this talk aims to at least begin answering. (This talk is a preview of my upcoming RubyConf talk - please come out and help me polish it!) __About Nathaniel Talbott__ Wrote test/unit (no tomatoes please). Attended every RubyConf (obvious fanboy). Presented at every RubyConf (a bit compulsive). Founded Terralien (get paid for my passion). Afraid of programming (sometimes). Add *info at meetup.com* to your address book to receive all your Meetup emails. You are receiving this email because you are a member of The Raleigh-area Ruby Brigade (raleigh.rb). To manage your email settings, click here . Questions? You can email Meetup Support at: support at meetup.com Meetup Support, 632 Broadway, New York, NY 10012 USA -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: