Phoenix.pm: Tempe/East Vally PerlMongers Approved.

[Tran Forsythe]

Hmm.. unoficially speaking, where I work we do a simultaneous conference
call and Internet-based slideshow (well, it's more complicated than that,
but you get the idea).  'Course, if that means local long-distance for
people in the outskirts, that's not such a hot idea I suppose.  Anyone know
if they've instituted that here yet?

-Kurt

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "intertwingled" <intertwingled at qwest.net>
To: <phoenix-pm-list at happyfunball.pm.org>
Sent: Saturday, November 15, 2003 12:37 PM
Subject: Re: Phoenix.pm: Tempe/East Vally PerlMongers Approved.


> We've tried a meeting on internet relay chat.  Worked out rather well,
> from what I heard:  Although I "attended" my client was idle because I
> had to drive my mom to urgent care that afternoon.
>
> Tony
>
> Chris Krum wrote:
>
> >>Re: people not returning, there are a lot of people we've seen
> >>once that are probably lurking on the list. I'm sure it is nothing
> >>personal, just that a bunch of middle aged white guys sitting
> >>around a conferance table ain't their idea of a good time =)
> >>
> >>
> >
> >Hey, what's wrong with a "bunch of middle aged white guys sitting
> >around a conferance table"? I rather enjoyed my one visit. (Pardon me
while
> >I scratch my Fuzzy Logic.) My problem is that I usually don't catch up
with
> >my e-mail until the weekend so I finally hear about the Thursday meeting
on
> >the Saturday after it's over. (Plus, during the summer I was riding the
bus
> >because my beat up old bug doesn't have air conditioning.)
> >
> >Would a virtual meeting of some kind work?
> >
> >----- Original Message -----
> >From: "Scott Walters" <scott at illogics.org>
> >To: "Douglas E. Miles" <doug at phoenixinternet.com>
> >Cc: <phoenix-pm-list at happyfunball.pm.org>
> >Sent: Thursday, November 13, 2003 10:41 PM
> >Subject: Re: Phoenix.pm: Tempe/East Vally PerlMongers Approved.
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >>Hey.
> >>
> >>Re: people not returning, there are a lot of people we've seen
> >>once that are probably lurking on the list. I'm sure it is nothing
> >>personal, just that a bunch of middle aged white guys sitting
> >>around a conferance table ain't their idea of a good time =)
> >>
> >>Re: Pablo and McAllester, McAllester and Goldfrab ran and
> >>run Contact Designs, whom I worked for quite a while. Before
> >>I signed on there, they did a deal with Pablo - I don't know
> >>the details - for "dosomething.org". I'm told it i a school
> >>related site for getting kids involved (in something, I
> >>don't know what, presumably not drugs and violence). They
> >>did it in mod_perl, as their first mod_perl site (having
> >>a persistant mod_perl fetish lasting through my stay there)
> >>and they, well, botched it. They asked for a lot of money
> >>and didn't deliver. Pablo and McAllester were mutually
> >>afraid of what the other would think of them, or something
> >>like that, the way I hear it. I don't think it was bad blood,
> >>just discomfort.
> >>
> >>Pablo was a nice guy. I miss seeing him around. McAllester
> >>finally gave up on development after running the guantlet
> >>of frustrations associated with it and as far as I know
> >>they just sell already written software, application
> >>service provider style. They found another cart that
> >>was less powerful and less flexible than mine but had a
> >>nice admin for setting up new stores and just tell clients
> >>now days that they can't have the things they want rather
> >>than quoting them a price and trying to deliver. There is
> >>something to be said for that, IMHO. Most attempts to write
> >>software are misguided, unless the only purpose is education.
> >>
> >>Re: moving the meetings around the valley, we were talking
> >>about doing that at one point but, uh, never quite got around to it.
> >>
> >>-scott
> >>
> >>On  0, "Douglas E. Miles" <doug at phoenixinternet.com> wrote:
> >>
> >>
> >>>Scott Walters wrote:
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>>Hi other Scott,
> >>>>
> >>>>No, nothing like that. Phoenix PM is nothing worth fighting over ;)
> >>>>
> >>>>On the other hand, people have failed to return. That's far more
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >common.
> >
> >
> >>>>Not because they were mad at someone, as far as I know, but because
> >>>>something uncomfortable happened. Mcallester and Pablo come to
> >>>>mind. But even then, that's fairly rare.
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>>Hey, what's up with that?  I'm always the last to know.  What happened
> >>>to Pablo?  I don't remember McAllester.  (No offense if you're out
> >>>there.  I just have a bad memory.)  Reply off list if you'd rather.
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>>We're all pretty tolerent. All you have to do is keep your hands
> >>>>to yourself when asked to do.
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>>>
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