[raleigh.rb] Tonight's Meeting

[TJ Stankus]

Congrats!! See you next month.

-TJ

--- Nathaniel Talbott <nathaniel at talbott.ws> wrote:

> The baby that I was expecting to arrive 2-3 weeks ago decided that  
> this morning would be a great time to come, so while I always enjoy  
> the meetup, this month I'm not going to be able to make it. Oh, and  
> thanks for asking, mother and baby are doing *great*.
> 
> Now, while I'm the ostensible organizer, you've probably noticed that  
> my role is pretty light on formality, so if you're planning on being  
> there tonight - don't despair! I'll give you a quick outline of what  
> I had planned, and ya'll can either use it to run the meeting, or you  
> can throw it out the window and just have fun talking about Ruby.  
> That's the goal anyhow, right?
> 
> Here's what I had planned:
> 
> - Introductions
>      Figure out each others names and contexts
> - Q&A
>      Try to help each other out
> - Announcements
>      Got work? Need work? Planning a Raleigh.rb coup? Let everyone know.
> - Code Katas
>    - Fun little coding problems that should be approachable in an  
> hour or two.
>      I would suggest everyone pick one, perhaps pair (everyone may  
> not have a
>      laptop), work on them for a while, and make sure to leave some  
> time to
>      discuss the results.
>    - http://blogs.pragprog.com/cgi-bin/pragdave.cgi/Practices/Kata/ 
> KataSix.rdoc
>    - http://blogs.pragprog.com/cgi-bin/pragdave.cgi/Practices/Kata/ 
> KataFourteen.rdoc
>    - http://blogs.pragprog.com/cgi-bin/pragdave.cgi/Practices/Kata/ 
> KataTwentyOne.rdoc
> 
> Again, this is just a suggestion - feel free to take the meeting in a  
> different direction. As I told my wife - "They're all adults, they  
> can self-organize." Her response? "They just like to get together and  
> talk geek anyhow!" So get together and have a great time talking  
> geek, and I'll see everyone next month.
> 
> Also, if anyone has any questions I can answer, I'll be keeping an  
> eye on my email for the next few hours in between holding a cute  
> little baby boy.
> 
> Have fun!
> 
> 
> --
> Nathaniel Talbott
> 
> <:((><
> 
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