[Dev] Reading Circle

[Brent Verner]

[2002-02-14 20:33] prhodes@vdsinc.com said:
| 
| Cool.. so far it looks like we have at least some interest from at least:
| 
| myself
| Mike Mueller
| Brent Verner
| Matthew Todd
| John Davis
| 
| as well as a co-worker of mine, and a guy I go to school with.  That makes,
| uhhh, 7.  That seems like a sufficient number to me.
| I guess the next step is to settle on three key things: location, date(s)
| and time.  We might also need to take our discussion offline
| since I'm not *sure* this is technically on-topic for this list.  It's
| about development, granted.. but there's nothing Linux specific
| about Design Patterns...
| 
| Course, I guess we could argue that it's on topic, because our next book
| might be "GNU C++ for Linux" or something. :-)

I'd keep the discussion here until someone decides it's unacceptable.
IMO, until the discussion is /not applicable/ to development under
linux, it /is/ suitable for this list.

It would be nice to keep any communication in the open for those
who might not be able to make the in-person discussions.

| Anyway;...  what do you all want to do about date, time and location?  As
| far as date(s) go, I'm pretty much limited
| to weekends, because I have class at Wake Tech, Monday thru Friday.  So,
| Sat. or Sun is my only real option.
| I don't really have a preference.  Whatever everybody else wants, is good
| with me....

same here, except that Sunday night I usually get sucked into preparing
for the week-ahead's work, so my "free" time is generally from Saturday
afternoon to Sunday evening.  That said, this weekend is already 
committed to upgrading a couple of intranet servers at work :-(

| Location isn't a big deal to me... I'll happily drive a decent distance, to
| make our meeting point somewhere
| central for everyone.  I figure we have a few choices for meeting place:
| somebody's house, somebody's office,
| a public place like a library or bookstore, or, uhmm... well, that's about
| it I guess.  Anybody got any suggestions
| or want to volunteer a spot?

I can (most likely) get a nice conference room in the building I work
in; very near the intersection of Hillsborough St and the beltline
We could adjourn to East Village for some refreshments -- great 
sandwiches and libations (if you're so inclined).  The conference
room has a projection screen that can be hooked up to a laptop
if we need it.

| Time isn't really an issue for me either, except I'm not much of a morning
| person. So,  I hope not too many
| people want to meet too awfully early....  I especially like to sleep in on
| Saturday. :-)

Saturday morning is my been-hacking-fun-stuff-all-friday-night recovery
period.

cheers.
  brent

-- 
"Develop your talent, man, and leave the world something. Records are 
really gifts from people. To think that an artist would love you enough
to share his music with anyone is a beautiful thing."  -- Duane Allman