[Vanhackspace] July 9: Intro to Relational Databases at VHS

[gregor jahn]

never mind...

2009/7/9 gregor jahn <gregor.jahn at gmail.com>:
> damn, i missed it!
> gregor
>
> 2009/7/8 Julian Rendell <juliangrendell at gmail.com>:
>> Excellent! Hope to be there tomorrow!
>> Julian
>>
>> Sent from my Nokia phone
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: Luke Closs
>> Sent:  07-08-2009 12:50:47 AM
>> Subject:  Re: [Vanhackspace] July 9: Intro to Relational Databases at VHS
>>
>> On Tue, Jul 7, 2009 at 11:56 PM, Julian Rendell<juliangrendell at gmail.com> wrote:
>>> Hi Jeff-
>>> this Thursday's talk sounds like a great topic!
>>> However I was hoping to met a friend there so we could both find out a
>>> little more about VHS and the space, and also to hack on a new hobby project
>>> we're working on (http://code.google.com/p/sustainable-food-search/ -
>>> starting with Seafood, using Freebase.)  Yes there's very little there,
>>> hence we're looking for a somewhere we can sit down, have network access,
>>> and hack-away.  We'd love to include others, though at the moment we're
>>> still trying to work out the basics.
>>> Although neither of us are members, we'd rather come on an open night and
>>> donate $5 each and support VHS than spend it at a local cafe.
>>
>> I can't speak for all of the VHS, but from my perspective: Awesome!
>>
>>> So a couple of questions:
>>> 1. is this in line with VHS vision?
>>
>> In my mind, yes.  I think we basically want projects that are done
>> "openly".  This has several properties to me:
>> * Socially open - sharing what your project is about, being social at the space
>> * Creatively open - we share our projects and ideas, so please leave
>> your @work_secrets at home
>> * Open licensing - work and ideas created at the VHS should be
>> released under an OSI approved license.
>>
>>> 2. could we physically do this in the VHS space?  i.e. is there somewhere we
>>> can quietly chat and not be disturbing the presentation/other hackers?
>>
>>
>> Usually people arrive before 7pm and then shortly after we start with
>> an agenda and then jump into the tutorial or presentation.  Usually
>> this is about an hour of group time, and then we usually descend into
>> various projects.  Having said that, members are known to work on
>> projects unrelated to the presentation.
>>
>> You'll have to come down and check out the space - pop into IRC to see
>> if people are around.  But it's very possible you could pull up some
>> chairs into the stairway plateau area even, or by the window to work
>> on your project.
>>
>> But in short, we really want to make the best use of this space.  To
>> people in your situation, I think I can summarize as:
>>
>>  Please come and bring your awesome projects and energy.
>>
>> Cheers,
>> Luke
>>
>> P.S. - We really could use a VHS Guestbook to help track trends.  If
>> anyone wants to buy one or even better make one for VHS we would
>> appreciate the gift.
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