Leif, thanks for the great session today. Not only did I get a jump start on my next 4Clojure problems, but I learned some emacs as well! Very enjoyable, and I look forward to next week's session. THANK YOU!
All, if you're trying to get a jumpstart on Clojure, I highly recommend Leif's office hours. -Marcus On Apr 15, 2014, at 6:50 PM, Leif <leif.poor...@gmail.com> wrote: > @Jakub: Thanks for your kind words. I'm definitely no "industry hero," but I > hope Clojure devs of all levels start having more pair programming fun. > > @Tim: Clojurescript UI programming being way out of my comfort zone, I > learned quite a lot from you yesterday. So thank you. > > @Everyone: To clarify / reiterate: You do not need a plan, a project, or a > specific problem. If you want to work through Project Euler, 4clojure, > clojure-koans, the ClojureBridge materials, some other clojure tutorial, or > just play it by ear, I am happy to try it out. > > --Leif > > On Tuesday, April 15, 2014 8:00:17 AM UTC-4, frye wrote: > I just came from an office hours session, yesterday with Leif. > > This is good stuff guys, and a great way to learn and meet with other > developers. Highly recommended. > > > Thanks Leif > > Tim Washington > Interruptsoftware.com > > > On Tue, Apr 15, 2014 at 5:12 AM, Jakub Holy <jakub...@iterate.no> wrote: > Hi Leif, > > This is a great activity, thank you for contributing to the community this > way! > > Do not be surprise and discouraged by the fact that the interest seems low. I > have a similar experience - in my company we can consult with an "industry > hero" yet people use the opportunity seldom, presumably because of multiple > factors: they (wrongly) don't feel that they do not have something > important/interesting enough to bother him, they are little scared of talking > to and exposing themselves and their work to this experienced guy, and might > find it difficult to explain their challenge to an outsider and get an advice > within the limited time scope. On the other hand, those who dare to use the > opportunity benefit from it greatly. > > Good luck, Jakub > > > On Friday, April 11, 2014 4:13:18 AM UTC+2, Leif wrote: > Hmm... less interest than I'd expected, given recent posts. Maybe I should > rename the thread to "Free Clojure Consulting / Tutoring." Thaaaat's not > spammy. > > FYI, all bookings are automatically confirmed, so don't fret if I don't > instantly respond. > > @Tim: Sounds good! Of course, now I'll have to take some time this weekend > and try to actually understand Om. :) (or maybe ?o_0? ) > > --Leif > > On Thursday, April 10, 2014 9:56:37 AM UTC-4, frye wrote: > Sounds great. I just sent a request. > > Tim Washington > Interruptsoftware.com > > > On Thu, Apr 10, 2014 at 9:43 AM, Colin Fleming <colin.ma...@gmail.com> wrote: > Hi Leif, > > This sounds like a very interesting project, please report back and let us > know how it went! I'd be very interested to know. > > Cheers, > Colin > > > On 11 April 2014 00:53, Leif <leif.p...@gmail.com> wrote: > Hi, everybody. Inspired by the SF Bay Area clojure group, ClojureBridge, and > the great talks on community education from Clojure/West on youtube, I've > decided to try holding my own personal Clojure office hours (online). > > I am personally of the opinion that face-to-face interaction is superior, so > you may want to get your local user group to follow the Bay Area's lead. But > if you don't agree, or you don't live near such a user group, then read on. > > Borrowed from the Bay Area's posting: > "This is a [2-person] meetup for anyone who is working on a Clojure project > and wants to talk over their code or approach with an experienced Clojure > developer. > > Projects of all levels and complexity are welcome, anyone just getting > started in Clojure is encouraged to come in and talk through their first > Euler or 4Clojure problems." > > Disclaimer: This community being what it is, there may be projects of too > high a complexity for me, but I'll give it a shot. > > I'm going to try a test run of this for two weeks, and then I'll have to see > what state I'm in (mentally and geographically). If interested, you can book > at this link: > > https://leifpoorman.youcanbook.me/ > > Note: all the times are evening, US Eastern. That pretty much limits it to > the western hemisphere and any east asian friends that want to do some > morning hacking. Eastern hemisphere friends, make noise on this thread, and > maybe some brave European/Asian clojure developer will try something similar. > > Cheers, > Leif > > > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google > Groups "Clojure" group. > To post to this group, send email to clojure@googlegroups.com > Note that posts from new members are moderated - please be patient with your > first post. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > clojure+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/clojure?hl=en > --- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Clojure" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to clojure+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. 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