Pete - I also wish you could make it. The more the merrier. Where are you? Gentlemen, The Fests as Roland's were very interesting and fun. When I attended there it was without an agenda and few questions prior to arrival. I just watched and listened and LEARNED. Very useful time spent. The meetings at my shop were largely the same. I spent a little time one on one with a few people but mostly just learning by listening and talking. And having fun. These guys are all interesting intelligent people. Stuart
On Wed, Apr 3, 2013 at 3:14 PM, Pete Matos <[email protected]> wrote: > Honesty it sounds like my kind of scene, wish it was a little closer to my > area I would certainly attend. Peace > > Pete > > > > > On Wednesday, April 3, 2013, Chris Radek <[email protected]> wrote: > > On Wed, Apr 03, 2013 at 12:18:30PM -0500, Karl Schmidt wrote: > >> Is there a page for the show? > > > > Having been to a number of these fests over the years, I want to > > try to say what they are and aren't, so nobody travels and is > > disappointed. I'm not sure this is my place to do, but I'm bold > > enough to do it anyway. Of course I'm only speaking for me, and I'm > > not even the host, so take it as you will. > > > > Most of us developers don't live near each other, and so we like to > > get together in person every year or five to work on and discuss > > things that are easier in person. Also we like to get away from our > > normal day-to-day obligations and have some fun working on the > > software or some hardware it runs. > > > > Stuart has a bunch of machinery running LinuxCNC, and some more that > > should be, one of these days. One of his machines was the first > > dual-pid feedback (motor encoder and linear scale) systems we > > experimented with, another is a puma-style robot running genserkins > > that, um, mostly works. > > > > Fests before we had them at MPM were at Roland's (Cardinal), where > > we worked on a Mazak VMC. That was one of the first big machines > > running (the new at the time) EMC2; it used classicladder to run a > > tool changer, etc., and it was on that machine I developed and > > tested rigid tapping. At another fest at Roland's, Jeff implemented > > CSS on a test lathe. At all of the fests, we enjoyed a lot of > > BSing, pizza-eating, and argument about how the software should > > progress, and surprisingly-late-night hacking sessions. Those are > > some of the most productive times. > > > > Anyway, that's some history. In the past I've seen people > > disappointed when they show up not equipped to share and help (with > > the software, with a retrofit, with pulling some wires, ...) but > > expecting to go to presentations or classes, or to get extensive > > one-on-one tutoring. That's not to say that you can't show up > > hoping to learn (positively you should!), but be prepared to learn > > by jumping in and doing (or just watching), not by being tutored or > > by attending classes. There isn't a website for the fest because > > there's really no schedule and no classrooms and no presentations. > > You will notice there's also no entry fee! These things are > > related! > > > > I'm not sure what new things will come out of this fest, but I have > > high hopes and I'm really looking forward to it. I haven't seen > > most of the old folks for 3 years now, and I'm thrilled that I'm > > going to get to see some of the new folks too. > > > > Chris > > > > > > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > Minimize network downtime and maximize team effectiveness. > > Reduce network management and security costs.Learn how to hire > > the most talented Cisco Certified professionals. Visit the > > Employer Resources Portal > > http://www.cisco.com/web/learning/employer_resources/index.html > > _______________________________________________ > > Emc-users mailing list > > [email protected] > > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users > > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > Minimize network downtime and maximize team effectiveness. > Reduce network management and security costs.Learn how to hire > the most talented Cisco Certified professionals. Visit the > Employer Resources Portal > http://www.cisco.com/web/learning/employer_resources/index.html > _______________________________________________ > Emc-users mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users > -- dos centavos ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Minimize network downtime and maximize team effectiveness. Reduce network management and security costs.Learn how to hire the most talented Cisco Certified professionals. Visit the Employer Resources Portal http://www.cisco.com/web/learning/employer_resources/index.html _______________________________________________ Emc-users mailing list [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users
