Re: Clojure Office Hours

[Marcus Blankenship]

Thanks, Leif, I greatly enjoyed our first session and look forward to the next!

On Apr 10, 2014, at 5:53 AM, Leif  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
> 
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Marcus

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Re: Clojure Office Hours

[Colin Fleming]

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  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
>
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Re: Clojure Office Hours

[Timothy Washington]

Sounds great. I just sent a request.

Tim Washington
Interruptsoftware.com 


On Thu, Apr 10, 2014 at 9:43 AM, Colin Fleming
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  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
>>
>>

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Re: Clojure Office Hours

[Leif]

Hmm... less interest than I'd expected, given recent posts.  Maybe I should 
rename the thread to "Free Clojure Consulting / Tutoring."  Tht'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 
> 
> > 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 > 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
>>>
>>>
>

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Re: Clojure Office Hours

[Jakub Holy]

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."  
> Tht'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 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  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


>>

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Re: Clojure Office Hours

[Timothy Washington]

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  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."
>> Tht'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 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  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
>
>

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Re: Clojure Office Hours

[Leif]

@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 
> > 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."  
>>> Tht'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 
 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  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
>>
>>
>

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Re: Clojure Office Hours

[Marcus Blankenship]

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  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  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."  Tht'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  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  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
> 
> 
> 
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Re: Clojure Office Hours

[Miguel Ping]

Hey, the schedule's full! :\

On Wednesday, April 16, 2014 2:57:49 AM UTC+1, Marcus Blankenship wrote:
>
> 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 > 
> 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  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."  
 Tht'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 
> 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  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 
>>>

Re: Clojure Office Hours

[Leif]

@Miguel: There are somewhat subtle arrows on the sides for navigation.  
Thursday, April 24 is still open.  I will give a slot to you if you want 
one, just email me if the 24th is full when you check again.

@all: But yes, this round of office hours is almost over.  I will be in 
transit for at least a couple weeks in the beginning of May, but I will 
probably book some more hours when I become stationary again.  It will 
probably be more like 4 or 5 hours a week, though, not 8.

@all: Several poor souls from Europe are going to stay up until 2 a.m. for 
this, and people further east are probably just silent because the time 
difference is so large; So, I definitely think some European / African / 
Asian / Australian clojure devs' office hours would be popular.  It's fun, 
and you might find some people to hire, if that's your thing!

--Leif

On Thursday, April 17, 2014 10:43:50 AM UTC-4, Miguel Ping wrote:
>
> Hey, the schedule's full! :\
>
> On Wednesday, April 16, 2014 2:57:49 AM UTC+1, Marcus Blankenship wrote:
>>
>> 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  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  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."  
> Tht'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 > > 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  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.

 

Re: Clojure Office Hours

[Ulises]

Inspired by Leif's offer, I've decided to offer Clojure office hours as
well.

I'm based in the UK so I reckon the times will be more amenable to those in
Europe (not sure the times will be good for those in Asia unfortunately.)

Sadly the offer is limited to 1h a day, but hopefully it'll still be useful.

You can book me at https://ucb.youcanbook.me/

Cheers!


On 18 April 2014 03:03, Leif  wrote:

> @Miguel: There are somewhat subtle arrows on the sides for navigation.
> Thursday, April 24 is still open.  I will give a slot to you if you want
> one, just email me if the 24th is full when you check again.
>
> @all: But yes, this round of office hours is almost over.  I will be in
> transit for at least a couple weeks in the beginning of May, but I will
> probably book some more hours when I become stationary again.  It will
> probably be more like 4 or 5 hours a week, though, not 8.
>
> @all: Several poor souls from Europe are going to stay up until 2 a.m. for
> this, and people further east are probably just silent because the time
> difference is so large; So, I definitely think some European / African /
> Asian / Australian clojure devs' office hours would be popular.  It's fun,
> and you might find some people to hire, if that's your thing!
>
> --Leif
>
>
> On Thursday, April 17, 2014 10:43:50 AM UTC-4, Miguel Ping wrote:
>>
>> Hey, the schedule's full! :\
>>
>> On Wednesday, April 16, 2014 2:57:49 AM UTC+1, Marcus Blankenship wrote:
>>>
>>> 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  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 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."
>> Tht'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  wrote:

> Hi, everybody.  Inspired by the SF Bay Area clojure group,
>>>

Re: Clojure Office Hours

[Ulises]

Yikes! Got my first booking for Monday. That was quick!

one thing I forgot to mention is that I have no preferred way to do this. I
personally have emacs+cider set up, but I'm happy to work with your own set
up.

In the past I've used ScreenHero (not available for Linux unfortunately)
for screen sharing, as well as Google hangouts.

Once you've booked an appointment with me please email me privately to
arrange the pairing set up so that I can be ready for you :)

Cheers


On 18 April 2014 10:35, Ulises  wrote:

> Inspired by Leif's offer, I've decided to offer Clojure office hours as
> well.
>
> I'm based in the UK so I reckon the times will be more amenable to those
> in Europe (not sure the times will be good for those in Asia unfortunately.)
>
> Sadly the offer is limited to 1h a day, but hopefully it'll still be
> useful.
>
> You can book me at https://ucb.youcanbook.me/
>
> Cheers!
>
>
> On 18 April 2014 03:03, Leif  wrote:
>
>> @Miguel: There are somewhat subtle arrows on the sides for navigation.
>> Thursday, April 24 is still open.  I will give a slot to you if you want
>> one, just email me if the 24th is full when you check again.
>>
>> @all: But yes, this round of office hours is almost over.  I will be in
>> transit for at least a couple weeks in the beginning of May, but I will
>> probably book some more hours when I become stationary again.  It will
>> probably be more like 4 or 5 hours a week, though, not 8.
>>
>> @all: Several poor souls from Europe are going to stay up until 2 a.m.
>> for this, and people further east are probably just silent because the time
>> difference is so large; So, I definitely think some European / African /
>> Asian / Australian clojure devs' office hours would be popular.  It's fun,
>> and you might find some people to hire, if that's your thing!
>>
>> --Leif
>>
>>
>> On Thursday, April 17, 2014 10:43:50 AM UTC-4, Miguel Ping wrote:
>>>
>>> Hey, the schedule's full! :\
>>>
>>> On Wednesday, April 16, 2014 2:57:49 AM UTC+1, Marcus Blankenship wrote:

 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  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 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."
>>> Tht'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, Ap

Re: Clojure Office Hours

[Bridget]

Thanks, Leif, for offering these office hours.

I just wrapped up my office hour with Leif. We chatted about Clojure 
community and open source project stuff, as that is what I needed help 
with, and he was very helpful in brainstorming ideas. If he offers office 
hours again, I'd recommend it highly. 

Thinking about offering my own office hours for Clojure beginners


On Thursday, April 10, 2014 8:53:26 AM UTC-4, Leif 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
>

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Re: Clojure Office Hours

[Cecil Westerhof]

2014-04-18 11:35 GMT+02:00 Ulises :

> Inspired by Leif's offer, I've decided to offer Clojure office hours as
> well.
>
> I'm based in the UK so I reckon the times will be more amenable to those
> in Europe (not sure the times will be good for those in Asia unfortunately.)
>
> Sadly the offer is limited to 1h a day, but hopefully it'll still be
> useful.
>
> You can book me at https://ucb.youcanbook.me/
>

​I had a session with Ulises yesterday. I found it very useful. I recommend
everyone who wants to start programming in Clojure to do a session with a
more experienced person: it gets your blood streaming. :-D​


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Re: Clojure Office Hours

[Gustavo Matias]

This is awesome guys, I really love the initiative some people of the 
Clojure community are taking. I just booked my first session.

On Wednesday, April 23, 2014 1:10:02 AM UTC-4, Cecil Westerhof wrote:
>
> 2014-04-18 11:35 GMT+02:00 Ulises >:
>
>> Inspired by Leif's offer, I've decided to offer Clojure office hours as 
>> well.
>>
>> I'm based in the UK so I reckon the times will be more amenable to those 
>> in Europe (not sure the times will be good for those in Asia unfortunately.)
>>
>> Sadly the offer is limited to 1h a day, but hopefully it'll still be 
>> useful.
>>
>> You can book me at https://ucb.youcanbook.me/
>>
>
> ​I had a session with Ulises yesterday. I found it very useful. I 
> recommend everyone who wants to start programming in Clojure to do a 
> session with a more experienced person: it gets your blood streaming. :-D​
>  
>
> -- 
> Cecil Westerhof 
>

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Re: Clojure Office Hours

[Leif]

Hi, all.  This test run of office hours was fun, and I hope to do it again 
soon.  Unfortunately, as I said above, for the next several weeks at least 
I will be in transit, but I hope to have more office hours in the future.

I've started a new thread on the list, trying to drum up community support, 
so hopefully soon there will be more people across more time zones offering 
more office hours.  We'll see.

And if you are in Europe, remember that Ulises is still offering, at what 
looks like 1300-1400 UTC (I think): 
https://ucb.youcanbook.me/

Best wishes,
Leif

On Thursday, April 10, 2014 8:53:26 AM UTC-4, Leif 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
>

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Re: Clojure Office Hours

[Ulises]

>
> And if you are in Europe, remember that Ulises is still offering, at what
> looks like 1300-1400 UTC (I think): 
> https://ucb.youcanbook.me/
>
>
It's actually 9-10am BST, but thanks for the plug :)

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Re: Clojure Office Hours

[Rudi Engelbrecht]

Just booked my first session - really excited! 

Thanks for this ;-)

Rudi

On 25/04/2014, at 6:54 PM, Ulises  wrote:

> And if you are in Europe, remember that Ulises is still offering, at what 
> looks like 1300-1400 UTC (I think): https://ucb.youcanbook.me/
> 
> 
> It's actually 9-10am BST, but thanks for the plug :) 
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Re: Clojure Office Hours

[Rudi Engelbrecht]

Hi Ulises

Just finished our session - wow! 

I have learned a lot by watching how you approach solving the problem I 
suggested.

Looking forward to our next session and thanks a lot for sharing your knowledge.

Kind regards 

Rudi Engelbrecht



On 18/04/2014, at 7:41 PM, Ulises  wrote:

> Yikes! Got my first booking for Monday. That was quick!
> 
> one thing I forgot to mention is that I have no preferred way to do this. I 
> personally have emacs+cider set up, but I'm happy to work with your own set 
> up.
> 
> In the past I've used ScreenHero (not available for Linux unfortunately) for 
> screen sharing, as well as Google hangouts.
> 
> Once you've booked an appointment with me please email me privately to 
> arrange the pairing set up so that I can be ready for you :)
> 
> Cheers
> 
> 
> On 18 April 2014 10:35, Ulises  wrote:
> Inspired by Leif's offer, I've decided to offer Clojure office hours as well.
> 
> I'm based in the UK so I reckon the times will be more amenable to those in 
> Europe (not sure the times will be good for those in Asia unfortunately.)
> 
> Sadly the offer is limited to 1h a day, but hopefully it'll still be useful.
> 
> You can book me at https://ucb.youcanbook.me/
> 
> Cheers!
> 
> 
> On 18 April 2014 03:03, Leif  wrote:
> @Miguel: There are somewhat subtle arrows on the sides for navigation.  
> Thursday, April 24 is still open.  I will give a slot to you if you want one, 
> just email me if the 24th is full when you check again.
> 
> @all: But yes, this round of office hours is almost over.  I will be in 
> transit for at least a couple weeks in the beginning of May, but I will 
> probably book some more hours when I become stationary again.  It will 
> probably be more like 4 or 5 hours a week, though, not 8.
> 
> @all: Several poor souls from Europe are going to stay up until 2 a.m. for 
> this, and people further east are probably just silent because the time 
> difference is so large; So, I definitely think some European / African / 
> Asian / Australian clojure devs' office hours would be popular.  It's fun, 
> and you might find some people to hire, if that's your thing!
> 
> --Leif
> 
> 
> On Thursday, April 17, 2014 10:43:50 AM UTC-4, Miguel Ping wrote:
> Hey, the schedule's full! :\
> 
> On Wednesday, April 16, 2014 2:57:49 AM UTC+1, Marcus Blankenship wrote:
> 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  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  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."  Tht'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? )
>>

Re: Clojure Office Hours

[Jakub Holy]

I too have booked a session with Ulises and am excited about it :-)

@Ulises It would be nice if the timezone of the session was mentioned on
the booking page (your [BST] 9-10am is mine [CEST] 10-11, I believe).


2014-04-28 11:09 GMT+02:00 Rudi Engelbrecht :

> Hi Ulises
>
> Just finished our session - wow!
>
> I have learned a lot by watching how you approach solving the problem I
> suggested.
>
> Looking forward to our next session and thanks a lot for sharing your
> knowledge.
>
> Kind regards
>
> Rudi Engelbrecht
>
>
>
> On 18/04/2014, at 7:41 PM, Ulises  wrote:
>
> Yikes! Got my first booking for Monday. That was quick!
>
> one thing I forgot to mention is that I have no preferred way to do this.
> I personally have emacs+cider set up, but I'm happy to work with your own
> set up.
>
> In the past I've used ScreenHero (not available for Linux unfortunately)
> for screen sharing, as well as Google hangouts.
>
> Once you've booked an appointment with me please email me privately to
> arrange the pairing set up so that I can be ready for you :)
>
> Cheers
>
>
> On 18 April 2014 10:35, Ulises  wrote:
>
>> Inspired by Leif's offer, I've decided to offer Clojure office hours as
>> well.
>>
>> I'm based in the UK so I reckon the times will be more amenable to those
>> in Europe (not sure the times will be good for those in Asia unfortunately.)
>>
>> Sadly the offer is limited to 1h a day, but hopefully it'll still be
>> useful.
>>
>> You can book me at https://ucb.youcanbook.me/
>>
>> Cheers!
>>
>>
>> On 18 April 2014 03:03, Leif  wrote:
>>
>>> @Miguel: There are somewhat subtle arrows on the sides for navigation.
>>> Thursday, April 24 is still open.  I will give a slot to you if you want
>>> one, just email me if the 24th is full when you check again.
>>>
>>> @all: But yes, this round of office hours is almost over.  I will be in
>>> transit for at least a couple weeks in the beginning of May, but I will
>>> probably book some more hours when I become stationary again.  It will
>>> probably be more like 4 or 5 hours a week, though, not 8.
>>>
>>> @all: Several poor souls from Europe are going to stay up until 2 a.m.
>>> for this, and people further east are probably just silent because the time
>>> difference is so large; So, I definitely think some European / African /
>>> Asian / Australian clojure devs' office hours would be popular.  It's fun,
>>> and you might find some people to hire, if that's your thing!
>>>
>>> --Leif
>>>
>>>
>>> On Thursday, April 17, 2014 10:43:50 AM UTC-4, Miguel Ping wrote:

 Hey, the schedule's full! :\

 On Wednesday, April 16, 2014 2:57:49 AM UTC+1, Marcus Blankenship wrote:
>
> 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  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 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

Re: Clojure Office Hours

[Ulises]

Thanks for the pointer Jakob. I've updated the form accordingly.

Cheers,


On 28 April 2014 10:56, Jakub Holy  wrote:

> I too have booked a session with Ulises and am excited about it :-)
>
> @Ulises It would be nice if the timezone of the session was mentioned on
> the booking page (your [BST] 9-10am is mine [CEST] 10-11, I believe).
>
>
> 2014-04-28 11:09 GMT+02:00 Rudi Engelbrecht :
>
>> Hi Ulises
>>
>> Just finished our session - wow!
>>
>> I have learned a lot by watching how you approach solving the problem I
>> suggested.
>>
>> Looking forward to our next session and thanks a lot for sharing your
>> knowledge.
>>
>> Kind regards
>>
>> Rudi Engelbrecht
>>
>>
>>
>> On 18/04/2014, at 7:41 PM, Ulises  wrote:
>>
>> Yikes! Got my first booking for Monday. That was quick!
>>
>> one thing I forgot to mention is that I have no preferred way to do this.
>> I personally have emacs+cider set up, but I'm happy to work with your own
>> set up.
>>
>> In the past I've used ScreenHero (not available for Linux unfortunately)
>> for screen sharing, as well as Google hangouts.
>>
>> Once you've booked an appointment with me please email me privately to
>> arrange the pairing set up so that I can be ready for you :)
>>
>> Cheers
>>
>>
>> On 18 April 2014 10:35, Ulises  wrote:
>>
>>> Inspired by Leif's offer, I've decided to offer Clojure office hours as
>>> well.
>>>
>>> I'm based in the UK so I reckon the times will be more amenable to those
>>> in Europe (not sure the times will be good for those in Asia unfortunately.)
>>>
>>> Sadly the offer is limited to 1h a day, but hopefully it'll still be
>>> useful.
>>>
>>> You can book me at https://ucb.youcanbook.me/
>>>
>>> Cheers!
>>>
>>>
>>> On 18 April 2014 03:03, Leif  wrote:
>>>
 @Miguel: There are somewhat subtle arrows on the sides for navigation.
 Thursday, April 24 is still open.  I will give a slot to you if you want
 one, just email me if the 24th is full when you check again.

 @all: But yes, this round of office hours is almost over.  I will be in
 transit for at least a couple weeks in the beginning of May, but I will
 probably book some more hours when I become stationary again.  It will
 probably be more like 4 or 5 hours a week, though, not 8.

 @all: Several poor souls from Europe are going to stay up until 2 a.m.
 for this, and people further east are probably just silent because the time
 difference is so large; So, I definitely think some European / African /
 Asian / Australian clojure devs' office hours would be popular.  It's fun,
 and you might find some people to hire, if that's your thing!

 --Leif


 On Thursday, April 17, 2014 10:43:50 AM UTC-4, Miguel Ping wrote:
>
> Hey, the schedule's full! :\
>
> On Wednesday, April 16, 2014 2:57:49 AM UTC+1, Marcus Blankenship
> wrote:
>>
>> 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  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 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 bothe

Re: Clojure Office Hours

[Lynn Grogan]

This is awesome, thank you Leif!

I just set up an office hours account to help anyone who might be 
interested in organizing a Clojure tech conference or event, Meetup, etc.
I chose some random office times, so ping me if you have a special timing 
request outside of the listed hours. 
 
https://lynn.youcanbook.me/

Cheers! Lynn Grogan (Cognitect, Events Manager)

On Monday, April 28, 2014 5:31:04 AM UTC-5, Ulises wrote:
>
> Thanks for the pointer Jakob. I've updated the form accordingly.
>
> Cheers,
>
>
> On 28 April 2014 10:56, Jakub Holy >wrote:
>
>> I too have booked a session with Ulises and am excited about it :-)
>>
>> @Ulises It would be nice if the timezone of the session was mentioned on 
>> the booking page (your [BST] 9-10am is mine [CEST] 10-11, I believe).
>>
>>
>> 2014-04-28 11:09 GMT+02:00 Rudi Engelbrecht 
>> 
>> >:
>>
>>> Hi Ulises
>>>
>>> Just finished our session - wow! 
>>>
>>> I have learned a lot by watching how you approach solving the problem I 
>>> suggested.
>>>
>>> Looking forward to our next session and thanks a lot for sharing your 
>>> knowledge.
>>>
>>> Kind regards 
>>>  
>>> Rudi Engelbrecht
>>>
>>>
>>>  
>>> On 18/04/2014, at 7:41 PM, Ulises > 
>>> wrote:
>>>
>>> Yikes! Got my first booking for Monday. That was quick!
>>>
>>> one thing I forgot to mention is that I have no preferred way to do 
>>> this. I personally have emacs+cider set up, but I'm happy to work with your 
>>> own set up.
>>>
>>> In the past I've used ScreenHero (not available for Linux unfortunately) 
>>> for screen sharing, as well as Google hangouts.
>>>
>>> Once you've booked an appointment with me please email me privately to 
>>> arrange the pairing set up so that I can be ready for you :)
>>>
>>> Cheers
>>>
>>>
>>> On 18 April 2014 10:35, Ulises >wrote:
>>>
 Inspired by Leif's offer, I've decided to offer Clojure office hours as 
 well.

 I'm based in the UK so I reckon the times will be more amenable to 
 those in Europe (not sure the times will be good for those in Asia 
 unfortunately.)

 Sadly the offer is limited to 1h a day, but hopefully it'll still be 
 useful.

 You can book me at https://ucb.youcanbook.me/
  
 Cheers!


 On 18 April 2014 03:03, Leif > wrote:

> @Miguel: There are somewhat subtle arrows on the sides for 
> navigation.  Thursday, April 24 is still open.  I will give a slot to you 
> if you want one, just email me if the 24th is full when you check again.
>
> @all: But yes, this round of office hours is almost over.  I will be 
> in transit for at least a couple weeks in the beginning of May, but I 
> will 
> probably book some more hours when I become stationary again.  It will 
> probably be more like 4 or 5 hours a week, though, not 8.
>
> @all: Several poor souls from Europe are going to stay up until 2 a.m. 
> for this, and people further east are probably just silent because the 
> time 
> difference is so large; So, I definitely think some European / African / 
> Asian / Australian clojure devs' office hours would be popular.  It's 
> fun, 
> and you might find some people to hire, if that's your thing!
>
> --Leif
>
>
> On Thursday, April 17, 2014 10:43:50 AM UTC-4, Miguel Ping wrote:
>>
>> Hey, the schedule's full! :\
>>
>> On Wednesday, April 16, 2014 2:57:49 AM UTC+1, Marcus Blankenship 
>> wrote:
>>>
>>> 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  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 
 Int

Re: Clojure Office Hours

[Tim Visher]

This is getting to the point where it seems to make sense as a wiki
page like http://dev.clojure.org/display/community/Clojure+User+Groups

Maybe http://dev.clojure.org/display/community/Clojure+Office+Hours ?

On Tue, Apr 29, 2014 at 5:53 PM, Lynn Grogan  wrote:
> This is awesome, thank you Leif!
>
> I just set up an office hours account to help anyone who might be interested
> in organizing a Clojure tech conference or event, Meetup, etc.
> I chose some random office times, so ping me if you have a special timing
> request outside of the listed hours.
>
> https://lynn.youcanbook.me/
>
> Cheers! Lynn Grogan (Cognitect, Events Manager)
>
> On Monday, April 28, 2014 5:31:04 AM UTC-5, Ulises wrote:
>>
>> Thanks for the pointer Jakob. I've updated the form accordingly.
>>
>> Cheers,
>>
>>
>> On 28 April 2014 10:56, Jakub Holy  wrote:
>>>
>>> I too have booked a session with Ulises and am excited about it :-)
>>>
>>> @Ulises It would be nice if the timezone of the session was mentioned on
>>> the booking page (your [BST] 9-10am is mine [CEST] 10-11, I believe).
>>>
>>>
>>> 2014-04-28 11:09 GMT+02:00 Rudi Engelbrecht :

 Hi Ulises

 Just finished our session - wow!

 I have learned a lot by watching how you approach solving the problem I
 suggested.

 Looking forward to our next session and thanks a lot for sharing your
 knowledge.

 Kind regards

 Rudi Engelbrecht



 On 18/04/2014, at 7:41 PM, Ulises  wrote:

 Yikes! Got my first booking for Monday. That was quick!

 one thing I forgot to mention is that I have no preferred way to do
 this. I personally have emacs+cider set up, but I'm happy to work with your
 own set up.

 In the past I've used ScreenHero (not available for Linux unfortunately)
 for screen sharing, as well as Google hangouts.

 Once you've booked an appointment with me please email me privately to
 arrange the pairing set up so that I can be ready for you :)

 Cheers


 On 18 April 2014 10:35, Ulises  wrote:
>
> Inspired by Leif's offer, I've decided to offer Clojure office hours as
> well.
>
> I'm based in the UK so I reckon the times will be more amenable to
> those in Europe (not sure the times will be good for those in Asia
> unfortunately.)
>
> Sadly the offer is limited to 1h a day, but hopefully it'll still be
> useful.
>
> You can book me at https://ucb.youcanbook.me/
>
> Cheers!
>
>
> On 18 April 2014 03:03, Leif  wrote:
>>
>> @Miguel: There are somewhat subtle arrows on the sides for navigation.
>> Thursday, April 24 is still open.  I will give a slot to you if you want
>> one, just email me if the 24th is full when you check again.
>>
>> @all: But yes, this round of office hours is almost over.  I will be
>> in transit for at least a couple weeks in the beginning of May, but I 
>> will
>> probably book some more hours when I become stationary again.  It will
>> probably be more like 4 or 5 hours a week, though, not 8.
>>
>> @all: Several poor souls from Europe are going to stay up until 2 a.m.
>> for this, and people further east are probably just silent because the 
>> time
>> difference is so large; So, I definitely think some European / African /
>> Asian / Australian clojure devs' office hours would be popular.  It's 
>> fun,
>> and you might find some people to hire, if that's your thing!
>>
>> --Leif
>>
>>
>> On Thursday, April 17, 2014 10:43:50 AM UTC-4, Miguel Ping wrote:
>>>
>>> Hey, the schedule's full! :\
>>>
>>> On Wednesday, April 16, 2014 2:57:49 AM UTC+1, Marcus Blankenship
>>> wrote:

 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  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 Tuesd

Re: Clojure Office Hours

[Jakub Holy]

I too can only recommend to make use of this great opportunity. Many thanks 
to Ulises who helped to find a way with a problem I have always struggled 
with, namely the shape of the data you are working with is not visible and 
it is thus easy to make errors which are hard to troubleshoot. I have 
recorded the ideas with an example in the blog post Clojure: How To Prevent 
“Expected Map, Got Vector” And Similar 
Errors
.

I am looking forward to talking to Ulises again in the future to review the 
effect of applying the ideas in practice.

On Thursday, April 10, 2014 2:53:26 PM UTC+2, Leif 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
>

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Re: Clojure Office Hours - Experience Report and Future Plans

[Bridget]

Hi Leif.

I think this is a great idea. I volunteer to do some office hours for 
beginners. It would be great if some folks who have put on ClojureBridge 
could help pitch in an hour or two of office hours. ClojureBridge workshop 
attendees would be a great audience for this.

Bridget

On Thursday, April 24, 2014 11:44:08 PM UTC-4, Leif wrote:
>
> This message is aimed at people that want to *hold* office hours 
> primarily, but of course others can chime in with
> opinions, suggestions, cheerleading, etc.
>
> I recently held "office hours" where I chatted / pair programmed with 
> "less experienced" clojure programmers (some
> were in fact more experienced).
>
> Lessons learned:
>
> 1. It's fun!  Do it!  Online like me, or convince your local clojure user 
> group to do it.
> 2. As I expected, I was more help to less experienced people, but learned 
> a lot *from* the others, and hopefully
>I was at least useful as a sounding board.
> 3. An hour is less time than it sounds.
> 4. If possible, test your pair programming setup beforehand (see point 3 
> above)
>a) corollary: if someone is asking about a library that takes some 
> setup, it's probably best if *they* do the
>   setup and host the pairing session.
> 5. Any remote sharing software (tmux, teamviewer, etc) will mangle *some* 
> input.  Be prepared to work around that.
> 6. Educate people how to cancel, and to cancel ASAP, since some will 
> inevitably need to.
> 7. For beginners (at clojure, but not programming), pick a specific 
> problem and work through it, or have a
>solution and explain it step-by-step; that seemed to work best.  Code 
> review of some OSS project they are
>interested in might also work, I didn't try it (but again, see point 3)
> 8. Unfortunately, no one completely new to programming booked with me, so 
> others will have to give advice here.
> 9. Many people outside of the western hemisphere were interested, so it 
> would be nice to have coverage across the
>globe.
>
> Future plans:
>
> Small plug: I used youcanbook.me to manage the office hours, with no 
> problems.  I encourage you to use their
> service, say nice things about them, and possibly give them money, 
> *because*:
>
> These fine folks allow non-profits to use their advanced features for 
> free, or at a reduced price.  So, I requested
> that the Clojure community's office hours get this status.  They said yes, 
> so my account (for now, for testing, we
> can move it later) can have unlimited "team members" and "services".  So, 
> I'd like to ask if there is interest in
> setting up a community clearinghouse for giving/receiving more office 
> hours, possibly of more types.  Some ideas
> (chime in with your own):
>
> 1. General Office Hours
>Basically what I did, except with more people offering office hours, so 
> that:
>a. Any one person will only have to offer a small number of hours a 
> week (1, even).
>b. Hopefully more coverage across time zones.
>c. People can tag what kinds of programming / projects they have 
> expertise in, so that "beginners" picking up
>  clojure for a specific reason or library can have a more productive 
> session.  E.g. some descriptions could read:
>
>Leif Poorman
>Location: Eastern USA
>Languages: en
>Tags: beginners, absolute beginners, web, data analysis, machine 
> learning
>
>Rich Hickey (obviously this is just an example)
>Location: USA
>Languages: en, Bynar
>Tags: distributed systems, functional databases, Datomic, concurrency, 
> alien technology, everything else
>
> 2. Office Hours for Beginners
>Specifically geared toward beginners in FP, absolute beginners in 
> programming, etc.  This could be covered by
>the description tags as above.  Or this could be more of a hangout, 
> where a set number of beginners get led
>through the ClojureBridge curriculum, or similar.
> 3. Project Specific Hours
>a) Someone with knowledge of an open source project gives a demo of its 
> capabilities/weaknesses to prospective
>   users (kind of a technical sales pitch, but for OSS)
>b) The maintainer of a fairly complex open source project walks some 
> people that want to contribute through the
>   codebase, to kickstart their contributions (I've seen this 
> done/proposed for Midje and Cascalog, at least).
>
> Alternatively, we could just start with 1-on-1, or 1-on-1 and small group, 
> and see where it goes from there.
>
> Comments?  Questions?  Suggestions?
>
> Cheers,
> Leif
>
> P.S. If you are interested in holding a few office hours, email me, and we 
> can start testing out the more advanced youcanbook.me features.
>
>

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Re: Clojure Office Hours - Experience Report and Future Plans

[Gustavo Matias]

Hi Leif,

First I just wanted to mention that I absolutely loved our session last 
week.

I'm very glad to see the Clojure community taking this very important 
action. Unfortunately now I'm on the beginner side, but I will definitely 
give some of my hours to people so I can help them understand Clojure 
better.

Thanks again for everyone contributing to this.

On Thursday, April 24, 2014 11:44:08 PM UTC-4, Leif wrote:
>
> This message is aimed at people that want to *hold* office hours 
> primarily, but of course others can chime in with
> opinions, suggestions, cheerleading, etc.
>
> I recently held "office hours" where I chatted / pair programmed with 
> "less experienced" clojure programmers (some
> were in fact more experienced).
>
> Lessons learned:
>
> 1. It's fun!  Do it!  Online like me, or convince your local clojure user 
> group to do it.
> 2. As I expected, I was more help to less experienced people, but learned 
> a lot *from* the others, and hopefully
>I was at least useful as a sounding board.
> 3. An hour is less time than it sounds.
> 4. If possible, test your pair programming setup beforehand (see point 3 
> above)
>a) corollary: if someone is asking about a library that takes some 
> setup, it's probably best if *they* do the
>   setup and host the pairing session.
> 5. Any remote sharing software (tmux, teamviewer, etc) will mangle *some* 
> input.  Be prepared to work around that.
> 6. Educate people how to cancel, and to cancel ASAP, since some will 
> inevitably need to.
> 7. For beginners (at clojure, but not programming), pick a specific 
> problem and work through it, or have a
>solution and explain it step-by-step; that seemed to work best.  Code 
> review of some OSS project they are
>interested in might also work, I didn't try it (but again, see point 3)
> 8. Unfortunately, no one completely new to programming booked with me, so 
> others will have to give advice here.
> 9. Many people outside of the western hemisphere were interested, so it 
> would be nice to have coverage across the
>globe.
>
> Future plans:
>
> Small plug: I used youcanbook.me to manage the office hours, with no 
> problems.  I encourage you to use their
> service, say nice things about them, and possibly give them money, 
> *because*:
>
> These fine folks allow non-profits to use their advanced features for 
> free, or at a reduced price.  So, I requested
> that the Clojure community's office hours get this status.  They said yes, 
> so my account (for now, for testing, we
> can move it later) can have unlimited "team members" and "services".  So, 
> I'd like to ask if there is interest in
> setting up a community clearinghouse for giving/receiving more office 
> hours, possibly of more types.  Some ideas
> (chime in with your own):
>
> 1. General Office Hours
>Basically what I did, except with more people offering office hours, so 
> that:
>a. Any one person will only have to offer a small number of hours a 
> week (1, even).
>b. Hopefully more coverage across time zones.
>c. People can tag what kinds of programming / projects they have 
> expertise in, so that "beginners" picking up
>  clojure for a specific reason or library can have a more productive 
> session.  E.g. some descriptions could read:
>
>Leif Poorman
>Location: Eastern USA
>Languages: en
>Tags: beginners, absolute beginners, web, data analysis, machine 
> learning
>
>Rich Hickey (obviously this is just an example)
>Location: USA
>Languages: en, Bynar
>Tags: distributed systems, functional databases, Datomic, concurrency, 
> alien technology, everything else
>
> 2. Office Hours for Beginners
>Specifically geared toward beginners in FP, absolute beginners in 
> programming, etc.  This could be covered by
>the description tags as above.  Or this could be more of a hangout, 
> where a set number of beginners get led
>through the ClojureBridge curriculum, or similar.
> 3. Project Specific Hours
>a) Someone with knowledge of an open source project gives a demo of its 
> capabilities/weaknesses to prospective
>   users (kind of a technical sales pitch, but for OSS)
>b) The maintainer of a fairly complex open source project walks some 
> people that want to contribute through the
>   codebase, to kickstart their contributions (I've seen this 
> done/proposed for Midje and Cascalog, at least).
>
> Alternatively, we could just start with 1-on-1, or 1-on-1 and small group, 
> and see where it goes from there.
>
> Comments?  Questions?  Suggestions?
>
> Cheers,
> Leif
>
> P.S. If you are interested in holding a few office hours, email me, and we 
> can start testing out the more advanced youcanbook.me features.
>
>

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Re: Clojure Office Hours - Experience Report and Future Plans

[Zach Tellman]

For the in-person variety, I've written up some thoughts on why office 
hours are a good format for meetups, and ideas on the underlying 
processes: http://blog.factual.com/clojure-office-hours.

On Thursday, April 24, 2014 8:44:08 PM UTC-7, Leif wrote:
>
> This message is aimed at people that want to *hold* office hours 
> primarily, but of course others can chime in with
> opinions, suggestions, cheerleading, etc.
>
> I recently held "office hours" where I chatted / pair programmed with 
> "less experienced" clojure programmers (some
> were in fact more experienced).
>
> Lessons learned:
>
> 1. It's fun!  Do it!  Online like me, or convince your local clojure user 
> group to do it.
> 2. As I expected, I was more help to less experienced people, but learned 
> a lot *from* the others, and hopefully
>I was at least useful as a sounding board.
> 3. An hour is less time than it sounds.
> 4. If possible, test your pair programming setup beforehand (see point 3 
> above)
>a) corollary: if someone is asking about a library that takes some 
> setup, it's probably best if *they* do the
>   setup and host the pairing session.
> 5. Any remote sharing software (tmux, teamviewer, etc) will mangle *some* 
> input.  Be prepared to work around that.
> 6. Educate people how to cancel, and to cancel ASAP, since some will 
> inevitably need to.
> 7. For beginners (at clojure, but not programming), pick a specific 
> problem and work through it, or have a
>solution and explain it step-by-step; that seemed to work best.  Code 
> review of some OSS project they are
>interested in might also work, I didn't try it (but again, see point 3)
> 8. Unfortunately, no one completely new to programming booked with me, so 
> others will have to give advice here.
> 9. Many people outside of the western hemisphere were interested, so it 
> would be nice to have coverage across the
>globe.
>
> Future plans:
>
> Small plug: I used youcanbook.me to manage the office hours, with no 
> problems.  I encourage you to use their
> service, say nice things about them, and possibly give them money, 
> *because*:
>
> These fine folks allow non-profits to use their advanced features for 
> free, or at a reduced price.  So, I requested
> that the Clojure community's office hours get this status.  They said yes, 
> so my account (for now, for testing, we
> can move it later) can have unlimited "team members" and "services".  So, 
> I'd like to ask if there is interest in
> setting up a community clearinghouse for giving/receiving more office 
> hours, possibly of more types.  Some ideas
> (chime in with your own):
>
> 1. General Office Hours
>Basically what I did, except with more people offering office hours, so 
> that:
>a. Any one person will only have to offer a small number of hours a 
> week (1, even).
>b. Hopefully more coverage across time zones.
>c. People can tag what kinds of programming / projects they have 
> expertise in, so that "beginners" picking up
>  clojure for a specific reason or library can have a more productive 
> session.  E.g. some descriptions could read:
>
>Leif Poorman
>Location: Eastern USA
>Languages: en
>Tags: beginners, absolute beginners, web, data analysis, machine 
> learning
>
>Rich Hickey (obviously this is just an example)
>Location: USA
>Languages: en, Bynar
>Tags: distributed systems, functional databases, Datomic, concurrency, 
> alien technology, everything else
>
> 2. Office Hours for Beginners
>Specifically geared toward beginners in FP, absolute beginners in 
> programming, etc.  This could be covered by
>the description tags as above.  Or this could be more of a hangout, 
> where a set number of beginners get led
>through the ClojureBridge curriculum, or similar.
> 3. Project Specific Hours
>a) Someone with knowledge of an open source project gives a demo of its 
> capabilities/weaknesses to prospective
>   users (kind of a technical sales pitch, but for OSS)
>b) The maintainer of a fairly complex open source project walks some 
> people that want to contribute through the
>   codebase, to kickstart their contributions (I've seen this 
> done/proposed for Midje and Cascalog, at least).
>
> Alternatively, we could just start with 1-on-1, or 1-on-1 and small group, 
> and see where it goes from there.
>
> Comments?  Questions?  Suggestions?
>
> Cheers,
> Leif
>
> P.S. If you are interested in holding a few office hours, email me, and we 
> can start testing out the more advanced youcanbook.me features.
>
>

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