Re: [Hampshire] Hants LUG meeting at IBM Hursley on Sat 12th Sept
2009/9/16 Simon Reap : > Simon Reap wrote: >> Tony's talk on the structure of debian >> packages was particularly dense (in the information sense of the term) > Sorry, Anton, that was *your* talk!! Indeed - and I am happy to give it again at another time if people want me to, though I suspect I probably need to work on the content a bit - as you say it is very heavy on information, which is why Debian packages has such a hurdle to get started... Maybe incorporating the building of a new package would help. I am also happy to help people with any packaging they want to do, maybe doing some at a meetup Anton -- Anton Piatek email: an...@piatek.co.uk blog/photos:http://www.strangeparty.com pgp: [0xB307BAEF] (http://www.strangeparty.com/anton.asc) fingerprint: 116A 5F01 1E5F 1ADE 78C6 EDB3 B9B6 E622 B307 BAEF No trees were destroyed in the sending of this message, however, a significant number of electrons were terribly inconvenienced. -- Please post to: Hampshire@mailman.lug.org.uk Web Interface: https://mailman.lug.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/hampshire LUG URL: http://www.hantslug.org.uk --
Re: [Hampshire] Hants LUG meeting at IBM Hursley on Sat 12th Sept
Simon Reap wrote: > Tony's talk on the structure of debian > packages was particularly dense (in the information sense of the term) Sorry, Anton, that was *your* talk!! -- Please post to: Hampshire@mailman.lug.org.uk Web Interface: https://mailman.lug.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/hampshire LUG URL: http://www.hantslug.org.uk --
Re: [Hampshire] Hants LUG meeting at IBM Hursley on Sat 12th Sept
Anton Piatek wrote: > For those that attended the Hants LUG meeting at Hursley on Saturday I > would appreciate feedback on how the day went. > Things that went well > Things that could have been done better > This should help improve any further meetings I run at Hursley > Anton, Many thanks for a very enjoyable day. This was the first HantsLUG meeting I had been to, so I have little to compare it with. The talks were all interesting, though some seemed to whizz by - will some of them make their way to the wiki? Tony's talk on the structure of debian packages was particularly dense (in the information sense of the term) - I made some notes but they need some work before I can understand them! The lunch break was very welcome, though next time (hope there is a next time!) another enforced beak in the proceedings might be an idea, to enhance the social side of such a meeting. I came away not having had the chance to mingle and meet familiar names as much as I would have liked. The location (apart from the sticking blinds in the auditorium) was superb. To be honest, that was one of the main drivers for my going - I worked there for a year 26 years ago, and wanted to see how much it had changed. The building I'd worked in (a 7-storey tower block, right next to the main house) has, unsurprisingly, gone, but the elderly scale model of the site near the lecture room showed it in all its glory. The visit to the little museum was fascinating - I think the disk drive I'd been working on was one of the exhibits, along with the circuit boards we used (clever 4-layer jobs, with ground and +5v available at useful intervals across the board, just in the right place for the TTL chips we were using at the time). Simon -- Please post to: Hampshire@mailman.lug.org.uk Web Interface: https://mailman.lug.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/hampshire LUG URL: http://www.hantslug.org.uk --
Re: [Hampshire] Hants LUG meeting at IBM Hursley on Sat 12th Sept
2009/9/15 Tony Whitmore : > > On Sun, 13 Sep 2009 18:17:09 +0100, Anton Piatek > wrote: >> For those that attended the Hants LUG meeting at Hursley on Saturday I >> would appreciate feedback on how the day went. >> Things that went well >> Things that could have been done better >> This should help improve any further meetings I run at Hursley > > It was a fantastic opportunity, and many thanks are due to the IBMers who > gave up their Saturday to supervise the venue and contribute. Hursley house > is a great venue, the IBMers took care of security so it wasn't too much of > a pain, the networking worked well. Lunch in the clubhouse was great too, > not least because of the nice weather. > > I think we were collectively a little overwhelmed by the venue, because it > didn't feel like a normal LUG meeting. Even though there were could numbers > at the meeting, because of the scale of the venue I felt we were rattling > around a bit. We could do with encouraging people who aren't interested in > a particular talk to hang out in the seating area and chat. The lighting in > the main presentation room wasn't fantastic either, all the speakers were > quite strongly backlit due to the blind not closing. This made it difficult > to see their faces. Thanks to all the replies so far - some great feedback! If we run another meeting at Hursley I want to focus on getting some time in the schedule for playing with boxes, as well as encouraging people to skip a talk they are not interested in to hang out in another room (the whole ground floor was available to us) The lighting in the auditorium was unfortunate - there are something like 8 preset light settings that we could have tried so I will keep an eye out next time to try and get it better. I am looking into the networking, but I suspect wired networks might be too much for our security rules. It sounds like only having reception open for a fixed time wasn't as bad as I thought it was going to be, and getting a few people late was not really a problem. Again, thanks to all that turned up (and also those that gave a talk!) Anton -- Anton Piatek email: an...@piatek.co.uk blog/photos:http://www.strangeparty.com pgp: [0xB307BAEF] (http://www.strangeparty.com/anton.asc) fingerprint: 116A 5F01 1E5F 1ADE 78C6 EDB3 B9B6 E622 B307 BAEF No trees were destroyed in the sending of this message, however, a significant number of electrons were terribly inconvenienced. -- Please post to: Hampshire@mailman.lug.org.uk Web Interface: https://mailman.lug.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/hampshire LUG URL: http://www.hantslug.org.uk --
Re: [Hampshire] Hants LUG meeting at IBM Hursley on Sat 12th Sept
On Sun, 13 Sep 2009 18:17:09 +0100, Anton Piatek wrote: > For those that attended the Hants LUG meeting at Hursley on Saturday I > would appreciate feedback on how the day went. > Things that went well > Things that could have been done better > This should help improve any further meetings I run at Hursley It was a fantastic opportunity, and many thanks are due to the IBMers who gave up their Saturday to supervise the venue and contribute. Hursley house is a great venue, the IBMers took care of security so it wasn't too much of a pain, the networking worked well. Lunch in the clubhouse was great too, not least because of the nice weather. I think we were collectively a little overwhelmed by the venue, because it didn't feel like a normal LUG meeting. Even though there were could numbers at the meeting, because of the scale of the venue I felt we were rattling around a bit. We could do with encouraging people who aren't interested in a particular talk to hang out in the seating area and chat. The lighting in the main presentation room wasn't fantastic either, all the speakers were quite strongly backlit due to the blind not closing. This made it difficult to see their faces. Thanks, Tony -- Please post to: Hampshire@mailman.lug.org.uk Web Interface: https://mailman.lug.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/hampshire LUG URL: http://www.hantslug.org.uk --
Re: [Hampshire] Hants LUG meeting at IBM Hursley on Sat 12th Sept
On Sun, 2009-09-13 at 18:17 +0100, Anton Piatek wrote: > For those that attended the Hants LUG meeting at Hursley on Saturday I > would appreciate feedback on how the day went. > Things that went well > Things that could have been done better > This should help improve any further meetings I run at Hursley > > Anton > > -- > Anton Piatek > email: an...@piatek.co.uk > blog/photos: http://www.strangeparty.com > pgp: [0xB307BAEF] (http://www.strangeparty.com/anton.asc) > fingerprint: 116A 5F01 1E5F 1ADE 78C6 EDB3 B9B6 E622 B307 BAEF > > No trees were destroyed in the sending of this message, however, a > significant number of electrons were terribly inconvenienced. > Hello Anton I personally found the venue to be a nice friendly atmosphere, efficiently organised and in a wonderful building too. Terrific lunch venue on site too, although altitude sickness nearly set in when fetching coffee ;-) I liked the separate rooms for talks and general gathering. I especially enjoyed the talk by andy, i guess he could go on for hours. I'm hoping he volunteers for the house that twitters part 2 hint hint. As I could do with some tips on connecting my current cost to the lappy. Ian -- Please post to: Hampshire@mailman.lug.org.uk Web Interface: https://mailman.lug.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/hampshire LUG URL: http://www.hantslug.org.uk --
Re: [Hampshire] Hants LUG meeting at IBM Hursley on Sat 12th Sept
2009/9/13 Anton Piatek : > For those that attended the Hants LUG meeting at Hursley on Saturday I > would appreciate feedback on how the day went. > Things that went well > Things that could have been done better > This should help improve any further meetings I run at Hursley > > Anton > Please post to: Hampshire@mailman.lug.org.uk Anton, the meeting when very well as far as I was concerned and I enjoyed it. However I would not want such a meeting very often as I find the BAB meetings at Southampton the most useful to me. -- Clive Woodfine -- Please post to: Hampshire@mailman.lug.org.uk Web Interface: https://mailman.lug.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/hampshire LUG URL: http://www.hantslug.org.uk --
Re: [Hampshire] Hants LUG meeting at IBM Hursley on Sat 12th Sept
For those that attended the Hants LUG meeting at Hursley on Saturday I would appreciate feedback on how the day went. Things that went well Things that could have been done better This should help improve any further meetings I run at Hursley Anton -- Anton Piatek email: an...@piatek.co.uk blog/photos:http://www.strangeparty.com pgp: [0xB307BAEF] (http://www.strangeparty.com/anton.asc) fingerprint: 116A 5F01 1E5F 1ADE 78C6 EDB3 B9B6 E622 B307 BAEF No trees were destroyed in the sending of this message, however, a significant number of electrons were terribly inconvenienced. -- Please post to: Hampshire@mailman.lug.org.uk Web Interface: https://mailman.lug.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/hampshire LUG URL: http://www.hantslug.org.uk --
Re: [Hampshire] Hants LUG meeting at IBM Hursley on Sat 12th Sept
On Fri, 11 Sep 2009, Hugo Mills wrote: > Dammit. That was meant to go to Anton. > > :) -- Please post to: Hampshire@mailman.lug.org.uk Web Interface: https://mailman.lug.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/hampshire LUG URL: http://www.hantslug.org.uk --
Re: [Hampshire] Hants LUG meeting at IBM Hursley on Sat 12th Sept
On Fri, Sep 11, 2009 at 02:06:00PM +0100, Hugo Mills wrote: > On Fri, Aug 28, 2009 at 03:09:59PM +0100, Anton Piatek1 wrote: > > As you know the next Hants LUG meeting is at IBM Hursley Labs on Sat the > > 13th Sept. Details of the day (times to arrive) and how to get there are > > > We need to supply a list of names to security before the day, so please > > email Anton Piatek (anton.piatek AT uk.ibm.com) with your details > >I'll be attending. Dammit. That was meant to go to Anton. Hugo. -- === Hugo Mills: h...@... carfax.org.uk | darksatanic.net | lug.org.uk === PGP key: 515C238D from wwwkeys.eu.pgp.net or http://www.carfax.org.uk --- Do not meddle in the affairs of wizards, for they are subtle, --- and quick to anger. signature.asc Description: Digital signature -- Please post to: Hampshire@mailman.lug.org.uk Web Interface: https://mailman.lug.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/hampshire LUG URL: http://www.hantslug.org.uk --
Re: [Hampshire] Hants LUG meeting at IBM Hursley on Sat 12th Sept
On Fri, Aug 28, 2009 at 03:09:59PM +0100, Anton Piatek1 wrote: > As you know the next Hants LUG meeting is at IBM Hursley Labs on Sat the > 13th Sept. Details of the day (times to arrive) and how to get there are > We need to supply a list of names to security before the day, so please > email Anton Piatek (anton.piatek AT uk.ibm.com) with your details I'll be attending. Hugo. -- === Hugo Mills: h...@... carfax.org.uk | darksatanic.net | lug.org.uk === PGP key: 515C238D from wwwkeys.eu.pgp.net or http://www.carfax.org.uk --- Do not meddle in the affairs of wizards, for they are subtle, --- and quick to anger. signature.asc Description: Digital signature -- Please post to: Hampshire@mailman.lug.org.uk Web Interface: https://mailman.lug.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/hampshire LUG URL: http://www.hantslug.org.uk --
Re: [Hampshire] Hants LUG meeting at IBM Hursley on Sat 12th Sept
2009/8/28 Anton Piatek1 : > As you know the next Hants LUG meeting is at IBM Hursley Labs on Sat the > 13th Sept. Of course you all know I really meant the 12th Sept (as the 13th would be Sunday) Anton Anton Piatek email: an...@piatek.co.uk blog/photos:http://www.strangeparty.com pgp: [0xB307BAEF] (http://www.strangeparty.com/anton.asc) fingerprint: 116A 5F01 1E5F 1ADE 78C6 EDB3 B9B6 E622 B307 BAEF No trees were destroyed in the sending of this message, however, a significant number of electrons were terribly inconvenienced. -- Please post to: Hampshire@mailman.lug.org.uk Web Interface: https://mailman.lug.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/hampshire LUG URL: http://www.hantslug.org.uk --
