[linux] Thinking of giving away some Git courses/seminars to promote my classes
I hope I'm not straying too far from the mandate for this list, but I'm going to take a chance as it's the opportunity for some folks in town to get some free seminars or some of my Git training at no charge. As a way to promote my Git classes (and other training courses), I thought one way to get some attention would be to just offer some presentations at absolutely no charge, and I'm considering the following two possibilities. First, I'm willing to give free lunchtime presentations to corporations that can put together enough people who are interested. I can easily talk on intro Git for 40-50 minutes just to give attendees at least a basic understanding of Git. Obviously, the end goal would be to then eventually sell the full courses, but the short presentation would be no charge, and no real limit on how many people could attend (short of violating a fire code of some kind, of course. :-) So, there's that. I'm also considering a slightly more ambitious promotion, wherein I would offer my full 1-day Introductory Git class at absolutely no charge, but it would be limited to just one person per distinct company. The idea here would be, naturally, that a company could pick one engineer to get the instruction, then go back and recommend the course to the team. I'm intersted in list members' feedback on either of these ideas. The lunchtime seminar thing is basically available right now, the free full-day course would make more sense, say, early January since it would take some organizing. Thoughts? If you and your company are interested, by all means, drop me a note. If you know someone at another company who might be interested, let them know. Rob Day P.S. I'm currently designing some Docker/container courses, and am thinking of doing the same with those. P.P.S. I'm currently on contract out in Kanata, so interest out here would be ideal. -- Robert P. J. Day Ottawa, Ontario, CANADA http://crashcourse.ca LinkedIn: http://ca.linkedin.com/in/rpjday To unsubscribe send a blank message to linux+unsubscr...@linux-ottawa.org To get help send a blank message to linux+h...@linux-ottawa.org To visit the archives: https://lists.linux-ottawa.org
Re: [linux] Thinking of giving away some Git courses/seminars to promote my classes
A discussion of using git (in particular on github) is one of the items for next week's meeting. I suggested it after realizing that I didn't manage a change properly with an R package I'm developing with a colleague I've never met but have been sharing development with for the last couple of years. Your input would be most welcome. JN On 2019-10-28 8:40 a.m., Robert P. J. Day wrote: > > I hope I'm not straying too far from the mandate for this list, but > I'm going to take a chance as it's the opportunity for some folks in > town to get some free seminars or some of my Git training at no > charge. > > As a way to promote my Git classes (and other training courses), I > thought one way to get some attention would be to just offer some > presentations at absolutely no charge, and I'm considering the > following two possibilities. > > First, I'm willing to give free lunchtime presentations to > corporations that can put together enough people who are interested. I > can easily talk on intro Git for 40-50 minutes just to give attendees > at least a basic understanding of Git. Obviously, the end goal would > be to then eventually sell the full courses, but the short > presentation would be no charge, and no real limit on how many people > could attend (short of violating a fire code of some kind, of course. > :-) So, there's that. > > I'm also considering a slightly more ambitious promotion, wherein I > would offer my full 1-day Introductory Git class at absolutely no > charge, but it would be limited to just one person per distinct > company. The idea here would be, naturally, that a company could pick > one engineer to get the instruction, then go back and recommend the > course to the team. > > I'm intersted in list members' feedback on either of these ideas. > The lunchtime seminar thing is basically available right now, the free > full-day course would make more sense, say, early January since it > would take some organizing. > > Thoughts? If you and your company are interested, by all means, drop > me a note. If you know someone at another company who might be > interested, let them know. > > Rob Day > > P.S. I'm currently designing some Docker/container courses, and am > thinking of doing the same with those. > > P.P.S. I'm currently on contract out in Kanata, so interest out here > would be ideal. > To unsubscribe send a blank message to linux+unsubscr...@linux-ottawa.org To get help send a blank message to linux+h...@linux-ottawa.org To visit the archives: https://lists.linux-ottawa.org
Re: [linux] Thinking of giving away some Git courses/seminars to promote my classes
On Tue, 29 Oct 2019, J C Nash wrote: > A discussion of using git (in particular on github) is one of the > items for next week's meeting. I suggested it after realizing that I > didn't manage a change properly with an R package I'm developing > with a colleague I've never met but have been sharing development > with for the last couple of years. > > Your input would be most welcome. well, if there's an open speaking slot, i can present what i was thinking of as a 35-40 minute "brown bag" lunchtime seminar. it's a little bit techie -- it explains the structure of Git's object store and how Git actually stores history using a combination of blobs, trees, commits and tags. if people are interested, i can give that one. rday To unsubscribe send a blank message to linux+unsubscr...@linux-ottawa.org To get help send a blank message to linux+h...@linux-ottawa.org To visit the archives: https://lists.linux-ottawa.org
Re: [linux] Thinking of giving away some Git courses/seminars to promote my classes
I suspect Scott will get this via the list, but just in case ... Probably worth a little coordination so we have a smooth meeting. Thanks, JN On 2019-10-29 10:06 a.m., Robert P. J. Day wrote: > On Tue, 29 Oct 2019, J C Nash wrote: > >> A discussion of using git (in particular on github) is one of the >> items for next week's meeting. I suggested it after realizing that I >> didn't manage a change properly with an R package I'm developing >> with a colleague I've never met but have been sharing development >> with for the last couple of years. >> >> Your input would be most welcome. > > well, if there's an open speaking slot, i can present what i was > thinking of as a 35-40 minute "brown bag" lunchtime seminar. it's a > little bit techie -- it explains the structure of Git's object store > and how Git actually stores history using a combination of blobs, > trees, commits and tags. > > if people are interested, i can give that one. > > rday > To unsubscribe send a blank message to linux+unsubscr...@linux-ottawa.org To get help send a blank message to linux+h...@linux-ottawa.org To visit the archives: https://lists.linux-ottawa.org
Re: [linux] Thinking of giving away some Git courses/seminars to promote my classes
Hi John and Robert There might be time for a Github vs Gitlab chat. Several notable projects went to Gitlab, possibly due to a long standing antipathy to Microsoft. I am at Github myself. Cheers Rick On October 29, 2019 10:07:57 AM EDT, J C Nash wrote: >I suspect Scott will get this via the list, but just in case ... > >Probably worth a little coordination so we have a smooth meeting. > >Thanks, JN > >On 2019-10-29 10:06 a.m., Robert P. J. Day wrote: >> On Tue, 29 Oct 2019, J C Nash wrote: >> >>> A discussion of using git (in particular on github) is one of the >>> items for next week's meeting. I suggested it after realizing that I >>> didn't manage a change properly with an R package I'm developing >>> with a colleague I've never met but have been sharing development >>> with for the last couple of years. >>> >>> Your input would be most welcome. >> >> well, if there's an open speaking slot, i can present what i was >> thinking of as a 35-40 minute "brown bag" lunchtime seminar. it's a >> little bit techie -- it explains the structure of Git's object store >> and how Git actually stores history using a combination of blobs, >> trees, commits and tags. >> >> if people are interested, i can give that one. >> >> rday >> > >To unsubscribe send a blank message to >linux+unsubscr...@linux-ottawa.org >To get help send a blank message to linux+h...@linux-ottawa.org >To visit the archives: https://lists.linux-ottawa.org -- Sorry for being brief. Alternate email is rickleir at yahoo dot com
Re: [linux] Thinking of giving away some Git courses/seminars to promote my classes
I have more of my own stuff on Gitlab. However, I'm interested in learning a bit more about using git effectively in collaboration with others no matter which platform (or their own site) they are using. The git paradigm is not trivial. For those of us who use it sporadically there is some "relearning" each time. Recently I found I failed to get a pull request to work properly. Still not sure why. I suspect there's other members who are not power users of git who can benefit from some helpful cheat notes and diagrams, as well as an overview of the web interface. JN On 2019-10-29 10:22 a.m., Rick Leir wrote: > Hi John and Robert > There might be time for a Github vs Gitlab chat. Several notable projects > went to Gitlab, possibly due to a long > standing antipathy to Microsoft. I am at Github myself. > Cheers > Rick > > On October 29, 2019 10:07:57 AM EDT, J C Nash wrote: > > I suspect Scott will get this via the list, but just in case ... > > Probably worth a little coordination so we have a smooth meeting. > > Thanks, JN > > On 2019-10-29 10:06 a.m., Robert P. J. Day wrote: > > On Tue, 29 Oct 2019, J C Nash wrote: > > A discussion of using git (in particular on github) is one of the > items for next week's meeting. I suggested it after realizing > that I > didn't manage a change properly with an R package I'm developing > with a colleague I've never met but have been sharing development > with for the last couple of years. > > Your input would be most welcome. > > > well, if there's an open speaking slot, i can present what i was > thinking of as a 35-40 minute "brown bag" lunchtime seminar. it's a > little bit techie -- it explains the structure of Git's object store > and how Git actually stores history using a combination of blobs, > trees, commits and tags. > > if people are interested, i can give that one. > > rday > > > To unsubscribe send a blank message to linux+unsubscr...@linux-ottawa.org > To get help send a blank message to linux+h...@linux-ottawa.org > To visit the archives: https://lists.linux-ottawa.org > > > -- > Sorry for being brief. Alternate email is rickleir at yahoo dot com To unsubscribe send a blank message to linux+unsubscr...@linux-ottawa.org To get help send a blank message to linux+h...@linux-ottawa.org To visit the archives: https://lists.linux-ottawa.org
Re: [linux] Thinking of giving away some Git courses/seminars to promote my classes
I had understood that next week's discussion would be more aimed at top down pragmatic use of git in the real world - hopefully based on the "tools should make life easier, not inflict pain" principal. We had a bottom up talk a while back. I think Ian gave it? Tug On 2019-10-29 11:49, J C Nash wrote: I have more of my own stuff on Gitlab. However, I'm interested in learning a bit more about using git effectively in collaboration with others no matter which platform (or their own site) they are using. The git paradigm is not trivial. For those of us who use it sporadically there is some "relearning" each time. Recently I found I failed to get a pull request to work properly. Still not sure why. I suspect there's other members who are not power users of git who can benefit from some helpful cheat notes and diagrams, as well as an overview of the web interface. JN On 2019-10-29 10:22 a.m., Rick Leir wrote: Hi John and Robert There might be time for a Github vs Gitlab chat. Several notable projects went to Gitlab, possibly due to a long standing antipathy to Microsoft. I am at Github myself. Cheers Rick On October 29, 2019 10:07:57 AM EDT, J C Nash wrote: I suspect Scott will get this via the list, but just in case ... Probably worth a little coordination so we have a smooth meeting. Thanks, JN On 2019-10-29 10:06 a.m., Robert P. J. Day wrote: On Tue, 29 Oct 2019, J C Nash wrote: A discussion of using git (in particular on github) is one of the items for next week's meeting. I suggested it after realizing that I didn't manage a change properly with an R package I'm developing with a colleague I've never met but have been sharing development with for the last couple of years. Your input would be most welcome. well, if there's an open speaking slot, i can present what i was thinking of as a 35-40 minute "brown bag" lunchtime seminar. it's a little bit techie -- it explains the structure of Git's object store and how Git actually stores history using a combination of blobs, trees, commits and tags. if people are interested, i can give that one. rday To unsubscribe send a blank message to linux+unsubscr...@linux-ottawa.org To get help send a blank message to linux+h...@linux-ottawa.org To visit the archives: https://lists.linux-ottawa.org -- Sorry for being brief. Alternate email is rickleir at yahoo dot com To unsubscribe send a blank message to linux+unsubscr...@linux-ottawa.org To get help send a blank message to linux+h...@linux-ottawa.org To visit the archives: https://lists.linux-ottawa.org To unsubscribe send a blank message to linux+unsubscr...@linux-ottawa.org To get help send a blank message to linux+h...@linux-ottawa.org To visit the archives: https://lists.linux-ottawa.org
Re: [linux] Thinking of giving away some Git courses/seminars to promote my classes
Indeed, I'm mainly interested in pragmatic use. As indicated "cheat notes". I think I was at Ian's presentation, but somehow did not grasp what I needed to know the other week. And as with so many powerful tools, the devil is in those easily forgotten details. Unless my memory is really bad, I don't think we've had anything much on the Web interface(s), and my guess is that casual users like me could take advantage of those. I failed to issue the pull request via that route, in fact. JN On 2019-10-29 12:34 p.m., Tug Williams wrote: > I had understood that next week's discussion would be more aimed at top down > pragmatic use of git in the real world - > hopefully based on the "tools should make life easier, not inflict pain" > principal. > > We had a bottom up talk a while back. I think Ian gave it? > > Tug > > On 2019-10-29 11:49, J C Nash wrote: >> I have more of my own stuff on Gitlab. However, I'm interested in learning a >> bit >> more about using git effectively in collaboration with others no matter >> which platform >> (or their own site) they are using. The git paradigm is not trivial. For >> those of us >> who use it sporadically there is some "relearning" each time. Recently I >> found I failed >> to get a pull request to work properly. Still not sure why. I suspect >> there's other >> members who are not power users of git who can benefit from some helpful >> cheat notes >> and diagrams, as well as an overview of the web interface. >> >> JN >> >> >> On 2019-10-29 10:22 a.m., Rick Leir wrote: >>> Hi John and Robert >>> There might be time for a Github vs Gitlab chat. Several notable projects >>> went to Gitlab, possibly due to a long >>> standing antipathy to Microsoft. I am at Github myself. >>> Cheers >>> Rick >>> >>> On October 29, 2019 10:07:57 AM EDT, J C Nash wrote: >>> >>> I suspect Scott will get this via the list, but just in case ... >>> >>> Probably worth a little coordination so we have a smooth meeting. >>> >>> Thanks, JN >>> >>> On 2019-10-29 10:06 a.m., Robert P. J. Day wrote: >>> >>> On Tue, 29 Oct 2019, J C Nash wrote: >>> >>> A discussion of using git (in particular on github) is one of >>> the >>> items for next week's meeting. I suggested it after realizing >>> that I >>> didn't manage a change properly with an R package I'm >>> developing >>> with a colleague I've never met but have been sharing >>> development >>> with for the last couple of years. >>> >>> Your input would be most welcome. >>> >>> >>> well, if there's an open speaking slot, i can present what i was >>> thinking of as a 35-40 minute "brown bag" lunchtime seminar. it's a >>> little bit techie -- it explains the structure of Git's object >>> store >>> and how Git actually stores history using a combination of blobs, >>> trees, commits and tags. >>> >>> if people are interested, i can give that one. >>> >>> rday >>> >>> >>> To unsubscribe send a blank message to >>> linux+unsubscr...@linux-ottawa.org >>> To get help send a blank message to linux+h...@linux-ottawa.org >>> To visit the archives: https://lists.linux-ottawa.org >>> >>> >>> -- >>> Sorry for being brief. Alternate email is rickleir at yahoo dot com >> To unsubscribe send a blank message to linux+unsubscr...@linux-ottawa.org >> To get help send a blank message to linux+h...@linux-ottawa.org >> To visit the archives: https://lists.linux-ottawa.org >> To unsubscribe send a blank message to linux+unsubscr...@linux-ottawa.org To get help send a blank message to linux+h...@linux-ottawa.org To visit the archives: https://lists.linux-ottawa.org
Re: [linux] Thinking of giving away some Git courses/seminars to promote my classes
I’m up for adding a git talk to the November meeting. I’m doing what I expect will be a shorter ansible talk about using it to configure your laptop, workstation, or whatever. I doubt it will be a two hour talk. I suspect that the main points will be covered in 30 to 45 minutes. Scott > On Oct 29, 2019, at 11:49 AM, J C Nash wrote: > > I have more of my own stuff on Gitlab. However, I'm interested in learning a > bit > more about using git effectively in collaboration with others no matter which > platform > (or their own site) they are using. The git paradigm is not trivial. For > those of us > who use it sporadically there is some "relearning" each time. Recently I > found I failed > to get a pull request to work properly. Still not sure why. I suspect there's > other > members who are not power users of git who can benefit from some helpful > cheat notes > and diagrams, as well as an overview of the web interface. > > JN > > > On 2019-10-29 10:22 a.m., Rick Leir wrote: >> Hi John and Robert >> There might be time for a Github vs Gitlab chat. Several notable projects >> went to Gitlab, possibly due to a long >> standing antipathy to Microsoft. I am at Github myself. >> Cheers >> Rick >> >> On October 29, 2019 10:07:57 AM EDT, J C Nash wrote: >> >>I suspect Scott will get this via the list, but just in case ... >> >>Probably worth a little coordination so we have a smooth meeting. >> >>Thanks, JN >> >>On 2019-10-29 10:06 a.m., Robert P. J. Day wrote: >> >>On Tue, 29 Oct 2019, J C Nash wrote: >> >>A discussion of using git (in particular on github) is one of the >>items for next week's meeting. I suggested it after realizing >> that I >>didn't manage a change properly with an R package I'm developing >>with a colleague I've never met but have been sharing development >>with for the last couple of years. >> >>Your input would be most welcome. >> >> >>well, if there's an open speaking slot, i can present what i was >>thinking of as a 35-40 minute "brown bag" lunchtime seminar. it's a >>little bit techie -- it explains the structure of Git's object store >>and how Git actually stores history using a combination of blobs, >>trees, commits and tags. >> >>if people are interested, i can give that one. >> >>rday >> >> >>To unsubscribe send a blank message to linux+unsubscr...@linux-ottawa.org >>To get help send a blank message to linux+h...@linux-ottawa.org >>To visit the archives: https://lists.linux-ottawa.org >> >> >> -- >> Sorry for being brief. Alternate email is rickleir at yahoo dot com To unsubscribe send a blank message to linux+unsubscr...@linux-ottawa.org To get help send a blank message to linux+h...@linux-ottawa.org To visit the archives: https://lists.linux-ottawa.org
[linux] How are the oc-linux meetings announced, or is there a master schedule?
Hi, newbie here, I've looked through the wiki for an announcement of the November meeting or a master schedule but have come up empty. I'd like to start attending some of the meetings. I have subscribed to the mailing list, so I am seeing mailing list messages. Thanks for any help, Kevin
