Re: [OCLUG-Tech] more emphasis on online tutorials as opposed to meetings?

2013-02-17 Thread Rob Echlin
hanks, Rob > > From: Greg >To: Ottawa Linux Users Group >Sent: Monday, January 21, 2013 3:45:31 PM >Subject: Re: [OCLUG-Tech] more emphasis on online tutorials as opposed to >meetings? > >All this would suggest that the convenor, instea

Re: [OCLUG-Tech] more emphasis on online tutorials as opposed to meetings?

2013-01-21 Thread Greg
Robert P. J. Day wrote: [in part] >>> http://www.crashcourse.ca/wiki/index.php/Building_basic_RPi_image >>> >>> so there's not much point using meeting time to explain something >>> that anyone can read at their leisure at my web site. But surely Jean-Francois is not the only one who does not q

Re: [OCLUG-Tech] more emphasis on online tutorials as opposed to meetings?

2013-01-21 Thread Greg
suggestions not impositions. Greg Rob Echlin wrote: >> >> From: Robert P. J. Day >> To: Richard Guy Briggs >> Cc: Ottawa Linux Users Group >> Sent: Monday, January 21, 2013 9:08:38 AM >> Subject: Re: [OCLUG-Tech] more emphas

Re: [OCLUG-Tech] more emphasis on online tutorials as opposed to meetings?

2013-01-21 Thread Robert P. J. Day
On Mon, 21 Jan 2013, Rob Echlin wrote: ... snip ... > Hi Rob Day, > I agree with Richard. > There are many reasons why people go to a presentation by you at OCLUG, > either instead of or as well as reading the process on your web site. > - better fits their learning style > - ask you related ques

Re: [OCLUG-Tech] more emphasis on online tutorials as opposed to meetings?

2013-01-21 Thread Rob Echlin
> > From: Robert P. J. Day >To: Richard Guy Briggs >Cc: Ottawa Linux Users Group >Sent: Monday, January 21, 2013 9:08:38 AM >Subject: Re: [OCLUG-Tech] more emphasis on online tutorials as opposed to >meetings? > >On Sun, 20 Jan 201

Re: [OCLUG-Tech] more emphasis on online tutorials as opposed to meetings?

2013-01-21 Thread Robert P. J. Day
On Sun, 20 Jan 2013, Richard Guy Briggs wrote: > On Sat, Jan 19, 2013 at 02:22:48PM -0500, Robert P. J. Day wrote: > > for instance, after rob e. mentioned the raspberry pi, i offered > > to demo how easy it is to build a bootable image for one using > > openembedded and the publicly-available

Re: [OCLUG-Tech] more emphasis on online tutorials as opposed to meetings?

2013-01-20 Thread Richard Guy Briggs
On Sat, Jan 19, 2013 at 02:22:48PM -0500, Robert P. J. Day wrote: > in the midst of regular discussions about what talk to have at the > next meeting, i think it would be productive to place more emphasis on > writing/collecting really good and current tutorials on how to do > things in linux, as

[OCLUG-Tech] more emphasis on online tutorials as opposed to meetings?

2013-01-19 Thread Robert P. J. Day
in the midst of regular discussions about what talk to have at the next meeting, i think it would be productive to place more emphasis on writing/collecting really good and current tutorials on how to do things in linux, as opposed to always waiting for a meeting to see how something is done.