DevHouse Boston 3
Sunday, September 16, 10am-10pm at Betahouse
Central Square, Cambridge, MA

Go sign yourselves up

http://devboston.pbwiki.com

I'm definitely looking forward to DevHouse boston 3!  Any of those
dates would work for me, although the 9th would be best.  I'm willing
to help organize or kick in beer :)

Jason Morrison

--- In devhouseboston@yahoogroups.com, "Shimon Rura" <shimonrura@...>
wrote:
>
> Any of these dates looks good to me; I am very much looking forward to
> another devhouse.
>
> shimon.
>
> On 8/14/07, jdpierce75 <jonpierce@...> wrote:
> > Hey all,
> >
> > We'd like to offer Betahouse as a venue for DevHouse Boston 3.  Our
> > preferred dates are, in order, September 16, September 9 and September
> > 23.  Thoughts?
> >
> > - Jon
> >
> > http://www.betahouse.org
> >
> >
> > --- In devhouseboston@yahoogroups.com, "yubrew83" <johnyu2@> wrote:
> > >
> > > Is August 11th or 12th ok?
> > >
> > > --- In devhouseboston@yahoogroups.com, "Brian Del Vecchio"
> > > <hybernaut@> wrote:
> > > >
> > > > We're happy to host the next DevHouse Boston at the Coworking
Loft ,
> > > > especially since we picked up one full-time coworker and two
> > > > part-timers from the last event.
> > > >
> > > > The next step is to pick a date, so I'll figure out some dates
which
> > > > work for us, and get back to the list shortly.
> > > >
> > > > B
> > > >
> > > > -
> > > > Brian Del Vecchio  |  Virosity, Inc.  |  bdv@  |  617-899-0798
> > > >
> > >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > Yahoo! Groups Links
> >
> >
> >
> >
>

Any of these dates looks good to me; I am very much looking forward to
another devhouse.

shimon.

On 8/14/07, jdpierce75 <jonpierce@...> wrote:
> Hey all,
>
> We'd like to offer Betahouse as a venue for DevHouse Boston 3.  Our
> preferred dates are, in order, September 16, September 9 and September
> 23.  Thoughts?
>
> - Jon
>
> http://www.betahouse.org
>
>
> --- In devhouseboston@yahoogroups.com, "yubrew83" <johnyu2@...> wrote:
> >
> > Is August 11th or 12th ok?
> >
> > --- In devhouseboston@yahoogroups.com, "Brian Del Vecchio"
> > <hybernaut@> wrote:
> > >
> > > We're happy to host the next DevHouse Boston at the Coworking Loft ,
> > > especially since we picked up one full-time coworker and two
> > > part-timers from the last event.
> > >
> > > The next step is to pick a date, so I'll figure out some dates which
> > > work for us, and get back to the list shortly.
> > >
> > > B
> > >
> > > -
> > > Brian Del Vecchio  |  Virosity, Inc.  |  bdv@  |  617-899-0798
> > >
> >
>
>
>
>
>
> Yahoo! Groups Links
>
>
>
>

Hey all,

We'd like to offer Betahouse as a venue for DevHouse Boston 3.  Our
preferred dates are, in order, September 16, September 9 and September
23.  Thoughts?

- Jon

http://www.betahouse.org


--- In devhouseboston@yahoogroups.com, "yubrew83" <johnyu2@...> wrote:
>
> Is August 11th or 12th ok?
>
> --- In devhouseboston@yahoogroups.com, "Brian Del Vecchio"
> <hybernaut@> wrote:
> >
> > We're happy to host the next DevHouse Boston at the Coworking Loft ,
> > especially since we picked up one full-time coworker and two
> > part-timers from the last event.
> >
> > The next step is to pick a date, so I'll figure out some dates which
> > work for us, and get back to the list shortly.
> >
> > B
> >
> > -
> > Brian Del Vecchio  |  Virosity, Inc.  |  bdv@  |  617-899-0798
> >
>

Is August 11th or 12th ok?

--- In devhouseboston@yahoogroups.com, "Brian Del Vecchio"
<hybernaut@...> wrote:
>
> We're happy to host the next DevHouse Boston at the Coworking Loft ,
> especially since we picked up one full-time coworker and two
> part-timers from the last event.
>
> The next step is to pick a date, so I'll figure out some dates which
> work for us, and get back to the list shortly.
>
> B
>
> -
> Brian Del Vecchio  |  Virosity, Inc.  |  bdv@...  |  617-899-0798
>

We're happy to host the next DevHouse Boston at the Coworking Loft ,
especially since we picked up one full-time coworker and two
part-timers from the last event.

The next step is to pick a date, so I'll figure out some dates which
work for us, and get back to the list shortly.

B

-
Brian Del Vecchio  |  Virosity, Inc.  |  bdv@...  |  617-899-0798

Seconded -- I heard about this from someone at DevHouse 2, and it
sounds awesome.  If you have a 3rd, I'll definitely come.  ...If it's
before I move at the end of August anyway. :)

--- In devhouseboston@yahoogroups.com, "matt_webmail" <matt@...> wrote:
>
> Hi!
>
> Someone I met recently turned me on to the existance of this group.
> Are there any current plans for a DevHouse 3?  It sounds like lots
of fun!
>
> Thanks,
> Matt
>

Hi!

Someone I met recently turned me on to the existance of this group.
Are there any current plans for a DevHouse 3?  It sounds like lots of fun!

Thanks,
Matt

Speaking for the coworking residents of 13 Magazine, I'd like to thank
everyone who participated.  It was an awesome event, and we were proud
to be part of it.  You're all welcome back.

I scraped the DHB2 Registrants page for emails to add to the 'Friends
of the Coworking Loft' email list.  If anyone here was not on that
list, but would like to receive our low-traffic announcements of
events (read: parties), email me directly (not to this list!) and I'll
add you.

Likewise, anyone who registered for DHB2 but would rather not be on
our invite list, I will be happy to remove you before we send out a
party invitation this Friday.

Again, many thanks to all who made DevHouse Boston 2 awesome,
especially Mike Walsh and Critt Jarvis.

On 6/28/07, Mike Walsh <mwalsh76@...> wrote:
>
> About 35 showed up during the course of the day.  The head count for
>  lunch was 26.
>

--
Brian Del Vecchio   |   bdv@...

About 35 showed up during the course of the day.  The head count for
lunch was 26.

One Team coded a facebook application that was supposed to find your
ideal match based certain criteria like finding commonalities between
books, movies and having complimentary sexual orientation.  The
application kinda worked but had a tendency to recommend the
girlfriend of your best friend.  The team consisted of Patrick
Fitzsimmons, Dan Grover, John Yu and Colin Nederkoorn.

Another team coded a mapping application where you could request all
x's within a given distance (e.g. one mile radius) and get the answer
plotted on a Google map.  I think the team primary motivation was to
try to learn Ruby in a day.  The team consisted of Joshua Nichols,
Philipp Hanes, and Jay Ayers.

Danny Choi and Paul Irish coded a personal wiki they called WookiWiki
(I think) that was based on TiddlyWiki.

Another team coded a web app that would allow Boston Geeks to
recommend geeky events and receive a semi-monthly notification of
upcoming geeky events that met their criteria.  This was a Django
application.  This team consisted of Shimon Rura, Rod Begbie, Kent
Quirk for coders and Jeff Potter worked on the specification phase.

Paul Ingemi coded a java game application to run on the iPhone even
though he said he had no intention of buying an iphone.

There was yet another group ( Ted Gilchrist, Tom Hagen and Jack
Hodgson) that worked on some voice applications but they didn't demo
anything at the end of the day.

All and all it was a pretty good day.  Many thanks to Brian, Jon,
Todd, Greg and the rest of the guys from Central [Square]
Intelligence.  Their office space was pretty close to perfect for
DevHouse.

Am very bummed that I missed the event, are there any recaps or better yet,
demos of the cool projects people created there?

While at devhouseboston 2, I noticed there were some issues that seem
to be standard issues with collaborative working.  Things like version
control, wiki, maybe even Gobby or some collaborative editor, ...

It'd probably be good to either:

1. bring a server to the devhouse fests with collaborative tools
(though this introduces other logistical issues)

2. add instructions to the wiki for installing and setting up their
own things (version control, wiki, mysql databases, ...)

3. add links to the devhouse boston wiki with existing systems out
there that can perform services for free (google code, sourceforge,
...)

I'm sure some folks are well-versed in these issues, but for the folks
who aren't, it'd be nice to have somewhere to point them to.

I'd be happy to volunteer for items 2 or 3.  I have a lot of mildly
dead hardware, but not enough to put together a decent server with.

/will

We will be holding the DevHouseBoston2 in Central Square, Cambridge on
Sunday June 24 from 10am until 10pm.  Registration is now open.  Go to
http://devboston.pbwiki.com for details. We have to limit
registrations to 30 people due to space constraints at the venue so
sign up early.

The 23rd/24th in Central sq. would be a strong option.  Do you guys have
a preference as to which day?  I would think a lot has to do with the
work habits/schedules of your "Co-Workers."  You will also have to give
some consideration to securing your equipment and workspaces.

- Mike Walsh


Jon Pierce wrote:

> Brian and I would be happy to host at our space in Central Square.
> That particular weekend is bad for us, but we could do the weekend of
> the 2nd/3rd, 23rd/24th or the 30th.
>
> - Jon
>
> On 5/7/07, *Shimon Rura* <shimonrura@...
> <mailto:shimonrura@...>> wrote:
>
>     Either day is OK for me. I'd like to try a Sunday and see how it
>     turns out. :)
>
>     shimon.
>
>     On 5/7/07, Mike Walsh <mwalsh76@...
>     <mailto:mwalsh76%40comcast.net>> wrote:
>> I'm fairly certain (like 85%) I can get adequate facilities for a
>> DevHouseBoston2 in the greater Kendall Sq. area. I'd like to have it
>> on the weekend of Sat. June 9th which is the weekend before father's
>> day.
>>
>> We can make it a 10am to 10pm event. The question I have is whether
>> this should be a Saturday or Sunday event? I get the feedback that
>> Sunday's are slightly easier on Geeks with Kids since Saturday's are
>> usually tied up with mandatory kid's sports things.
>>
>> Your thoughts??
>>
>> - Mike Walsh
>>
>>
>>
>>
>     > Yahoo! Groups Links
>     >
>     >
>     >
>     >
>
>
>

Either day is OK for me.  I'd like to try a Sunday and see how it turns out. :)

shimon.

On 5/7/07, Mike Walsh <mwalsh76@...> wrote:
> I'm fairly certain (like 85%) I can get adequate facilities for a
> DevHouseBoston2 in the greater Kendall Sq. area.  I'd like to have it
> on the weekend of Sat. June 9th which is the weekend before father's
> day.
>
> We can make it a 10am to 10pm event.  The question I have is whether
> this should be a Saturday or Sunday event?  I get the feedback that
> Sunday's are slightly easier on Geeks with Kids since Saturday's are
> usually tied up with mandatory kid's sports things.
>
> Your thoughts??
>
> - Mike Walsh
>
>
>
>
> Yahoo! Groups Links
>
>
>
>

I'm fairly certain (like 85%) I can get adequate facilities for a
DevHouseBoston2 in the greater Kendall Sq. area.  I'd like to have it
on the weekend of Sat. June 9th which is the weekend before father's
day.

We can make it a 10am to 10pm event.  The question I have is whether
this should be a Saturday or Sunday event?  I get the feedback that
Sunday's are slightly easier on Geeks with Kids since Saturday's are
usually tied up with mandatory kid's sports things.

Your thoughts??

- Mike Walsh

Date: January 11, 2007 @ 7 PM
What: Reading for She's Such A Geek: Women Write About Science,
Technology & Other Nerdy Stuff, edited by Annalee Newitz and Charlie
Anders (Seal Press
2007)
Location: The Center for New Words, 7 Temple St., Cambridge, MA
Admission: Free
URL: http://www.shessuchageek.com

Co-editors Annalee Newitz and Charlie Anders will read from their new
anthology, She's Such A Geek, and discuss the growing role of women in
the sciences, fandom, gaming and other areas. Also reading will be
contributors Nina Simone Dudnik and Diana Husmann. They'll have a
question and answer session about the book.

More about the book:

She's Such A Geek is collection of essays by nearly two dozen female
geeks of all persuasions talking about their lives, careers and
hobbies. They tell about how they fell in love with science,
technology or role-playing games. They explain how those pursuits have
shaped their lives. And they reveal the challenges -- and triumphs --
they've experienced in mostly male-dominated fields.

About Annalee Newitz:

Annalee Newitz is a writer who covers the collisions between
technology and media, culture and science. She is a contributing
editor at Wired, and writes the nationally-syndicated column
Techsploitation. You can also find her writing in Popular Science, New
Scientist, and The Believer. She is the author of Pretend We're Dead,
a political analysis of monster movies, and Vice President of Computer
Professionals for Social Responsibility.

About Charlie Anders:

Charlie Anders is the author of Choir Boy (Soft Skull Press 2005)
which won a Lambda Literary Award. She publishes other magazine
<www.othermag.org> and organizes the award-winning Writers With Drinks
reading series. Her writing has appeared in the Wall Street Journal,
Salon.com, the San Francisco Chronicle, McSweeney's.net,
Pindeldyboz.com, ZYZZYVA and many other magazines and anthologies.

--- In devhouseboston@yahoogroups.com, "Shimon Rura" <shimonrura@...>
wrote:
> Thanks.  Brian, John, and I talked earlier; and after that I spoke
> with Jeff Keller at Permabit.  I think things are under control.

Good to hear. I feel like I haven't done much this time around,
especially since now I can't even help you guys setup and cleanup
afterwards (I still might try and stop by later in the evening). Sorry
about that.

> I hope you feel better and can drop by.  But if not, take it easy.  If
> you're looking for something to do, you could always start working on
> a flyer or T-shirt design for next time. :)

I'll see what I can do. I haven't slept a normal night of sleep in a
week, since I cough all night and wake myself up. It's pretty not fun.

I've got some flyer ideas that I'll work through in Pages on my Mac
and I'll start trying out some t-shirt ideas (though I have no idea
where to begin with those).

Good luck guys. I'll check in tomorrow if I can't make it out that way.

Patrick

Heh, good of you to ask... I just sent one so I hope my failure to
notice your message doesn't mean there's a duplicate reminder!

shimon.

On 12/8/06, John Resig <jeresig@...> wrote:
> Who wants to send out a reminder tonight, to make sure that everyone
> is on board for tomorrow? I'll be happy to do it - I just don't want 3
> of us doing it accidentally ;-)
>
> --John
>
>
>
> Yahoo! Groups Links
>
>
>
>

Patrick,

Thanks.  Brian, John, and I talked earlier; and after that I spoke
with Jeff Keller at Permabit.  I think things are under control.

I hope you feel better and can drop by.  But if not, take it easy.  If
you're looking for something to do, you could always start working on
a flyer or T-shirt design for next time. :)

shimon.

On 12/8/06, Patrick Haney <nospam@...> wrote:
> --- In devhouseboston@yahoogroups.com, "Shimon Rura" <shimonrura@...>
> wrote:
> > Can we talk on the phone today to figure out last-minute stuff for
> > DevHouse?  I can set up the conference call if you all send me your
> > phone numbers.
>
> Hey guys, sorry for the silence over here as of late. I've been sick
> all week, missing the last 4 days of work thanks to a horrible sore
> throat, never ending cough and a head cold.
>
> I've been trying to rest in order to a) get back to work and b)
> actually attend tomorrow, but I'm not sure that's going to happen.
>
> If there's anything I can do remotely, please let me know. I'm going
> to try and stop by tomorrow, but I can't guarantee that's going to happen.
>
> My number, in case you need it, is (585) 503-9189.
>
> PS. I blogged about the event today and will spread the news to other
> people too, but it looks like we'll get a pretty decent turnout for
> our first of hopefully many events.
>
> Patrick
>
>
>
>
> Yahoo! Groups Links
>
>
>
>

Hi!

I'm writing to remind you that the first ever Dev House Boston happens
tomorrow.  Starting at 11am, we'll all take part in a day of fun,
creative, and intense hacking.  There are currently 38 people signed
up!

Directions, schedule, project ideas, and more good stuff:
http://devboston.pbwiki.com/

We organizers haven't been totally on the ball, so we may have to
collect money for dinner.  We'll figure it out tomorrow.  But if
anyone knows a last-minute sponsor who could chip in $200 or so, we
will gladly hand-draw a poster, express our eternal gratitude, put
comments in our code about how great you are, etc.

Nobody knows exactly how tomorrow will be, but I'm looking forward to
meeting and hacking with all of you.  Should be a blast.

If you have any questions, contact me or the
devhouseboston@yahoogroups.com email list.

Shimon Rura, Brian Del Vecchio, John Resig, and Patrick Haney, organizers


P.S. Our wiki was disabled for a while today because it got flagged as
spam.  It's back now.

--- In devhouseboston@yahoogroups.com, "Shimon Rura" <shimonrura@...>
wrote:
> Can we talk on the phone today to figure out last-minute stuff for
> DevHouse?  I can set up the conference call if you all send me your
> phone numbers.

Hey guys, sorry for the silence over here as of late. I've been sick
all week, missing the last 4 days of work thanks to a horrible sore
throat, never ending cough and a head cold.

I've been trying to rest in order to a) get back to work and b)
actually attend tomorrow, but I'm not sure that's going to happen.

If there's anything I can do remotely, please let me know. I'm going
to try and stop by tomorrow, but I can't guarantee that's going to happen.

My number, in case you need it, is (585) 503-9189.

PS. I blogged about the event today and will spread the news to other
people too, but it looks like we'll get a pretty decent turnout for
our first of hopefully many events.

Patrick

Who wants to send out a reminder tonight, to make sure that everyone
is on board for tomorrow? I'll be happy to do it - I just don't want 3
of us doing it accidentally ;-)

--John

John, Brian, Pat, Jeff,

(Jeff Keller is our contact at Permabit; he'll be with us from 10am
onwards tomorrow.)

Can we talk on the phone today to figure out last-minute stuff for
DevHouse?  I can set up the conference call if you all send me your
phone numbers.

Would a 5pm call work?  How about 6pm, 7pm, or 8pm?

Please respond with your phone number and a list of times you're
available.  We urgently need to get our shit together. :)

shimon.

Thank you, Ramit.  I was starting to get pretty nervous. :)

shimon.

On 12/8/06, PBWiki Support <support@...> wrote:
> Hi all,
>
> I've re-enabled your wiki, and this won't happen again.
>
> Our automated anti-spam software sometimes mistakenly marks valid wikis as
> spam wikis. This happens very, very rarely, but in this case, it seems to
> have shut yours down. I've made a note in your account file, and things
> should be fine from here on out.
>
> Thanks,
>
> -Ramit
> PBwiki Team
>
>
> On 12/8/06, Shimon Rura <shimon@...> wrote:
> > Seems down now.  Did it come back and then get disabled again?
> >
> > shimon.
> >
> > On 12/8/06, John Resig <jeresig@...> wrote:
> > > This is really strange - I received no warning about this whatsoever.
> > > Although, it seems to be back up now, which is really good.
> > >
> > > --John
> > >
> > > On 12/8/06, Shimon Rura <shimon@...> wrote:
> > > > Hi,
> > > >
> > > > http://devboston.pbwiki.com/ shows the message:
> > > >
> > > > Hi! Sorry, but it looks like this wiki was used in contravention of
> > > > the PBwiki Terms of Service.
> > > > The PBwiki software has disabled this wiki and archived the content.
> > > > We do review all such classifications, so if this classification was
> > > > in error, we will fix it soon.
> > > > If you want a free public or private wiki, just click here to make
> your own!
> > > >
> > > > We urgently need this wiki restored as we are using it to organize a
> > > > geek event, DevHouseBoston, which is happening tomorrow.  We are
> > > > relying on this wiki to advertise the event as well as collect
> > > > registration info from people who plan to come.
> > > >
> > > > I'm not sure why this wiki would have been flagged for automatic
> > > > disablement, but if there's a problem or if you have further questions
> > > > please contact me at shimon@... as well as the wiki's creator
> > > > John Resig <jeresig@...> as soon as possible.
> > > >
> > > > Thank you,
> > > > Shimon Rura
> > > > phone 857-928-3028
> > > >
> > >
> > >
> >
>
>
>
> --
> www.pbwiki.com -- make a wiki as easily as a peanut butter sandwich!

I sent a request for help to the SHDH list.

On 12/8/06, Shimon Rura <shimonrura@...> wrote:
> Seems down now.  Did it come back and then get disabled again?
>
> shimon.
>
> On 12/8/06, John Resig <jeresig@...> wrote:
> > This is really strange - I received no warning about this whatsoever.
> > Although, it seems to be back up now, which is really good.
> >
> > --John
> >
> > On 12/8/06, Shimon Rura <shimon@...> wrote:
> > > Hi,
> > >
> > > http://devboston.pbwiki.com/ shows the message:
> > >
> > > Hi! Sorry, but it looks like this wiki was used in contravention of
> > > the PBwiki Terms of Service.
> > > The PBwiki software has disabled this wiki and archived the content.
> > > We do review all such classifications, so if this classification was
> > > in error, we will fix it soon.
> > > If you want a free public or private wiki, just click here to make your
own!
> > >
> > > We urgently need this wiki restored as we are using it to organize a
> > > geek event, DevHouseBoston, which is happening tomorrow.  We are
> > > relying on this wiki to advertise the event as well as collect
> > > registration info from people who plan to come.
> > >
> > > I'm not sure why this wiki would have been flagged for automatic
> > > disablement, but if there's a problem or if you have further questions
> > > please contact me at shimon@... as well as the wiki's creator
> > > John Resig <jeresig@...> as soon as possible.
> > >
> > > Thank you,
> > > Shimon Rura
> > > phone 857-928-3028
> > >
> >
> >
>
>
>
> Yahoo! Groups Links
>
>
>
>


--
Brian Del Vecchio   |   bdv@...   |   http://hybernaut.com/

Seems down now.  Did it come back and then get disabled again?

shimon.

On 12/8/06, John Resig <jeresig@...> wrote:
> This is really strange - I received no warning about this whatsoever.
> Although, it seems to be back up now, which is really good.
>
> --John
>
> On 12/8/06, Shimon Rura <shimon@...> wrote:
> > Hi,
> >
> > http://devboston.pbwiki.com/ shows the message:
> >
> > Hi! Sorry, but it looks like this wiki was used in contravention of
> > the PBwiki Terms of Service.
> > The PBwiki software has disabled this wiki and archived the content.
> > We do review all such classifications, so if this classification was
> > in error, we will fix it soon.
> > If you want a free public or private wiki, just click here to make your own!
> >
> > We urgently need this wiki restored as we are using it to organize a
> > geek event, DevHouseBoston, which is happening tomorrow.  We are
> > relying on this wiki to advertise the event as well as collect
> > registration info from people who plan to come.
> >
> > I'm not sure why this wiki would have been flagged for automatic
> > disablement, but if there's a problem or if you have further questions
> > please contact me at shimon@... as well as the wiki's creator
> > John Resig <jeresig@...> as soon as possible.
> >
> > Thank you,
> > Shimon Rura
> > phone 857-928-3028
> >
>
>