Yep I like both ideas, Steve's and :brad's
Count me in...
The question is When and Where and how do we start.
hani
On Feb 23, 1:37 pm, Bradley Grzesiak <
listro...@gmail.com> wrote:
> While I don't mind the apparent consensus for my suggestion =), I think we'd
> still need to have an official brainstorming and decision on the webapp to
> make. I don't want to discourage people just because it seems we're on a
> particular track of thinking... at least not this early on.
>
> As an aside, I was thinking we could use Pivotal
> Tracker<
http://pivotaltracker.com>for story/bug tracking... I know
> Steve is down with that. One cool feature
> that should be out this week is public feeds for projects:
http://getsatisfaction.com/pivotal/topics/i_would_love_a_public_api_f...
>
> Let's plan on meeting for 1.5 hours: the first half hour will be spent
> brainstorming and voting on ideas... show up with a one-minute pitch (yes, *
> one* minute) if you have an idea! The remaining hour will be spent in groups
> of 2 or 3, independently working on:
> - setting up the rails/git/hosting environment
> - sketching out model interaction
> - sketching out look and feel
> - writing up stories for project tracking
> - anything else
>
> We'll need to think of a place to meet as well. I'd much prefer somewhere in
> the downtown area... Barriques off the square, mayhaps?
>
> Contrary to my email about the official Mad-Railers meeting, I will be
> around next week due to a change in travel plans. If you're interested,
> please respond with your availability for March 2, 4 or 5 (Monday, Wednesday
> or Thursday).
>
> :brad
>
> PS: Invite your friends! From the list of TODOs I made, only one is specific
> to rails so far. And once we get coding, pair programming will fill in any
> gaps in knowledge.
>
>
>
> On Mon, Feb 23, 2009 at 1:07 PM, Abraham Williams <
4bra...@gmail.com> wrote:
> > Although I don't think that getting back into Rails is good for my schedule
> > I'm in.
>
> > In theory it is possible to write a script to scape the metro site and get
> > that added to Google. As far as I can tell they don't do any verification if
> > it is actually someone official submiting the info:
> >
http://code.google.com/transit/spec/transit_feed_specification.html
>
> > On Mon, Feb 23, 2009 at 12:29, Colin Alteveer <
altev...@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> >> I would love to chip-in.
>
> >> I agree with the whole customer-driven aspect perhaps being a bit
> >> cumbersome, though it would be good practice for the "real" world. On the
> >> other hand, non-car transportation for the commute is a big deal in Madison,
> >> and we could probably get some good traction/interest in the project. What
> >> about adding bus transportation to the equation (for when it's raining =D)?
> >> I don't think Google Transit covers this info, and the mymetrobus.comsite is far from awesome. Is this too much?
>
> >> On Mon, Feb 23, 2009 at 11:05 AM, Bradley Grzesiak <
listro...@gmail.com>wrote:
>
> >>> OK, folks. Are Steve and I the only ones who are remotely interested in
> >>> this?
>
> >>> If anything, we could try to invite some Rails n00bs and pair them up
> >>> with an "expert"... consider it a good deed for the Rails and Madison
> >>> communities. =)
>
> >>> And while I have no issues personally with Steve's suggestion of Amigos,
> >>> if it seems too rigorous or customer-driven for a fun project, suggest your
> >>> own fun project!
>
> >>> :brad
>
> >>> On Fri, Feb 20, 2009 at 2:42 PM, Stephen Anderson <
step...@bendycode.com
> >>> > wrote:
>
> >>>> Cool Idea! I'm game!
> >>>> Here's my idea: A Rails program for the Madison chapter<
http://www.amigosmadison.org/>
> >>>> of Amigos of the Americas <
http://www.amigoslink.org/>. High school
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