Global Day of Code Retreat Dec 3

[Bryan Bibat]

Anybody interested?

http://www.infoq.com/news/2011/11/global_day_of_code_retreat

DevCon's event was pruned from 2 days to just one day so I'll be available on that Saturday. More details:

http://coderetreat.com/hosting.html
http://coderetreat.com/facilitation.html

To host a coderetreat, only a few guidelines need to be followed.

• Coderetreat lasts for a day
• Event must be free, funded by sponsors
• A facilitator is found to guide the participants through the day
• Lunch should be something good, catered; my rule is that if you are willing to come out at 8 in the morning to spend the day coding, you deserve more than just pizza for lunch

Since it's unlikely that we would cover all 4 points in short notice, maybe just a mini-retreat perhaps? Or maybe we could get the other Users Groups to pitch in to get a language/technology cross-pollination thing going on (LOL).
 

-bry

[Katherine]

Mini retreat.
For those who want to join, it's going to be in Baguio.
Some will leave Friday midnight and will be in Baguio Dec. 3 morning.

Not much need to rent a place. I wish it wouldn't rain so we could go
around.

It's good you if have Globe Tattoo or something.

Been checking places like AIM's Igorot lodge, also went to Teacher's
camp and CJH devco today. I'd say location is good and price is fair.
For one day, I think the cheapest option (Igorot lodge) is OK and
there's free wifi.

Not well-planned. We'll probably be working on some projects. Discuss
code and maybe anything about Ruby/ Ruby on Rails/ Python?
But surely, we intend to be productive for that day.

Please inform me if anyone other than Bryan, Rad, Buddy and Erol will
join.

Thanks :)

On Nov 8, 4:08 pm, Bryan Bibat <b...@bryanbibat.net> wrote:
> Anybody interested?
>
> http://www.infoq.com/news/2011/11/global_day_of_code_retreat
>
> DevCon's event was pruned from 2 days to just one day so I'll be available
> on that Saturday. More details:
>

> http://coderetreat.com/hosting.htmlhttp://coderetreat.com/facilitation.html

>
> > To host a coderetreat, only a few guidelines need to be followed.
>

> >    - Coderetreat lasts for a day
> >    - Event must be free, funded by sponsors
> >    - A facilitator is found to guide the participants through the day
> >    - Lunch should be something good, catered; my rule is that if you are

[George Mendoza]

Uy cool! Sige, count me in :)

[Katherine]

Cool...
May manlilibre...

:D

> >http://coderetreat.com/hosting.htmlhttp://coderetreat.com/facilitatio...

[melanie branzuela]

Wow, ^_^  for sure masaya yan :D

Question lang po, meron din po ba kayo ganitong activities para sa mga beginners or para dun sa mga magsisimula pa lang sumubok sa ROR? :D


Melanie P. Branzuela

"When you want to do something differently from the rest of the world, it's a good idea to look into whether the rest of the world knows something you don't."

[Katherine]

Hi Melanie...

Newbie din ako forever. :D

There is one event here in Baguio next year (no final schedule).
It's for beginners. But have yet to find mentors.
I am just a co-organizer.


On Nov 14, 5:33 pm, melanie branzuela <melaniepbranzu...@gmail.com>
wrote:

[melanie branzuela]

hi Katherine

talaga magkakaroon? Keep me posted please :) 

I'm interested!!!

Melanie P. Branzuela

"When you want to do something differently from the rest of the world, it's a good idea to look into whether the rest of the world knows something you don't."

[Katherine]

Sure.

Nice quote.

On Nov 14, 7:01 pm, melanie branzuela <melaniepbranzu...@gmail.com>
wrote:

[Jason]

Game!

[Katherine]

Good ideas from Mr. Valdez, President of Agoo Computer College (he'd
be attending):

Students/ newbies can be invited.

1) Ruby/Python coders can be mentors
2) If we have mentors, I would also like to suggest a "postmortem"
after the coding sessions. Participants will talk about 2 things they
did right, 2 things they did wrong and what discipline they think they
need to become a better programmer. This should only last at most, 5
minutes (just like during the startup weekend).

My thoughts:

Similarly, I want to ask about mobile application design and
development challenges so it would be good if there was an experienced
mobile application developer around.
In that case, I can be a participant.

We can list things that challenge us and our own thoughts on how we
could solve those application development challenges. The rest of the
group can provide feedback.

I've yet to find a place if attendees will exceed 10 people.

On Nov 15, 9:40 am, Jason <jason.e.tor...@gmail.com> wrote:
> Game!

[MrValdez]

> Good ideas from Mr. Valdez, President of Agoo Computer College

Thanks for the warm greeting. :)

> Students/ newbies can be invited.

I would like to invite my students to the event. Also, I have contacts with the comsci department at University of Cordilleras, so a lot might join. ...but:

> I've yet to find a place if attendees will exceed 10 people.

This would be a problem. I won't invite others yet until we find a place. An alternative is that our 1st code retreat will be a trial. We're still gonna treat it as if we're doing the real thing. But its gonna be limited to a few people. We can see what will be needed and we can plan a bigger event at a later date.

I'm also gonna see if I can talk with UC's comsci Dean if she can lend us a room. But this is just an option. A code retreat (as I understand it) is to get away from the stress of coding, and a classroom might be stressful to some.

[George Mendoza]

Hi Bryan, Katz,

Going back to the original Global Day of Code Retreat,

* During the event a simple task (the Conway's Game Of Life) is repeatedly tackled over the course of several sessions, each session concentrating on a specific area of software development and design. 

* While simple to understand, the problem provides many excellent areas to explore different development practices and ideas around software design.

* Coderetreats are intentionally language-agnostic, as the concepts and ideas practiced are core to software development.

    

So it seems code retreats have a specific format. Also, the focus of the retreat is on software development practices instead of specific technologies.

Katz, when do you like to meet to start organizing this event? Available ako sa weekend. We have to get started asap because the event is in two weeks.

Thanks,

George

[Roche Change]

Hello Everyone. Im a roche and a newbie. Would love to be posted on these event. Hope to hear soon.

Cheers,
Roche Mabbagu

[Radamanthus Batnag]

I like the RailsCamp format more:
http://railscamps.com/

It's less structured, and requires less prep work.

rad

[Jason]

+1 on railscamps. Honestly don't feel like doing Conway's Game of Life. I prefer our usual hackathons where we build something then demo at the end of the event :)

[Katherine]

Yes Sunday only.
Lola is so busy.
Will meet up someone who wants to get started with Rails anyway on
Sunday.
So it's a good day. Let's help her out set up Ubuntu on her laptop.
Don't know her. Just met her sis in SG. Help me out, mentor!

Re: format
Less stress. Follow Railscamp format.

Prerequisite for the event: an idea/ a project and an urge to learn.
We will not dictate what people will do. But Mr. Valdez might
disagree :D

I think we really have to identify our weaknesses/ things that
challenge us.

For beginners, if there are any, someone has to give a short
presentation on the "big picture" or how Rails works/ how Django
works.

Re: place for the event.
Aunt gave me a list. Have yet to find time to check those places.

[Radamanthus Batnag]

You might want to check out Tulip Apartelle?
http://www.baguioboard.com/tulip-apartelle.php
They have several units ranging from 2000-3000 pesos a day. A 3000
unit can house 6 (or more, if people are willing to sleep on the
floor, or won't sleep at all).

Regarding the format of the event itself: We can do it RailsCamp
style. If you want to do a 'talk', or work on a project, just announce
it (preferably before the event so that people know what to expect).
People who want to listen to you will look for you, you find a table,
gather around your laptop, and that's it. So we don't have to have one
central activity involving everyone. I can do a Corona SDK workshop
and only three people will be interested. Others will be more
interested on a Javascript talk by Jason. Or a PyGame talk from Mr.
Valdez. Or an Ultimate Sex Positions talk from...

What do you think?

[Eumir Gaspar]

Even though Im not coming(my mom's bday on dec 4 :P), I'll suggest a place. We stayed here 3+ years ago(probably 2007 or 2008 i think) and it was great. 

http://www.atenara.com/rates.html

They also serve a mean roast beef(IIRC) buffet for 400 I think(maybe more now since times have changed). Dunno if they have wifi though so you guys can check if you want? :P 

BTW, I heard Buddy's treating everyone to a nice lunch. 

--
Eumir Gaspar
Ruby on Rails Developer/Rails UI Specialist

github: http://github.com/corroded
tech blog: http://aelogica.com/author/eumir/

stackoverflow: http://stackoverflow.com/users/334545/corroded

stackoverflow resume: http://careers.stackoverflow.com/corroded

working with rails: http://www.workingwithrails.com/person/19554-eumir-gaspar

linked in: http://ph.linkedin.com/pub/eumir-gaspar/7/969/98a

odesk: http://www.odesk.com/users/~~8951a3b425021bda

[MrValdez]

What time are you guys planning to meet on Sunday? If its past 5PM, I can join.

>Or a PyGame talk from Mr. Valdez.

As soon as I read this, I said, oh dear, someone here found out about my previous talks. Then I recognize your name. ;)

[Katherine]

Hi.

We're meeting up tomorrow 5 PM.
But for some reason I'm out (to roam around like a tourist) all day
tomorrow so you can just text/ tweet/ send pm via Facebook/ whichever
is more convenient for you.

F.Y.I, I found out many function rooms on hotels like Microtel are
free if you book x number of rooms/ buy food. Will check tomorrow.

To those interested, this is a simple registration form:

https://docs.google.com/spreadsheet/viewform?formkey=dHBFbTI1OWhfRzMxVURDXzEzaDJmZVE6MQ

[MrValdez]

> We're meeting up tomorrow 5 PM.

Cool. Where will we meet?

[andrei]

How'd the meeting go?

[Katherine]

Rad, I actually live near Legarda so I checked rooms of Tulip this
morning. It's overpriced. The room for 4 is actually good for 3. The
room for 6 is also not really for 6 people. False advertising. They're
also charging for additional beds. More expensive than AIM in John
Hay! Ha! Will keep other comments to myself. Wala pang breakfast!

There's no more Atenara House. It's now a Korean school.

But 4 people will no longer worry. Already booked! It's done. No need
to overthink and compare prices. I. think transient houses in Baguio
are often overpriced and not worth the money for short stay.

On Nov 18, 8:26 am, Radamanthus Batnag <radamant...@gmail.com> wrote:
> You might want to check out Tulip Apartelle?http://www.baguioboard.com/tulip-apartelle.php
> They have several units ranging from2000-3000pesos a day. A 3000

[andrei]

Kat, we'll need power strips pala I forgot to tell you

[Jason]

And a good supply of beer. Andrei's place? Game! cc: Richard Gonzales and Julius Francisco

One last thing, Anybody else in Manila wants to travel to Baguio at the same time? Convoy tayo please?

[Radamanthus Batnag]

What time are you planning to leave for Baguio?

[Katherine]

We can bring. George, you have one right?
I have about 2 extra...

Andrei, I'm sending you email...
Look forward to seeing you all this Saturday!

You said the place can accommodate 25. That's ok!
Anyone else attending?

Last call.

https://docs.google.com/spreadsheet/viewform?hl=en_US&pli=1&formkey=dHBFbTI1OWhfRzMxVURDXzEzaDJmZVE6MQ#gid=0

4 more people can join.

Keeping the group small because of venue and resources!:D

[Peter Indiola]

Hi Katz,

Is there any registration fee for this event. Sana pwde pang makasama. wants to learn more RoR. 

Thanks!

[Katherine]

There is no fee!

Feel free to join.

https://docs.google.com/spreadsheet/viewform?hl=en_US&pli=1&formkey=dHBFbTI1OWhfRzMxVURDXzEzaDJmZVE6MQ#gid=0

This event is smaller and less organized the PHRUG meetups. We've yet
to figure out stuff when we meet.

[Jason]

Not sure yet what time eh. If natuloy friday morning OR around 3am saturday.

Also, my final decision to join depends on who's coming as well. Are you coming Rad?

Btw, who else from Manila coming?

[Radamanthus Batnag]

The ones coming from Manila: Me, Nico, Erol, Bryan, Buddy, and Rizza
(Buddy's GF).
Katz posted the attendee list earlier on this thread.

I'm planning to take the Victory Liner Friday 1130pm Cubao-Baguio
trip. Arrival time at Baguio will be between 5-6pm.

Anyone interested in to take the same trip?
I'm planning to reserve tickets on Wednesday.

rad

[Peter]

Hi Katz,

Pwde po bang malaman ang exact address nung venue?

Thanks!

[Bryan Bibat]

Count me in.

-bry

--
Bryan Bibat
Freelance Software Engineer
http://www.bryanbibat.net

[Katherine]

Hi Peter. I will just send SMS!

I advise you to join Rad if possible.

See you all!!
It's a hackathon.
Less talk, more action!!!

In my case, I will just eat. That's still action.

[fmagsipoc]

kita kits! first timer @ baguio

[MrValdez]

This is exciting!

> It's a hackathon.
> Less talk, more action!!!

WHOA WHOA WHOA. Slow down. The last time someone said "more action"
during a hackathon, everyone ran out of coffee. And no one wants
that. ;)

[fmagsipoc]

10/10
"will go back"

thanks andrei sa epic venue! rad and katz, thanks sa invite! :D
@mrvaldez : see ya at gamejam!

On Nov 22, 2:46 am, andrei <dreinava...@gmail.com> wrote:

[Bryan Bibat]

output namin sa code retreat: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-Kcu1fGUo1Q

(out of place sa ruby-phil ml lol)

slightly more serious write-up here: http://blog.bryanbibat.net/2011/12/05/code-retreat-baguio-2011/

-bry

[Katherine]

What happened based on my observation:

http://www.katherinepe.com/2011/12/code-retreat-baguio.html

Check out what Sony did within a few hours:

https://github.com/MrValdez/TweetDeck-interface

More pictures here:

http://www.flickr.com/photos/chillmoz/sets/72157628284219297/with/6457228813/

Thanks for everything, guys!

Merry Christmas!