CodeMash After Dark - session pitches

[Jason Gilmore]

Fellow CodeMashers,

This year we are kicking around the idea of doing "CodeMash After
Dark", which consists of a set of sessions occurring in the early
evening on Thursday. These sessions are not necessarily technical in
nature, but otherwise cover topics which are of general interest to
CodeMash attendees. While they are led by an instructor (notably an
expert on the topic), there are not necessarily slides, nor would
attendees need to bring laptops or anything like that. Session
attendees could probably even bring in a drink from the cocktail party
and hang out. The sessions would probably be an hour or so, but there
aren't really any set rules. As usual, we are winging it. :-)

Obviously the CodeMash crowd has a pretty eclectic set of hobbies,
ranging from lockpicking to chess to Go to beer brewing to
electronics. If you have a cool hobby and would like to share your
passion with other attendees, please respond to this thread with your
pitch.

While the CodeMash committee reserves the right to make the final
selections due in part to various logistical factors (we are planning
on anywhere between 4 to 6 After Dark sessions), obviously we're going
to pay attention to this thread to gauge interest so please speak up
if somebody makes a pitch which you find interesting. After we see a
number of pitches pile up, we will come to some decisions and get in
touch with the associated instructors.

BTW pitches don't have to be thrown out by potential speakers! If you
would simply like to learn more about a particular topic, add it to
the list! Even if a session wasn't organized around that particular
topic, perhaps like-minded individuals could get together at CodeMash
and do an open spaces.

Jason

[Joel Clermont]

I'd be interested in hearing someone talk about puzzle solving techniques. Each year, I love playing in the World Puzzle Championship, but I'm so far below the skill level of some of the top players. It would be great to hear from someone who has experience and some tips and tricks to share.

Here's a link to the solutions from this year's contest, to get a flavor for the types of puzzles: http://wpc.puzzles.com/uspc11/solutions.asp

Joel Clermont
262-377-9930
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[Matt Casto]

Could you have open spaces during this time too?

I would love to have an open space for cub scouts leadership where I could share with other people involved with cub scouts or boy scouts.

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[Barry Hawkins]

That is actually a perfectly acceptable topic for the regular Open Spaces time slots. Last year the lock picking one was a pretty big hit.

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[Jay Harris]

Go?

Huh.

Total mystery. Completely baffles me. And I absolutely want to learn
it if someone is feeling adventurous!
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[Dianne Marsh]

Rich Hickey (creator of Clojure) taught Go at StrangeLoop and I was actually able to play a game! I will bring my Go board and the rule book, but I'm hoping someone shows up who KNOWS Go!

Dianne

[Robert Casto]

Yes, this sounds very much like the StrangeLoop presentations. I really liked the one a guy did there about locks of all types, sizes, styles, and how to pick each of them to get around the lock.

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[Nick Watts]

Since there's so many awesome programming user groups in the Codemash
area, I'm interested in getting some people together to talk about
related topics. I'm thinking things like, first, how can people find
out about user groups and how can the groups be networked (e.g. co-
hosting events, sharing speakers and sponsors, etc...). There's a
pretty rich user group scene in Michigan & Ohio for sure but I don't
think many people realize this. I'd be willing to do this, but it'd be
even more useful if one or two actual user group leaders were there
too.

On Oct 13, 12:10 pm, Jason Gilmore <w...@wjgilmore.com> wrote:

[MaggiePlusPlus]

Someone was teaching Go last year in the open spaces area. It was a
good intro - I don't remember who it was.
It would be good to have a set in the game room to practice once we
learn the basics.

Thinking about it, my son played Go in college when he had a Chinese
roommate and he is coming to CodeMash (how cool is that:) - maybe i
should get him a set for Christmas.

Maggie

[Joel Clermont]

I run the Milwaukee PHP user group and I'll be there. I'd love to sit in on a session like this.

Joel Clermont
262-377-9930
jo...@orionweb.net

[Guy Royse]

I'm the primary organizer for the Columbus JavaScript Usergroup and would be happy to participate.

Guy

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[Alex McFerron]

+1 on problem sovling techniques. I would love to learn more about that

+1 on go

 

Also, I like mathematics and there may be some people who want to do do a math problem together like something from:

http://www.themathcircle.org/problemsweek.php

or from somewhere else.....

 

we could do problems out of this book

http://www.amazon.com/Art-Craft-Problem-Solving/dp/0471135712

 

 

cheers,

alex

[Danno Ferrin]

Since 2012 is an election year, how about a session on Voting Systems?  Everyone loves to bag on the Electoral College but what are the alternatives?  

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Voting_system

There could be a historical section explaining to us ignorant Americans (or at least me) about how exactly a Parliamentary system works.  (issues like free voting and deciding on who becomes an MP).  And some focus on places in the US that use what are non-typical systems like preferential voting and the french style system used in Louisiana.

There of course would need to be a hardcore math section explaining why some of the criteria are mutually exclusive.

Any math or polysci majors with their head in this?

--Danno

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[Michael Letterle]

Yeah, I played a small game against him, he was very passionate and
knowledgeable. Wish I could remember his name, hope he sees this!

As far as the general idea of an "After Dark" track. [Expletive] Yes!

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[Brian Genisio]

What about a session on home brewing?  If this year is anything like the past, there will be several kegs of home brew floating around in the suites.  Seems like a fitting "after dark" session.  ;-)

@BrianGenisio

[Nick Watts]

After I thought about this more, I think it would be better aimed at
user group organizers. I'm guessing there will be at least a dozen or
more at the conference. I'm sure there's a lot we could do to just
help organizers find help/advice they need to shore up their own
groups. Maybe even make the session a base for organizing a user group
organizer conference?

[Robert Casto]

I'd be interested in learning how to improve our local JUG. I know the one in Columbus is very strong and others do as well. I'd like to know how to get speakers mostly. Good speakers always brings out a big crowd.

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[Barry Hawkins]

While I certainly appreciate the enthusiasm behind this thread, I would like to underscore that in all the years I have been to CodeMash (save the one where I got sick the first night and puked until it was time to fly home), I spend the evenings networking and hanging with people I know as well as meeting new ones. The idea of a whole other "night shift" track in place of that doesn't particularly appeal to me.

For those who do feel up to a second shift, knock yourselves out. I'll probably be in warm bubbly water with a drink and some friends and new faces. :-)

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[Robert Casto]

Everyone will want to do something different and it is a big conference. I'm sure there will be people playing GO, chess, and who knows what else. There will be drinkers and those who hate to drink. There will be those who want to solve extremely complex math problems and those who don't want to think at all. No matter what you do in the evening, you'll probably be "networking" with people you don't know.

[Sarah Dutkiewicz]

I'd definitely be up for talking about this. I run Cleveland Tech Events
(http://clevelandtechevents.com) - a web site that keeps track of over 60+
technical user groups in the Cleveland, OH-area. I work extensively with
user group leaders, attendees, speakers, and venues on networking these
together and would love to help others network with this as well.

~ Sarah

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[Robert Peterson]

What about job hunting strategies?

Best practices?

Software development process war stories:  pros and cons of waterfall, agile, extreme.  When do they work and when do they fail?

Geek Movie Marathon:  Rent some geek classics such a Wargames, Hackers, Tron, Superman 3, etc.

 

[Jason Gilmore]

I couldn't have said it better. This is simply one more way for people
to have fun and unwind on Thursday evening. I stress these are not
eyes-forward, sit still sessions. For instance it seems apparent
already that there's a bunch of interest in a Go session. Presuming we
can find an instructor, I would foresee numerous Go sets spread around
a room with people playing and the instructor walking around the room,
discussing basic rules and observing games. It's just another way for
people to have fun, and doesn't preclude all of the other cool things
going on that evening.

Jason

[Matt Casto]

Will there be an attendee party in the water park on Thursday evening like there was last year?

< Matt

On Thu, Oct 13, 2011 at 12:10 PM, Jason Gilmore <w...@wjgilmore.com> wrote:

[Jason Gilmore]

Yes. :-)

Jason

[Jim Holmes]

Yes! Our good pals at GitHub are sponsoring the waterpark portion of the attendee party for us!

[Stuart Smith]

Following up on Sarah's email about her great Cleveland tech website (ClevelandTechEvents.com), my weekly use of Twitter (@sos_jr) complements her efforts, and I would also be willing to join Sarah and others in a discussion on users groups.

Each week, for over two years, I have announced on Sunday or Monday evening all the Cleveland tech meetings, social media events, blogger groups, and some of Cleveland's startup/entrepreneur meetings. I have also run the WebSigCleveland.org meetings for over five years.

If there is an After Dark session on users groups, I would be open to sharing. Let me know how I could be of asistance.

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[Jay]

I'd be interested in an after hours session (or even a regular session) on device programming with Arduino prototyping boards or maybe the .Net Micro Framework and .Net Gadgeteer tools and their prototyping boards (similar appeal as Mindstorms without the legos and prebuilt plugable components if you haven't heard of them before). I've always wanted to play with these and learn to dabble with the electronics side of things but haven't been able to find the time so I certainly couldn't present on the topic. Is anyone else interested in this topic? Has anyone played with either of these enough to lead a session?

Some examples of things people have done with Arduino's is at HacknMod.

[Nick Watts]

I think we were actually supposed to meet up about this last year
Sarah. I was sick most of the time and didn't have the energy to add
that in to everything else (my belated, mostly unacceptable
apolopy :)). As Dianne suggested this is going to work better as an
open spaces discussion. But, since I'm positive not everyone
interested will get to come at whatever time slot ends up being open,
are you guys interested in talking over lunch one day?

On Oct 13, 5:46 pm, "Sarah Dutkiewicz" <sa...@codinggeekette.com>
wrote:

[Steven Smith]

Don't forget there's also a big gaming room (possibly more than one
room) which would be happy to accomodate Go players in addition to
card and board game players.

Steve

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[Antrim, Tate]

Me too on this one.  They had an open session during the day last year but I missed it with all the other stuff going on.  I’d really like to have night session or two on .net micro framework and Arduino.  Unfortunately I’ve not played around with them yet though this is motivation enough to pick one up and start.

 

BTW - I’m heavily into ham radio on the side so I’m willing to help with basic electronics (ohm’s law type things) if you get a group like that together (last year there were some other hams that came but we never got together – heck we ought to have a night session just on ham radio).

 

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I'd be interested in an after hours session (or even a regular session) on device programming with Arduino prototyping boards or maybe the .Net Micro Framework and .Net Gadgeteer tools and their prototyping boards (similar appeal as Mindstorms without the legos and prebuilt plugable components if you haven't heard of them before). I've always wanted to play with these and learn to dabble with the electronics side of things but haven't been able to find the time so I certainly couldn't present on the topic. Is anyone else interested in this topic? Has anyone played with either of these enough to lead a session?

 

Some examples of things people have done with Arduino's is at HacknMod.

 

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[Michael Letterle]

Would be interesting to see a "CodeMash On The Air" event... have
CodeMash QSL cards. Just throwing it out there, that's probably
asking a lot..

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[Antrim, Tate]

Hmmm ... codemash QSL cards...if it weren't so dang cold that would be a neat DXpedition! What with 10m opening up a small yagi might be feasible to bring. I have a portable 6m one, but 10 might be doable on the same boom.

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Would be interesting to see a "CodeMash On The Air" event... have CodeMash QSL cards. Just throwing it out there, that's probably asking a lot..

On Fri, Oct 14, 2011 at 11:13 AM, Antrim, Tate <Ant...@grangeinsurance.com> wrote:
> Me too on this one.  They had an open session during the day last year
> but I missed it with all the other stuff going on.  I'd really like to
> have night session or two on .net micro framework and Arduino. 
> Unfortunately I've not played around with them yet though this is
> motivation enough to pick one up and start.
>
>
>
> BTW - I'm heavily into ham radio on the side so I'm willing to help
> with basic electronics (ohm's law type things) if you get a group like
> that together (last year there were some other hams that came but we

> never got together - heck we ought to have a night session just on ham radio).

[Laurence Mingle]

I would be interested in the ham radio stuff. I am just starting to read a book to get a license since I know most of it from the military. I also like the arduino idea.

[Antrim, Tate]

Well then there’s 3 of us.  A technician licensing session might be a good idea too.  I we could get some VE’s from the area maybe we could have some tests and some newly licensed hams could walk away from CodeMash

[Duane Collicott]

Four

On Fri, Oct 14, 2011 at 1:31 PM, Antrim, Tate

[Andrew Cox]

There seems to be a growing trend toward health and fitness in
programming circles. I'd like to lead a session on primal living.
Something like:

"Achieving your genetic potential through primal living"

Or the more provocative:

"Everything you know about diet and exercise is wrong"

I'd cover the major areas of a Primal lifestyle and why they're
beneficial:

* Diet
* Exercise
* Stress management
* Sleep

Andrew

[Richard J. Dudley]

Tate, when I saw your name pop up, I thought a ham session might be a good idea.

[Corey Haines]

+1 for a session on primal living

[Alex McFerron]

+1 on primal living

[Adam Winter]

If anyone is interested, I'd be happy to talk about raising capital
for an technology startup. Besides being an IT consultant, I'm an
active angel investor and a member of a couple of the largest angel
groups in the country (both in Ohio, including the largest group in
the country). I can talk about process, typical terms, what investors
are looking for, the difference between angel and VC, and alternative
sources for capital.

-adamw

[Josh Brown]

+1 on primal living, but I vote for it during the regular Open Spaces during the day.

[Jay Wren]

I'd actually like to hear about the other side. What does it take to be an angel?

Sent from my iPad

[Adam Winter]

Jay,

That would be a separate talk, but one I could also give. Obviously,
you need your own capital and to qualify as an accredited investor
(http://www.sec.gov/answers/accred.htm), but there are a number of
things to think about, data to track and even some hacks to have your
dollars go farther.

-adamw

On Oct 15, 9:43 pm, Jay Wren <jrw...@gmail.com> wrote:
> I'd actually like to hear about the other side. What does it take to be an angel?
>
> Sent from my iPad
>

[Steven Smith]

I'd be interested in both angles as well.

[Dave Swersky]

Matt,

I am Cubmaster of my sons pack, I'd be happy to participate!

On Oct 13, 2011 12:50 PM, "Matt Casto" <matt...@gmail.com> wrote:

Could you have open spaces during this time too?

I would love to have an open space for cub scouts leadership where I could share with other people involved with cub scouts or boy scouts.

< Matt

On Thu, Oct 13, 2011 at 12:32 PM, Joel Clermont <jo...@orionweb.net> wrote:

I'd be interested in hearing someone talk about puzzle solving techniques. Each year, I love playing in the World Puzzle Championship, but I'm so far below the skill level of some of the top players. It would be great to hear from someone who has experience and some tips and tricks to share.

Here's a link to the solutions from this year's contest, to get a flavor for the types of puzzles: http://wpc.puzzles.com/uspc11/solutions.asp

Joel Clermont
262-377-9930
jo...@orionweb.net

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[Guy Royse]

I'm a cubmaster as well.  I'd be curious what IT solutions geek dad cubmasters engage in.  It'd be a hoot to develop some pack management applications while at CodeMash.

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[Dave Swersky]

That would be fun!  A pack achievement management system that could track progress of each cub would be cool... I'm sure it's been done but it would be a fun exercise!

Dave

[Guy Royse]

There's for pay software that does it today but some free, open source stuff would be a definite "good turn".

Guy

[Guy Royse]

Would doing this earn this earn us a Geek Dad merit badge?

Guy

[Laurence Mingle]

My wife is taking a database class for her master's and is modeling the organization of scout achievements and tracking for a project. Maybe this can be used as a starting point.

[Laurence Mingle]

She should get her geek mom badge for using excel to run our Pinewood Derby races for the past four years. Makes a race with 60+ scouts run smoothly.

[Dianne Marsh]

Geek Mom Badge! Love it!

[john]

I am an amateur photographer, and I have noticed that there are a
number of folks in the IT field who dabble in various degrees with
photography as a second profession. Seeing a lighting 101 type of
session would be cool. Looking at Flickr, it is clear that there are
some fine photogs who already attend CodeMash. What about sharing
some of the photon capturing love?

[Kevin Fonner]

Are the sessions announced today also for the after dark sessions?
Are you still considering doing after dark sessions? Are you going to
pick from abstracts already submitted or should I resubmit my abstract
to this thread to considered for an after dark session?

Thanks,
Kevin

[Jason Gilmore]

Good morning,

Please submit all after dark session ideas to this thread. "Selection"
of the after dark sessions is a much more informal process, one which
will primarily be based on the discussion generated as a result of the
pitches, and secondarily upon logistics surrounding whatever might be
involved with organizing the session.

So far Go and ham radio seem to have caught the attention of quite a
few people. I'm sure there are a few other ideas too which at the
moment I can't recall, I'll look back at the thread for another look.

Jason

[Corey Haines]

Since I started a new thread for the discussion, I'll put it here.

There was a lot of good response for doing a longer session of
lightning talks. I'm willing to organize/run them.

-Corey

[j...@iterativerose.com]

Scouting / scout leadership was another hot one, as was primal living.

Thanks,  

Jim Holmes

Sent from a tiny keyboard. Please excuse brevity and errors.

[Shelley Storch]

I have an idea for an after dark session.  

Like most of you, I have other hobbies besides work asking for my services.

So for after dark could we discuss - How to reorganize someone else's published web vision to the  Keep it Simple Stupid (KISS) principle?

There would need to be some discussion on how to digest the current posted information and then how to reorganize it into something better.

I can provide more information if you think this to be a neat idea to kick around for discussion.

Shelley R. Storch
Senior Programmer Analyst
TravelCenters of America
(O) (440)-808-4487
SSt...@ta-petro.com
"Making TA the Highway Travelers' Choice!"

[Kevin Fonner]

I would love to talk about microcontroller programming if anybody is
interested. I dabble with with robotics and electronics using AVR
microcontrollers. Here is a link to some pumpkins that I animated for
Halloween using a java control program and some c code on AVR
microcontrollers.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=g9q2x8DTrBc

Each pumpkin has in essence a home built arduino in it (although I
just tend to flash my own firmware on to the chips instead of using
arduino) that communicate via RS485 from a computer to control them.

For my Halloween party this year, I am hoping to complete a drink
machine that can make cocktails from 8 different ingredients.

Let me know if anybody is interested in getting together to talk about
microcontroller development. I would love to see what others are
doing as well whether it's arduino development, AVR's, PIC's, FPGA's,
etc...

Kevin

http://kevin.fonner.net/

[mikef...@f1tech.com]

I am primarily interested in sampling the cocktails - all in the name of furthering my education of course. 

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I would love to talk about microcontroller programming if anybody is
interested. I dabble with with robotics and electronics using AVR
microcontrollers. Here is a link to some pumpkins that I animated for
Halloween using a java control program and some c code on AVR
microcontrollers.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=g9q2x8DTrBc

Each pumpkin has in essence a home built arduino in it (although I
just tend to flash my own firmware on to the chips instead of using
arduino) that communicate via RS485 from a computer to control them.

For my Halloween party this year, I am hoping to complete a drink
machine that can make cocktails from 8 different ingredients.

Let me know if anybody is interested in getting together to talk about
microcontroller development. I would love to see what others are
doing as well whether it's arduino development, AVR's, PIC's, FPGA's,
etc...

Kevin

http://kevin.fonner.net/

On Thu, Oct 20, 2011 at 10:02 AM, Jason Gilmore wrote:
> Good morning,
>
> Please submit all after dark session ideas to this thread. "Selection"
> of the after dark sessions is a much more informal process, one which
> will primarily be based on the discussion generated as a result of the
> pitches, and secondarily upon logistics surrounding whatever might be
> involved with organizing the session.
>
> So far Go and ham radio seem to have caught the attention of quite a
> few people. I'm sure there are a few other ideas too which at the
> moment I can't recall, I'll look back at the thread for another look.
>
> Jason
>

[Antrim, Tate]

Ham Radio interest at CodeMash is very exciting to me. Doing some preconference legwork I've contacted the Sandusky Amateur Radio club and they are willing to do a test session to get folks licensed but they want it off site however, that's not workable so I'm trying to turn that around to get it on site - if they refuse I'll try another club in the area that has Volunteer Examiners to see if they'd be willing to do a license testing session on site. I'm also keen on setting up a "Get On The Air" station to let folks actually do some talking. The solar flux today is over 150 (by conference time we're hoping for a daily number over 190) and there are some significant openings to a large part of the world on HF bands where antennas are feasible for transport.

Those interested in getting their license are encouraged to visit http://www.qrz.com and set up an account where you can run through the real test questions online. You can also pickup testing books with great explanations at http://www.w5yi.org/catalog.php?sort=4. Morse code is no longer a requirement for the license (even so its popularity continues to grow) just an fyi.

Absolute noobs should start with the Technician class book and then move up to General and then Extra - each giving you additional privileges.

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Sent: Thursday, October 20, 2011 10:03 AM
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Subject: Re: [CodeMash] CodeMash After Dark - session pitches

Good morning,

Jason

DISCLAIMER:

[Bill Sempf]

Hi, I'm Bill Sempf. Many of you may have come to my Locksport open
space last year, where I taught the fine art of lockpicking.

I plan on doing that again, but also am willing to do one of two talks
I regularly give if there is interest. The first is my Is Locksport A
Sport talk, which I recently gave at the much ballyhood Derbycon and
Notacon. It's a good talk about the psycology of security and how
lockpicking shows differences in people. It's funny and entertaining,
and would be well suited to an afterdark slot methinks.

The second talk would be a more technical talk, where I cover more
than basic lockpicking detail. This is based on the deck that Deviant
Ollam uses when he gives his full physical security talk. While not
funny per se, it is still entertaining, and has exponentially more
technical detail about picking.

So it kinda depends on the audience - more sociology with some
technical picking content, or all technical picking content?
Thoughts? You can reply here or grab me on Twitter (@sempf).

Looking forward to seeing everyone there! (Oh, and if you have an
interest in security, don't miss my regular session on the OWASP 10
and pentesting ASP.NET with Backtrack 5)

S

[Joe Kuemerle]

My interest is definitely for the all technical choice.

[Corey Haines]

+1 on the Lockspot A Sport talk. Sounds like a great after hours talk.

And definitely +1 for the open space. I missed it last year.

[Dave Swersky]

+1 for locksport

[Mike Cornell]

I half jokingly suggested this on Twitter this morning, but the more I
think about it, the more I think it's a good idea.

I suggest a semi-prepared ad-hoc session on the geekiness of fitness
training, specifically in training for long distance running.

Sometime at CodeMash last year, I decided I was going to run a half
marathon, and just completed Columbus' last week. Some other folks
did the same.

This would be an accumulation of tips and tricks involving time,
motivation and basic tools to help you train for whatever distance
your goal is, be it 5K, 10K, 1/4, or 1/2 Marathons. I can't comment
on 26.2, that's next year's goal. There's a lot of cool technology
around training with GPS and mobile devices.

That's the basic idea.

[Mike Cornell]

I joked about this on Twitter this morning, but I think a session on
the geekiness of training for long distance running would be fun.
Might jive well with the primal talk.

--Mike

[Rob Reynolds]

+1!

[Jeremy Anderson]

+1 I would love to hang out and hack on some Arduino/Netduino stuff.

[Andrew Cox]

Definitely sounds like it would mesh well with a primal fitness. I can
also speak to barefoot running and training. Vibram 5-fingers seem to
have been embraced by a not-insignificant portion of the geek
community. I could talk about what they're all about and the science
behind them.

Another interesting angle is whether we were meant to be long-distance
runners or not ( Christopher McDougall's "Born to Run" vs. Mark
Sisson's "Chronic Cardio").

Andrew

[Joe Fiorini]

Awesome, as if it wasn't already difficult enough to choose which
sessions to attend, now we'll have to choose after dark sessions as
well? :)

Thus far I'm down for primal living and the angel investors (more from
the how to get it angle) sessions.

One thing I really like about these after dark sessions is it gives us
a chance to meet other people who share our non-work-related interests
and talk about something different. With that in mind, would anyone be
interested in an after dark on meditation practice, talking about why
we do it how it has helped us and the difficulties we have and how
we've overcome them (or not)?

- Joe

[Dustin Updyke]

+1 on meditation

Any interest on drawing/whiteboard techniques for communicating ideas more effectively?

[Andrew Cox]

Another +1 on meditation. I've meditated off and on and read (and
listened) to a lot of books and retreats, but it is not part of my
every day routine. I rarely get to talk to other people about their
experiences.

Andrew

[Mike Cornell]

Interestng, I had not read Sisson before, but just glancing at his
plan, it seems I'm following quite a few of his techniques. Very
cool.

I could also talk about some alternatives to 5-fingers. I personally
can't wear them, but I wear "barefoot" shoes.

On Oct 22, 10:56 am, Andrew Cox <drew....@gmail.com> wrote:

[Dianne Marsh]

CodeMash has a few barefoot runners (both truly barefoot and with "barefoot shoes"). CodeMash also has a lot of runners in general, at all distances and a variety of speeds.

I'm on runkeeper as dma...@srtsolutions.com. Would love a codemash "street team".

Dianne

[Jim Grafmeyer]

That sounds great.  I will add you to me street team

- Jim

[Mike Cornell]

If I could wear barefoot shoes I would...but I can't. Minimalist
shoes get pretty close, at least protect your feet from glass, etc.

[Dianne Marsh]

I'm coming back from a shoulder/rib injury and not changing a thing about my (traditional running) shoes until I'm satisfied with the healing.

My husband wears minimalist shoes and just bought some for my 8 yo as well. So far, she likes them too.

Dianne

[Doug Mair]

Sad to admit it but my primary hobby is developing windows phone apps.
Yes I know this shows that I have no life and I'm ok with that ;)

Right now I am focused on Xna and 3d. We have a growing user group in
Columbus called www.cowpug.org

But I would love to network with others on "Game app dev. 2d and 3d
tricks."

Topics that interest me:
- Finding game art or artist
- Cross platform mobile games.
- Successes with 3d modeling tools.
- learning to think in 3d.

Maybe i should goto a GameDev conference sometime.

I'm a hobbyist at this stuff, but have learned alot. I can speak only
about what I've learned. Anyone else interested in networking on topics
like this?

Sent from my Windows Phone
From: Mike Cornell
Sent: 10/25/2011 10:02 PM
To: CodeMash
Subject: [CodeMash] Re: CodeMash After Dark - session pitches

[Alex McFerron]

WOW! Doug, i had no idea there was a columbus windows phone meetup.

 

I'll see you there at the next one!

[Brian Meeker]

I think this is more of an Open Spaces thing (this is my first
CodeMash so I'm not sure), but I'll throw it out here anyways. I have
dealt with RSI for over 8 years and have accumulated a bit of a
collection of different pointing devices and keyboards. One
frustration with these is that they are never available in stores to
try before buying. Is there any interest in a space for people to try
these? I can contribute a couple of Kinesis Advantage keyboards, a
couple of Zero Tension mice, and a couple of Genius G-Pen tablets.

[Duane Collicott]

Open Mic. I know there's a jam session, or at least there has been, but an
open mic that's more of a performance event could be interesting. Not
instead of the jam. In addition to it.