Mtg today at UCB?

[Scott Kinney]

pardon me for being new but is there a TIP meeting today at UCB?

[Scott Kinney]

---------- Forwarded message ----------
From: giovanni_re <joh...@fastmail.us>
Date: Sun, Nov 3, 2013 at 11:54 AM
Subject: Re: [BerkTIPGlobal] Mtg today at UCB?
To: Scott Kinney <skin...@gmail.com>


Great :)

Forward this email to the btip list & i'll reply there.

:)

On Sun, Nov 3, 2013, at 11:32 AM, Scott Kinney wrote:
> work: accounting, process server, construction currently unemployed
> except for a side biz selling cars with a friend
>
> edu: i almost got a Bachelors in finance then i "took a break" (had
> some issues with drugs and alcohol but I've been sober for about 6
> years). i'm probably like a senior undergrad
>
> Now I'm at Laney college in Oakland taking OOP using C++ i like C++
> but i prefer to continue learning C the data structures and algo class
> is next semester. it is in C and I'm very excited about that
>
> i live in Oakland by the lake
>
> i got an idea this morning about trying to program a ncurses display
> manager in c something simple and clean no mouse required when i have
> to reach for the mouse i get annoyed but I'm just starting to research
> now. i don't know who doable it is for someone of my experience but
> you gotta start somewhere! just might take awhile
>
> oh... systemd. very impressive
>
> does that help or am i just rambling? haha
>
> Thanks Giovanni!
>
>
>
> On Sun, Nov 3, 2013 at 9:30 AM, giovanni_re
> <joh...@fastmail.us> wrote:
>
> > On Sun, Nov 3, 2013, at 07:36 AM, Scott Kinney wrote:
> > > I do not believe we have met.
> > >
> > > I was searching around for bay area linux / open source yada yada
> > > one day and spotted it on google calendar.
> > >
> > > I'm new to Linux and programming in general (almost a year) but
> > > i'm supper stoked on it. Just keeping on one direction can be hard
> > > cuz there's so much out there in the open source / free software
> > > world!
> > >
> > > What do you got going on? Any advice for a rookie?
> >
> > Sure.  :)
> >
> > Please start me out wiyh some info: What's your educational & work
> > background - just a sectence or two.? What city do you liv& work in?
> >
> > What sparked your interest in free sw? What area might you be
> > interested in programming?
> >
> > :)
> >
> >
> > >
> > > Thanks for getting back to me John.
> >
> > Call me Giovanni.
> >
> > :)
> >
> >
> >
> > >
> > > -Scott
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > On Sat, Nov 2, 2013 at 9:16 PM, giovanni_re <joh...@fastmail.us>
> > > wrote:
> > >
> > > > Hi Scott. :)

> > > >
> > > > On Sat, Nov 2, 2013, at 10:46 AM, Scott Kinney wrote:
> > > > > pardon me for being new but is there a TIP meeting today at
> > > > > UCB?
> > > >

> > > > By the powers vested in me by my being the founder of
> > > > BerkeleyTIP I hereby pardon you for being new!
> > > >
> > > > !!
> > > >
> > > > :)
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > The short answer is that unfortunately there is no BTIP (wasno)
> > > > meeting today.
> > > >
> > > > Thank you for your message though.
> > > >
> > > > :)
> > > >
> > > > Further, there might possibly be more positive news about BTIP
> > > > sometime in the future.
> > > > :)
> > > >
> > > > Have we met? Where did you hear about btip?
> > > >
> > > > And, note I only am sending this message to you, now, not the
> > > > list. Purposefully!
> > > > :)
> > > >
> > > > Please reply to just my email address, not the list address.
> > > > :)
> > > > Thanks.
> > > > :)
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > >
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[giovanni_re]

Welcome to BTIP, Scott :)

To enable me to give you some good tips,
please tell us:
Aprox what month & year did you begin learning about freedom sw etc,
what groups have you found out about,
which meetings have you gone to so far, &
what are yout thoughts about those events?

:)