[Dev-flock] ThoughtAndMemory dev flock meeting

[Lucy Mendel]

yo,

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kick-off dev flock meeting SUNDAY, March 2nd, 5PM.
figure out communication process, meet the team, ramp up on the
framework, QA,  DINNER at 7.

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17 Bishop Allen Dr.
Cambridge, MA 02139
middle two green doors

development wiki: http://thoughtandmemory.org/trac

please email dev-flock at mit.edu, which I will add you all to if you are
not already on it, or someone on the team if you have questions or
requests or updates.

if you encounter any impediments to getting work done, especially at
the beginning when it comes to setting up your environment or ramping
up on django,etc, don't hesitate to shoot me an email
(lucy at thoughtandmemory.org)

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I can't tell you all how excited I am by recent developer additions.
 * Dan has been pumping away at the backend like whoa--he'll commit any day now!
 * and we hope to bring Chris Pepe on board to do backend work, too.
Here, backend could mean database scheming, python coding and
eventually  SMS phone stuff.
 * Shaunalynn and Chia are ramping up on front-end django template,
HTML, CSS, javascript and flash stuff.
 * Eggar, I know we haven't contacted you in a while, but did awesome
work, and I hope you feel comfortable jumping back into the sway as we
move forward.
 * If you're on dev-flock and haven't committed anything yet give a
holla (ping) so we know you're alive.

To get things rolling I'd like to have a kick-off meeting for new
developers to meet the team and figure out the appropriate
communication process, both within the backend and frontend subgroups,
and especially across groups on the python dict <--> template
interface. Some of us are jumping into this particular framework for
the first time, which I expect will quickly become old news, but all
the more reason to get rolling in person.

There will be coop (we're meeting at the co-operative (coop) where
Clay and I live) or take-out dinner afterwards.

Let me know if you can or cannot make the meeting. We don't meet
often, so I encourage you to come if you can.

Bring your laptop if you have one and are having trouble getting setup
with the system. If you want, I'm happy to meet with people before the
meeting, say 4pm, to help with django/python/mysql/sqlite3/etc setup.

word,
Lucy.