[Python Edinburgh] Python Dojo - Tuesday, 4th August, 6:30pm

[Mark Smith]

Hey Laurence,

Thanks for the offer! I actually do have a checklist - it's just not
public (yet) :-)

I'm going to post to the list with a more formal call for volunteers
in the next few days. Once we have a core group we can work out how
we'll organise this thing.

--Mark

On 28 July 2015 at 17:07, Laurence Billingham
<laurence.billingham at gmail.com> wrote:
> Thank you Mark,
>
> Is there a way I can help in organizing pythonedinburgh meetings?
> Is there some equivalent of the check lists at
> https://github.com/techmeetup/edinburgh? Would creating one help?
> (I only found site and dojo stuff at https://github.com/python-edinburgh/)
>
> Thanks,
> Laurence
>
> On 28 July 2015 at 16:52, Mark Smith <mark.smith at practicalpoetry.co.uk>
> wrote:
>>
>> If you just want to sign up, here's the link:
>>
>> http://www.eventbrite.com/e/python-dojo-tickets-17934003086?aff=peml
>>
>> Food and drink will be provided. If you have any specific dietary
>> requirements, email me directly to let me know.
>>
>> --Mark
>>
>>
>> If you want to know what a dojo is, here's the description I wrote last
>> time:
>>
>> # Python Edinburgh Dojos
>>
>> A dojo is an opportunity to get together with a bunch of other
>> developers and practice our craft in a friendly and informal
>> environment. It's an opportunity to learn from (or help) your peers
>> and to work with technologies that maybe you don't encounter in your
>> everyday role.
>>
>> We find the original coding dojos, as laid out by the Paris user group
>> to be very formal and slightly intimidating! Instead, we loosely
>> follow the format of the London Python Dojos.
>>
>> ## Stage 1: Gather
>>
>> We all get together at an agreed place and time. We chat until we
>> think that everyone is here.
>>
>> ## Stage 2: Pick a Project
>>
>> Everyone gets around the whiteboard and throws around ideas for
>> something we could attempt to achieve in a couple of hours. We put
>> together a list and then everyone votes on their favourite idea. The
>> ideal idea should be fun, challenging but not impossible in the time.
>>
>> ## Stage 3: Pick Teams
>>
>> Teams are chosen organically based on general experience and more
>> specific experience with the kind of chosen project. The teams should
>> all be of mixed experience -- we encourage total newbies to get stuck
>> in!
>>
>> ## Stage 4: Solve the Problem
>>
>> Each team gathers to work somewhere in the space provided and attempts
>> to solve the problem. The solution can lean whatever way the team
>> decides: practical, hacky, fun or totally ludicrous.
>>
>> ## Stage 5: Demo your Solution
>>
>> It's showtime! You demo your solution (working or not) to the other
>> teams and say what you learned (if anything). This is particularly
>> good if your solution is silly.
>>
>> Depending on how the whole group feels, we may or may not elect a
>> winner. There is no prize except experience :)
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