On 9/24/08, DeeKnow <deeknow(a)pobox.com> wrote:
S-Block, Waikato University, Saturday 20th. It'll be great to have you there.
Hey folks. Just thought I'd drop a line to the list as a way of introducing myself and to acknowlege the effort the group obviously put into SFD last weekend.
I'm a web developer type who's been working with open-source tech for many years now, some of the Uni folk on the list will know me, I saw a few familiar faces in S-block on Saturday.
I was really impressed with what you'd put together. I took a couple of friends along who are also techies, none of us are hard-core Linux desktop users (yet) but two of us have been using *nix back-ends for some time now.
Was great to be met on the door (sorry didnt catch the guy's name, my mate Matt used to work with him at Telecom), getting a warm reception at an event like that is so important, especially so I imagine for those who may not be as familiar with all the lingo etc and feeling a bit intimidated by all the Alpha-Geeks.
That would be me, I'm guessing :) I remember talking to a former T/com colleague around mid-morning to mid-day ish :) Thanks for your feedback, Dean! Feel free to pop along to the monthly meetings (4th monday of the month) or the Saturday Workshops (1st Saturday of the month) Cheers James. -- James Pluck PalmOS Ergo Sum "Dear IRS: I would like to cancel my subscription. Please remove my name from your mailing list..."