Comments on: Just Do It http://www.grannymar.com/blog/2008/06/22/just-do-it/ I am not a has-been. I am a will be. Life may not be the party we hoped for, but while we are here we might as well dance Fri, 05 Dec 2008 07:44:46 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.2 By: Grannymar http://www.grannymar.com/blog/2008/06/22/just-do-it/#comment-9153 Grannymar Sun, 29 Jun 2008 15:42:17 +0000 http://www.grannymar.com/blog/?p=1195#comment-9153 stwidgie BarCamps in Ireland are very relaxed affairs. They cover a wide range of topics, loosely based around the world of technology. Suggestions for topics and speakers are welcome. Skills & ideas are shared in talks that run from 10 to 30 minutes. The sessions continue throughout the day with several rooms in action at the same time. Refreshment breaks allow time for networking and further discussion. Very often the day finishes with most of the attendees adjourning to a hostelry to refresh the vocal cords and have a meal. stwidgie

BarCamps in Ireland are very relaxed affairs. They cover a wide range of topics, loosely based around the world of technology. Suggestions for topics and speakers are welcome. Skills & ideas are shared in talks that run from 10 to 30 minutes.

The sessions continue throughout the day with several rooms in action at the same time. Refreshment breaks allow time for networking and further discussion. Very often the day finishes with most of the attendees adjourning to a hostelry to refresh the vocal cords and have a meal.

]]> By: stwidgie http://www.grannymar.com/blog/2008/06/22/just-do-it/#comment-9145 stwidgie Sun, 29 Jun 2008 12:40:42 +0000 http://www.grannymar.com/blog/?p=1195#comment-9145 Not wanting to seem ignorant, I decided to read up on BarCamp before asking if it was intensive training for publicans or baristas. <a href="http://barcamp.org/BarCampBelfast" rel="nofollow">BarCampBelfast</a> sounds really fun! So then I went looking for BarCamps near me. There's one in Chicago in just a couple of weeks, I know right where that is, but, oh, it seems to be about banking. Bleah. I struggle to take an interest in personal finance, and without my husband's patient answers to my whiny questions, I would be in poor shape. Not the one for me. But there are a couple in Wisconsin. They seem intimidatingly programmer-oriented, but there are some glimmers (a photowalk - yay!). We shall see. Wish there were one listed in Ireland during our visit this fall for the Oireachtas. That'd be neat. Glad you had fun, GM! Not wanting to seem ignorant, I decided to read up on BarCamp before asking if it was intensive training for publicans or baristas. BarCampBelfast sounds really fun!

So then I went looking for BarCamps near me. There’s one in Chicago in just a couple of weeks, I know right where that is, but, oh, it seems to be about banking. Bleah. I struggle to take an interest in personal finance, and without my husband’s patient answers to my whiny questions, I would be in poor shape. Not the one for me.

But there are a couple in Wisconsin. They seem intimidatingly programmer-oriented, but there are some glimmers (a photowalk - yay!). We shall see.

Wish there were one listed in Ireland during our visit this fall for the Oireachtas. That’d be neat.

Glad you had fun, GM!

]]> By: Traveller with a Tale http://www.grannymar.com/blog/2008/06/22/just-do-it/#comment-8862 Traveller with a Tale Mon, 23 Jun 2008 20:13:34 +0000 http://www.grannymar.com/blog/?p=1195#comment-8862 <strong>BarCampBelfast 2008...</strong> And so the hectic geek-event-fest of June 2008 started on Friday 20th with a short flight over the Irish Sea to Belfast for the latest instalment of BarCampBelfast. My hotel, the Tara Lodge, as suggested on the wiki was fantastic. If you are going to... BarCampBelfast 2008…

And so the hectic geek-event-fest of June 2008 started on Friday 20th with a short flight over the Irish Sea to Belfast for the latest instalment of BarCampBelfast.
My hotel, the Tara Lodge, as suggested on the wiki was fantastic. If you are going to…

]]> By: Grannymar http://www.grannymar.com/blog/2008/06/22/just-do-it/#comment-8860 Grannymar Mon, 23 Jun 2008 18:14:42 +0000 http://www.grannymar.com/blog/?p=1195#comment-8860 Andy ~ I promise not to keep the dust and crumbs for you! Darragh ~ I'm saying nothing ;) Andy ~ I promise not to keep the dust and crumbs for you!

Darragh ~ I’m saying nothing ;)

]]> By: Darragh http://www.grannymar.com/blog/2008/06/22/just-do-it/#comment-8856 Darragh Mon, 23 Jun 2008 13:16:46 +0000 http://www.grannymar.com/blog/?p=1195#comment-8856 Look at you, with all your toyboys. I'm going to claim I was one of the first to get the badge off you personally :) Not many more who can get that honour, eh? ;-) Look at you, with all your toyboys. I’m going to claim I was one of the first to get the badge off you personally :) Not many more who can get that honour, eh?

;-)

]]> By: Andy http://www.grannymar.com/blog/2008/06/22/just-do-it/#comment-8855 Andy Mon, 23 Jun 2008 12:22:36 +0000 http://www.grannymar.com/blog/?p=1195#comment-8855 Alongside the badges and penny, you may find some crumbs and dust, best get the hoover attachments out! Thanks again for coming Marie, I really enjoyed the discussion on blogging - and of course the many hugs & pecks on the cheek I received. Toyboy & proud! Alongside the badges and penny, you may find some crumbs and dust, best get the hoover attachments out!

Thanks again for coming Marie, I really enjoyed the discussion on blogging - and of course the many hugs & pecks on the cheek I received. Toyboy & proud!

]]> By: Grannymar http://www.grannymar.com/blog/2008/06/22/just-do-it/#comment-8853 Grannymar Mon, 23 Jun 2008 11:24:07 +0000 http://www.grannymar.com/blog/?p=1195#comment-8853 Davy Mc Welcome on board! I loved you spiel on shaving, it brought back memories of my childhood, watching my father and later my brothers come to terms with 'the razor'! I did have an uncle who used cut-throat, when he came to stay we lined up in the bathroom to watch the performance… it would take an hour at least, but that had something to do with the stories he told! I was reminded recently by my aunt, an early widow that I taught her sons, my cousins to shave! The younger one turns 50 today…. That makes me feel old :sad: Davy Mc

Welcome on board! I loved you spiel on shaving, it brought back memories of my childhood, watching my father and later my brothers come to terms with ‘the razor’! I did have an uncle who used cut-throat, when he came to stay we lined up in the bathroom to watch the performance… it would take an hour at least, but that had something to do with the stories he told!

I was reminded recently by my aunt, an early widow that I taught her sons, my cousins to shave! The younger one turns 50 today…. That makes me feel old :sad:

]]> By: David McDonald http://www.grannymar.com/blog/2008/06/22/just-do-it/#comment-8852 David McDonald Mon, 23 Jun 2008 10:53:30 +0000 http://www.grannymar.com/blog/?p=1195#comment-8852 Delighted to meet you on Saturday, the whole Barcamp day was great fun all right, but, as usual, too short to chat with everyone you'd like to. Still now I can catch up with a lot of you on Twitter. You just can't have enough Twits in the world! I like the idea of Flickr group for the Official badged Toyboys, will have to set my portrait up for that ;-) Delighted to meet you on Saturday, the whole Barcamp day was great fun all right, but, as usual, too short to chat with everyone you’d like to. Still now I can catch up with a lot of you on Twitter.

You just can’t have enough Twits in the world!

I like the idea of Flickr group for the Official badged Toyboys, will have to set my portrait up for that ;-)

]]> By: Grannymar http://www.grannymar.com/blog/2008/06/22/just-do-it/#comment-8849 Grannymar Mon, 23 Jun 2008 10:31:07 +0000 http://www.grannymar.com/blog/?p=1195#comment-8849 David ~ thanks for the link Tracy ~ welcome to the party, stay awhile and meet my virtual family! David ~ thanks for the link

Tracy ~ welcome to the party, stay awhile and meet my virtual family!

]]> By: Tracy http://www.grannymar.com/blog/2008/06/22/just-do-it/#comment-8848 Tracy Mon, 23 Jun 2008 10:21:45 +0000 http://www.grannymar.com/blog/?p=1195#comment-8848 It was great to meet you too Grannymar! Excellent blog - though your recipes are making me feel peckish for elevenses... Looking forward to next year's already. :) Happy toyboy gathering! Tracy It was great to meet you too Grannymar! Excellent blog - though your recipes are making me feel peckish for elevenses…

Looking forward to next year’s already. :)

Happy toyboy gathering!

Tracy

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