[Baypiggies] newbie nuggets

[Shannon -jj Behrens]

Fernando wrote:
> For those of you who use ipython, it wraps a convenience timeit function:

Cool!

On Tue, Jul 1, 2008 at 8:51 AM, jim <jim at well.com> wrote:
>   responding on the list is generally better--

Agreed.

> who knows who'll get an idea and share it if
> they see what you write.
>   jj's suggestion for a show of hands has merit,
> but i think the experiment should be run over
> several meetings (i.e. get feedback for several
> newbie nugget presentations) before drawing a
> conclusion.

Agreed.

>   how might a newbie nugget component affect
> our having a newbie night?

I think they're orthogonal.  My thinking is that we should really do
something for the newbies more than once or twice a year.

>   what about presenting the newbie nugget
> feature as likely but not definitely in all
> meetings so's to leave flexibility for talks
> that require the entire time?

Cool.

Best Regards,
-jj