From natea at jazkarta.com Mon Feb 4 00:56:16 2008 From: natea at jazkarta.com (Nate Aune) Date: Mon Feb 4 02:02:00 2008 Subject: [Sprints] Video from Day 1 of the Scientific Tools and Documentation sprint Message-ID: <9a89227c0802031656n77ceabdbk53b8814948ce7c20@mail.gmail.com> I just posted a short fun video of the first day of the Scientific Tools and Documentation sprint at UCDavis. http://plone.tv/media/530888046/view Also read my blog post about the Science sprint and the benefits of sprinting in general http://nateaune.com/2008/02/03/scientific-tools-and-documentation-plone-sprint-day-1/ Subscribe to the "Most Recent" RSS feed on plone.tv to be notified of new videos and screencasts from the sprint. http://feeds.plone.tv/plonetv-mostrecent Nate -- Nate Aune - natea@jazkarta.com company: http://jazkarta.com blog: http://nateaune.com twitter: http://twitter.com/natea From apm13 at columbia.edu Thu Feb 7 20:24:12 2008 From: apm13 at columbia.edu (Alec Mitchell) Date: Thu Feb 7 20:26:27 2008 Subject: [Sprints] ANNOUNCE: Sorrento Sprint 2008 Message-ID: <365118370802071224w45e92a3ep92aec5a4fea2a255@mail.gmail.com> Hello Plone Community, For the second year in a row, Abstract Open Solutions is organizing a spring-time sprint in beautiful Sorrento, Italy. The sprint will be focused on improving Plone in preparation for Plone 4.0. People will be working on new features, bug fixing, and documentation. This event is a great opportunity for Plone community members at all skill levels to become more involved with Plone, to meet other members of this incredible community, to learn more about everybody's favorite Content Management System, and most importantly to make Plone even better. Last year's sprint was a tremendous success. With over 60 attendees, progress was made on many fronts. You can get some details about that sprint on Reinout van Rees' detailed and informative blog of the event: http://vanrees.org/weblog/topics/sorrentosprint2007 Some very nice photos were taken as well: http://www.flickr.com/groups/sorrento/pool/ We're sure this year's sprint, which is at the same fantastic location, will be even more successful! Here are the details: When: March 26-30, 2008 Where: Hotel Mediterraneo Sorrento, Italy (http://www.mediterraneosorrento.com/) Cost: 65 / 75 / 110 Euro per night (triple / double / single room), includes breakfast and dinner each day Additional details are at the link below, including possible topics and how to sign-up and pay for your accommodations: http://www.openplans.org/projects/sorrento-sprint-2008/project-home There is also a mailing list for the sprint which you can subscribe to here: http://www.openplans.org/projects/sorrento-sprint-2008/lists/sorrento-sprint-2008-discussion Those interested in helping sponsoring this event are urged to contact the sprint organizers (sorrentosprint@abstract.it). Thanks and Best Wishes, Alec Mitchell From jluvsu2 at gmail.com Thu Feb 21 23:50:07 2008 From: jluvsu2 at gmail.com (JoAnna Springsteen) Date: Thu Feb 21 23:50:14 2008 Subject: [Sprints] PSU Symposium Documentation Sprint Message-ID: <34501d7e0802211550vd76e4a8ja24339bc817f4795@mail.gmail.com> Hello Plonistas! I'd like to officially announce the PSU Symposium Doc Sprint! The Symposium runs from March 12th to 13th. We'll be holding the Doc Sprint after the symposium from March 14th to the 16th. Lodging and travel information can be found here: http://plone.org/events/regional/plone-symposium-2008/plone-symposium-east-2008 Of course there will be several sprints at the symposium. If you'd like to participate in any of them, sign up on the wiki: http://www.openplans.org/projects/plonesymposiumeast2008/sprints We'll take 15 sprinters for the doc sprint and any number of remote sprinters. Documentation topics are listed here: http://www.openplans.org/projects/plonesymposiumeast2008/documentation We ask that you come prepared with something to work on. You can volunteer for one of the topics on the list or come with a pet project of your own. Spots are going quick so sign up now! This is a great opportunity to attend the symposium, learn some new skills and then put those new skills to work for the Plone community. We hope to see you there! JoAnna From natea at jazkarta.com Fri Feb 22 06:03:03 2008 From: natea at jazkarta.com (Nate Aune) Date: Fri Feb 22 06:03:11 2008 Subject: [Sprints] Plone4Artists / multimedia sprint at Plone Symposium East - March 14-16 Message-ID: <9a89227c0802212203n5dfa98a0i1dfdbc0ca04c8364@mail.gmail.com> I'd like to propose a multimedia sprint focusing on improving the Plone4Artists products for handing audio and video content in Plone. See the suggested topics here: http://www.openplans.org/projects/plonesymposiumeast2008/multimedia-topics If you'd like to participate, please add your name to the participants list. Remote sprinters are welcome to participate! We will have live streaming of the sprint so you can see and hear us from afar. http://www.openplans.org/projects/plonesymposiumeast2008/participants The Symposium runs from March 12th to 13th. The proposed dates for the multimedia sprint are after the symposium from March 14th to the 16th. Lodging and travel information can be found here: http://plone.org/events/regional/plone-symposium-2008/plone-symposium-east-2008 There are several other sprints at the symposium, including one for documentation and one for further developing the Faculty/Staff Directory product. If you'd like to participate in any of them, sign up on the wiki: http://www.openplans.org/projects/plonesymposiumeast2008/sprints Hope to see some of you there! Nate -- Nate Aune - natea@jazkarta.com company: http://jazkarta.com blog: http://nateaune.com twitter: http://twitter.com/natea -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://lists.plone.org/pipermail/sprints/attachments/20080222/9cdda124/attachment.html From natea at jazkarta.com Sat Feb 23 22:23:33 2008 From: natea at jazkarta.com (Nate Aune) Date: Sun Feb 24 01:11:44 2008 Subject: [Sprints] ANN: Zope 3 Training for Plone Developers - Mar. 31-Apr. 1 in Naples, Italy Message-ID: <9a89227c0802231423l2d55e465u588cdb1a998eb8f1@mail.gmail.com> Want to learn more about using Zope 3 technology in Plone? Now's your chance to get hands-on instruction from one of the leading Zope 3 gurus in the Plone community: Rocky Burt. We are pleased to announce the "Zope 3 Training for Plone Developers" a comprehensive 2-day training course offered in Naples, Italy on March 31-April 1, 2008. This course is specifically targeted at the developer already familiar with Plone and Archetypes who now wants to leverage Zope 3 component architecture in their Plone products. INFO AND REGISTRATION ------------------------------------- http://www.jazkarta.com/services/training/zope-3-training-naples-2008/ TESTIMONIALS ---------------------- "The training has better addressed our needs than any other that has been offered. The key element that made it useful to us is that it addressed Zope 3 technologies in relation to Plone. An area where good documentation and tutorials are scarce to non-existent. The training session is so practical and relevant to those trying to bridge the gap from the Zope 2 world to Zope 3 and Plone 3." -Brent Lambert, Center for Open Sustainable Learning, Utah State University INSTRUCTOR -------------------- Rocky Burt is a recognized leader in the Plone community, former member of the Plone framework team, member of the Plone Foundation, contributor to the Philipp von Weiterhausen's popular book "Web Component Development with Zope 3" and developer of many Plone add-ons including the Plone4Artists suite of products. Rocky is an expert in using Zope 3 technologies in Plone, and has given various conference/sprint talks on this subject including a three hour tutorial at the PloneConf 2006 in Seattle and the PloneConf 2007 in Naples. DATES ---------- March 31 - April 1, 2008 LOCATION --------------- City of Science Naples, Italy COST -------- The cost for the 2 days of hands-on training is 950 Euro. Note: Discounts are available for non-profit, educational or government institutions. REGISTRATION ---------------------- The preferred class size is 10-15, so we encourage you to sign up now to reserve your spot. http://www.jazkarta.com/services/zope-3-training-for-plone-developers-2008 PREREQUISITES ------------------------ Knowledge of Plone and experience developing Plone products with Archetypes. Python programming skills. COVERS ------------- Everything you need to know about developing Plone products the "Zope 3 way", using adapters, view classes and interfaces. See the syllabus page for the full agenda of topics covered. http://www.jazkarta.com/services/training/zope-3-training-for-plone-developers-syllabus OPTIONAL SPRINT --------------------------- Immediately preceding the training, there will be a 5 day sprint (Mar. 26-30) in Sorrento on the beautiful Amalfi Coast. This is a great opportunity to work side-by-side Rocky Burt and other Plone/Zope 3 developers, and enjoy this amazing coastal town. Get more info about the Sorrento Sprint here: http://plone.org/events/community/sorrentosprint-2008/ REQUIREMENTS ------------------------ A laptop computer to follow along with this hands-on class. CONTACT -------------- Please contact training@jazkarta.com if you have any questions about the training. Sign up today! thanks, Nate -- Nate Aune - natea@jazkarta.com company: http://jazkarta.com blog: http://nateaune.com twitter: http://twitter.com/natea From apm13 at columbia.edu Thu Feb 28 08:24:35 2008 From: apm13 at columbia.edu (Alec Mitchell) Date: Thu Feb 28 08:24:54 2008 Subject: [Sprints] REMINDER: Sorrento Sprint 2008 Message-ID: <365118370802280024y305b67bbna47aceffb21f0752@mail.gmail.com> Hello Plone People, Just a quick reminder: the deadline to sign up for the 2008 Sorrento Sprint (http://www.openplans.org/projects/sorrento-sprint-2008/project-home) is less than one week away (March 5, 2008). If you are planning to attend, you must book your hotel room and add yourself to the participants page (http://www.openplans.org/projects/sorrento-sprint-2008/participants-page) by March 5, 2008. Thanks and best wishes, Alec Mitchell