- Portland? Wanna beta test a mentoring feature? http://chesnok.com/u/2u #uknowuwanna #
ePDX – Identify yourself as a mentor
UPDATE: We’ve already got at least one person interested in being a mentee, so go ahead and tag yourself as ‘mentee’, and we’ll be in touch. 🙂
I made a quick little screencast for adding yourself as a potential mentor on the ePDX.org site.
We’re cooking up a feature that will let mentors and mentees connect through this software, but we need a few intrepid beta testers to label themselves.
To do join in, you need to add the ‘mentor’ tag to your profile. That’s what the video above shows you how to do.
The idea driving this is that people wanting mentorship will have specific requests in mind, such as:
- Developer mentorship: “I’m learning Rails, and need someone to advise me on wedging Postgres into the ORM”
- Business mentorship: “I’m starting a new business and need feedback for my business model and pitch.”
- Marketing mentorship: “I’ve got this awesome project, and I wish other people could see how awesome it is. Help!”
If you’ve got a sense of adventure, and would love to give your opinions about things to an impressionable, mentee-mind, sign up today!
twittering on 2011-06-06
- And like that, I hear from Ondo State. Wondering if I can go back this year. #
- My plans for this summer http://bit.ly/l4YYpl #
- And in other news, tuttle seems cool http://dev.smartleaf.com/tuttle/tuttle.html #
Summer’s finally here: Plans and more plans
I’ve been pretty busy since I left PgCon. Emma is gearing up for a pretty awesome API release, and I’m working on a bit of tricky migration code.
I’ve also got a number of upcoming talks to suss out:
- Open Source Bridge – How to ask for money
- Open Source Bridge – Seven habits of highly effective trolls
- Future of Web Apps – What databases teach us about performance – in Las Vegas
- OSCON – Harder, Better, Faster, Stronger: PostgreSQL 9.1
- OSCON – Mistakes were made
And, then August off from the conference circuit, and a trip to Chicago for Postgres Open. And I’ve agreed to MC for another great event coming to Portland this fall.
So, I’ve got a busy few weeks ahead preparing for such great conferences coming here to Portland.
Otherwise, chickens are laying eggs regularly, I’ve got a delicious looking crop of cherries developing in the front yard, and maybe some strawberries if the sun lasts for a few days. For the moment, I’m taking it easy today, reading a few books and relaxing in warmth that Portland has deserved for quite a few months now.
Cheers!
Photo courtesy of roome via Flickr
Weekly tweet digest for 2011-06-05
- Being a China Miéville fangirl out in Beaverton with @mildwail #
- RT @mherrick66 The original version of @schmichael 's MongoDB talk was incredible. The Open Source Bridge vers… (cont) http://deck.ly/~qhxE2 #
- i have not laughed so hard from a movie in forever. @MelissaMcCs, wow. <3 #
- "Most venture-backed companies…create advantage more through execution than thru intellectual property" ht @i2pi http://chesnok.com/u/2o #
- Current status: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CeZlih4DDNg #
- </3 email #
- Consistent recovery state reached. #
- thinking bottlenecks, money, configuration, time, detachment. #
- This rageface app is going to get me to upgrade to IOS 4.0. #
- Adding butter to risotto. #
- At bunk bar. Say hi, tweeps. #
- Don't forget – End of School Year PDX11 Hackathon Tomorrow: http://calagator.org/events/1250460557 #
- <3s to all who forward me email prefixed with "incoming lolz" #
- Soft launch of the @PostgresOpen CFP on a lovely summer day. http://postgresopen.org #
- Considering hacking on the pycon source https://github.com/eldarion/pycon today at http://calagator.org/events/1250460557 #
- At PSU for the #PDX11 hackathon, and coffee is here! #pdx http://calagator.org/events/1250460557 #
- Roy from Apps4Good talking about contributing a mobile theme back to Calagator from Stream #ftw #pdx11 #
- Current status: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Sf8cM7f6P2I /ht @funkatron #
- The Portland Tech Calendar @Calagator is now mobile-enabled! Thanks, @roy_martin! Can't wait for it to be deployed. #pdx11 #
twittering on 2011-06-05
- Considering hacking on the pycon source https://github.com/eldarion/pycon today at http://calagator.org/events/1250460557 #
- At PSU for the #PDX11 hackathon, and coffee is here! #pdx http://calagator.org/events/1250460557 #
- Roy from Apps4Good talking about contributing a mobile theme back to Calagator from Stream #ftw #pdx11 #
- Current status: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Sf8cM7f6P2I /ht @funkatron #
- The Portland Tech Calendar @Calagator is now mobile-enabled! Thanks, @roy_martin! Can't wait for it to be deployed. #pdx11 #
twittering on 2011-06-04
- Don't forget – End of School Year PDX11 Hackathon Tomorrow: http://calagator.org/events/1250460557 #
- <3s to all who forward me email prefixed with "incoming lolz" #
- Soft launch of the @PostgresOpen CFP on a lovely summer day. http://postgresopen.org #
twittering on 2011-06-03
- At bunk bar. Say hi, tweeps. #
twittering on 2011-06-02
twittering on 2011-06-01
- "Most venture-backed companies…create advantage more through execution than thru intellectual property" ht @i2pi http://chesnok.com/u/2o #
- Current status: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CeZlih4DDNg #
- </3 email #
- Consistent recovery state reached. #
- thinking bottlenecks, money, configuration, time, detachment. #