About a week ago, @AmrEldib and @EmadMokhtar recorded the 3rd episode of EgyGeeks podcast. We were not sure whether to make a 2nd part of it, stretch the episode itself, or what. At the end, we just put it online today as to look for more feedback as usual.
It’s a new year, and I wish I had a happier post to write, but the local news about the people dead around the Church in Alex makes that hard. We even discussed whether it’s good to have the episode today, but, we already don’t have specific time between each episode and another, and the episode recording has been waiting around for a while, and didn’t want to just keep waiting.
The Recording:
You can view the official announcement page to listen to the recording, and give feedback. You may leave you comments here as well.
In brief, EgyGeeks is an usergroup of many developers (mainly Egyptian .NET geeks, but not only) that started with some online gatherings instead of usual offline ones, and now starting to add podcasts to the game (In Arabic)…
Personal Blah Blah Blah Part…
If you remember that I haven’t made it to the first “published” episode (maybe some day we decide to publish the very first secret episode, who knows!), well, I was lucky enough to make it to this one though!
Podcast’s 2nd Episode: Joel’s Test
This time the topic is Joel’s test. If I remember correctly, It was @AmrElDib’s idea. Nice one.
Joel’s test is a set of 12 questions that try to be a general standard scale for software companies, especially to use for those considering offers for different companies and want to evaluate how professional is the work in there. They are advised to ask those question to the companies.
I know I have been quite away from this blog. Keeping the details for other times many already know I was moving from Abu Dhabi to Sydney and joining th great consulting company, Readify.
But this post is not about that, it’s about the work that has been going during the last month (where I was one of the least involved for honesty) to evolve EgyGeeks as we paused the bi-weekly meetings after Ramadan.
The Podcast
We thought we can even reach more of you out there by trying a different model than online sessions and open talks. That is recorded podcasts.
We are trying this for the first time, trying to simulate the normal tech talks I and you always talk about when we meet a friend developer even if meeting in a cafe with no technical topics in mind. Let’s see if it makes any sense…
The first “published” episode, Pilot, is mainly around the new Windows Phone 7 stuff. Check out the podcast landing page.
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Just a quick update in case you haven’t been following my recent updates (@Meligy) or @EgyGeeks news on twitter…
This week #EgyGeeks will have a very interesting session, about Continuous Integration in .NET. The session will be given by @AmrEldib who is a really brilliant and clever guy from what I see on twitter and some mailing groups.
Also, the open talk will be about BI, mainly in SQL Server.
The gathering is going to start in less than 3 HOURS. 11:59 PM CAIRO TIME (GMT+2) TODAY.
You can join by clicking the link that will pop up on @EgyGeeks (and @Meligy) by the time of gathering.
Hello everybody, Thanks a lot to those who attended the second planned EgyGeeks gathering. The open talk especially was really nice and we enjoyed how interactive it was.
The Survey
Based on your feedback in the open talk part, Ramy collected your suggestions for the next gathering in one list and put this survey:
You can choose one topic from open talk suggestions, or suggest a new one. You can also choose the level you want the session to be. You can even choose whether you want the gathering to be a session only, an open talk only, or both.
Call For Speakers
Moreover, if you are interested in delivering a session yourself not just attend one, answer the last question in the survey with your email and session details. We’re looking for more speakers in the next gatherings…
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