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Hi All, A group of us over here in Scotland have decided to run a code retreat in Glasgow. We have experience in our group of running coding dojos but we are wondering how to scale up to a whole-d...

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Adrian Mowat commented on Adrian Mowat's blog post 'Report from Code Retreat UK'
@John. Thanks for your comments. I'm pleased you feel compelled to offer us money, but we must decline. One of the rules of the code retreat is that it should be free - and I think that's very important. The costs were not onerous and everyone was...
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John Gallagher commented on Adrian Mowat's blog post 'Report from Code Retreat UK'
@Rob Yes, it was me who initially commented that we were "thinking by talking". It was a natural conclusion for me as I'm a total chatterbox and some of my best ideas have come by talking. Sometimes I find myself having to talk to myself to think ...
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Rob Lally commented on Adrian Mowat's blog post 'Report from Code Retreat UK'
One of the interesting things that I noticed about the Code Retreat was that whilst people were pairing there was a tremendous amount of noise in the room - and no-one noticed it at all. We chatted about it as a group, and the only people who had ...
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Rob Lally commented on Adrian Mowat's blog post 'Report from Code Retreat UK'
Thanks for the kind words John, and your suggestion of financial support. The fluctuating air-conditioning was, to some degree, my fault. With so many bodies and laptops, I had to keep turning it up and down to try to maintain a decent temperatur...
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John Gallagher commented on Adrian Mowat's blog post 'Report from Code Retreat UK'
It definitely was an awesome day. I had a lot of fun and learnt a lot from some really great developers. And the animated discussion in the pub was brilliant too. I love a good debate. Just to repeat my feedback I gave you in the pub - the repeat...
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The UK's first code retreat was held yesterday in Glasgow and (although I am biased) it was a fantastic day and I think everyone enjoyed it immensely and, as far as I can tell, everyone learned something new. Here's my report of the day and the ev...
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Code Retreat UK at Caledonian Uni (room TBC)
November 21, 2009 from 9am to 6pm
Code Retreat UK will be held in Glasgow on the 21st of November. Coding in Ruby (but no prior experience needed), entry is free but limited to 20 places. Please sign up at http://coderetreatscotland.eventbrite.com/?ref=ecount
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Adrian Mowat commented on Patrick Wilson-Welsh's blog post 'How to Run a CodeRetreat'
Hi Patrick, Thanks for the post. This is really helpful. We are wondering, though, how you can do a full implementation of Conway's game of life in 40 minutes. Do you find that, by the end of the day, the pairs have enough experience to code the...
October 21
Patrick Wilson-Welsh replied to Adrian Mowat's discussion 'How to structure a retreat?'
Hi Adrian: Great question! This thing is growing so much more quickly than we could have anticipated. Your question is a good one, and I have tried to respond (quickly!) here: http://coderetreat.ning.com/profiles/blogs/how-to-run-a-coderetreat ...
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Adrian Mowat commented on J. B. Rainsberger's blog post 'CodeRetreat with empty Eclipse project on github'
Sorry - ignore that. I just read your next post :-)
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Adrian Mowat commented on J. B. Rainsberger's blog post 'CodeRetreat with empty Eclipse project on github'
Hi Joe, Can you share some details on what problems you faced? We are running a retreat in Scotland and we are trying to pre-empt any difficulties. Many Thanks Adrian
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How to structure a retreat?
Hi All, A group of us over here in Scotland have decided to run a code retreat in Glasgow. We have experience in our group of running coding dojos but we are wondering how to scale up to a whole-day format. We would be interested to hear your vi...
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Report from Code Retreat UK

The UK's first code retreat was held yesterday in Glasgow and (although I am biased) it was a fantastic day and I think everyone enjoyed it immensely and, as far as I can tell, everyone learned something new. Here's my report of the day and the events leading up to it. Please feel free to comment if you have anything to add, or ask questions if there is anything I can help you with.

Rob Lally, Joe Wright and I organised the event. We started talking about it in mid-September and set the date of… Continue

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