Bonn XP-Meetup: April 18th

Unser drittes Bonn XP-Meetup! Ein Treffen für Leute aus der Region Bonn, die sich für eXtreme Programming und verwandte Themen interessieren und sich in entspannter Atmosphäre austauschen wollen.

Bitte beachten: Diesmal treffen wir uns im "Mediterrano" (Heerstr. 119, 53111 Bonn)


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Wir treffen uns 18. April, am 19:00.

- Xing Event -

Weitere Informationen finden Sie unter http://sites.google.com/site/bonnxp/.

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The third Bonn XP-Meetup! A get-together for people in and around Bonn who are interested in eXtreme Programming and related topics and want to talk about it over a pint.

Please notice: This time we'll meet at "Mediterrano" (Heerstr. 119, 53111 Bonn).

We meet at 19:00, 18th of April.

- Xing Event -

See http://sites.google.com/site/bonnxp/ for more info.

Reminder: Bonn XP-Meetup on Monday

Don't forget, the next meetup is now on Monday (Xing event). Like last time, we meet at 19:00 in the Quiet Man (big table in the door and to the right).

As discussed on the mailing list, the topic for the meetup is:

Which XP Practices are you using?

We'll do a round with the participants who are willing to share which practices they are employing,  or have earlier tried at work.

For inspiration, here are the list of practices from XP:

• Sit Together
• Whole Team
• Informative Workspace
• Energized Work
• Pair Programming
• Stories
• Weekly Cycle
• Quarterly Cycle
• Slack
• Ten-Minute Build
• Continuous Integration
• Test-First Programming
• Incremental Design
• Real Customer Involvement
• Incremental Deployment
• Team Continuity
• Shrinking Teams
• Root-Cause Analysis
• Shared Code
• Code and Tests
• Single Code Base
• Daily Deployment
• Negotiated Scope Contract
• Pay-Per-Use

Other practices are of course also interesting to hear about.

I think we'll have to hold it within 10 minute per person or so to make the whole round within reasonable time.

Hope to see you there!

Unser zweites Bonn XP-Meetup!

Unser zweites Bonn XP-Meetup! Ein Treffen für Leute aus der Region Bonn, die sich für eXtreme Programming und verwandte Themen interessieren und sich in entspannter Atmosphäre austauschen wollen.

Weitere Informationen finden Sie unter http://sites.google.com/site/bonnxp/.
Xing event: https://www.xing.com/events/bonn-xp-meetup-708103

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The second Bonn XP-Meetup! A get-together for people in and around Bonn who are interested in eXtreme Programming and related topics and want to talk about it over a pint.

See http://sites.google.com/site/bonnxp/ for more info.

Xing event: https://www.xing.com/events/bonn-xp-meetup-708103

First Meetup done!

I think Frederic summed it up pretty neatly in this tweet:

@fhemberger: Erstes @bonnxp Treffen: Nette Leute, gute Atmosphäre, sehr interessante Diskussionen. http://yfrog.com/h6k0xryj

Some links and notes from the meetup can be read in this discussion thread on the mailing list.

We also discussed a bit what we want the XP Meetup to be in the future. There's either the direction of having more organized talks, with projector, etc, or going in the Stammtisch direction, where we more just focus on the hanging out and discussing part. Or, combine both kinds of meetings.

For now, we'll continue in "hybrid" mode, where we pick a theme for the upcoming meetup, and let people suggest shorter talks via the mailing list, and combine this with discussion. We'll stick to the Quiet Man for the next meetup as well.

The next meetup is March 21st, same time (19:00), same location (The Quiet Man).

Hope to see you there!

Meetup February 21st at The Quiet Man

We've reserved a big table in The Quiet Man for our first meetup. It's a nice Irish bar close to the Bonn Central Station (5 minute walk):


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The meetup begins at 19:00. We'll chat for a while, and then around 19:30 there'll be an XP - What's it all about talk, about 30 minutes long.

It's all very informal, no beamer, just sitting around a table and talking about XP and related.

We'll also split some ideas on how to arrange future meetups, discuss alternative venues if 'The Man' is not really working out, etc.

They serve food there as well, so if you want to show up a bit early and grab a bite with some of the other participants, give a shout on the mailing list.

There's a also a Xing event where you can sign-up.

Hope to see you there!

Announcing Bonn XP-Meetup

We're a small gang who share a common interest in eXtreme Programming and related topics. We want to get together on a monthly basis so we can discuss these topics and learn from each other.

We'll try staying clear of too much fluff, and keep the content real. The meetups are independent from any particular company, and everyone is welcome to join (it's free!).

The first meetup will be February 21st, at 19 o' clock in the evening. We haven't yet decided on a venue, but it will hopefully be a nice location close to Bonn central station. (If you know about a good venue, please tell us about it.) 

Apart from the actual meetups, the main channel of communication is our Google Groups mailing list. 

We've also set up an intermediate web-page. We're not sure what to do with it yet, so for now it just aggregates the information from the Twitter account, the mailing list, this blog, and our Google Calendar. Oh, and we've also set up a Xing group. If you think this is a bit too much links, just stick to the mailing list, as all info will be there.

Want to participate? Join the mailing list! We hope to see you at the first meetup!