NEW Reduced prices for Scott Bellware’s TDD and Web Testing Workshops, June 2nd & 3rd
Filed under: Education/Workshops, Events, From the Business Side
About 2 weeks ago we announced a pair of developer courses for the Philly ASP.Net contingent to be hosted at IndyHall Classic. These classes, run by Alt.NET leader Scott Bellware, have recently been discounted to $200 each, or $300 if you sign up for both.
We’re happy to have Scott joining us from Austin, Texas where he periodically hangs out with our friends at Conjunctured. Please welcome Scott to Philadelphia and help spread the word about these classes!
Good Test, Better Code
On June 2nd Scott will be be teaching “Good Test, Better Code”, a workshop about test-driven and behavior-driven development and design in .NET taught in the context of Lean and agile development and developer productivity.
Web Application Testing with Selenium and RSpec for Developers, Testers, and Teams
On June 3nd Scott will be teaching “Web Application Testing with Selenium and RSpec for Developers, Testers, and Teams”. This workshop introduces developers and testers to using context specification style TDD for web applications. The basics of Lean software development are taught, showing how to use web application testing and specification to work to drive teamwork, development, and communication.
Enjoy your Holiday Weekend: We’re Closed on Monday!
Filed under: Announcements, From the Business Side, Independents Hall
IndyHall will be closed on Monday May 25th for Memorial Day. We’re closed for all non-full time members (lite, basic, and drop-ins). If you’ve got keys, you’re welcome to work but we encourage you to take the day off and spend time with family and friends.
We reopen on Tuesday, May 26th at our usual time.
Happy Memorial Day!
Haven’t been able to visit the new IndyHall office yet?
Filed under: coworking, In The News, Independents Hall, Videos
Not to worry! Our friends from Technically Philly came by last week and not only got the ten cent tour, but caught it on camera along with some interviews with a couple of members. This is a TINY glimpse into what’s been going on at the new IndyHall, and by no means is a substitute or a full representation of what’s been going on. You REALLY need to come down here and see it for yourself!
It’s no “MTV Cribs” walkthrough, Brian Kirk of TechnicallyPHL and Drew Lazor of Philadelphia City Paper put together a great set of clips. If anyone wants to produce a “Cribs” style walkthough with Geoff and I…you know how to find me.
Enjoy!
IndyHall Welcomes Scott Bellware’s TDD and Web Testing Workshops, June 2nd and 3rd
Filed under: Announcements, Education/Workshops, Events, From the Business Side, Independents Hall, IndyHall U
If you’ve set foot in IndyHall over the last 2 years, you have likely noticed an abundance of Apple computers. That’s not because we’re Mac exclusive, it’s just what most of the members had chosen. Some months back, our local Microsoft evangelist (and IndyHall member) Dani Diaz asked when IndyHall Labs would be doing any Windows ports of our apps. I told him “when windows developers started hanging out at IndyHall!”
I got a chance to do something proactive about the lack of MS Platform developers at IndyHall when another of our new basic members (and a long time colleague of mine) Brian Donahue tweeted about a potential Alt.Net class coming up that would be looking for space, being put on by prominent Alt.Net developer Scott Bellware.
I’m happy to announce that we’ll be hosting two of Scott’s popular classes during the first week of June: “Good Test, Better Code” and “Web Application Testing with Selenium and RSpec for Developers, Testers, and Teams”.
Both workshops are single-day, high-impact workshops geared to creating a maximum amount of learning with a minimum time away from work. They will be hosted at our 32 Strawberry Street location, “IndyHall Classic”.
Each workshop is $300. Folks attending both workshops receive a $50 discount on each!
Good Test, Better Code
On June 2nd Scott will be be teaching “Good Test, Better Code”, a workshop about test-driven and behavior-driven development and design in .NET taught in the context of Lean and agile development and developer productivity.
Web Application Testing with Selenium and RSpec for Developers, Testers, and Teams
On June 3nd Scott will be teaching “Web Application Testing with Selenium and RSpec for Developers, Testers, and Teams”. This workshop introduces developers and testers to using context specification style TDD for web applications. The basics of Lean software development are taught, showing how to use web application testing and specification to work to drive teamwork, development, and communication.
These workshops do have a limited capacity, so I encourage you to register soon! And thanks to Scott and Brian for a chance to get the IndyHall community and the Alt.Net communities working together!
SOLD OUT! Cocoa Programming Foundations
Filed under: coworking, Education/Workshops, Independents Hall, IndyHall U
A couple of weeks back we announced our first IndyHall U class, developed in conjunction with Cocoaheads Philly. As of last night, this class is SOLD OUT!
Congratulations to the team who put this class together, we’re really looking forward to hosting it at IndyHall’s Classic location at 32 Strawberry Street.
Nicknames
Filed under: coworking, From the Business Side, Independents Hall
Given that IndyHall now maintains TWO properties (one for events and workshops, and the new space for a community workspace, we’ve needed to distinguish between them. The naming started when Andy Mroczkoski dubbed our 32 Strawberry Street location “IndyHall Classic” during the April Cocoaheads. Shortly after, the new office became “IndyHall64″. That’s a Nintendo joke.
We’ve continued with the trend of ridiculous nickname pairings, and wanted to keep track of the list so far:
- IndyHall 1.0/IndyHall 2.0
- IndyHall Classic/IndyHall64
- IndyHall Original Recipe/IndyHall Extra Crispy
- IndyHall Unleaded/IndyHall High Test
- IndyHall The Original Series/IndyHall The Next Generation
What else you got?
Meet IndyHall again, for the first time
Filed under: Announcements, Community Support, coworking, From the Business Side, In The News, Independents Hall
On April 7th, 2009, Geoff and I signed a lease for a new clubhouse for the IndyHall community to work from. Almost immediately, the planning began, because we knew that our occupancy would begin on May 1st and we wanted our members to be able to work from the space as close to day one as possible.
Over the following 4 weeks, we budgeted and set milestones. Demolition began almost immediately on the new space, connecting the two 2200 square foot units with an open archway to allow easy movement between them.
Paint colors were selected. Paint went up on the walls.
We hung over 3000 feet of gigabit ethernet from a custom-designed overhead cable management solution, designed by our own members. We pulled together furniture from so many sources, including our old office (now being affectionately referred to as “IndyHall Classic”, plenty more Ikea, and even some pieces hand-made by friends within the awesome community of Philadelphia.
The newspapers even wrote about what we were up to.
On friday, we moved. On Monday morning, our first official work day in the new space will begin.
IndyHall has been re-imagined, and not just by Geoff and I. It’s come together in one of the most magical collaborative processes I’ve ever had the privilege of being a part of. If you ever ask me it’s important to build a coworking community before a space, the last 4 weeks are the reason why.
Building a community space alone defeats the purpose. Building a community space with the community that will call it home. That makes sense.
I’m fearful of thanking everyone by name for leaving someone out, so I’m going to thank EVERYONE who put any moment of time, any drop of sweat, any bit of contribution into the move. In less than 4 weeks, we went from a shell of two rooms into one of the most incredible work spaces…a workspace fit for one of the most incredible communities in Philadelphia.
This past weekend we celebrated, after weeks of planning a party along with our friends from Mashable.com and all of our amazing sponsors, and turned May 1st 2009 into a night to remember. I can’t take credit for the fireworks (though I’ve thought about it), but clearly somebody knew we were up to something big. SO many amazing people came from all over the place, including San Francisco, New York, and DC.
Saturday night, we continued the most epic Philadelphia geekend with IgnitePhilly3, co-organized by Geoff and a number of other incredible people from all corners of the coolest things in Philly. Ignite’s grown up alongside IndyHall, and while we don’t officially have any direct involvement in the event a number of our members presented and completely rocked. Philly is truly inspiring, because it is so inspired.
Today was finishing touches. We wired up our speakers. We cleaned. The final arrangements to follow through on my commitment of desks, chairs, power, and internet, are complete.
Starting tomorrow, Monday May 4th, IndyHall is re-opened on the 2nd floor of 20 North 3rd Street, across from the corner of 3rd and Church Streets in Old City Philadelphia. We’re far from done, but we’re ready for you.
Our sincerest thanks and love go out to each and every one of you.
It’s my pleasure to re-introduce you to IndyHall. Please come meet IndyHall again, for the first time.
