Nov 20, 2009 13:02
Sometimes, I love my job even more.
I disgracefully violate my confidentiality agreement by posting the following in-house email on a public site, but I think just this time I might get away with it.
(We are such a bunch of nerds!)
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As the great, coordinated group of Hugviters accomplished the momentous achievement of publishing new releases of all major systems this week, we intend to celebrate with a lecture series in the dining hall later today.
Agenda
16:00 - Evolution of a Communications Database 1993-1996: KÞK reviews highlights and code. Also, the most entertaining ministry installations will be appraised.
17:00 - Greatest Hits: ÓD and KÞK perform GoPro history greatest hits such as "This is my sea hat" and "I will survive".
18:00 - GoPro X, base architecture and WebFolder introductions: ET reviews the main concerns regarding the base architecture and related challenges.
19:00 - Is the internet a fad?: SH, recently graduated engineer, reviews the sociological influences of the internet.
20:00 - Webservices made fun!: A shows us the fun side of web servicing, disproving the myth that UDDI, SOAP, RPC, WSDSL and XACML are not for the average computer user.
21:00 - My Life as Project Manager: FI reviews the projects he has managed through the years. With encouragement, he might do the "Kaupthing Edge" dance.
22:00 - African dances and SCRUM: V corrects the misunderstanding that those two things are not related.
23:00 - Why Linux is doomed with the release of Windows 7: Born-again Microsoft man, H, testifies.
light refreshments will be available"
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If you actually know the people and what they do, it's funnier.
... I guess you have to be a nerd to appreciate it.