cross-posted from: https://jlai.lu/post/4802347

Hi all!

What?

I will be starting a secondary slot/sessions for the Reading Club, also on “The Book” (“The Rust Programming Language”). We will, also, very likely use the Brown University online edition (that has some added quizzes & interactive elements).

Why?

This slot is primarily to offer an alternative to the main reading club’s streams that caters to a different set of time zone preferences and/or availability.

When ?

Currently, I intend to start at 18:00 UTC+1 (aka 6pm Central European Time). Effectively, this is 6 hours “earlier in the day” than when the main sessions start, as of writing this post.

The first stream will happen on the coming Monday (2023-03-04).

Please comment if you are interested in joining because you can’t make the main sessions but would prefer a different start time (and include a time that works best for you in your comment!). Caveat: I live in central/western Europe; I can’t myself cater to absolutely any preference.

How ?

We will start from the beginning of “The Book”.

There are 2 options:

  1. mirror the main sessions’ pace (once every week), remaining ~4 sessions “behind” them in terms of progression through “The Book”
  2. attempt to catch up to the main sessions’ progression

I am personally interested in trying out 2 sessions each week, until we are caught up. This should effectively result in 2-3 weeks of biweekly sessions before we slow back down. I’m not doing this just for me, however, so if most people joining these sessions prefer the first option I’m happy to oblige.

I will be hosting the session from my own twitch channel, https://www.twitch.tv/jayjader . I’ll be recording the session as well; this post should be edited to contain the url for the recording, once I have uploaded it.

Who ?

You! (if you’re interested). And, of course, me.

  • Jayjader
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    8 months ago

    Yes, this is more of a “read and puzzle it out together” type of book club. Hopefully the result will be closer to a lecture or workshop, just without a formal “educator” role. Of course, you’re more than welcome to read ahead yourself if, for example, that makes it easier to follow along during the reading club sessions.

    Would prefer just a regular schedule instead of an accelerated schedule though.

    Good to know. If you don’t mind sharing, why? Is it a pacing thing, time commitment, or something else entirely? I want to keep the schedule flexible enough that we don’t feel hampered by its pace, yet predictable enough that people can plan ahead/around with regards to attendance. We’ll have to see how it goes.

    Besides the frequency, is there a different day of the week that you would prefer over Monday? Especially if we aren’t trying to catch up to the main sessions, there’s no real need on my part to hold these any particular day of the week.