Welcome to the Roving Learning Horde!

Wait, what's a learning horde?

It's a group of smart people from various disciplines who are excited about learning things and want to teach each other and experience things with each other.

This group is being started by David Weekly and several others in the San Francisco Bay Area. If you're smart and want to learn and have something to share, YOU ARE INVITED!

We want people who are passionate about a subject to explain why it's so cool, provide some interesting takeaways, and engage others with the subject.

We'd like to build out a list of participants and potential topics first, and then we'll work on scheduling. The intent is for the first meetings to happen starting in early 2009.

NOTE: The January 24th meeting was canceled due to scheduling issues.

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Interested People (ADD YOURSELF BELOW)

• David Weekly
• César Salazar (As soon as I get to the Bay Area)
• Melissa Volokitin
• I-Gene Leong
• Jeff Lindsay
• Sam Teixeira
• Ben Casnocha
• Ellen Ko
• Phil Haack
• Brandy Dettmer
• Cheri Renee
• Jeffrey Blake
• Nima Dilmaghani
• Lori Guidos
• Philip Chang (But I might be out of town for Feb... I'll update as soon as I know for sure!)
• Randy Fisher
• Michelle Cadieux

• Amanda Abelove (Not in the Bay Area but we have a Scrum Club up there you might want to contact.) 

• Laura Rubin

• Timothy Fitz

• Dusty Demetter

• Mike Lundy
• Melissa Perkins
• Max Marmer
• Jessica Mah
• Vamsi Sistla
• Jim Barcelona
• Rachel Kalmar
• Adam Glickman

Add your ideas for topics you'd like to hear about below, whether or not you can actually teach them yourself.

Potential Topics (ADD YOUR IDEAS BELOW):

• Project leadership using Agile and Scrum techniques
• How to write a novel
• How a Mars 2020 mission would work
• Accelerated introduction to modern digital photography
• How to change your car's oil and give it a tune-up.
• Is Quantum computing bullshit?
• How to brew a mean cup of coffee.
• The mechanics of helicopter flight.
• The right way to tie shoelaces (and some other handy knots)
• What the hell is the economy doing?
• Meditation 101
• What is Quakerism?
• An Introduction To Organic Chemistry for Smart People
• How the Internet backbone really works
• How men and women learn differently
• First Aid / CPR/ AED/Hazmat
• Rocket science for non rocket scientists
• Capitalism is outdated and flawed, what's next?
• How to brew your own beer at home
• Secrets of Baking for Cooks Who Think They Can't Bake
• Modern video compression (or, why do things look like crap when I stand in front of the TV)
• The intersection of [things that old people wish that they'd learned at an earlier age] and [things that you could actually teach young people]
• Spiritual entrepreneurship / the ecopreneur / the innerpreneur
• Rockclimbing - how and where to do it
• What are the types of tasks humans can still do better than computers?
• Intro to Free and Open Source software
• How to develop your personal brand
• Secrets of SEO and SEM
• How to compute the numerical value of written and visual language and symbols
• How to interpret ancient and/or religious works of literature for a modern, evolving universe
• How to implement the philosophies of Erich Fromm, esp. "the Art of Loving" and "The Sane Society"
• How to prevent the world's children from starving and/or growing violent (Can we? I hope so.)
• Um, should you adopt a pseudonym (or not?) in the Electronic Age / 21st century?
• Are we still in the dawning of the Age of Acquarius or what really happens on December 12, 2012?
• How to link youtube or facebook to my website?
• How to make the fancy chinese tea that comes in a round brick?
• Can a non-monetary volunteer exchange / trade service work in San Francisco?
• How does San Francisco compare to other cities like New York? LA? Cincinatti? etc.
• Is there a way to compare astrological natal charts with personality tests?
• How does our safety network work and does it? Expert talks about Social Security Disability Resources.
• Will you still love me when I'm 64?  Is the Bay Area ready for the glut of retirees expected by 2020?
  • At least they wont be 32
• Do venture capitalists fund the future of our social systems? Will angels only fund for-profits?
• What are current government plans should Bay Area experience a tragic earthquake?
• How to Get Rich Quickly
• Programming.
• Environmental and energy saving audit tips
• Tips for success in the online dating world.
• Tips for easy, no-fuss cooking and meal planning.
• Clothing fit and style tips - how to present the best looking version of you without a ton of extra cost.
• Wine pairings and/or how to develop a wine palate.
• 7th Generation environmental theory.
• How to quickly master a 2nd, 3rd or 4th foreign language.
• How to kiss well.
• Green IT. What is it? How to define it?
• Social Enterprises. How important are soical enterprises in the future of development nationally and internationally?
• The essential elements of any Getting Things Done system that can relieve stress and enhance productivity
• How to create barriers to entry in what ever you do.
• How to write a poem
• How to ride a unicycle!
• Massage - learning and exchange