Initial Release
Who: Mark Simpson, Zach Shaw, Moss Collum
Where: Brick and Mortar, Central Square, Cambridge MA
What: Sazerac & Negroni (with Absinthe rinse) - mjs
Rye Manhattan & Negroni (with Absinthe rinse) - Zach
'Temporary Fix' - Moss
The location was too crowded and too loud. But the drinks and food were
good. Moss declared that his Temporary Fix was good and he would gladly
push it to production. Zach gamely ordered the Negroni never having one
before and found that it was not something he liked. mjs was quite
pleased with both of his drinks.
Discussion topics included:
* Refactoring - when to do it and when not to
* Code as a 'dashboard'
* Half-baked ideas for upcoming BSC meetings
[prototype for next release]
Who: Mark Simpson, Wendy Mastandrea (QA)
Where: Brick and Mortar, Central Square, Cambridge, MA
What: Sazerac & Gentleman John - mjs
A Bitter Pill To Swallow - wendymas
I wanted to test out the location again since it seemed that the previous
night had just been a wrong time (any sort of work with dates and times is
fraught with problems).
The location was very quiet when testing began and only started to get
more customers and louder near the end of the test run. Talking with the
bartender (Kenny) revealed that Monday and Tuesday nights are generally
quiet and only really gets busier nearer to 20:00. So the idea of
Code-n-Cocktails generally earlier in the evening, as an after-work thing
would work well.
Drinks were very tasty - and further menu items were also tested (no
faults found). The bartender was happy to show off his craft - a very
good thing.
I discussed the idea of Code-n-Cocktails to the bartender and he seemed
amused/pleased with the idea. He said he just wants people to come in,
enjoy good drinks and have a good time.
Given how quiet and empty the place was I think it would be a great
location for the Code-n-Cocktail.
I declare testing to be successful and I suggest "ship it!" for this
feature set.
[prototype for next release]
Who: Chloe, Sara
Where: Backbar, Union Square, Somerville MA
What: Jam and Tea (liked it) - Chloe
Union Mule (really good!) - Chloe
A & W
Down the alley, next to the Independent in Union Sq. Through the metal
door and all the way down the hall. Backbar is at the back. Very good bar
would go again. Nice and quiet on a Monday night at 7 started to fill up
nicely by 9. They suggested making a reservation if you're going Thursday,
Friday, or Saturday night. Open Thursday - Monday.
Moss
Neil
Zach
Mike: Teardrop, Rye Manhattan, Temporary Fix (awesome), Too Much Too Little Too Late
Don
Mark: Sazerac, Negroni (w/ absinthe rinse), Gentle John
Veneet:
Zach
I (mjs) cannot attempt to write down every drink people had - they will
have to put in pull requests to update this HISTORY file.
Brick and Mortar worked out well - we had plenty of space for most of the
time and the tunes were good (Dueling Banjos immediately was a popular
pairing tune).
We tried out Zach's Exquisite Corpse style coding exercise with
'interesting' results: https://github.com/verdammelt/exquisitecorpse
Finally the night ended with Zach, Neil, Moss and mjs discussing the
number of twitter followers of various people and how crazy those numbers
might be.
Oh, and somewhere along the way we discussed if Object Oriented
Programming is bullshit or not.
Great Success!
Mike - Really good time, thanks to Mark for setting it up. The programming
exercise was a ton of fun, people were good sports for being willing to try
a language or editor not in their comfort zone. Best drink of the night in
my book was the Temporary Fix, found a recipe here
http://cocktailvirgin.blogspot.com/2012/02/temporary-fix.html
Zach also revealed the meaning of the mystery parens for the BSC meetup logo.
I'd tell you, but I'd rather you came to the next Code'nCocktails and ask him
yourself