There's also hack nights in meetup.com and other sites where you basically announce your project/problem/ or just a snippet you need to write and find a pair.

There's also hack nights in meetup.com and other sites where you basically announce your project/problem/ or just a snippet you need to write and find a pair. Check out resources like scala-user, which is designated newbie-friendly, railsbridge.org and codereview.stackexchange.com. http://www.scala-lang.org/node/199 http://www.scala-lang.org/node/199 Also relevant: remote pairing tools http://blog.tridgell.net/?p=111 http://blog.tridgell.net/?p=111 http://blog.coryfoy.com/2010/08/technically-distributed-tools-and-techniques-for-distributed-teams/ http://blog.coryfoy.com/2010/08/technically-distributed-tool... http://www.smashingapps.com/2011/01/10/7-coolest-real-time-collaboration-web-apps-you-might-not-know-about-but-should.html http://www.smashingapps.com/2011/01/10/7-coolest-real-time-c...