October 27 - First RI Ruby Group Meeting

Posted on October 1st, 2008, by Craig Jolicoeur

General Discussion

It looks like Monday, October 27 is going to be the date for the first official Rhode Island Ruby User Group meeting.

I met with Wayne this afternoon, and we are going to use the new co-working space at OfficeLab to hold the first meeting.

I know discussion has been back-and-forth at various sites about this first meeting, so if you are interested, I encourage you to join the RIRUG Google Group and participate in the group discussions there.That is where I hope to keep most of the discussions so it is all aggregated in one place

You can also find info online at the RIRUG webiste (http://rirug.wordpress.com/) which will most likely change once I buy a domain for it

So, if you are planning on attending the first meeting on Oct. 27, please either post a response here or to the mailing list on the Google Group. Also, if you are interested in give a short (or long) presentation at the first meeting (or any meetings in the future) please let me know as well so I can co-ordinate that with you.

Addison-Wesley has graciously agreed to sponsor the first meeting and has donated some Ruby related books and conference pass discounts to the upcoming "Voices That Matter: Professional Ruby Conference" in Boston this November. All those in attendance will be eligible to "win" those items.

Comments

adarowski

Submitted on October 1st, 2008 - 11:54pm link

Sweet... Looking forward to it!

cpjolicoeur

Submitted on October 2nd, 2008 - 9:48am link

you still planning on giving that talk you mentioned earlier?

adarowski

Submitted on October 2nd, 2008 - 11:04am link

I could certainly come up with something. We might want something from a real live Ruby programmer for Opening Day, though. :)

cpjolicoeur

Submitted on October 2nd, 2008 - 11:25am link

no problem. just thought you had mentioned something about controllers and views as a designer.

I've got some feelers out trying to get a few other speakers as well.

adarowski

Submitted on October 2nd, 2008 - 12:00pm link

Oh yes, I'll certainly do that. But my perspective is essentially dancing around the Ruby code, making it work as a designer. There are some things I'll try to play with (views more than controllers for example). Sometimes it works, sometimes I just try ten things before sending Sean a ticket (sorry Sean!). :)