Category Archives: Ruby

C4[3] Blitz Talks and MacRuby

I just came back from C4[3] – an Independent Mac and iPhone Developer Conference in Chicago. Wolf and Victoria host it and I saw Daniel Jalkut helping out along with a few other folks. In case you’re not hip to … Continue reading

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RubyNation 2008 wrap up

I attended RubyNation 2008 last weekend on Friday and Saturday. It was great to meet up with fellow Rubyists in the Washington DC area. It was also my first time helping to organize a conference – I think we did … Continue reading

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RubyNation links

I’ve been posting the web pages of the RubyNation speakers and the Ruby tools and libraries that they mention using the rubynation tag. I’ve been using a private beta of my OS X bookmarking app Webnote to post it to … Continue reading

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New Programming Language Group forming in Northern Virginia

I don’t know what it is about Northern Virginia and programming languages, but we just can’t seem to get enough of them! A new group “novalanguages” has just formed. Here’s a brief description of the group: Thoughts on the makeup … Continue reading

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Registration for RubyNation is now open

East Coast Rubyists – you can now register for the Washington DC area Ruby conference RubyNation. It costs $175 and seats are limited. We also have a new speaker, Glenn Vanderburg. He’s the Chief Scientist at Relevance, who I’ve done … Continue reading

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RubyNation – a Ruby conference in the Washington, DC area

I’m proud to say that we are going to have our very own Ruby conference here in the Washington, DC area! It is called RubyNation and it will be happening on August 1 – 2, 2008 at the Center of … Continue reading

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The closing Jimnote at MountainWest RubyConf

Many of us call the opening keynote of WWDC by Steve Jobs the Stevenote. Well I’m dubbing the closing keynote of MountainWest RubyConf the Jimnote in honor of Jim Weirich. But… maybe I’m too late. It was sort of like … Continue reading

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MountainWest RubyConf Day 1

Well we’re 3/4ths of the way through MountainWest RubyConf. It has been a pretty interesting conference so far. Yesterday was jam-packed from 9AM-9PM (with breaks for lunch and dinner – we are human after all.) Today we are doing the … Continue reading

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What to do before you do Ruby on Rails development on Mac OS X Leopard

Apple has a new series about Ruby on Rails development on Mac OS X Leopard. Its a nice article to help get you going. One thing I’d like to reiterate is that it is good to lock down your RubyGems … Continue reading

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Going to MountainWest RubyConf 2008

I just booked my flight, hotel and conference tickets to MountainWest RubyConf 2008. It should be pretty interesting – they’ve got a good lineup of speakers. I think its a single track and probably won’t be too crowded so should … Continue reading

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