006 RR Conferences and User Groups




The Ruby Rogues show

Summary: This week the rogues discuss the importance of conferences and user groups to the Ruby community. Panelists David Brady (blog twitter github ADDcasts) Peter Cooper (site twitter github The Ruby Show Ruby Inside) James Edward Gray II (blog twitter github) Marty Haught (site twitter github) Mike Moore (blog twitter github Rubiverse Podcast) Items discussed in today's episode User Groups: OK.rb Boulder Ruby Utah Ruby User Group (URUG) Conferences: Red Dirt RubyConf mountain.rb Rocky Mountain Ruby MountainWest RubyConf (MWRC) Ruby Web Conference Should speakers pay admission? PyCon: Everybody Pays Conference organizing and speakers What makes a great conference? Try something different Melted brains Single track Social interaction Dual tracks Managing repeated talks Panel Picks Ruby There Ruby speedup patches Pharo Pharo by example Ruby on Rails HighLine Lanyrd padrino