Montreal.rb Business Edition: March 16th, 6:30 PM
Programming the next generation web application isn’t all about the code. It’s also about the business: building a clientele, a revenue model, an exit strategy. Luckily, we have two excellent people right here in Montreal to show us the ropes: Benjamin Yoskovitz of StandoutJobs and Carl Mercier of Defensio will be in to tell us more about all those things, and you will have your chance too: we have time set aside to do a Q&A after the two presenters.
The meeting place is as usual, at Bloom Digital Headquarters: 481 Viger W. Be there to learn much more on the business-side of things.
Montreal.rb Branding: New Logo, New Direction
Before Gary’s talk yesterday, Sean Braithwaite showed us a great new logo:
With this logo, and Gary’s talk, we suddenly find ourselves ready to generate lots of new content. To this end, I propose we have a Hacknight on March 4th, at 6:30 PM where we will dissect and extend one gem we, as a group, will choose. We have lots of great candidates.
The format I want to explore is as a group we concentrate on a single project. We have received permission to use Bloom’s offices again, so we have access to the big screen for coding. Essentially, I’m proposing a big pairing session, with 10-12 heads instead of 2. If you’re interested, please RSVP.
PS: If you want the logo, download it from http://teksol.s3.amazonaws.com/montreal-rb.png.
Montreal.rb Recap: Do the Hustle by Obie Fernandez
At yesterday’s Montreal.rb meetup, Gary Haran mentioned Obie Fernandez RubyFringe talk: Do the Hustle.
Martin Aumont’s presentation on Holygrail was also of great value. Kudos to our presenters!
I unfortunately had to leave early, but I hope discussions were great.
Reminder: Montreal.rb meetup tonight, 18:30
We have 2 presenters tonight: Martin Aumont and Gary Haran.
Martin will talk about JavaScript testing from Ruby, while Gary has an open talk planned.
No RSVP required.
See you there!
New Speaker Announced! Gary Haran on "Silicon Island"
I received very strict instructions from Gary to only say this about his talk:
Gary Haran from Talker Group Chat fame is going to have a flash talk on a super secret subject that will be revealed at this month’s meeting.
With Martin, we’re now at 2 speakers. There’s still time to announce your talk to me.
See you on February 16th!
First speaker announced: Martin Aumont on JavaScript + DOM in your Rubies
Martin told me he will speak at the next Montreal.rb on February 16th about his gems: Harmony and Holygrail.
Hope to see you there!
Next Montreal.rb on February 16th: Looking for speakers!
We’re looking for speakers for the next Montreal.rb, on Tuesday February 16th.
Please make some noise about Montreal.rb. See if you can bring a friend or colleague along.
Montreal.rb January 19th: Hash and Resque
Start 2010 with a Ruby refresher: Marc-André Lafortune will give us a talk on Hash. Like his last presentation on super, I expect this will be ideal for beginners while surprising experts with some edge cases.
Jonathan Palardy will present Resque, Redis-backed library for creating background jobs, placing those jobs on multiple queues, and processing them later.
As always, the meetings start around 6:30pm at Bloom Digital’s offices:
481 Avenue Viger West, Suite 202
Montréal, Québec H2Z 1G6
Pub Night: Monday, Jan 11th
Come grab a drink with fellow Rubyists this Monday, starting at 19:00 at the Old Dublin Pub, 636 Rue Cathcart.
The next Montreal.rb meetup will be on the 3rd Tuesday. One speaker has been confirmed, and I’m waiting to confirm another before announcing – if you would like to give a talk, let me know.
December Montreal.rb: Tuesday 15th
Marc-André Lafortune will put the “rb” in Montreal.rb with a “super” talk, and Aanand will demo Deadweight, a CSS coverage tool that tests your stylesheets against your pages to find redundant rules.
We’ll finish with a discussion about growing our community, followed by beer.