Category → Misc.
ConFoo
ConFoo is asking us for help to organize the Ruby track. You need to do 3 things : 1. Publicity in your network, 2. Find and choose talkers, 3. Help the day of the conference.
I will help them but I would like other people to participate too so the Ruby track will be wonderful. Send me an email if you want to be a part of ConFoo organization.
At the same time, remember that the ConFooBBQ will occur the 6th August. You are all invited.
Master Brewer
The Confoo organization invited us to participate to the Confoo BBQ the 6 of August. For that activity, we would need a master brewer to brew and bring a beer to represent the Montreal.rb community. If you are interested, email me.
Edit : Add my email address.
Organizer change
Last Tuesday was François Beausoleil last meeting as the Montreal.rb organizer. I would like to thanks him in the name of the community for what he has done during the last 3 years for us.
So, as you can understand, I am the one who will replace him. Who am I? I am Martin Provencher (@vivrass). I’ve graduated from Sherbrooke University in 2009 and I’m currently working at Yatter.
If you have anything you want to share with the community, hear about, present or propose to Montreal.rb, send me an email and it will be my pleasure to help you realize it.
Code Your Art Out Coding Competition
I’m a bit late in posting this, but I received a notification from Julia Stowell about a Microsoft competition:
Code Your Art Out is a wicked coding competition. Any kind of app can be submitted. Application submissions will be judged on Interoperability, Creativity and Usability. First prize is $10,000! Second prize is $5,000! And, if you want to be eligible for the bonus prize of $5,000 you create an app for a non-profit. This is your chance to shine!
The competition is hosted by Microsoft and kicked off March 1st. Application submissions are due June 1st. The top two finalists will be announced on June 10th and will compete for first and second place on the evening of June 24th in downtown Toronto. If you develop a killer app and are not a finalist, you’ll still be able to present at the main event, and you’ll be featured on various Microsoft websites. Basically you’ll still get props if you put in the time to create something awesome.
That looks similar to our Rails Rumble, but with a lot more time to code your app. Will you compete?
Groupe des Utilisateurs des Technologies Google: Meeting on April 7th
I just received an email from Sacha Leprêtre informing me of the next meeting of the Groupe des Utilisateurs des Technologies Google. Seems like a fun event:
Vous utilisez ou êtes interessé ou êtes passionné par les technologies Google comme GWT,Android, GAE, Chrome, Maps et autres … Ce rendez-vous est pour vous.
Venez échanger avec nous (en Anglais ou en Français
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insrivez-vous c’est gratuit, attention les places sont limitées.
Register at EventBrite.
Speaking of Ruby Programmer Shortage… Book Giveaway!
Obie Fernandez just announced a contest on his blog:
I love hearing personal stories, especially from people that are working hard to succeed. The first and main part of your entry submission to the contest is the story of how you’re working to succeed as a “Rails up-and-comer.” Tell us who you are, where you come from and what you’re about. Tell us why you picked Ruby and Rails over a myriad of other options and why you think you’ll succeed. You may enter your story directly as a comment here or link to an entry on your own blog or elsewhere on the web.
If you want to participate, go ahead, then you can share the books in our Book Club!
Command-Query Responsibility Segregation / Event Sourcing Meetup: December 15th
I just received word from Matthieu Guyonnet-Duluc about a meeting on December 15th on Command-Query Responsibility Segregation and Event Sourcing. It will be held at UQAM on December 15th, at 6:30 PM. RSVP at http://cqrsmeetup.eventbrite.com/.
The CQRS pattern is also something that exists in the Ruby world: RailswayCon 2010 – Command Your Domain
ConFoo Montreal
The ConFoo.ca team is pleased to announce the release of the presentations list: http://confoo.ca/en/session – the Ruby track is at http://confoo.ca/en/session#Ruby
From over 450 proposals, the ConFoo.ca team has selected the very best in order to offer you a conference that covers everything Web development, from front-end to back-end, including programming in various languages and project management.
To celebrate the release, we offer the conference tickets at the unbeatable price of $400, a $300 discount from the regular price. Don’t wait because that remarkable offer is only valid until December 8th. http://confoo.ca/en/cart
Ruby Topics
- Rails for non Ruby developers [EN] by Matt Aimonetti
- Kicking asses with asynchronous processing [EN] by Marc-André
- Cournoyer
- Apple’s Ruby: MacRuby [EN] by Matt Aimonetti
- Spécifications exécutables en Ruby[FR] par Simon Mathieu
- Persistence Smoothie: Blending SQL and NoSQL [EN] by Michael Bleigh
- Un site de haut volume en Rails: Grand Club RDS [FR] par Benoit Goyette
Changes at MoR
Hello! Yesterday sure was PACKED at MoR 13! Thanks to everybody for showing up, and most importantly to Jennifer and Rob for presenting. The presentations were very insightful.
As I mentioned last night, I decided to step down from my role at MoR and I will no longer be organizing the monthly events. It’s been a lot of fun but I felt the time had come for someone else to take over. Some new blood can’t hurt after roughly 1.5 year.
From now on, James Golick, a very experienced Ruby hacker will take the lead. James has great ideas for the group which he’ll announce shortly. It was important for me to pick someone who will take the group to new heights, and I truly believe James to be that guy.
As for myself, I’ll definitely make sure to participate in the upcoming meetings and I’ll be glad to assist James as much as he wants me to. It’s been fun meeting you all and I look forward to next meeting!
Carl
Looking for speakers
Howdy. I’m looking for a few people to present something at the next MoR which will be held on Nov 18. Please contact me at carl at karabunga dot com if you’re interested. Thanks!