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.

Edit : Add my email address.

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 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 1^st.  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?

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 ),

insrivez-vous c’est gratuit, attention les places sont limitées.

Register at EventBrite.

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.

From The Rails Up-And-Comers Contest

If you want to participate, go ahead, then you can share the books in our Book Club!

The CQRS pattern is also something that exists in the Ruby world: RailswayCon 2010 – Command Your Domain

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

1. Rails for non Ruby developers [EN] by Matt Aimonetti
2. Kicking asses with asynchronous processing [EN] by Marc-André
3. Cournoyer
4. Apple’s Ruby: MacRuby [EN] by Matt Aimonetti
5. Spécifications exécutables en Ruby[FR] par Simon Mathieu
6. Persistence Smoothie: Blending SQL and NoSQL [EN] by Michael Bleigh
7. Un site de haut volume en Rails: Grand Club RDS [FR] par Benoit Goyette

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