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Summer Recess: See you in September!

François Beausoleil — Wed, 23 Jun 2010 18:34:19 +0000

The whole group is taking a recess. That doesn’t mean we won’t see each other informally over the summer. Just be sure to follow @montrealrb to know about gatherings.

Our next formal event will be on September 21st. Details will be coming around late August. Be sure to check back then.

Until then, have a great summer!

Recap: Montreal.rb meetup from March 16th

François Beausoleil — Wed, 17 Mar 2010 16:18:38 +0000

Very good crowd yesterday at Montreal.rb! We were 30, all turning out to listen to Ben and Carl. Again, a big thanks to our speakers for teaching us about starting your startup.

Ben posted his presentation on his blog: 10 Startup To-Dos: Things You Should Really Think About When Starting a Company.

Marc-André asked Ben about doing your homework, and Ben mentioned:

Martin Aumont discussed the montrealrb.org site, as well as the GitHub repository for it: http://github.com/mynyml/montrealrb.

Great meetup, as usual!

Montreal.rb Recap: Do the Hustle by Obie Fernandez

François Beausoleil — Wed, 17 Feb 2010 16:49:58 +0000

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

François Beausoleil — Tue, 16 Feb 2010 17:14:31 +0000

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"

François Beausoleil — Sat, 13 Feb 2010 14:24:48 +0000

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

François Beausoleil — Thu, 11 Feb 2010 14:43:38 +0000

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!

François Beausoleil — Wed, 03 Feb 2010 16:13:11 +0000

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.

Pub Night: Monday, Jan 11th

daniel — Wed, 06 Jan 2010 22:59:30 +0000

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

daniel — Sat, 12 Dec 2009 01:34:28 +0000

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.

RSVP at Upcoming.

Next Montreal.rb Tuesday, October 20th

daniel — Tue, 20 Oct 2009 01:57:59 +0000

The next regular Montreal.rb is Tuesday October 20th (rsvp here).

Do you have a topic that would be appropriate for a lightning talk? If so, contact me! (chebuctonian AT gmail). In particular, we could really use a talk for beginners.

François Beausoleil will discuss grit, which provides an object oriented read/write access to Git repositories via Ruby.

A few others have suggested talks, without confirmation so far. Fear not: if we’re short on talks, we’ll just have more time for drinks.