Re: [rails-oceania] RailsConf

Hi Caué, I am here at Rails Conf, I am talking on Thursday so you can meet me there if you don't see me earlier :) Usually lurking in the speaker lounge, hacking or mingling. I don't know any other Australians or New Zealanders other than Koz and Dr Nic. Mikel http://lindsaar.net/ On 07/06/2

[rails-oceania] Watch RailsConf live

I'm watching live video of the Rails core team in a panel Q&A session in Baltimore. http://en.oreilly.com/rails2010/public/content/livestream It's free to watch the keynotes. :-) - Mike -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Ruby or Rails Oceania" group.

[rails-oceania] Re: Watch RailsConf live

I've just realized it's a repeat. Live streaming resumes in the morning. Has anyone found DHH's keynote on the web? - Mike On Wed, Jun 9, 2010 at 12:39 AM, Mike Bailey wrote: > I'm watching live video of the Rails core team in a panel Q&A session in > Baltimore. > > http://en.oreilly.com/rails

Re: [rails-oceania] RailsConf

Guilherme Silveira and I will be presenting about Restfulie today (tuesday) at 9pm... Hope to see you there. If you see any brazilians talking in portuguese, ask for me that they should know where I am =) Cheers On Mon, Jun 7, 2010 at 11:02 PM, Mikel Lindsaar wrote: > Hi Caué, > > I am here a

[rails-oceania] [JOB] Contracting Opportunities

Hi all, I'm a rails developer based in Wellington and have recently been helping people get contract work in the IT/creative space. We have 17 people scattered over NZ - mostly rails (8 devs) but also designers, animators, illustrators and a few business and marketing consultants. We also have som

[rails-oceania] RubyConf Oceania - Expression of Interest

Hey Everyone, I discovered, in a discussion last night at the Sydney Meetup, that there has never been a Ruby/Rails Conference in Australia. I find this to be sad, and want to rectify the situation. I am happy to take a hand in starting to organize an event if there is interest in actually se

Re: [rails-oceania] RubyConf Oceania - Expression of Interest

*raises hand* -- *Keith Pitt* Web: http://www.keithpitt.com Twitter: @keithpitt Skype: keithpitt Phone: +61 432 713 987 On Wed, Jun 9, 2010 at 10:18 AM, Luke Chadwick wrote: > Hey Everyone, > I discovered, in a discussion last night at the Sydney Meetup, > that there has never been a Ruby/Rai

Re: [rails-oceania] RubyConf Oceania - Expression of Interest

My suggestion: create a poll/form on Wufoo and send the link around. For instance, I'd go depending on a number of factors, such as location, time of the year, number of participants, and who's giving talks. On Wed, Jun 9, 2010 at 10:48 AM, Luke Chadwick wrote: > Hey Everyone, >     I discovere

Re: [rails-oceania] RubyConf Oceania - Expression of Interest

I would attend one in Melbourne! *dons flame retardant suit* On 09/06/2010, at 10:48 AM, Luke Chadwick wrote: > Hey Everyone, > I discovered, in a discussion last night at the Sydney Meetup, > that there has never been a Ruby/Rails Conference in Australia. I find > this to be sad, and want

Re: [rails-oceania] RubyConf Oceania - Expression of Interest

I see no point in such an event. This has been discussed on a number of occasions (maybe search the list). Having said that, I don't have to come :) -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Ruby or Rails Oceania" group. To post to this group, send email to ra

Re: [rails-oceania] RubyConf Oceania - Expression of Interest

I'd be interested. Richard Forster >>> On 9/06/2010 at 10:56 AM, in message >>> , Keith Pitt >>> wrote: *raises hand* -- Keith Pitt Web: http://www.keithpitt.com Twitter: @keithpitt Skype: keithpitt Phone: +61 432 713 987 On Wed, Jun 9, 2010 at 10:18 AM, Luke Chadwick wrote: Hey Everyon

Re: [rails-oceania] RubyConf Oceania - Expression of Interest

At the talk last night, I think 90% +- 10% of people put up their hands when asked if they'd attend a conference. Andrew On Wed, Jun 9, 2010 at 10:59 AM, Richard Forster < rfors...@groupwise.swin.edu.au> wrote: > I'd be interested. > > Richard Forster > > > >>> On 9/06/2010 at 10:56 AM, in mess

Re: [rails-oceania] RubyConf Oceania - Expression of Interest

Your response is exactly why I picked a firm location of Sydney. I have nothing against Melbourne, but I need to know whether you and anyone else from Melbourne, Brisbane, etc would come here. If I'm to start organizing the event it would need to be local so that I can do the leg work. On 9 June 2

Re: [rails-oceania] RubyConf Oceania - Expression of Interest

Hey Ben, I did have a quick look through previous discussions before I posted, and I believe that you had shown interest in the past (in perhaps even organizing the event). I'm curious as to why you now don't see a place for a formal conference with booked speakers, in addition to Railscamps. R

Re: [rails-oceania] RubyConf Oceania - Expression of Interest

Luke, +1 for me and I'd say that many others would come who are not from ruby backgrounds. Regarding location, if you organize it, you set it to happen wherever you like; benefits of being an organizer. On 9 June 2010 11:02, Luke Chadwick wrote: > Your response is exactly why I picked a firm l

[rails-oceania] Re: RubyConf Oceania - Expression of Interest

Personally I think that there are enough Ruby related happenings locally and overseas to keep me satisfied. Its pretty much as simple as that. I think logistically it would be very difficult to organise such an event here in Australia. Overall, I'd estimate that you'd be able to fill ~ 250—300 sea

Re: [rails-oceania] RubyConf Oceania - Expression of Interest

As Ben's pointed out, this isn't the first time the topic has been raised... I'm often quite vocal about it, so apologies to those who've heard me go on about this before, but here's a few things to consider: * Putting on a Rails Camp is a lot of work. Putting on a conference is a level beyond

Re: [rails-oceania] RubyConf Oceania - Expression of Interest

I would come over from NZ. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Ruby or Rails Oceania" group. To post to this group, send email to rails-ocea...@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to rails-oceania+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. F

Re: [rails-oceania] RubyConf Oceania - Expression of Interest

Hey Pat, Ben, Thanks for your input. I'm at least abstractly aware of what I'm signing up for, and have had a hand in organizing large 1000+ people church events before. I do feel that we should have a mix of both respected International Speakers and Local Speakers, and that it should be an eve

Re: [rails-oceania] RubyConf Oceania - Expression of Interest

I am interested in attending this, and maybe even helping out. As Pat suggested, it's going to be a much different beast to organising a Railscamp. It'd be great to finally have a conference-sized event down in Australia even just to try it out to see what it's like. On 9 June 2010 11:47, Luke C

Re: [rails-oceania] RubyConf Oceania - Expression of Interest

For the benefit of those who didn't fly to Sydney for RORO, http://www.slideshare.net/agrimm/railscamp-lousy-tshirt-draft was the NeoOffice slideshow that I gave last night (more or less). Conferences are mentioned on page 11. The talk I gave at Railscamp itself is at http://www.slideshare.net/agri

Re: [rails-oceania] RubyConf Oceania - Expression of Interest

You didn't answer my question, though ;) Why do we need a conference? -- Pat On 09/06/2010, at 11:47 AM, Luke Chadwick wrote: > Hey Pat, Ben, > Thanks for your input. I'm at least abstractly aware of what I'm > signing up for, and have had a hand in organizing large 1000+ people > church eve

Re: [rails-oceania] RubyConf Oceania - Expression of Interest

Just to clear things up, that was a yes. On 09/06/2010, at 11:02 AM, Luke Chadwick wrote: > Your response is exactly why I picked a firm location of Sydney. I > have nothing against Melbourne, but I need to know whether you and > anyone else from Melbourne, Brisbane, etc would come here. If I'm

Re: [rails-oceania] RubyConf Oceania - Expression of Interest

Another point to ponder (that has also been raised before, but is worth re-raising IMHO) - what technologies would such a conference cover? And related to this, what would you call it? The "Rails" community now includes a lot of people who do very little Ruby on Rails - or even if they use it to

Re: [rails-oceania] RubyConf Oceania - Expression of Interest

I would attend one, but I'd recommend you investigate the cost of attracting international speakers before you go too far. At one point, RubyCentral was offering to help fund or to underwrite such an event, so you could ask them. They'd at least have an idea of costs, even if they aren't will to h

Re: [rails-oceania] RubyConf Oceania - Expression of Interest

- Because there are plenty of people that can't justify the ~5k minimum required to think about going to one overseas. - Because It is important to provide people access to (some) the best Rubyists in the world. - Because there is no good reason why we shouldn't have one. On 9 June 2010 12:08, Pat

[rails-oceania] Re: RubyConf Oceania - Expression of Interest

+1. The idea has been discussed in Melbourne quite a bit (as Ben Schwarz said). In the interest of fairness and representing community, it shouldn't default to being in Sydney without a discussion. I'd be interested in an Oz conf. in general, though. On Jun 9, 10:56 am, Gareth Townsend wrote: >

[rails-oceania] Re: RubyConf Oceania - Expression of Interest

Ah yes, the Melbourne/this discussion has occurred before argument has been put well already. On the other hand, I went to RubyConf India recently, and could ask if some of the people who organised that might have any tips for you. Might be worth doing. I enjoyed it a great deal, but saw that the

Re: [rails-oceania] RubyConf Oceania - Expression of Interest

First two points are good ones. With regards to pricing, it's worth noting that a high-end conference (which is what I think this should be) will cost $700 or more, so factoring in travel and hotels for everyone not in the host city, it's still an outlay of $1k+ for most. On 09/06/2010, at 12:2

Re: [rails-oceania] Re: RubyConf Oceania - Expression of Interest

Hi Nicholas, I had defaulted to Sydney because I am volunteering to do the leg work. If there is someone in Melbourne prepared to take on the massive task of organizing it then go right ahead (and I'll be signing up to attend and possibly help). We need somewhere to start, and I don't think arg

Re: [rails-oceania] RubyConf Oceania - Expression of Interest

Which is still a lot better than that amount plus airfares/taxes/gambling in Vegas. I do feel that if we're going to do this we should go all out, but that's jumping ahead, we're talking abstract 'do you want it' at this point. On 9 June 2010 13:07, Pat Allan wrote: > First two points are good o

Re: [rails-oceania] RubyConf Oceania - Expression of Interest

Oh, agreed - I just wanted to make sure everyone understands it's still going to hurt the wallet a little. -- Pat On 09/06/2010, at 1:19 PM, Luke Chadwick wrote: > Which is still a lot better than that amount plus > airfares/taxes/gambling in Vegas. > > I do feel that if we're going to do thi

Re: [rails-oceania] RubyConf Oceania - Expression of Interest

I would sooner part with $1k to experience a conference in Australia than $5k to go to an international one. The next time I'd be forking out that much again would be when I move off this island. But what's that saying? "A fool and his money are easily parted"? On 9 June 2010 13:27, Pat Allan wro

Re: [rails-oceania] RubyConf Oceania - Expression of Interest

On 09/06/10 13:45, Ryan Bigg wrote: I would sooner part with $1k to experience a conference in Australia than $5k to go to an international one. A local conference also makes it easier to convince employers to pay for your attendance. - Andrew -- You received this message because you are s

[rails-oceania] Re: RubyConf Oceania - Expression of Interest

Hi Luke, I might come, it depends on how the conference looked (it's theoretical right now). I was raising the point of the host city as a real issue of interest (in past discussions about conferences, too, not just this one), rather than a point of argument. If you manage to organise such a conf

Re: [rails-oceania] RubyConf Oceania - Expression of Interest

Me. I'll also put up a hand to help organize (if I'm not booted out of the country post-election... =] ). D On Wed, Jun 9, 2010 at 10:48 AM, Luke Chadwick wrote: > Hey Everyone, > I discovered, in a discussion last night at the Sydney Meetup, > that there has never been a Ruby/Rails Confere

[rails-oceania] Re: RubyConf Oceania - Expression of Interest

I would be interested, but I will actually have to be in the country to do it (moving to Adelaide in late August). To Korny's point below, I am still active in the "ruby" and "rails" community not because of either ruby or rails (I still program in both) but because I tend to get exposed to other

[rails-oceania] [JOB] Ruby on Rails x 3 - 6 Month Minimum Contract

Hi all, Amazing, working for a client on EMC Storage and Sharepoint roles that they are looking to fill, and after assist with these, they have now asked for 3 x Ruby developers. This is a client I hadn't even pegged as having Ruby or working with Ruby...anyway, they are looking and I am doing my

[rails-oceania] Re: Ruby on Rails x 3 - 6 Month Minimum Contract

Hi all, forgot to add my contact details Rob Stevens rob.stev...@higherrecruitment.com.au 02 9439 4643 -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Ruby or Rails Oceania" group. To post to this group, send email to rails-ocea...@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe

Re: [rails-oceania] Re: Watch RailsConf live

On the player, if you click "On demand", you can see the talks from yesterday. Cheers Brett Mike Bailey wrote: I've just realized it's a repeat. Live streaming resumes in the morning. Has anyone found DHH's keynote on the web? - Mike On Wed, Jun 9, 2010 at 12:39 AM, Mike Bailey

Re: [rails-oceania] Digest for rails-oceania@googlegroups.com - 25 Messages in 3 Topics

I'm totally interested, but in Sydney. On Wed, Jun 9, 2010 at 1:08 PM, > wrote: > Today's Topic Summary > > Group: http://groups.google.com/group/rails-oceania/topics > >- RubyConf Oceania - Expression of > Interest<#1291aae18027376a_group_thread_0>[23 Updates] >- [JOB] Contracting O

Re: [rails-oceania] RubyConf Oceania - Expression of Interest

I should probably have clarified - I'd most likely come to such a conference (even in Sydney!), but I'd be influenced by (1) the cost (depending on the stinginess of my employer!), (2) the quality of the speakers, and (3) the range of topics (i.e. if it was just "here's a nifty Rails3 plugin" I mig

Re: [rails-oceania] RubyConf Oceania - Expression of Interest

Here's a little input from having organised conferences with international speakers. We found most speakers were happy to speak for free as ling as you covered all expenses. You can also get a larger company to donate their employee and pay expenses for them. I could see approaching Engine Yard to