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David A. Black

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May 1, 2007, 8:25:22 AM5/1/07
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Hi everyone --

On behalf of Ruby Central, Inc., I'm very happy to announce the
seventh International Ruby Conference:

RubyConf 2007
November 2-4, 2007
Omni Charlotte Hotel
Charlotte, North Carolina, USA

Stay tuned for announcements about registration, talk proposals, and
hotel arrangements.

A few logistical things:

* Registration will be $250 for the whole event. (There's no no-food
discount this year.)
* The hotel is offering us a rate of $109 plus tax per night (and
it's a nice hotel!).
* We're looking for sponsors! Please contact me if interested.

See you in Charlotte!


David Black
for Ruby Central, Inc. and RubyConf 2007
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Gregory Brown

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May 1, 2007, 10:44:17 AM5/1/07
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On 5/1/07, David A. Black <dbl...@wobblini.net> wrote:
> Hi everyone --
>
> On behalf of Ruby Central, Inc., I'm very happy to announce the
> seventh International Ruby Conference:

Sweet!

David, would it be possible to set up an RSS feed this year we can
watch for announcements?
It'd make the folks who only read RubyTalk occasionally happy, I think.

Tim Hunter

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May 1, 2007, 11:11:25 AM5/1/07
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David A. Black wrote:
>
> See you in Charlotte!

Whoo-hoo! Between the Ruby Hoedown in Raleigh and RubyConf in Charlotte,
this is a very lucky year for Ruby programmers in North Carolina!

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Posted via http://www.ruby-forum.com/.

Daniel Berger

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May 2, 2007, 3:58:25 PM5/2/07
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On May 1, 6:25 am, "David A. Black" <dbl...@wobblini.net> wrote:
> Hi everyone --
>
> On behalf of Ruby Central, Inc., I'm very happy to announce the
> seventh International Ruby Conference:
>
> RubyConf2007
> November 2-4, 2007
> Omni Charlotte Hotel
> Charlotte, North Carolina, USA
>
> Stay tuned for announcements about registration, talk proposals, and
> hotel arrangements.

<snip>

So much for Canada, eh? ;)

If Matz isn't available I vote for Joe Armstrong to deliver the
keynote. Heck, invite Joe regardless.

Regards,

Dan

Giles Bowkett

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May 7, 2007, 5:44:02 PM5/7/07
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> If Matz isn't available I vote for Joe Armstrong to deliver the
> keynote. Heck, invite Joe regardless.

An Erlang keynote at a Ruby conference? I mean, yes, Erlang's
interesting, but a keynote?

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Marcel Molina Jr.

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May 7, 2007, 5:47:23 PM5/7/07
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On Tue, May 08, 2007 at 06:44:02AM +0900, Giles Bowkett wrote:
> >If Matz isn't available I vote for Joe Armstrong to deliver the
> >keynote. Heck, invite Joe regardless.
>
> An Erlang keynote at a Ruby conference? I mean, yes, Erlang's
> interesting, but a keynote?

Avi Bryant is doing a keynote at this year's RailsConf...Why not Joe Armstrong at
RubyConf?

marcel
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Marcel Molina Jr. <mar...@vernix.org>

_why

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May 7, 2007, 6:05:52 PM5/7/07
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On Tue, May 08, 2007 at 06:44:02AM +0900, Giles Bowkett wrote:
> An Erlang keynote at a Ruby conference? I mean, yes, Erlang's
> interesting, but a keynote?

Hey, didn't the creator of Objective-C give a keynote at a previous
RubyConf?

_why

Marcel Molina Jr.

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May 7, 2007, 6:08:50 PM5/7/07
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Exacto mundo. In 2004.

John Joyce

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May 7, 2007, 6:51:55 PM5/7/07
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It's the Ruby culture.
It's not an Apple keynote where you expect Steve Jobs if there's to
be anything amazing.
Ruby culture has preferences, but tends to be the type of people who
are interested in concepts and ideas and less in the annoying details.

Lazy People Vs Diligent People

Yukihiro Matsumoto

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May 7, 2007, 11:03:32 PM5/7/07
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Hi,

In message "Re: RubyConf 2007"


on Thu, 3 May 2007 05:00:09 +0900, Daniel Berger <djbe...@gmail.com> writes:

|If Matz isn't available I vote for Joe Armstrong to deliver the
|keynote. Heck, invite Joe regardless.

I am available. But I will gladly yield keynote privilege to Joe
Armstrong (on Erlang or OO sucks, for example), if he's willing.
In that case, I will have to prepare only for small presentation this
year. ;-)

matz.

John Joyce

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May 8, 2007, 3:37:10 AM5/8/07
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Oh, but it would be so nice to hear a lot about 1.9/2.0
But you should do it together with Masayoshi Takahashi !
The expert in being non-diligent about presentations.
What could be easier than the Takahashi method done for you?!

dbl...@wobblini.net

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May 8, 2007, 7:02:14 AM5/8/07
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Hi --

Thanks for the offer, but we still want you :-) And I missed last
year's, so I definitely need to hear what's going on :-)


David

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Giles Bowkett

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May 8, 2007, 10:25:05 PM5/8/07
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> > >If Matz isn't available I vote for Joe Armstrong to deliver the
> > >keynote. Heck, invite Joe regardless.
> >
> > An Erlang keynote at a Ruby conference? I mean, yes, Erlang's
> > interesting, but a keynote?
>
> Avi Bryant is doing a keynote at this year's RailsConf...Why not Joe Armstrong at
> RubyConf?

I'm not opposed to it, I'm learning Erlang etc., but it did make me wonder.

M. Edward (Ed) Borasky

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May 11, 2007, 1:06:34 AM5/11/07
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Giles Bowkett wrote:
>> If Matz isn't available I vote for Joe Armstrong to deliver the
>> keynote. Heck, invite Joe regardless.
>
> An Erlang keynote at a Ruby conference? I mean, yes, Erlang's
> interesting, but a keynote?
>
Well ... I'll do a Forth keynote at a Ruby conference :)

Matt Lawrence

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May 11, 2007, 10:22:05 AM5/11/07
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Cool! I'll have to make sure to get a front row seat!

-- Matt
It's not what I know that counts.
It's what I can remember in time to use.


Chad Fowler

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May 11, 2007, 10:57:11 AM5/11/07
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On May 7, 2007, at 10:44 PM, Giles Bowkett wrote:

>> If Matz isn't available I vote for Joe Armstrong to deliver the
>> keynote. Heck, invite Joe regardless.
>
> An Erlang keynote at a Ruby conference? I mean, yes, Erlang's
> interesting, but a keynote?
>

It wouldn't be the first time. We had Brad Cox speak in 2004 (he's
one of the guys who made Objective C). RubyConf is typically
populated by language geeks, so getting a name-brand language guy in
would normally make _some_ sense :)

Daniel Berger

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May 16, 2007, 3:07:29 AM5/16/07
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dbl...@wobblini.net wrote:
> Hi --
>
> On Tue, 8 May 2007, Yukihiro Matsumoto wrote:
>
>> Hi,
>>
>> In message "Re: RubyConf 2007"
>> on Thu, 3 May 2007 05:00:09 +0900, Daniel Berger
>> <djbe...@gmail.com> writes:
>>
>> |If Matz isn't available I vote for Joe Armstrong to deliver the
>> |keynote. Heck, invite Joe regardless.
>>
>> I am available. But I will gladly yield keynote privilege to Joe
>> Armstrong (on Erlang or OO sucks, for example), if he's willing.
>> In that case, I will have to prepare only for small presentation this
>> year. ;-)
>
> Thanks for the offer, but we still want you :-) And I missed last
> year's, so I definitely need to hear what's going on :-)
>
>
> David
>

So, we'll have Joe do the keynote and Matz do a "State of the Union"
speech separately. :)

Just a thought. Of course, I'm assuming Joe's even remotely interested.

Regards,

Dan

helo

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May 18, 2007, 2:32:40 AM5/18/07
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On May 1, 2:25 pm, "David A. Black" <dbl...@wobblini.net> wrote:
> See you in Charlotte!

hi there,

is there gonna be an event in Europe? Anyone know anything?

- helo


Parker Parker

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Sep 10, 2007, 3:44:10 PM9/10/07
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Is there a good location to find people looking for a roommate for
RubyConf 2007? Or if someone here is looking for one, let me know and
we can work out details.
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