My name is Beau Gould and I specialize in open source staffing  I've
been getting a lot of requests for RoR developers in and around the NY
area, but I don't have many candidates in my database.

I was wondering if any of you are looking for work.  I do both full
time and contract staffing.  Sometimes the contract gigs are on-site
and sometimes they are telecommute.

I would like to have your resume on file so I can match skills to
specs.  If you are interested, please send your resume and
hourly/salary reqs to beau@...

Thank you

Beau J. Gould, Sr. Recruiter
Superior Staffing Solutions

beau@...
www.superiorss.com

Someone left a mouse here from the meeting. If you can identify it by
distinguishing marks or serial number, it is yours for a small ransom.

Matt


Matt Pelletier
pelletierm@...

Hi All,

Here's what I'm planning on working on tonight - if anyone else thinks
this is worth doing, I could definitely use some help...

("You're doing it all wrong" is perfectly valid help, as long as you
tell me how to do it right!)

In the spirit of the rake 'freeze_rails' and 'unfreeze_rails' tasks, I
will be working on implementing freeze_gem/unfreeze_gem.

== Why? ==

You want to use a gem in your rails application but you don't have
full 'gem install' access to either your local machine or your
eventual deployment machine.

== What? ==

freeze_gem will unpack the specified gem into
RAILS_ROOT/vendor/frozen_gems (unfreeze_gem removes it).

== How? ==

So far, what I've sketched out is:

Given usage: `freeze_gem GEMNAME` in RAILS_ROOT

1. Check to see if GEMNAME is installed locally

2. If yes, go to 3, else `gem install GEMNAME --install-dir=/tmp`, set
GEM_HOME to /tmp

3. `mkdir vendor/frozen_gems` if necessary, `cd vendor/frozen_gems`

4. `gem unpack GEMNAME`

== Loading Frozen Gems ==

Running freeze_gem also installs the 'frozen_gem_loader' plugin if
necessary.  The frozen_gem_loader plugin is something like:

frozen_gem_loader/init.rb

		 unless Object.const_defined?(:Gem)
		  require 'rubygems'
		 end

		 Dir.glob("#{RAILS_ROOT}/vendor/frozen_gems/*") do |directory|
		   next if File.basename(directory)[0] == ?. || !File.directory?(directory)

		   if File.directory?("#{directory}/lib")
		     $LOAD_PATH.unshift "#{directory}/lib"
		   end

		   $LOAD_PATH.uniq!
		 end

== Some Complications ==

- Gem versions: there should really only be one version of any
particular gem frozen at any one time.
- Platform issues: it really only makes sense to freeze pure ruby
gems.  Is it possible to determine if a gem is pure ruby or not?
- Dependencies: things get a lot more complicated if multiple
dependencies have to be installed and frozen.


--ryan

--
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http://www.rockefeller.edu -- Bacterial Pathogenesis and Immunology
http://www.worldmartial.com -- Black Belt Instructor
http://locomotive.sourceforge.net -- Self contained one-click Rails for Mac OS X

Here ye, here ye!

The next RoR-NYC meeting is TOMORROW (Tues, Oct 25) at 6pm at my
office. Please come if you can. Aside from the usual chatter we will
recap the fantastic RubyConf and discuss some ideas for projects we
can work on (as a group!)

Details are below.

Matt

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> Hi everyone,
>
> Our next Ruby-NYC meeting is coming up. Same bat-time, same bat-
> channel:
>
> *** WHEN & WHERE ***
> Tuesday, October 25
> 6:00 p.m.
> The offices of: EastMedia
> 148 W 37th Street, 14th Floor
>
> This is Matt Pelletier's workplace. About getting in, Matt says:
>
> "It's on the south side of 37th, between Broadway and 7th, about
> 1/4 of
> the way from 7th ave side. If you get there before the doors lock,
> when
> you get to the 14th floor, just ring the bell. It says 'Valentine' at
> the elevators, but we're just around the corner."
>
> Matt's cell phone is 917-902-2525, if you have trouble getting in.
> Also, my cell phone is 917-776-4300.
>
> *** AGENDA ***
> Gianni's going to lead us through a quick discussion of cool things
> that we saw at RubyConf. And it seems to me that more than a few
> people, post-RubyConf, are eager to step it up a bit, meeting more
> than
> once a month, taking on projects, etc., etc. So we'll talk club
> business, too.
>
> Also, I somehow got my hands on some spare t-shirts from RubyConf, so
> I'll be giving them away at this meeting. (Unless they're actually
> yours and you'd like to reclaim them.)
>
> *** EQUIPMENT HELP ***
> Our quest for a projector continues. Can anybody borrow one from their
> office, just for this meeting? I can do so if necessary, but the
> hassle-factor is high for me since I usually don't go into the office
> on Wednesdays. Please let me know if you can drum something up.
>
> On a related but much less impressive note, we will have name-tags for
> this next meeting. Yeah name tags! Old school.
>
> Hope to see you there!
>
> Francis Hwang
> http://fhwang.net/
>
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Matt Pelletier
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Howdi nyc.Rubyists,

I'm looking for some serious ruby/rails developers for two gigs.

For the first one, the client requests a development "shop that will
be around 3 years from now, preferably near midtown." They're
building a custom CMS for a forthcoming high profile online magazine/
weblog community. They have some smart people on staff. And, of
course, they're on a tight deadline --a launch in November-- so the
want to start pronto.

The second one is for an interesting audio tour company. They have a
website and use a 3rd party ecommerce service/system for the purchase
and download of their softgoods. Unfortunately this situation is
producing serious nightmares, so they want to bring it all in house.
The other parts of their site includes some php which could either be
ported or could be left alone. They are on a tighter budget and
perhaps a single freelance developer would be more suited than the
midtown shop requested for the prior listed job.

For all the details, please email me!

Spiros Antonopoulos
spiros@...

-[s]

In the interest of avoiding confusion, I think #nyc.rb is a better
name for the channel than #railsnyc. If periods are discouraged in
channel names, then #nycrb it is. I am in all three until I hear
which one is preferred.

Matt

On Sep 26, 2005, at 6:31 PM, Matt Pelletier wrote:

> In case you guys happen to keep IRC running all day in the
> background, you should join #railsnyc on freenode. Eventually I'll
> register it officially with freenode, but for the moment it's just a
> regular ad-hoc channel.
>
> I am 'bricolage'.
>
>
>
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> pelletierm@...
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Matt Pelletier
pelletierm@...

Hey folks,

As far as topics, I'd personally like to spend some time discussing
Ruby blocks. They are groovy but I have just started using them (I
should say I've started using yield in them), so it's not as easy to
think in terms of them when coding as, say, loops are. I'd also like
to talk about #inject, and I'd definitely like to understand how
instance_eval, class_eval, module_eval are best used.

Finally, I'd like to talk about RubyConf (again). See you all tomorrow!

Matt

Matt Pelletier
pelletierm@...

Hello everyone,

Sorry for the late reminder, but our next meeting is tomorrow, Sep 27
@ 6:00pm. Same time and place as usual (my office). Details are
below. I hope to see you all there!

Matt

> Hi all,
>
> Here's your reminder that the next Ruby-NYC meeting is this Tuesday:
>
> Next meeting: Tuesday, September 30
> 6:00 p.m.
> The offices of: EastMedia
> 148 W 37th Street, 14th Floor
>
> This is Matt Pelletier's workplace. About getting in, Matt says:
>
> "It's on the south side of 37th, between Broadway and 7th, about
> 1/4 of
> the way from 7th ave side. If you get there before the doors lock,
> when
> you get to the 14th floor, just ring the bell. It says 'Valentine' at
> the elevators, but we're just around the corner."
>
> Matt's cell phone is 917-902-2525, if you have trouble getting in.
> Also, my cell phone is 917-776-4300.
>
> Hope to see you there!
>
> Francis Hwang
> http://fhwang.net/

In case you guys happen to keep IRC running all day in the
background, you should join #railsnyc on freenode. Eventually I'll
register it officially with freenode, but for the moment it's just a
regular ad-hoc channel.

I am 'bricolage'.



Matt Pelletier
pelletierm@...

Yeah that's a good point. Well I will probably do the meals then.
Let's just make sure we all sit at the 'cool' table. ;)

Matt

On Sep 14, 2005, at 8:24 AM, Francis Hwang wrote:

>
> On Sep 14, 2005, at 5:36 AM, Matt Pelletier wrote:
>
>> Also, is there any reason to do the conference registration with
>> meals? I was planning just to do the regular no-meal one.
>>
>
> The reasons are social -- if you get the meals, you'll be eating
> alongside other Ruby folks for the whole weekend. Without that, you
> can
> go get food elsewhere, but it won't necessarily be as social. Of
> course, you could probably find some other Rubyists who wanted to save
> on food and just go get your meals with them, so it might not be a big
> deal. I always get the meals, myself.
>
> Francis Hwang
> http://fhwang.net/
>
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Matt Pelletier
pelletierm@...

Hey folks.

I am about to get my ticket and registration squared away. Currently
the RubyConf hotel is totally booked for the 15th, but has non-
RubyConf rates for the 13th and 14th (just over $100), if you want to
sleep under the hotel bar Saturday night.

I am planning to book a room at the Town & Country, the hotel for the
OOPSLA conference. I'm not going to OOPSLA but the hotel is only a
couple of miles down the road, and I know a few other Railsers are
going to be there. If anyone else is staying there, or more
important, if anyone wants to book a room together, let me know. The
rates are the same for a single or double bed room ($109/night in the
'guard tower').

1-800-77-ATLAS
http://www.towncountry.com/location.htm

Let me know today or otherwise ASAP, as I'll be booking soon. Also if
people want to post when they're arriving as well maybe we can
coordinate taxis, etc.

Also, is there any reason to do the conference registration with
meals? I was planning just to do the regular no-meal one.

If you prefer to call me my # is 917-902-2525.

Matt

On Sep 6, 2005, at 5:59 PM, Francis Hwang wrote:

> Hey everyone,
>
> If you didn't see this on ruby-talk: Registration for RubyConf will be
> closing soon. Last day for full registration (includes meals) is
> Friday, September 16, and the last day for events-only registration
> (no
> meals) is the Friday after that.
>
> To repeat myself: I've been to the last two RubyConf's, and the
> Rubyists you meet there are a intense collection of smart, cool,
> interesting Ruby hackers. It's a blast. So far I believe four Ruby-NYC
> folks will be there, so if you can make it--especially if you're lucky
> enough to have a job that'll pay your expenses--then you should come
> too!
>
> http://www.rubycentral.org/conference/register
>
> Francis Hwang
> http://fhwang.net/
>
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Matt Pelletier
pelletierm@...

This touches on the automatic db schema creation/mgmt discussion
during the WebObjects demo:

ActiveThings is an extension to the Rails Framework that allows for
the dynamic creation and management of ActiveRecord and ActionPack
Objects and associated database entities (tables) through the use of
meta-data.

etc...

http://journal.schubert.cx:8888/articles/2005/08/30/activethings-part-
eins

Matt Pelletier
pelletierm@...

For those partaking in the discussion about Javascript, how it's not
so terrible these days, and how you can actually do unit-testing in it:

Unit Testing
http://mir.aculo.us/articles/2005/07/28/automatic-testing-of-your-web-
pages-with-javascript

Another on Unit Testing
http://mir.aculo.us/articles/2005/08/03/more-automatic-testing-with-
javascript

Automated Recording and playback of actions
http://mir.aculo.us/articles/2005/08/07/functional-web-application-
testing-with-automatic-recording

Continuous Integration
http://mir.aculo.us/articles/2005/08/18/coming-soon-continuous-
integration-with-javascript

Check out http://script.aculo.us



Matt Pelletier
pelletierm@...

From Mr. Fowler, per our discussion:

http://martinfowler.com/bliki/DatabaseStyles.html

This is the blog post that puts it in a useful context:
http://robbyonrails.com/articles/2005/08/18/active-record-i-3-u-but-i-
still-trust-my-database-server-a-tiny-bit-more


Matt Pelletier
pelletierm@...

Everyone,

Our next meeting is tomorrow (Tuesday) at my office. I include
Francis' email from the Ruby-NYC list for details. Hope to see you
there!

Matt

Begin forwarded message:

> From: Francis Hwang <sera@...>
> Date: August 28, 2005 4:33:41 PM EDT
> To: ruby-nyc@yahoogroups.com
> Subject: [ruby-nyc] Reminder: Ruby-NYC meeting this Tuesday
> Reply-To: ruby-nyc@yahoogroups.com
>
>
> Hi guys,
>
> Here's your reminder that Ruby-NYC is meeting this Tuesday.
>
> Next meeting: Tuesday, August 30
> 6:00 p.m.
> The offices of: EastMedia
> 148 W 37th Street, 14th Floor
>
> This time 'round, Apoorva's going to lead a quick demo of WebObjects,
> which isn't Ruby, but we keep talking about it, so what the hell. Then
> we'll talk about Ruby some more.
>
> This is Matt Pelletier's workplace. About getting in, Matt sez:
>
> "It's on the south side of 37th, between Broadway and 7th, about
> 1/4 of
> the way from 7th ave side. If you get there before the doors lock,
> when
> you get to the 14th floor, just ring the bell. It says 'Valentine' at
> the elevators, but we're just around the corner."
>
> Matt's cell phone is 917-902-2525, if you have trouble getting in.
> Also, my cell phone is 917-776-4300.
>
> Francis Hwang
> http://fhwang.net/
>
>

Matt Pelletier
pelletierm@...

Hey Sebastian (and everyone else who wondered the same thing),

In keeping with our 'last Tuesday of the month' scheme, we'll be
singing and dancing the Ruby jig on the 30th (a week from Tuesday).
Same Bat time (6pm), same Bat channel (my office). If no one comes
I'll be talking to myself in the conference room for four hours (it
wouldn't be the first time). Gianni and I will be likely be
performing inadvertant sketch comedy, and Apoorva will be giving a
demo of WebObjects. Ruby and at least a few dozen other topics will
be discussed ... probably all at the same time.

I encourage everyone to come. I'd like to see how many Ruby
programmers I can fit into one conference room.

Matt


On Aug 21, 2005, at 8:56 AM, Sebastian Delmont wrote:

> Is there going to be an August meeting? or is the group taking a
> summer vacation and reconvening in september?
>
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Hey everyone,

Here are some links from the ~300 threads of discussion from last night.

Paul Graham's "The Other Road Ahead" (web apps vs shrink-wrap)
http://paulgraham.com/road.html

PRODUCTS

Matias Tactile Pro
http://matias.ca/tactilepro/index.php

Biomorph Flexo desk
http://biomorphdesk.com/1-888-302-DESK/flexo/overview.html

Sharp Zaurus SL-3100
http://www.dynamism.com/sl-c3000/

BOOKS

Martin Fowler books (particularly "Patterns of Enterprise Application
Architecture")
http://www.martinfowler.com/books.html

Eric Raymond's "The Art of Unix Programming"
http://www.faqs.org/docs/artu/

HOSTING

"Localhost'" on TextDrive
http://forum.textdrive.com/viewforum.php?id=16

Tilted (37 Signals' favorite)
http://tilted.com/


Matt Pelletier
pelletierm@...

I'm pre-registered, and am almost certainly going. The conference and
hotel prices are pretty damned cheap.

Who'll be the first to have a ruby tattoo?

Why is it that all the OSS stuff happens on the West coast?

Anyone going to OSCON?

M

On Jul 13, 2005, at 4:40 PM, Francis Hwang wrote:

> Hey, who's going to RubyConf? Patrick and I already have plans to head
> out for it. If you've got plans to do so, you should make sure to
> reserve a hotel room soon. Details can be found at
> http://www.rubyconf.org/ .
>
> I've said so before, I'll say it again: RubyConf brings together the
> smartest, nicest programmers you'll ever meet. Also, it dovetails with
> OOPSLA, so you hit both in the same trip, if you're so inclined.
>
> Let us know if you're gonna go. Maybe if we get enough Ruby-NYC folks,
> we can make club jackets and strut around the hotel looking menacing.
>
> Francis Hwang
> http://fhwang.net/
>
>
>
>
> Yahoo! Groups Links
>
>
>
>
>
>
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Matt Pelletier
pelletierm@...

I'm open for any night, really. I'll be there anyway :)

Matt

On Jul 6, 2005, at 11:17 AM, Jacob Harris wrote:

> Hello,
>
>
>> So, let's have an open vote. If we're going to permanently set the
>> meeting dates to be either the last Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, or
>> Thursday of the week, does anybody have any preferences as to
>> which it
>> would be?
>>
>
> I'm a complete newcomer (only showed up at the last meeting), but I
> want to cast my vote for Monday night.
>
> Jake
>
>
>
>
>
>
> Yahoo! Groups Links
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>

Matt Pelletier
pelletierm@...

Hey all. Our June Meeting is TOMORROW. Please come if you can. Bring
your laptops and anything else you want. It's an open meeting this
time, so we can discuss it all in the usual multi-threaded way.

Hope to see you tomorrow. Instructions below.

Matt

Begin forwarded message:

> From: Francis Hwang <sera@...>
> Date: June 26, 2005 5:21:26 PM EDT
> To: ruby-nyc@yahoogroups.com
> Subject: [ruby-nyc] Meeting #15: MONDAY, June 27, 6:00 p.m.
> Reply-To: ruby-nyc@yahoogroups.com
>
>
> Hi everyone, here are the details for tomorrow's meeting:
>
> MONDAY, June 27
> 6:00 p.m.
> The offices of EastMedia
> 148 W 37th Street, 14th Floor
>
> Please note that the last announcement email had a typo. We are
> meeting
> on Monday, not Tuesday.
>
> This is Matt Pelletier's workplace. About getting in, Matt sez:
>
> "It's on the south side of 37th, between Broadway and 7th, about
> 1/4 of
> the way from 7th ave side. If you get there before the doors lock,
> when
> you get to the 14th floor, just ring the bell. It says 'Valentine' at
> the elevators, but we're just around the corner."
>
> Matt's cell phone is 917-902-2525, if you have trouble getting in.
> Also, my cell phone is 917-776-4300.
>
> Agenda: Hanging out. There's no official presentation, but feel
> free to
> bring your laptops if you want to hack away and share your code with
> your fellow Rubyists.
>
> See you there!
>
> Francis Hwang
> http://fhwang.net/
>
> P.S. I tried to enter the above Agenda into our Yahoo Groups
> description and got this message: "Group description contains a word
> 'hack' which is not permitted." Can you believe that? That sh1t's
> fux0r3d, d00d.
>
>
>
>
> Yahoo! Groups Links
>
>
>
>
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Matt Pelletier
pelletierm@...

Hey all,

Here's a forward of Francis' reminder for the next Ruby-NYC meeting,
which means the next RubyOnRails-NYC meeting! We'll be meeting at my
office in the garment district. Details are below. I hope to see you all
there.

-Matt

----------------------------------------------------------------------

Hey everyone,

Just a reminder, our next Ruby-NYC meeting is the day after tomorrow.
Here are the deets:

Tuesday, May 31
6:00 p.m.
The offices of EastMedia
148 W 37th Street, 14th Floor

This is Matt Pelletier's workplace. About getting in, Matt sez:

"It's on the south side of 37th, between Broadway and 7th, about 1/4 of
the way from 7th ave side. If you get there before the doors lock, when
you get to the 14th floor, just ring the bell. It says 'Valentine' at
the elevators, but we're just around the corner."

Matt's cell phone is 917-902-2525, if you have trouble getting in.
Also, my cell phone is 917-776-4300.

Agenda: Looks like we're going to have a two-part agenda, with two
short presentations. First, Zoran Lazarevic will talk about different
aspects of using Ruby on Windows, including creating Windows
executables with Rubyscript2exe, and using OLE to extract engineering
requirements from Visio drawings. Second, Matt Pelletier will talk
about the API for Backpack, the new organize-your-life Rails app from
37 Signals.

Also, we've got one more copy of "Teach Yourself Ruby" to give away.

Francis Hwang
http://fhwang.net/




Yahoo! Groups Links

Francis Hwang wrote:
> Hey Matt, what's the situation regarding when we can meet? How early do
> we get there, how late can we stay? Is there some sort of
> doorman/security situation too?
>

For our Tues, May 31st meeting:

Building doors lock at 6pm. We can start earlier if you want, but we
have the keys and will be happy to (and expect to) play doorman in any
case. My phone is 917-902-2525. Call me if you get to the building and
no one is there. We'll leave the elevator unlocked. The address is:

EastMedia
148 W 37th St
14th Floor

It's on the south side of 37th, between Broadway and 7th, about 1/4 of
the way from 7th ave side. If you get there before the doors lock, when
you get to the 14th floor, just ring the bell. It says 'Valentine' at
the elevators, but we're just around the corner.

We can stay as late as we need, order food, whatever.

I'd like to discuss the Backpack API as well, and I'd like to see
someone's Ruby console app if they have one running.

-- Matt




> And if the meeting goes long enough I wonder if we should consider
> ordering food ... or just going out for dinner afterwards is an option,
> too.
>
> Francis Hwang
> http://fhwang.net/
>
>
>
>
> Yahoo! Groups Links
>
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>
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>
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Francis Hwang wrote:
> Okay then, let's have the meeting on Tuesday, May 31.
>
> Does anybody want to do a presentation on anything new they've been
> working on? Patrick, would you want to talk about your hexane stuff?
>
> If we don't have a presentation, we could do something else, it could
> just be a casual hang-out session. Or a more structured "code jam" sort
> of session, where we try to accomplish something in two hours.
>
> It's your group, y'all. Let me know what you think.
>

Personally I'd like to see something that runs on windows... if someone
has a project that uses win32ole, that would be cool. That, and any
Rails projects, of course, especially if they are using ActionWebService
and ActionMailer.

May 31 sounds good to me.

Matt

>
> On May 16, 2005, at 12:58 PM, Apoorva Muralidhara wrote:
>
>
>>--- In ruby-nyc@yahoogroups.com, Francis Hwang <sera@f...> wrote:
>>
>>>Okay then. I'm thinking we should meet Thu, May 26, Mon, May 30, or
>>>Tue, May 31. Anybody on these lists have a preference? Let me know.
>>
>>I go to Extreme Programming New York City on Mondays, so Tuesday or
>>Thursday would be better for me.
>>
>>--Apoorva
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>Yahoo! Groups Links
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>
>
> Francis Hwang
> http://fhwang.net/
>
>
>
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From Ruby-NYC

-- Matt

-------- Original Message --------

Okay then. I'm thinking we should meet Thu, May 26, Mon, May 30, or
Tue, May 31. Anybody on these lists have a preference? Let me know.

Who wants to do a presentation? Zoran, a little while back you were
saying you could talk about Ruby on Windows stuff, do you want to talk
about that?


On May 9, 2005, at 1:35 AM, Matt Pelletier wrote:

> Hello all.
>
> 1. Location
> Yes, the offer definitely stands. We have two conference rooms,
> complete
> with chairs, tables, electricity AND wifi. It's also close to Bryant
> Park; a minor shift from previous meetings. A projector from anyone
> would be great.
>
> 2. Date
> Wednesdays (i.e. the 25th) sometimes include meetings that run long,
> but
> otherwise we can meet any day, starting at the usual time (6:00 or
> after), lasting as long as needed.
>
> It was great to see everyone last month. NYC is probably the easiest
> place on the east coast to build a solid developer/designer base for
> Rails (and of course Ruby), so I hope we can keep the attendance and
> great discussion going!
>
> Matt
>
>
> Francis Hwang wrote:
>> Hi everyone,
>>
>> Here's a late recap: Last month's meeting was quite the success. If
>> you
>> would've bet that a Rails presentation would create a lot of new
>> interest, you would've been right; 11 folks showed up to listen to
>> Matt's presentation. The discussion included Matt's runthrough of a
>> basic Rails setup, the new AJAX-y developments in Rails, and veered
>> into heavier stuff such as permissions on model classes and methods of
>> doing authorization and authentication for a site.
>>
>> Now, I'd like to plan this month's meeting. A few points:
>>
>> 1. Location.
>> Matt, at the last meeting you said we can meet at your company's
>> office. Does that offer still stand? If we get an office I might even
>> be able to drum up a projector from my office.
>>
>> 2. Date.
>> This would ideally be some Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, or Thursday on
>> the 2nd-to-last or last week of May. So May 23-May 26, or May 30 or
>> May
>> 31. Matt, are there days of the week that are better or worse for
>> meeting at your office?
>>
>> 3. Quick talk
>> Anybody have a presentation they'd like to give? Let me know. Doesn't
>> have to be super-prepared, and it doesn't have to last the entire
>> session. It's just nice to have something to anchor the discussion and
>> general hanging-out.
>>
>> Francis Hwang
>> http://fhwang.net/
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> Yahoo! Groups Links
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>
>
>
> Yahoo! Groups Links
>
>
>
>
>
>
>

Francis Hwang
http://fhwang.net/




Yahoo! Groups Links

Hello all.

1. Location
Yes, the offer definitely stands. We have two conference rooms, complete
with chairs, tables, electricity AND wifi. It's also close to Bryant
Park; a minor shift from previous meetings. A projector from anyone
would be great.

2. Date
Wednesdays (i.e. the 25th) sometimes include meetings that run long, but
otherwise we can meet any day, starting at the usual time (6:00 or
after), lasting as long as needed.

It was great to see everyone last month. NYC is probably the easiest
place on the east coast to build a solid developer/designer base for
Rails (and of course Ruby), so I hope we can keep the attendance and
great discussion going!

Matt


Francis Hwang wrote:
> Hi everyone,
>
> Here's a late recap: Last month's meeting was quite the success. If you
> would've bet that a Rails presentation would create a lot of new
> interest, you would've been right; 11 folks showed up to listen to
> Matt's presentation. The discussion included Matt's runthrough of a
> basic Rails setup, the new AJAX-y developments in Rails, and veered
> into heavier stuff such as permissions on model classes and methods of
> doing authorization and authentication for a site.
>
> Now, I'd like to plan this month's meeting. A few points:
>
> 1. Location.
> Matt, at the last meeting you said we can meet at your company's
> office. Does that offer still stand? If we get an office I might even
> be able to drum up a projector from my office.
>
> 2. Date.
> This would ideally be some Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, or Thursday on
> the 2nd-to-last or last week of May. So May 23-May 26, or May 30 or May
> 31. Matt, are there days of the week that are better or worse for
> meeting at your office?
>
> 3. Quick talk
> Anybody have a presentation they'd like to give? Let me know. Doesn't
> have to be super-prepared, and it doesn't have to last the entire
> session. It's just nice to have something to anchor the discussion and
> general hanging-out.
>
> Francis Hwang
> http://fhwang.net/
>
>
>
>
> Yahoo! Groups Links
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>

Here's a copy of Francis' message to the Ruby-NYC Group.

Matt

-------- Original Message --------
Hi everyone,

Here's a late recap: Last month's meeting was quite the success. If you
would've bet that a Rails presentation would create a lot of new
interest, you would've been right; 11 folks showed up to listen to
Matt's presentation. The discussion included Matt's runthrough of a
basic Rails setup, the new AJAX-y developments in Rails, and veered
into heavier stuff such as permissions on model classes and methods of
doing authorization and authentication for a site.

Now, I'd like to plan this month's meeting. A few points:

1. Location.
Matt, at the last meeting you said we can meet at your company's
office. Does that offer still stand? If we get an office I might even
be able to drum up a projector from my office.

2. Date.
This would ideally be some Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, or Thursday on
the 2nd-to-last or last week of May. So May 23-May 26, or May 30 or May
31. Matt, are there days of the week that are better or worse for
meeting at your office?

3. Quick talk
Anybody have a presentation they'd like to give? Let me know. Doesn't
have to be super-prepared, and it doesn't have to last the entire
session. It's just nice to have something to anchor the discussion and
general hanging-out.

Francis Hwang
http://fhwang.net/




Yahoo! Groups Links

I'm flexible with time (weekends and/or later at night), so I can meet
whenever it is most convenient for everyone. For the moment we'll still
use the Ruby-NYC meetings as our own, since that will probably yield the
best turnout. But I'm also quite happy to have other meetings for Rails
in between. Everyone let me know what works.

Thanks,
Matt

Ramin wrote:
> I would really love to attend this meeting, but I work all the way out
> in LI and I don't get out of work until 6. With traffic, I won't be in
> the city until the meeting is over. I would love it if the meetings
> were on the weekends or maybe a little later. Could we get a vote on
> this and see how everyone else feels?
>
> On 4/21/05, Matt Pelletier <pelletierm@...> wrote:
>
>> Hey everyone.
>>
>> Here's the schedule for our first meeting. If any of you can't meet
>> because of timing (I think this applies in some cases) let me know and
>> we can have a 2nd offshoot meeting. But everyone should come to this
>> RUBY-NYC meeting. I'm going to give a walkthrough of some Rails stuff,
>> then we can talk about anything you want.
>>
>> See you next week,
>> Matt
>>
>> -------- Original Message --------
>> To: ruby-nyc@yahoogroups.com
>> From: Francis Hwang <sera@...>
>> Subject: [ruby-nyc] meeting #13: Tue, Apr 26, 6:00-8:30 p.m.
>>
>> Hey all,
>>
>> Here's a reminder that our next meeting is this Tuesday. Details below:
>> ----
>> Tuesday, April 26
>> 6:00 p.m. - 8:30 p.m.
>> Coliseum Books
>> 11 West 42nd Street
>> Between 5th and 6th Aves
>> (across from Bryant Park)
>> There's WiFi, so bring your laptops.
>> If you're new to these meetings, and don't know anybody there, I look
>> like this:
>>http://photos.friendster.com/photos/36/48/958463/228588020986l.jpg
>>
>> 1. Matt Pelletier has kindly offered to do a basic walkthrough of
>> Rails. So if you're curious as to what all the Rails fuss has been
>> about, come on by for a look!
>>
>> 2. We're still giving away Ruby books, courtesy of David Black. One
>> copy of "Teach Yourself Ruby" will be given away at this meeting.
>>
>> Francis Hwang
>> http://fhwang.net/
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> ________________________________
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>>
>>
>>To visit your group on the web, go to:
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>>
>>To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to:
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>>
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>
>
>

I would really love to attend this meeting, but I work all the way out
in LI and I don't get out of work until 6. With traffic, I won't be in
the city until the meeting is over. I would love it if the meetings
were on the weekends or maybe a little later. Could we get a vote on
this and see how everyone else feels?

On 4/21/05, Matt Pelletier <pelletierm@...> wrote:
>  Hey everyone.
>
>  Here's the schedule for our first meeting. If any of you can't meet
>  because of timing (I think this applies in some cases) let me know and
>  we can have a 2nd offshoot meeting. But everyone should come to this
>  RUBY-NYC meeting. I'm going to give a walkthrough of some Rails stuff,
>  then we can talk about anything you want.
>
>  See you next week,
>  Matt
>
>  -------- Original Message --------
>  To: ruby-nyc@yahoogroups.com
>  From: Francis Hwang <sera@...>
>  Subject: [ruby-nyc] meeting #13: Tue, Apr 26, 6:00-8:30 p.m.
>
>  Hey all,
>
>  Here's a reminder that our next meeting is this Tuesday. Details below:
>  ----
>  Tuesday, April 26
>  6:00 p.m. - 8:30 p.m.
>  Coliseum Books
>  11 West 42nd Street
>  Between 5th and 6th Aves
>  (across from Bryant Park)
>  There's WiFi, so bring your laptops.
>  If you're new to these meetings, and don't know anybody there, I look
>  like this:
> http://photos.friendster.com/photos/36/48/958463/228588020986l.jpg
>
>  1. Matt Pelletier has kindly offered to do a basic walkthrough of
>  Rails. So if you're curious as to what all the Rails fuss has been
>  about, come on by for a look!
>
>  2. We're still giving away Ruby books, courtesy of David Black. One
>  copy of "Teach Yourself Ruby" will be given away at this meeting.
>
>  Francis Hwang
>  http://fhwang.net/
>
>
>
>
>
>  ________________________________
>  Yahoo! Groups Links
>
>
> To visit your group on the web, go to:
> http://groups.yahoo.com/group/rubyonrails-nyc/
>
> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to:
> rubyonrails-nyc-unsubscribe@yahoogroups.com
>
> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to the Yahoo! Terms of Service.


--
- Ramin
http://www.getintothis.com/blog

Hey everyone.

Here's the schedule for our first meeting. If any of you can't meet
because of timing (I think this applies in some cases) let me know and
we can have a 2nd offshoot meeting. But everyone should come to this
RUBY-NYC meeting. I'm going to give a walkthrough of some Rails stuff,
then we can talk about anything you want.

See you next week,
Matt

-------- Original Message --------
To: ruby-nyc@yahoogroups.com
From: Francis Hwang <sera@...>
Subject: [ruby-nyc] meeting #13: Tue, Apr 26, 6:00-8:30 p.m.

Hey all,

Here's a reminder that our next meeting is this Tuesday. Details below:
----
Tuesday, April 26
6:00 p.m. - 8:30 p.m.
Coliseum Books
11 West 42nd Street
Between 5th and 6th Aves
(across from Bryant Park)
There's WiFi, so bring your laptops.
If you're new to these meetings, and don't know anybody there, I look
like this:
http://photos.friendster.com/photos/36/48/958463/228588020986l.jpg

1. Matt Pelletier has kindly offered to do a basic walkthrough of
Rails. So if you're curious as to what all the Rails fuss has been
about, come on by for a look!

2. We're still giving away Ruby books, courtesy of David Black. One
copy of "Teach Yourself Ruby" will be given away at this meeting.

Francis Hwang
http://fhwang.net/

Just in case this was not cross-posted to the rubyonrails-nyc list...


Begin forwarded message:

From: Matt Pelletier <pelletierm@...>
Date: April 14, 2005 7:32:51 PM EDT
To: ruby-nyc@yahoogroups.com
Subject: Re: [ruby-nyc] meeting #13: Tue, Apr 26, 6:00-8:30 p.m.
Reply-To: ruby-nyc@yahoogroups.com



I'd be willing to give a basic walkthrough of Rails, and how to get a
simple app running quickly, start-to-finish.

Francis Hwang wrote:
> Hi everybody,
>
> The next Ruby-NYC meeting is going to be Tuesday, April 26. Here're the
> deets:
> ----
> Tuesday, April 26
> 6:00 p.m. - 8:30 p.m.
> Coliseum Books
> 11 West 42nd Street
> Between 5th and 6th Aves
> (across from Bryant Park)
> There's WiFi, so bring your laptops.
> If you're new to these meetings, and don't know anybody there, I look
> like this:
> http://photos.friendster.com/photos/36/48/958463/228588020986l.jpg
>
> 1. I'm still looking for somebody to do a quick presentation. For those
> who are new to the group: These are informal,
> over-the-shoulder-on-your-laptop sorts of presentations. If you want to
> talk about anything you've been working with, let me know.
>
> 2. We're still giving away Ruby books, courtesy of David Black. One
> copy of "Teach Yourself Ruby" will be given away at this meeting.
>
> Francis Hwang
> http://fhwang.net/
>
>
>
>
> Yahoo! Groups Links
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>






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