Talk Slides 1
I just got back from a whirl-wind tour of conference speaking. It was a real pleasure getting to speak at these events.
If you are considering your conference budget for next year or thinking about where to spend your money, look very hard at the regional events. Having attended and spoken at many of the major and regional events, I have to say the content at the regionals has been exponentially better. Pat Eyler and Mike Moore did an amazing job with Mount West Ruby Conf. Scotland on Rails was organized incredibly well, and had some of the best content I’ve seen in a long time. Alan Francis, Graeme Mathieson, Abdel Saleh and Paul Wilson pulled off their first conference in fine fashion. Between the location, the people, and the pub across the street, the tracks at this conference were a must see.
My slides for two of the three talks can be found here:
If you want to see my talk from Mountain West Ruby Conf it was recorded by Confreaks. and posted here
Speaking schedule
While I should be finishing up some of the dozen half-baked entries, I elected instead to just post my upcoming speaking schedule. I was putting this off in hopes that RailsConf would let me in, but it looks like this will be the first year for me to sit it out (unless of course they are still in fact deciding).
Emerging Technologies for the Enterprise March 26-27
I’ll be in Phillidelphia on March 26-27 giving my talk, “Be Careful Your Java is Showing” a walk through the idiomatic and architectural traps that developers fall into when they first approach Ruby and the Ruby on Rails framework.
Mountain West Ruby Conf March 28-29
I’m off from Philly straight to Salt Lake City for Mountain West Ruby Conf. I’m very excited about this one. The local ruby conferences always have a ton of energy. With friends like Mike and Pat running the show, you know it’s going to be fun.
I’m giving my “Domain Specific Languages: Molding Ruby” talk. This is one of the two talks I’m the most passionate about and should be a a lot of fun. This is also the talk I was supposed to give in Ann Arbor last night, but I had to cancel on account of snow.
Scotland on Rails April 4-5
In April I’ll be traveling to the land where they make scotch. Oh man is this going to be fun. While I’m there, I think I’m supposed to give a talk or something :-)
Seriously, this is going to be another fun one. Jim and I are working on something lively for that conferences that should be a lot of fun. I can’t wait.
erubycon August
Yes, we will be putting on erubycon again. We will be giving the conference to show ruby’s readiness for the enterprise. Look for another announcement within the next couple weeks.
I’ll add more talks as they come up. God knows I’ve papered enough places with proposals.
