RE: [NWRUG] Recommended Ruby Conferences

2013-03-05 Thread Louis Goff-Beardsley
Don't forget http://www.bronycon.org/ :D -Original Message- From: nwrug-members@googlegroups.com [mailto:nwrug-members@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Will Jessop Sent: 04 March 2013 15:18 To: nwrug-members@googlegroups.com Subject: Re: [NWRUG] Recommended Ruby Conferences The conferences

Re: [NWRUG] Recommended Ruby Conferences

2013-03-04 Thread Ben Aldred
ScotRuby and RubyManor I have heard good things about Rails Berry which I am attending soon so I can tell you more after I've got back. On 4 March 2013 14:56, Ben Gibbs b...@bobop.co.uk wrote: Hi all, There seem to be more and more quality annual Ruby conferences nowadays so I have a

Re: [NWRUG] Recommended Ruby Conferences

2013-03-04 Thread Adam Holt
Depends on Budget, I learned a lot about the direction ruby is going from RubyConf, but it's in Miami Beach this year, so might be outside your budget. I'm going to RailsBerry this year, and maybe Nordic ruby (again, another expensive one) or RubyConf -- Adam Holt Sent with Sparrow

Re: [NWRUG] Recommended Ruby Conferences

2013-03-04 Thread Will Jessop
The conferences I'd go to in order of choice: RubyConf RailsBerry ScotRuby RubyManor RubyConf is big, lots of talks to choose from and lots of people to talk to in the hallway. Downside is that it's always in the US and epensive to travel to and stay at. RailsBerry, I went here last year and it

Re: [NWRUG] Recommended Ruby Conferences

2013-03-04 Thread Graham Ashton
Ben and I were just chatting about it in the office and he raised an interesting question - what is it that he's hoping to get out of going to two Ruby conferences a year? I thought it'd be interesting to turn that around - what have you got out of the conferences you've been to, and (if it's

Re: [NWRUG] Recommended Ruby Conferences

2013-03-04 Thread Paul Robinson
On 4 Mar 2013, at 14:56, Ben Gibbs b...@bobop.co.uk wrote: If I was to attend 2 Ruby conferences each year, which 2 should they be? The two that you want to go to the most. I'm not being facetious, I'm serious. There are lots of conferences out there and some of them will make you go Wow,

Re: [NWRUG] Recommended Ruby Conferences

2013-03-04 Thread Will Jessop
For me it's always about meeting people. Keeping up with friends and making new ones. It's the same for the NWRUG meetups. I'll go to some talks, but talks aren't that interesting to me. I tend to go to the ones that I think will be amusing or otherwise entertaining, or the ones with speakers I

Re: [NWRUG] Recommended Ruby Conferences

2013-03-04 Thread Paul Robinson
On 4 Mar 2013, at 18:00, Ian Moss he...@ianmoss.com wrote: If Ruby Conf England is occurring this year - I'd assumed it wasn't now, it'd be great to know the dates, so that I can potentially support another local conference. Especially if it's in the sub £100 category, or there's a one day