From code at apotheon.net Tue Feb 1 19:47:26 2011 From: code at apotheon.net (Chad Perrin) Date: Tue, 1 Feb 2011 17:47:26 -0700 Subject: [Boulder Ruby Group] meeting length Message-ID: <20110202004726.GA892@guilt.hydra> I have yet to attend a meeting, but my schedule matches up pretty well with interest in the topics for the meeting on the 15th. I have a question, though, so I'll know how to schedule my dinner that night: How long do the meetings typically run? While I'm at it . . . is food allowed in the venue? -- Chad Perrin [ original content licensed OWL: http://owl.apotheon.org ] -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... 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Does that help? Cheers, Marty From code at apotheon.net Wed Feb 2 10:47:10 2011 From: code at apotheon.net (Chad Perrin) Date: Wed, 2 Feb 2011 08:47:10 -0700 Subject: [Boulder Ruby Group] meeting length In-Reply-To: References: <20110202004726.GA892@guilt.hydra> Message-ID: <20110202154710.GA4082@guilt.hydra> On Tue, Feb 01, 2011 at 09:33:14PM -0700, Marty Haught wrote: > > How long do the meetings typically run? > > We usually wrap up around 9pm. Sometimes shorter meetings will end > around 8:30 but Feb's meeting is busier than most. > > > While I'm at it . . . is food allowed in the venue? > > Yes. If you're messy we'll have to keep you after to clean up though. > ;) Seriously, there's a kitchen space with an island right to the > side of our meeting space so if you want to bring food to eat you can > get a bar stool along the island and eat there. Also, though the > meeting starts at 7pm we usually use the first 15-20 minutes to chat, > network and wait for everyone to come in before starting. > > Does that help? Yes -- the answers from both you and Prakash are helpful. Barring unforeseen poor luck, I guess I'll see you there. Thanks. -- Chad Perrin [ original content licensed OWL: http://owl.apotheon.org ] -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: not available Type: application/pgp-signature Size: 196 bytes Desc: not available URL: From mbarinek at pivotallabs.com Wed Feb 2 13:31:33 2011 From: mbarinek at pivotallabs.com (Michael Barinek) Date: Wed, 2 Feb 2011 11:31:33 -0700 Subject: [Boulder Ruby Group] Ruby and Java Positions in Boulder Message-ID: local ruby or java devs looking to work on a high-performing, highly-available mobile messaging system (in downtown boulder) please ping me...we have a great client that is looking to expand their dev team. 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URL: From ara.t.howard at gmail.com Fri Feb 4 16:21:22 2011 From: ara.t.howard at gmail.com (ara.t.howard) Date: Fri, 4 Feb 2011 14:21:22 -0700 Subject: [Boulder Ruby Group] [JOB] snugging up @dojo4 Message-ID: Want to work for a cash-positive startup in Boulder that is making the world a better place? Want to work with the seasoned engineering team at dojo4? SnuggHome (www.snugghome.com) needs Ruby developers who can launch great tools for very big customers. SnuggHome provides a platform for municipalities to manage their home energy retrofit programs. The U.S. Department of Energy is aggressively funding work in this space and SnuggHome is positioned to lead the market. SnuggHome?s founders are top-notch designers and front-end developers with deep experience in the home energy retrofit field. They have been working with dojo4 to bring their platform to life and now need even more great developers to keep up with demand for their services. dojo4 is currently wearing the CTO hat for SnuggHome and will provide technical guidance and leadership throughout the project. You get the excitement of working for a startup, and the supportive environment of working within dojo4. What will you do? Integrate SnuggHome with Salesforce.com Integrate with various utilities to grab SmartMeter and energy bill data Integrate with Zillow Integrate with Optimizer, another local company that provides unique data products in this space Capture user/usage data and generate new and interesting reports about SnuggHome?s service Integrate with Facebook and Twitter And tons of other webby stuff. Who will you work with? Jeff, Ben and Adam ? the SnuggHome founders David Clements ? Partner at dojo4 and acting SnuggHome CTO Ara Howard ? Partner and lead architect at dojo4 Ben Brinckerhoff ? Senior Developer at dojo4 and lead SnuggHome developer And the rest of dojo4. Where will you work? Wherever you are the most productive. Sometimes you will need to sync with the team at dojo4, so being local is desirable (but if you think you have what it takes to do it from a distance, we still want to hear from you). And you are most welcome to come hang out at the dojo and get your stuff done. Who are you? You?re a Ruby developer with some web skills, preferably in Rails. You have launched things on the web. You have some opinions about how things should be done. Lean and JSON are dear to your heart. What will you get paid? You will get paid well. We want good people who are committed to getting this thing launched and happy. Let?s not let money stand in the way. How long will it last? Current project launch is in 4 ? 6 months depending on engineering bandwidth. There is definitely opportunity for this to move into a full time position as SnuggHome continues to grow. Got a friend you have always wanted to work with? Bring them along, this project could be great for a team of two developers. How do you apply? Our address is hire_me at dojo4.com. Send us links to things you have built, links to your blog, links to your Twitter profile, links to your projects on github, and anything else you think is relevant. -- -a we can deny everything, except that we have the possibility of being better.? simply reflect on that. - h.h. the 14th dalai lama From wdenhaan at pillartechnology.com Tue Feb 8 12:21:09 2011 From: wdenhaan at pillartechnology.com (Walter DenHaan) Date: Tue, 8 Feb 2011 10:21:09 -0700 Subject: [Boulder Ruby Group] Agile Denver One Day Conference Message-ID: Agile Denver is excited to announce our first annual conference, Mile High Agile 2011: Elevating Agility. Our one day conference on April 7, 2011, was created to further Agile Denver's mission on creating and sustaining the world's best agile community. We foster this by creating opportunities for people to connect to other agilists, user groups, events, jobs, technical communities and vendors. Agile Denver has been the heart of the agile community in Colorado and we are in our 11th year and still growing. This conference will extend your agile knowledge regardless of your role or experience level in your organization. If you are interested in presenting please submit your submission. Details are on the web site. To register for this low cost, all day event, please register at http://milehighagile2011.agiledenver.org/ Hope to see you there! -- Walter den Haan Agile Denver Leadership -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From mgehard at pivotallabs.com Wed Feb 9 10:23:37 2011 From: mgehard at pivotallabs.com (Mike Gehard) Date: Wed, 9 Feb 2011 08:23:37 -0700 Subject: [Boulder Ruby Group] How is the meditation going? Message-ID: Greetings all, I have posted my slides from the Meditation and Code talk that I gave at the January meeting. They have been revised based on some of the feedback that I got at the meeting. They can be found here: http://www.slideshare.net/msgehard/meditation-and-software These slides were just presented at the Magic Ruby (www.magic-ruby.com) conference in Orlando, FL. I have also created a Twitter hashtag to keep track of how people's meditation practices are going and to continue the discussion. Check it out here: http://twitter.com/#search?q=%23devmed -- Mike Gehard Pivotal Labs Boulder (970) 471-9835 | (303) 857-5980 -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From prakash.n.murthy at gmail.com Fri Feb 11 21:00:31 2011 From: prakash.n.murthy at gmail.com (Prakash Murthy) Date: Fri, 11 Feb 2011 19:00:31 -0700 Subject: [Boulder Ruby Group] Update on Code Retreat Boulder + request to RSVP for post-code-retreat drinkup Message-ID: Hello everyone, Thanks for the awesome response to the Code Retreat Boulderevent so far. The event has added to its awesomeness since I last sent an email: - We got some big names joining us! Dave Thomas, Michael Feathers & Mike Clarkwill be there, and participants will get an opportunity to pair with them! - The event will be held at the fabulous Boulder Digital Works at CUin downtown Boulder! - Chad Fowler will be trying out his hand at co-facilitating a Code Retreat event - along with Corey Haines- for the first time; consequently that has enabled us to add additional seats to the event. *Preferred registration for women:* There was only one woman signing up in the first round of registrations; to encourage more women to sign up, we are offering preferred registration for any women developers in the Boulder-Denver area who wants to participate. So Women Developers in the area: Please email me if you want to sign up! *Opening up of the remaining seats:* The remaining seats will be open for registration for everyone on Sunday morning at 8:00 AM MST. So if you want a remaining ticket, make sure you set those alarms on Sunday Morning, and look for the registration link to appear on http://prakash.eventwax.com/code-retreat-boulder :-) *Post-code-retreat drinkup:* If you can't make it to the Code Retreat, you can still meet up with everyone at the Post-code-retreat drinkup. Please RSVP at http://www.doodle.com/wqtqez8zstm6zs8d and let us know if you are coming; it would help us in figuring out where to host the drinkup. Thanks everyone. Have an awesome weekend! -- Cheers, Prakash N Murthy http://twitter.com/_prakash -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From mghaught at gmail.com Sun Feb 13 22:36:48 2011 From: mghaught at gmail.com (Marty Haught) Date: Sun, 13 Feb 2011 20:36:48 -0700 Subject: [Boulder Ruby Group] BRG - February Meeting - Feb 15th Message-ID: Boulder Ruby will host its February meeting this Tuesday night, the 15th at 7pm at the Everlater/Gnip office (directions below). Bobby Wilson will preview is MWRC talk, Confessions of a Data Junkie: Fetching, Parsing, and Visualization, to start off the meeting. Prakash will follow him with his new talk, Puzzles, Katas & Quizzes. Prakash's meeting will be of particular interest to those newer to ruby and looking to improve their skills. Hope to see you all there. http://boulderruby.org/meetings/2010/12/20/february-2011/ Cheers, Marty http://boulderruby.org Directions: Gnip/Everlater 1601 Pearl St Boulder, CO 80302 Use the Pearl St entrance and head upstairs. The door is just between Foolish Craigs and Aji and to the east of the NE corner of 16th and Pearl. URL to google maps: http://bit.ly/bv4cvN From prakash.n.murthy at gmail.com Wed Feb 16 13:00:10 2011 From: prakash.n.murthy at gmail.com (Prakash Murthy) Date: Wed, 16 Feb 2011 11:00:10 -0700 Subject: [Boulder Ruby Group] BRG - February Meeting - Feb 15th In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: Thanks everyone for making my first presentation at a Boulder Ruby Group meeting a memorable one! I enjoyed giving the presentation, and the interesting discussion following the presentation. Here is the presentation that I used for the talk yesterday: http://puzzles-katas-ppt.heroku.com Comments, suggestions & criticism welcome. -- Thanks, Prakash N Murthy http://twitter.com/_prakash On Sun, Feb 13, 2011 at 8:36 PM, Marty Haught wrote: > Boulder Ruby will host its February meeting this Tuesday night, the > 15th at 7pm at the Everlater/Gnip office (directions below). Bobby > Wilson will preview is MWRC talk, Confessions of a Data Junkie: > Fetching, Parsing, and Visualization, to start off the meeting. > Prakash will follow him with his new talk, Puzzles, Katas & Quizzes. > Prakash's meeting will be of particular interest to those newer to > ruby and looking to improve their skills. Hope to see you all there. > > http://boulderruby.org/meetings/2010/12/20/february-2011/ > > Cheers, > Marty > http://boulderruby.org > > Directions: > Gnip/Everlater > 1601 Pearl St > Boulder, CO 80302 > > Use the Pearl St entrance and head upstairs. The door is just between > Foolish Craigs and Aji and to the east of the NE corner of 16th and > Pearl. > > URL to google maps: http://bit.ly/bv4cvN > _______________________________________________ > Bdrg-members mailing list > Bdrg-members at rubyforge.org > http://rubyforge.org/mailman/listinfo/bdrg-members > -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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Strong skills in Ruby and Rails ? Extensive experience with web technologies, such as semantic HTML, CSS, and JS/jQuery. ? Bonus points for experience with the following: C++ Java Erlang queue systems databases both relational (MySQL, PostgreSQL) and non- (TokyoCabinet, MongoDB) design experience doesn't hurt About Absolute Performance: We're a small, agile software and services company in Boulder that has been around for 10+ years. We still have the exciting startup atmosphere, without the frenetic startup development stress. Our systems have a set of interlinked Rails, Merb, and GWT applications that communicate over REST web services to collect and report on hardware and software data from servers running a small, lightweight C++ daemon. The development team is small and agile, testing-focused and fast-moving. About the Position: You will be involved in all aspects of development and design, while focusing primarily on Rails application development and web services. There is a great deal of flexibility in architecture and design decisions that we make as a group. You'll be tackling complex data volume and scalability issues and creating elegant applications for both our operations teams and our customers. Benefits: Flexible schedule and telecommute options, 401(k) and health/dental/ etc. Fun Boulder office environment. -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From derrick.parkhurst at gmail.com Fri Feb 18 16:13:20 2011 From: derrick.parkhurst at gmail.com (derrick parkhurst) Date: Fri, 18 Feb 2011 15:13:20 -0600 Subject: [Boulder Ruby Group] Red Dirt RubyConf Program and Registration Message-ID: Red Dirt RubyConf Program and Registration We are proud to announce the Red Dirt RubyConf 2011 program. http://reddirtrubyconf.com/schedule Red Dirt is a content rich two-day conference to be held in Oklahoma City on April 21st and 22nd, 2011. The conference program focuses on four themes including Ruby Implementations, Rails Extentions, Rails Redux and Javascript. We have 2 keynotes, 6 training tracks and 3 contribute to open source tracks. http://reddirtrubyconf.com/ Red Dirt has one of the best conference lineups that you will see at any Ruby conference. Our speakers are world-class contributors in the Ruby and Javascript communities working for leaders in the industry including Obtiva, Intridea, AT&T Interactive, Hewlett Packard, Heroku, ThoughtBot, and Engine Yard. Red Dirt prides itself on being an all inclusive event. >From beginning to end, this will be a great experience. You will have some of the best food you have ever had, there will be entertainment and plenty of time and comfortable space to meet, interact and learn from Ruby leaders and Heros. Registration is now open: http://reddirtrubyconf.com/program Don't miss early bird registration which ends March 1st. Can't make it? Catch the live video stream or get the conference videos! http://reddirtrubyconf.com/program From prakash.n.murthy at gmail.com Fri Feb 25 10:24:49 2011 From: prakash.n.murthy at gmail.com (Prakash Murthy) Date: Fri, 25 Feb 2011 08:24:49 -0700 Subject: [Boulder Ruby Group] Post Code-retreat drinkup Sat 2/26 6:30pm - 9:00pm at Pivotal Labs Boulder Message-ID: Hello The *Drinkup * after tomorrow's Code Retreat will be at *Pivotal Labs Boulder *. Come have some beer and appetizers, and mingle with the geeks and the Startup-Weekend folks! -- Thanks, Prakash N Murthy http://twitter.com/_prakash -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: