From trevorturk at yahoo.com  Fri Feb  1 22:48:11 2008
From: trevorturk at yahoo.com (Trevor Turk)
Date: Fri, 1 Feb 2008 21:48:11 -0600
Subject: [Chirb] RailsConf discount
In-Reply-To: <45441628-294D-41F7-BD29-703A6B9274AC@platte.name>
References: <45441628-294D-41F7-BD29-703A6B9274AC@platte.name>
Message-ID: <d54e183d0802011948v385c146eg8402f45c5f190114@mail.gmail.com>

On Jan 26, 2008 10:55 AM, Ryan Platte <ryan at platte.name> wrote:
> The user group discount code for this year is "rc08usrg" and is good for
> 15% off the registration price.
>
> Registration for RailsConf 2008, May 29-June 1 in Portland, Oregon,
> opens soon so make your plans now. Last year's conference sold out in
> just three weeks, and we expect this year's event will be just as
> popular.

Is anybody going to this?

http://weblog.rubyonrails.com/2008/1/29/railsconf-08-registration-is-open

I'm thinking about it, but it's pretty expensive even with the
discount. When you factor in airfare, hotel, etc, it's going to be a
grand easy.

I've never been to one, and I've heard mixed reviews. Thoughts?

From sean.seanlynch at gmail.com  Sat Feb  2 09:47:23 2008
From: sean.seanlynch at gmail.com (Sean Lynch)
Date: Sat, 2 Feb 2008 06:47:23 -0800
Subject: [Chirb] RailsConf discount
In-Reply-To: <d54e183d0802011948v385c146eg8402f45c5f190114@mail.gmail.com>
References: <45441628-294D-41F7-BD29-703A6B9274AC@platte.name>
	<d54e183d0802011948v385c146eg8402f45c5f190114@mail.gmail.com>
Message-ID: <40651cc90802020647w514ba3b2rd7481823b1a21eb4@mail.gmail.com>

I went last year and to the 2006 convention in the Chicago suburbs. I
thought it was worth it.
Its a great opportunity to get to know people in the community.
This year the demand for Rails programmers seems to be growing, so it should
be good for people looking for work.

That being said, I have to get a new laptop this year so I won't be able to
fit both the convention and the purchase in my budget.




On Feb 1, 2008 7:48 PM, Trevor Turk <trevorturk at yahoo.com> wrote:

> On Jan 26, 2008 10:55 AM, Ryan Platte <ryan at platte.name> wrote:
> > The user group discount code for this year is "rc08usrg" and is good for
> > 15% off the registration price.
> >
> > Registration for RailsConf 2008, May 29-June 1 in Portland, Oregon,
> > opens soon so make your plans now. Last year's conference sold out in
> > just three weeks, and we expect this year's event will be just as
> > popular.
>
> Is anybody going to this?
>
> http://weblog.rubyonrails.com/2008/1/29/railsconf-08-registration-is-open
>
> I'm thinking about it, but it's pretty expensive even with the
> discount. When you factor in airfare, hotel, etc, it's going to be a
> grand easy.
>
> I've never been to one, and I've heard mixed reviews. Thoughts?
> _______________________________________________
> ChicagoGroup-Members-List at rubyforge.org
> http://rubyforge.org/mailman/listinfo/chicagogroup-members-list
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From mmangino at elevatedrails.com  Sat Feb  2 12:18:59 2008
From: mmangino at elevatedrails.com (Mike Mangino)
Date: Sat, 2 Feb 2008 11:18:59 -0600
Subject: [Chirb] RailsConf discount
In-Reply-To: <40651cc90802020647w514ba3b2rd7481823b1a21eb4@mail.gmail.com>
References: <45441628-294D-41F7-BD29-703A6B9274AC@platte.name>
	<d54e183d0802011948v385c146eg8402f45c5f190114@mail.gmail.com>
	<40651cc90802020647w514ba3b2rd7481823b1a21eb4@mail.gmail.com>
Message-ID: <87653EA6-CE12-4E75-A97C-495A95DD06A2@elevatedrails.com>

I was a little disappointed last year, but I'm going again.

I'm speaking about Facebook Development, so you'll get a preview of my  
talk if you come to the meeting on Monday. Of course, with the way  
Facebook changes, it may be completely different by May.

Mike

On Feb 2, 2008, at 8:47 AM, Sean Lynch wrote:

> I went last year and to the 2006 convention in the Chicago suburbs.  
> I thought it was worth it.
> Its a great opportunity to get to know people in the community.
> This year the demand for Rails programmers seems to be growing, so  
> it should be good for people looking for work.
>
> That being said, I have to get a new laptop this year so I won't be  
> able to fit both the convention and the purchase in my budget.

--
Mike Mangino
http://www.elevatedrails.com


From brendan at usergenic.com  Sat Feb  2 13:08:44 2008
From: brendan at usergenic.com (Brendan Baldwin)
Date: Sat, 2 Feb 2008 12:08:44 -0600
Subject: [Chirb] RailsConf discount
In-Reply-To: <87653EA6-CE12-4E75-A97C-495A95DD06A2@elevatedrails.com>
References: <45441628-294D-41F7-BD29-703A6B9274AC@platte.name>
	<d54e183d0802011948v385c146eg8402f45c5f190114@mail.gmail.com>
	<40651cc90802020647w514ba3b2rd7481823b1a21eb4@mail.gmail.com>
	<87653EA6-CE12-4E75-A97C-495A95DD06A2@elevatedrails.com>
Message-ID: <7e757dc00802021008h6f6a3f49y128929363c7190c1@mail.gmail.com>

I submitted a proposal for a talk on extending ActiveRecord but still
haven't heard anything so my guess is it won't be happening.

I went last year and was disappointed in the technical detail of most
presentations.  They're claiming to be putting more emphasis on doing
advanced subject talks and anyways its a great opportunity to meet
other developers, so I am going to attend again.

And I will be sure not to miss the *RejectConf* event like I did last time.

--Brendan

On Feb 2, 2008 11:18 AM, Mike Mangino <mmangino at elevatedrails.com> wrote:
> I was a little disappointed last year, but I'm going again.
>
> I'm speaking about Facebook Development, so you'll get a preview of my
> talk if you come to the meeting on Monday. Of course, with the way
> Facebook changes, it may be completely different by May.
>
> Mike
>
> On Feb 2, 2008, at 8:47 AM, Sean Lynch wrote:
>
> > I went last year and to the 2006 convention in the Chicago suburbs.
> > I thought it was worth it.
> > Its a great opportunity to get to know people in the community.
> > This year the demand for Rails programmers seems to be growing, so
> > it should be good for people looking for work.
> >
> > That being said, I have to get a new laptop this year so I won't be
> > able to fit both the convention and the purchase in my budget.
>
> --
> Mike Mangino
> http://www.elevatedrails.com
>
>
> _______________________________________________
> ChicagoGroup-Members-List at rubyforge.org
> http://rubyforge.org/mailman/listinfo/chicagogroup-members-list
>

From dave.hoover at gmail.com  Mon Feb 11 10:01:43 2008
From: dave.hoover at gmail.com (Dave Hoover)
Date: Mon, 11 Feb 2008 09:01:43 -0600
Subject: [Chirb] OT: UniForum: JavaScript Renaissance
Message-ID: <11c8704e0802110701h1c66cd72v651fa4419b478c7e@mail.gmail.com>

I thought that there might be some interest in this JavaScript talk tomorrow
night in Wheaton.  Hope to see you there.  :-)

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From: <wsmith at etc.com>
Date: 10 Feb 2008 16:17:14 -0000
Subject: UniForum: JavaScript Renaissance
To: dave.hoover at gmail.com


If you don't want to receive these announcements via e-mail please
send me a note at wsmith at etc.com.

UniForum Chicago is co-sponsoring the 6th annual NetSecure conference.
It will be held on March 26th this year.  There is additional information
at the bottom of this note.

-Randy
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
                     The JavaScript Renaissance
                        Part II: The Browser

                         Frederick Polgardy

           Tuesday, February 12th, 2008, 7:00-9:00pm
 Illinois Institute of Technology, Rice Campus, Wheaton, IL, Room 103

Abstract
--------
What comes to mind when think of JavaScript? Broken web sites, browser
incompatibilities, and brittle spaghetti code?  It doesn't have to be
this way anymore!  Last time we learned about some powerful features
of JavaScript, the language.  In Part II of our exploration, we'll
be focusing on JavaScript in its native habitat -- the Web browser.
We'll look at the Document Object Model, and how it enables us to
dynamically create and modify web page content.  We'll learn about
the DOM Event Model, and how it gives us the capability to capture and
respond to user input.  We'll also take a brief look at XMLHttpRequest,
the technology that makes Ajax possible, and see how to communicate with
the server without ever leaving the page.  Along the way, we'll grapple
with browser incompatibility issues, and see how libraries like Prototype
and jQuery help us navigate the waters.

Getting There
-------------
This meeting of the UniForum Chicago PerlSIG / Chicago Perl Mongers
will be from 7:00 pm to 9:00 pm on Tuesday, February 12, 2007 at the
Illinois Institute of Technology Rice campus.  The address of the meeting
facility is:

       IIT's Rice Campus
       Room 103
       201 East Loop Road,
       Wheaton, Illinois 60187

Take I-88 to the Naperville Road exit.  Go North on Naperville Road
to Butterfield/Rt. 56.  Turn right on Butterfield and proceed East to
the next stoplight East (East Loop Road).  Turn north onto East Loop
Road (Grady's/Cozymel's Restaurants and Phillip's 66 Gas Station on
the corners); the campus will be on your right about a block north of
Butterfield Road.  Park in the student parking lot behind the building.
Room 103 is the first room inside the north entrance.  More detailed
directions and maps are available at:

       http://www.rice.iit.edu/directions.html
       http://www.rice.iit.edu/floorplan.html

All UniForum Chicago Perl SIG meetings are open to the public free of
charge.

For additional information contact Dave Hoover at dave at obtiva.com or
visit the UniForum Chicago or Chicago Perl Mongers web sites at:
 http://chicago.pm.org/meetings/
 http://www.uniforum.chi.il.us/

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UniForum is co-sponsoring the 6th Annual IT Security and Forensics
Conference and Expo with Illinois Institute of Technology (IIT).  This
technical conference will take place on Wednesday, March 26, 2008 at
IIT's Rice Campus in Wheaton, Illinois.  The event is expected to
attract around 225 IT professionals and will promote the open exchange
of IT security and forensics information.

This is a great conference and we invite you to join an elite group of
participants that have included: AccessData, Acxiom, Allstate
Insurance, Argonne National Lab, Baxter, Bell Laboratories, Cisco,
Computer Associates, Check Point Software, Chicago Police Department,
CompTIA, Digital Intelligence, FBI, Fermi Lab, IBM, IEEE, KPMG,
Lucent, Motorola, UniForum, X-Ways, several universities, and many
more organizations.

There are several ways you can participate:

Help promote the event to your colleagues
Speaker - present a 30-90 minute technical presentation related to the
theme of the conference
Organize a session - identify two to three presenters and coordinate a
 90 minute session
Offer a tutorial before or after the conference
Exhibitor and/or Sponsor - opportunities range from $300-750
Attend the conference - $95 ($75 for UniForum members)

You may see details about last year's conference at:
 http://www.cpd.iit.edu/netsecure07/
The website for the upcoming conference is:
 http://www.cpd.iit.edu/netsecure08/

Please contact Scott Pfeiffer with any questions.

Scott Pfeiffer
Director of Outreach
Illinois Institute of Technology
630.682.6001 or pfeiffer at iit.edu
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From mrnicksgirl at gmail.com  Thu Feb 14 16:53:28 2008
From: mrnicksgirl at gmail.com (Nola Stowe)
Date: Thu, 14 Feb 2008 15:53:28 -0600
Subject: [Chirb] Fwd: -Registration Open for GoRuCo 2008- New York
Message-ID: <43e95380802141353q507205b5sa1ca7020558028d6@mail.gmail.com>

Registration is now open for Gotham Ruby Conference [GoRuCo] 2008, a
one-day, single-track technical conference, aimed at highly motivated
programmers, in New York City and dedicated to everything Ruby.

The conference will be held on

Saturday, April 26th at the Manhattan campus of Pace University.

Registration is $125 per person and includes lunch.

Based on last year's enthusiastic response, we expect this conference
to sell out, so purchase your tickets early!

Register here:

http://goruco2008.eventwax.com/gotham-ruby-conference-goruco-2008/register



GoRuCo 2008 Speakers:

Giles Bowkett
Archaeopteryx: A Ruby MIDI Generator

Paul Dix
Collective Intelligence: Leveraging User Data to Create Intelligent
Rails Applications

Bryan Helmkamp
Story Driven Development: The Next Generation of Rails Functional Testing

Alex Payne
Twitter

Chris Wanstrath
Forbidden Fruit: A Taste of Ruby's Parse Tree

Ezra Zygmuntowicz
Merb, All you need, None you don't



For more information, visit :    http://2008.goruco.com/



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From kevin at obtiva.com  Tue Feb 19 16:31:09 2008
From: kevin at obtiva.com (Kevin Taylor)
Date: Tue, 19 Feb 2008 15:31:09 -0600
Subject: [Chirb] [Job] Agile Software Developer
Message-ID: <744d5a650802191331r43cb3d9bn9c0a5e4d0566db66@mail.gmail.com>

We are looking for a full-time, experienced agile software developer.
Initially you'll be working in our Software Studio in Wheaton.

Do you:
- thrive in an open, honest, and collaborative environment?

Do you:
- have at least 1 year of Ruby, 1 year of agile practices (TDD, pairing,
refactoring), and at least 2 years of either Java or C#?

Do you:
- want to work on multiple Ruby on Rails projects in a team environment?

Do you:
- gain satisfaction from teaching and mentoring others while growing your
own skills?

If you can answer yes to all of the above questions and you want to be part
of a fast growing agile consulting team, send a resume and a short letter
describing why you want to be considered.

Obtiva is a rapidly growing agile consulting team where team members spend
their time doing in-the-trenches software development leveraging our agile
practices, training other developers in technology and project practices,
and engaging in short-term, intensive technology/agile coaching. We are
actively involved in the developer community and frequently sponsor our team
members to present what we have learned at local and national conferences.

Our client list is diverse and includes entertainment companies, retailers,
hedge funds, and Web 2.0 startups.

Though our offices are in Wheaton, you should be flexible to work with
clients anywhere in the Chicagoland area.

-- 
Kevin P. Taylor
(M): 630.456.1388

//obtiva - agility applied. software delivered.

http://obtiva.com
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From lydia.tripp at gmail.com  Thu Feb 28 12:27:44 2008
From: lydia.tripp at gmail.com (Lydia Tripp)
Date: Thu, 28 Feb 2008 11:27:44 -0600
Subject: [Chirb] Ruby Based Job Board
Message-ID: <35e7a4fd0802280927ta33cdf4i1d657977a4a62f60@mail.gmail.com>

Hi,
I was wondering if anyone knew of a job board written in Ruby.  A client of
my companies would like to port their job board from a hosted solution to an
in-house ruby based solution.

Thanks,
Lydia Tripp
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From cjaskot at jaskotmedia.com  Thu Feb 28 17:42:15 2008
From: cjaskot at jaskotmedia.com (Chris Jaskot)
Date: Thu, 28 Feb 2008 16:42:15 -0600
Subject: [Chirb] Ruby Based Job Board
In-Reply-To: <35e7a4fd0802280927ta33cdf4i1d657977a4a62f60@mail.gmail.com>
References: <35e7a4fd0802280927ta33cdf4i1d657977a4a62f60@mail.gmail.com>
Message-ID: <052e01c87a5b$2ca03a90$85e0afb0$@com>

Hi Lydia,

 

I personally do not know of an out of box job board written in Ruby.  Have
you considered developing one from the ground up?  Depending on what
features your client needs in the job board, it might make sense to just
crank one out in Rails.

 

Thanks,

 

Chris Jaskot

Managing Director

Jaskot Media

www.jaskotmedia.com

(734) 276-1982

 

From: chicagogroup-members-list-bounces at rubyforge.org
[mailto:chicagogroup-members-list-bounces at rubyforge.org] On Behalf Of Lydia
Tripp
Sent: Thursday, February 28, 2008 11:28 AM
To: chicagogroup-members-list at rubyforge.org; devchix at googlegroups.com
Subject: [Chirb] Ruby Based Job Board

 

Hi,

 

I was wondering if anyone knew of a job board written in Ruby.  A client of
my companies would like to port their job board from a hosted solution to an
in-house ruby based solution.

 

Thanks,

Lydia Tripp

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From mmangino at elevatedrails.com  Fri Feb 29 11:06:03 2008
From: mmangino at elevatedrails.com (Mike Mangino)
Date: Fri, 29 Feb 2008 10:06:03 -0600
Subject: [Chirb] Ruby Based Job Board
In-Reply-To: <052e01c87a5b$2ca03a90$85e0afb0$@com>
References: <35e7a4fd0802280927ta33cdf4i1d657977a4a62f60@mail.gmail.com>
	<052e01c87a5b$2ca03a90$85e0afb0$@com>
Message-ID: <6D209DCD-7D40-4589-9C29-E6BAE3EFEC78@elevatedrails.com>

http://www.jobcoin.com is a hosted job board written in Ruby. You can  
embed it in your site and either allow posting jobs for free or for a  
fee of your choice.

Mike

On Feb 28, 2008, at 4:42 PM, Chris Jaskot wrote:

> Hi Lydia,
>
> I personally do not know of an out of box job board written in  
> Ruby.  Have you considered developing one from the ground up?   
> Depending on what features your client needs in the job board, it  
> might make sense to just crank one out in Rails.
>
> Thanks,
>
> Chris Jaskot
> Managing Director
> Jaskot Media
> www.jaskotmedia.com
> (734) 276-1982
>
> From: chicagogroup-members-list-bounces at rubyforge.org [mailto:chicagogroup-members-list-bounces at rubyforge.org 
> ] On Behalf Of Lydia Tripp
> Sent: Thursday, February 28, 2008 11:28 AM
> To: chicagogroup-members-list at rubyforge.org; devchix at googlegroups.com
> Subject: [Chirb] Ruby Based Job Board
>
> Hi,
>
> I was wondering if anyone knew of a job board written in Ruby.  A  
> client of my companies would like to port their job board from a  
> hosted solution to an in-house ruby based solution.
>
> Thanks,
> Lydia Tripp
> _______________________________________________
> ChicagoGroup-Members-List at rubyforge.org
> http://rubyforge.org/mailman/listinfo/chicagogroup-members-list

--
Mike Mangino
http://www.elevatedrails.com




From lydia.tripp at gmail.com  Fri Feb 29 11:37:56 2008
From: lydia.tripp at gmail.com (Lydia Tripp)
Date: Fri, 29 Feb 2008 10:37:56 -0600
Subject: [Chirb] Ruby Based Job Board
In-Reply-To: <6D209DCD-7D40-4589-9C29-E6BAE3EFEC78@elevatedrails.com>
References: <35e7a4fd0802280927ta33cdf4i1d657977a4a62f60@mail.gmail.com>
	<052e01c87a5b$2ca03a90$85e0afb0$@com>
	<6D209DCD-7D40-4589-9C29-E6BAE3EFEC78@elevatedrails.com>
Message-ID: <35e7a4fd0802290837o1069389ev472c82065b8fbb09@mail.gmail.com>

Thanks folks for you help.  The idea is the client does not want to pay us
to create a job board for them.  They currently use an external job board
that is based in .Net, and we have been rewriting all their apps in
Ruby/Rails.  For us is makes things much easier to integrate the info from
the job board if it is also written in Ruby.


On Fri, Feb 29, 2008 at 10:06 AM, Mike Mangino <mmangino at elevatedrails.com>
wrote:

> http://www.jobcoin.com is a hosted job board written in Ruby. You can
> embed it in your site and either allow posting jobs for free or for a
> fee of your choice.
>
> Mike
>
> On Feb 28, 2008, at 4:42 PM, Chris Jaskot wrote:
>
> > Hi Lydia,
> >
> > I personally do not know of an out of box job board written in
> > Ruby.  Have you considered developing one from the ground up?
> > Depending on what features your client needs in the job board, it
> > might make sense to just crank one out in Rails.
> >
> > Thanks,
> >
> > Chris Jaskot
> > Managing Director
> > Jaskot Media
> > www.jaskotmedia.com
> > (734) 276-1982
> >
> > From: chicagogroup-members-list-bounces at rubyforge.org [mailto:
> chicagogroup-members-list-bounces at rubyforge.org
> > ] On Behalf Of Lydia Tripp
> > Sent: Thursday, February 28, 2008 11:28 AM
> > To: chicagogroup-members-list at rubyforge.org; devchix at googlegroups.com
> > Subject: [Chirb] Ruby Based Job Board
> >
> > Hi,
> >
> > I was wondering if anyone knew of a job board written in Ruby.  A
> > client of my companies would like to port their job board from a
> > hosted solution to an in-house ruby based solution.
> >
> > Thanks,
> > Lydia Tripp
> > _______________________________________________
> > ChicagoGroup-Members-List at rubyforge.org
> > http://rubyforge.org/mailman/listinfo/chicagogroup-members-list
>
> --
> Mike Mangino
> http://www.elevatedrails.com
>
>
>
> _______________________________________________
> ChicagoGroup-Members-List at rubyforge.org
> http://rubyforge.org/mailman/listinfo/chicagogroup-members-list
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