From dave at obtiva.com  Wed Jan  2 13:02:03 2008
From: dave at obtiva.com (Dave Hoover)
Date: Wed, 2 Jan 2008 12:02:03 -0600
Subject: [Chirb] OT: The JavaScript Renaissance
Message-ID: <11c8704e0801021002r3fadb98evcbf325450860be42@mail.gmail.com>

Just in case anyone is interested in trekking out to Wheaton next
Tuesday night to learn to learn some first-class JavaScript hackery,
here are the details.

When:  Tuesday, Jan 8, 2008, 7-9 PM
Where:  Wheaton, IIT - Rice Campus
Who:  Frederick Polgardy, http://sustainablecode.com/blog
What:  The JavaScript Renaissance Part I: The Core Language

Details:
http://mail.pm.org/pipermail/chicago-announce/2007-December/000140.html

Back to your regularly scheduled user group,

Dave Hoover
Principal, Practice Leader
Obtiva Corp:  Agility Applied. Software Delivered.
http://obtiva.com

From andy at obtiva.com  Wed Jan  2 14:21:44 2008
From: andy at obtiva.com (Andy Maleh)
Date: Wed, 2 Jan 2008 13:21:44 -0600
Subject: [Chirb] OT: The JavaScript Renaissance
In-Reply-To: <11c8704e0801021002r3fadb98evcbf325450860be42@mail.gmail.com>
References: <11c8704e0801021002r3fadb98evcbf325450860be42@mail.gmail.com>
Message-ID: <620ca2c40801021121t1cce89a0o3bda08b6c3e0e799@mail.gmail.com>

Sounds very exciting. I have a commitment on that night, but I'll see if I
can somehow move it around.

Andy

On 1/2/08, Dave Hoover <dave at obtiva.com> wrote:
>
> Just in case anyone is interested in trekking out to Wheaton next
> Tuesday night to learn to learn some first-class JavaScript hackery,
> here are the details.
>
> When:  Tuesday, Jan 8, 2008, 7-9 PM
> Where:  Wheaton, IIT - Rice Campus
> Who:  Frederick Polgardy, http://sustainablecode.com/blog
> What:  The JavaScript Renaissance Part I: The Core Language
>
> Details:
> http://mail.pm.org/pipermail/chicago-announce/2007-December/000140.html
>
> Back to your regularly scheduled user group,
>
> Dave Hoover
> Principal, Practice Leader
> Obtiva Corp:  Agility Applied. Software Delivered.
> http://obtiva.com
> _______________________________________________
> ChicagoGroup-Members-List at rubyforge.org
> http://rubyforge.org/mailman/listinfo/chicagogroup-members-list
>
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From sarah at fabled.net  Wed Jan  2 14:43:15 2008
From: sarah at fabled.net (Sarah Gray)
Date: Wed, 2 Jan 2008 13:43:15 -0600
Subject: [Chirb] OT: The JavaScript Renaissance
In-Reply-To: <11c8704e0801021002r3fadb98evcbf325450860be42@mail.gmail.com>
References: <11c8704e0801021002r3fadb98evcbf325450860be42@mail.gmail.com>
Message-ID: <44821e060801021143j7c24e4e2x83ba55e6f8df3acf@mail.gmail.com>

Anybody driving there and going through Rogers Park? I'd go and chip in gas
$$ if I had a ride.

On Jan 2, 2008 12:02 PM, Dave Hoover <dave at obtiva.com> wrote:

> Just in case anyone is interested in trekking out to Wheaton next
> Tuesday night to learn to learn some first-class JavaScript hackery,
> here are the details.
>
> When:  Tuesday, Jan 8, 2008, 7-9 PM
> Where:  Wheaton, IIT - Rice Campus
> Who:  Frederick Polgardy, http://sustainablecode.com/blog
> What:  The JavaScript Renaissance Part I: The Core Language
>
> Details:
> http://mail.pm.org/pipermail/chicago-announce/2007-December/000140.html
>
> Back to your regularly scheduled user group,
>
> Dave Hoover
> Principal, Practice Leader
> Obtiva Corp:  Agility Applied. Software Delivered.
> http://obtiva.com
> _______________________________________________
> ChicagoGroup-Members-List at rubyforge.org
> http://rubyforge.org/mailman/listinfo/chicagogroup-members-list
>
>
>
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From m2ward at gmail.com  Wed Jan  2 15:02:51 2008
From: m2ward at gmail.com (Michael Ward)
Date: Wed, 2 Jan 2008 14:02:51 -0600
Subject: [Chirb] Call for Presentations (January 2008 and beyond)...
In-Reply-To: <620ca2c40801021121t1cce89a0o3bda08b6c3e0e799@mail.gmail.com>
References: <11c8704e0801021002r3fadb98evcbf325450860be42@mail.gmail.com>
	<620ca2c40801021121t1cce89a0o3bda08b6c3e0e799@mail.gmail.com>
Message-ID: <6D4D9DC9-E495-4176-9864-615BDCE27AA0@gmail.com>

Are you interested in presenting at an upcoming Chirb meeting?  We are  
looking for volunteers to submit presentation ideas for upcoming  
meetings.  Why not show off all the cool things you have been working  
on in your day job or latest OSS project?  If your presenting at an  
upcoming conference the Chirb meeting will be a great place for a test  
run.

Those with presentation ideas will be treated to free pizza and  
pop ... then again so will everyone else.

Please submit your ideas.

Cheers,
Mike
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From andy at obtiva.com  Wed Jan  2 18:30:41 2008
From: andy at obtiva.com (Andy Maleh)
Date: Wed, 2 Jan 2008 17:30:41 -0600
Subject: [Chirb] Call for Presentations (January 2008 and beyond)...
In-Reply-To: <6D4D9DC9-E495-4176-9864-615BDCE27AA0@gmail.com>
References: <11c8704e0801021002r3fadb98evcbf325450860be42@mail.gmail.com>
	<620ca2c40801021121t1cce89a0o3bda08b6c3e0e799@mail.gmail.com>
	<6D4D9DC9-E495-4176-9864-615BDCE27AA0@gmail.com>
Message-ID: <620ca2c40801021530t25ce0592u9eae703ce33c112f@mail.gmail.com>

I have a presentation idea.

Glimmer <http://andymaleh.blogspot.com/2008/01/glimmer-repolished.html>'s
engine has been revamped to be extensible and generic enough for authoring
any hierarchical Ruby DSL. I can present it, show examples of other DSLs
built with it, and demonstrate how to extend Glimmer.

It would help though if people can volunteer some ideas (on the mailing
list) on the kinds of hierarchical Ruby DSLs they would like to see.

Regarding timing, any Monday after January will work for me except March 17
as I will be presenting at EclipseCon on that Monday.

Best regards,

Andy

On 1/2/08, Michael Ward <m2ward at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> Are you interested in presenting at an upcoming Chirb meeting?  We are
> looking for volunteers to submit presentation ideas for upcoming
> meetings.  Why not show off all the cool things you have been working
> on in your day job or latest OSS project?  If your presenting at an
> upcoming conference the Chirb meeting will be a great place for a test
> run.
>
> Those with presentation ideas will be treated to free pizza and
> pop ... then again so will everyone else.
>
> Please submit your ideas.
>
> Cheers,
> Mike
> _______________________________________________
> ChicagoGroup-Members-List at rubyforge.org
> http://rubyforge.org/mailman/listinfo/chicagogroup-members-list
>
>
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From mmangino at elevatedrails.com  Wed Jan  2 22:02:43 2008
From: mmangino at elevatedrails.com (Mike Mangino)
Date: Wed, 2 Jan 2008 21:02:43 -0600
Subject: [Chirb] Call for Presentations (January 2008 and beyond)...
In-Reply-To: <6D4D9DC9-E495-4176-9864-615BDCE27AA0@gmail.com>
References: <11c8704e0801021002r3fadb98evcbf325450860be42@mail.gmail.com>
	<620ca2c40801021121t1cce89a0o3bda08b6c3e0e799@mail.gmail.com>
	<6D4D9DC9-E495-4176-9864-615BDCE27AA0@gmail.com>
Message-ID: <A73AD716-5C3E-4CFE-948C-55366BED7F0E@elevatedrails.com>

I would love to talk about Facebook application development using  
Rails. I've been working on a couple of Rails apps that are will be  
doing about 2.5 million page views a day in the next couple of weeks.  
I can talk not only about development for Facebook, but also scaling  
with Rails. I can even give out a couple of copies of my upcoming book  
tentatively titled "Facebook Application Development with Rails"

Mike

On Jan 2, 2008, at 2:02 PM, Michael Ward wrote:

> Are you interested in presenting at an upcoming Chirb meeting?  We  
> are looking for volunteers to submit presentation ideas for upcoming  
> meetings.  Why not show off all the cool things you have been  
> working on in your day job or latest OSS project?  If your  
> presenting at an upcoming conference the Chirb meeting will be a  
> great place for a test run.
>
> Those with presentation ideas will be treated to free pizza and  
> pop ... then again so will everyone else.
>
> Please submit your ideas.
>
> Cheers,
> Mike_______________________________________________
> ChicagoGroup-Members-List at rubyforge.org
> http://rubyforge.org/mailman/listinfo/chicagogroup-members-list

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


From paul at 8thlight.com  Thu Jan  3 15:38:09 2008
From: paul at 8thlight.com (Paul Pagel)
Date: Thu, 3 Jan 2008 14:38:09 -0600
Subject: [Chirb] Call for Presentations (January 2008 and beyond)...
In-Reply-To: <6D4D9DC9-E495-4176-9864-615BDCE27AA0@gmail.com>
References: <11c8704e0801021002r3fadb98evcbf325450860be42@mail.gmail.com>
	<620ca2c40801021121t1cce89a0o3bda08b6c3e0e799@mail.gmail.com>
	<6D4D9DC9-E495-4176-9864-615BDCE27AA0@gmail.com>
Message-ID: <CCC12628-E38F-4E07-A8AD-EB5ECC0CB95C@8thlight.com>

Chirbers,

James Suchy and I would like to present on Rinda, a light messaging  
service based on Lisps' Linda.  Its tuplespace framework has been  
very beneficial for us to manage an enterprise application with many  
dependencies.

AJAX has improved the user experience of web applications by allowing  
the user to proceed without being forced to wait for a web server to  
complete the full HTTP request/response cycle. But how do we handle  
potentially longer-running requests that may have external  
dependencies? One proven option is to use a lightweight messaging  
framework centered around Rinda.  As more and more software  
applications move away from a traditional standalone application and  
move towards integration with other applications, large and complex  
web applications will inevitably grow more external dependencies.  
These dependencies can be managed through rinda and its tuplespace  
framework.

Best,
Paul Pagel
8thlight.com

On Jan 2, 2008, at 2:02 PM, Michael Ward wrote:

> Are you interested in presenting at an upcoming Chirb meeting?  We  
> are looking for volunteers to submit presentation ideas for  
> upcoming meetings.  Why not show off all the cool things you have  
> been working on in your day job or latest OSS project?  If your  
> presenting at an upcoming conference the Chirb meeting will be a  
> great place for a test run.
>
> Those with presentation ideas will be treated to free pizza and  
> pop ... then again so will everyone else.
>
> Please submit your ideas.
>
> Cheers,
> Mike_______________________________________________
> ChicagoGroup-Members-List at rubyforge.org
> http://rubyforge.org/mailman/listinfo/chicagogroup-members-list


From paytonrules at gmail.com  Wed Jan  9 23:48:15 2008
From: paytonrules at gmail.com (Eric Smith)
Date: Wed, 9 Jan 2008 22:48:15 -0600
Subject: [Chirb] Call for Presentations (January 2008 and beyond)...
In-Reply-To: <CCC12628-E38F-4E07-A8AD-EB5ECC0CB95C@8thlight.com>
References: <11c8704e0801021002r3fadb98evcbf325450860be42@mail.gmail.com>
	<620ca2c40801021121t1cce89a0o3bda08b6c3e0e799@mail.gmail.com>
	<6D4D9DC9-E495-4176-9864-615BDCE27AA0@gmail.com>
	<CCC12628-E38F-4E07-A8AD-EB5ECC0CB95C@8thlight.com>
Message-ID: <f797531d0801092048i1dab9374qcd26dc7c1777fed2@mail.gmail.com>

If any Mac users are out there they might be interested in hearing about the
basics of RubyCocoa, for making desktop applications on the Mac.  I'd love
to do a couple live examples and even do a quick application as a group.
Eric Smith
8thlight.com
blog.8thlight.com/eric

On Jan 3, 2008 2:38 PM, Paul Pagel <paul at 8thlight.com> wrote:

> Chirbers,
>
> James Suchy and I would like to present on Rinda, a light messaging
> service based on Lisps' Linda.  Its tuplespace framework has been
> very beneficial for us to manage an enterprise application with many
> dependencies.
>
> AJAX has improved the user experience of web applications by allowing
> the user to proceed without being forced to wait for a web server to
> complete the full HTTP request/response cycle. But how do we handle
> potentially longer-running requests that may have external
> dependencies? One proven option is to use a lightweight messaging
> framework centered around Rinda.  As more and more software
> applications move away from a traditional standalone application and
> move towards integration with other applications, large and complex
> web applications will inevitably grow more external dependencies.
> These dependencies can be managed through rinda and its tuplespace
> framework.
>
> Best,
> Paul Pagel
> 8thlight.com
>
> On Jan 2, 2008, at 2:02 PM, Michael Ward wrote:
>
> > Are you interested in presenting at an upcoming Chirb meeting?  We
> > are looking for volunteers to submit presentation ideas for
> > upcoming meetings.  Why not show off all the cool things you have
> > been working on in your day job or latest OSS project?  If your
> > presenting at an upcoming conference the Chirb meeting will be a
> > great place for a test run.
> >
> > Those with presentation ideas will be treated to free pizza and
> > pop ... then again so will everyone else.
> >
> > Please submit your ideas.
> >
> > Cheers,
> > Mike_______________________________________________
> > ChicagoGroup-Members-List at rubyforge.org
> > http://rubyforge.org/mailman/listinfo/chicagogroup-members-list
>
> _______________________________________________
> ChicagoGroup-Members-List at rubyforge.org
> http://rubyforge.org/mailman/listinfo/chicagogroup-members-list
>
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From gearon at ieee.org  Thu Jan 10 11:39:44 2008
From: gearon at ieee.org (Paul Gearon)
Date: Thu, 10 Jan 2008 10:39:44 -0600
Subject: [Chirb] Call for Presentations (January 2008 and beyond)...
In-Reply-To: <f797531d0801092048i1dab9374qcd26dc7c1777fed2@mail.gmail.com>
References: <11c8704e0801021002r3fadb98evcbf325450860be42@mail.gmail.com>
	<620ca2c40801021121t1cce89a0o3bda08b6c3e0e799@mail.gmail.com>
	<6D4D9DC9-E495-4176-9864-615BDCE27AA0@gmail.com>
	<CCC12628-E38F-4E07-A8AD-EB5ECC0CB95C@8thlight.com>
	<f797531d0801092048i1dab9374qcd26dc7c1777fed2@mail.gmail.com>
Message-ID: <a25ac1f0801100839u103a84c5l191cad7c9158cc6f@mail.gmail.com>

With a young family (and Xmas just behind us) it's been a bit
difficult for me to show up to anything since I signed up for this
group last year.  But for a RubyCocoa presentation I'll definitely
make the time!  :-)

Paul Gearon

On Jan 9, 2008 10:48 PM, Eric Smith <paytonrules at gmail.com> wrote:
> If any Mac users are out there they might be interested in hearing about the
> basics of RubyCocoa, for making desktop applications on the Mac.  I'd love
> to do a couple live examples and even do a quick application as a group.
>
> Eric Smith
> 8thlight.com
> blog.8thlight.com/eric
>
>
>
>  On Jan 3, 2008 2:38 PM, Paul Pagel <paul at 8thlight.com> wrote:
> > Chirbers,
> >
> > James Suchy and I would like to present on Rinda, a light messaging
> > service based on Lisps' Linda.  Its tuplespace framework has been
> > very beneficial for us to manage an enterprise application with many
> > dependencies.
> >
> > AJAX has improved the user experience of web applications by allowing
> > the user to proceed without being forced to wait for a web server to
> > complete the full HTTP request/response cycle. But how do we handle
> > potentially longer-running requests that may have external
> > dependencies? One proven option is to use a lightweight messaging
> > framework centered around Rinda.  As more and more software
> > applications move away from a traditional standalone application and
> > move towards integration with other applications, large and complex
> > web applications will inevitably grow more external dependencies.
> > These dependencies can be managed through rinda and its tuplespace
> > framework.
> >
> > Best,
> > Paul Pagel
> > 8thlight.com
> >
> >
> > On Jan 2, 2008, at 2:02 PM, Michael Ward wrote:
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > > Are you interested in presenting at an upcoming Chirb meeting?  We
> > > are looking for volunteers to submit presentation ideas for
> > > upcoming meetings.  Why not show off all the cool things you have
> > > been working on in your day job or latest OSS project?  If your
> > > presenting at an upcoming conference the Chirb meeting will be a
> > > great place for a test run.
> > >
> > > Those with presentation ideas will be treated to free pizza and
> > > pop ... then again so will everyone else.
> > >
> > > Please submit your ideas.
> > >
> > > Cheers,
> >
> >
> >
> > > Mike_______________________________________________
> > > ChicagoGroup-Members-List at rubyforge.org
> > > http://rubyforge.org/mailman/listinfo/chicagogroup-members-list
> >
> > _______________________________________________
> > ChicagoGroup-Members-List at rubyforge.org
> > http://rubyforge.org/mailman/listinfo/chicagogroup-members-list
> >
>
>
> _______________________________________________
> ChicagoGroup-Members-List at rubyforge.org
> http://rubyforge.org/mailman/listinfo/chicagogroup-members-list
>

From JDye at instanttechnology.net  Wed Jan 16 18:24:32 2008
From: JDye at instanttechnology.net (Jennifer Dye)
Date: Wed, 16 Jan 2008 17:24:32 -0600
Subject: [Chirb] RoR Opportunities in Chicago
Message-ID: <1ABC9B9D75F99640AAC958730B23456FD3887E@DC01.instanttechnology.com>

Hi there,

 

I wanted to reach out to this organization because I work for an IT
Staffing Firm in Chicago.  In the past few months I have seen a high
demand for Ruby on Rails Developers.  Some of our opportunities, you may
have seen before, while others are new opportunities that have just come
about in the last few weeks.  If you are looking for a new opportunity
with RoR please contact me at 312-546-5317 or email me at
jdye at instanttechnology.net.  

 

Jennifer Dye | Technical Recruiter

Instant Technology, LLC

200 W. Adams | Suite 1220 | Chicago, IL 60606

tel 312.546.5317

fax 312.546.5301

jdye at instanttechnology.net <mailto:jdye at instanttechnology.net>  |
www.instanttechnology.net <http://www.instanttechnology.net/> 

 

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From lakshmi at parasoftinc.com  Thu Jan 17 12:02:13 2008
From: lakshmi at parasoftinc.com (Lakshmi Kailash)
Date: Thu, 17 Jan 2008 11:02:13 -0600
Subject: [Chirb] looking for a Ruby-on-rails guru in Chicago
Message-ID: <200801171702.m0HH2Gjr080596@pro21.abac.com>

 

Greetings,

 

My client is looking for a Ruby-on-rails guru with the following profile:

 

2 years min. Ruby/Ruby on Rails experience
3 years JavaScript/J2EE
ajax, functional programming, meta programming
Unix background.

 

Anyone interested please contact ASAP.

 

Warm Regards,

Lakshmi Kailash

Parasoft Incorporated,

Email:  <mailto:lakshmi at parasoftinc.com> lakshmi at parasoftinc.com

 <http://www.parasoftinc.com> www.parasoftinc.com

Phone: 630-960-1234 X 225

Fax: 630-960-3456

  

 

 

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From ryan at platte.name  Thu Jan 17 12:42:08 2008
From: ryan at platte.name (Ryan Platte)
Date: Thu, 17 Jan 2008 11:42:08 -0600
Subject: [Chirb] Time to create separate job-recruiting list?
Message-ID: <9AF030EE-FF56-496F-A2D2-E947ED77522F@platte.name>

Good morning Chirbers,

It's been a while since we've discussed it, and there's been an  
uptick in recruiting mail lately. Anyone want to speak for or against  
forking this list to add a "jobs" list that folks can subscribe to/ 
unsubscribe from independently?

The current situation is laissez-faire, recruiters have to sign up  
but are free to post.

-- 
Ryan Platte
ryan at platte.name



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From dchelimsky at gmail.com  Thu Jan 17 12:43:56 2008
From: dchelimsky at gmail.com (David Chelimsky)
Date: Thu, 17 Jan 2008 11:43:56 -0600
Subject: [Chirb] Time to create separate job-recruiting list?
In-Reply-To: <9AF030EE-FF56-496F-A2D2-E947ED77522F@platte.name>
References: <9AF030EE-FF56-496F-A2D2-E947ED77522F@platte.name>
Message-ID: <57c63afe0801170943x6a69570es9555e0eddb741cf7@mail.gmail.com>

On Jan 17, 2008 11:42 AM, Ryan Platte <ryan at platte.name> wrote:
>  Good morning Chirbers,
>
> It's been a while since we've discussed it, and there's been an uptick in
> recruiting mail lately. Anyone want to speak for or against forking this
> list to add a "jobs" list that folks can subscribe to/unsubscribe from
> independently?

+1 - I'm already starting to tune this list out with the little
recruiter traffic we have. But if I were looking I'd love to have
another list I could monitor.

>
> The current situation is laissez-faire, recruiters have to sign up but are
> free to post.



>
>
> --
> Ryan Platte
> ryan at platte.name
>
>
>
>
> _______________________________________________
> ChicagoGroup-Members-List at rubyforge.org
> http://rubyforge.org/mailman/listinfo/chicagogroup-members-list
>

From fritza at manoverboard.org  Thu Jan 17 15:38:08 2008
From: fritza at manoverboard.org (Fritz Anderson)
Date: Thu, 17 Jan 2008 14:38:08 -0600
Subject: [Chirb] Time to create separate job-recruiting list?
In-Reply-To: <9AF030EE-FF56-496F-A2D2-E947ED77522F@platte.name>
References: <9AF030EE-FF56-496F-A2D2-E947ED77522F@platte.name>
Message-ID: <5CD64DF9-1161-433C-A7B3-8E0946C57B0B@manoverboard.org>

On 17 Jan 2008, at 11:42 AM, Ryan Platte wrote:

> It's been a while since we've discussed it, and there's been an  
> uptick in recruiting mail lately. Anyone want to speak for or  
> against forking this list to add a "jobs" list that folks can  
> subscribe to/unsubscribe from independently?

It's a very light-traffic list, and so far the added bandwidth is not  
significant. You could argue something from the ratio of  
members:recruiters, but when the denominator is so small, that doesn't  
mean much. And I'd hate having to maintain a separate subscription and  
filter for it.

Besides, I thought having contacts for career improvement was part of  
the CHIRB charter? It may not be part of every member's mission, but  
it is for many.

To be clear, as I've only implied it: I hope the list will not be split.

	? F


From lakshmi at parasoftinc.com  Thu Jan 17 18:07:12 2008
From: lakshmi at parasoftinc.com (Lakshmi Kailash)
Date: Thu, 17 Jan 2008 17:07:12 -0600
Subject: [Chirb] job postings
Message-ID: <200801172307.m0HN7FJE097275@pro21.abac.com>

 

I don't think there should be separation - a separate job board. This way
everybody gets it whether they are looking for a job or not - they could
recommend their friends to opportunities.Everyone knows of opportunities as
soon as they come up..

Warm Regards,

Lakshmi Kailash

Parasoft Incorporated,

Email:  <mailto:lakshmi at parasoftinc.com> lakshmi at parasoftinc.com

 <http://www.parasoftinc.com> www.parasoftinc.com

Phone: 630-960-1234 X 225

Fax: 630-960-3456

  

 

 

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From trevorturk at yahoo.com  Thu Jan 17 18:33:30 2008
From: trevorturk at yahoo.com (Trevor Turk)
Date: Thu, 17 Jan 2008 17:33:30 -0600
Subject: [Chirb] Time to create separate job-recruiting list?
In-Reply-To: <5CD64DF9-1161-433C-A7B3-8E0946C57B0B@manoverboard.org>
References: <9AF030EE-FF56-496F-A2D2-E947ED77522F@platte.name>
	<5CD64DF9-1161-433C-A7B3-8E0946C57B0B@manoverboard.org>
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On Jan 17, 2008 2:38 PM, Fritz Anderson <fritza at manoverboard.org> wrote:
> On 17 Jan 2008, at 11:42 AM, Ryan Platte wrote:
>
> > It's been a while since we've discussed it, and there's been an
> > uptick in recruiting mail lately. Anyone want to speak for or
> > against forking this list to add a "jobs" list that folks can
> > subscribe to/unsubscribe from independently?
>
> It's a very light-traffic list, and so far the added bandwidth is not
> significant. You could argue something from the ratio of
> members:recruiters, but when the denominator is so small, that doesn't
> mean much. And I'd hate having to maintain a separate subscription and
> filter for it.

Agreed - this list is so light traffic, I don't mind the occasional
recruiter posting. If someone bugs the list too frequently, I suppose
we can take action on an individual basis, but I think asking about
creating a separate list probably creates more noise than the job
postings at this point! :)

- Trevor

From jcroneme at thoughtworks.com  Thu Jan 17 19:57:29 2008
From: jcroneme at thoughtworks.com (Josh Cronemeyer)
Date: Thu, 17 Jan 2008 18:57:29 -0600
Subject: [Chirb] job postings
In-Reply-To: <200801172307.m0HN7FJE097275@pro21.abac.com>
Message-ID: <OF86D650BD.DD54DF82-ON862573D4.0004FE18-802573D4.00054398@thoughtworks.com>

We used to just ask that recruitment types and job postings get an extra 
[job] tag or something so people could filter them if they didn't want to 
see such financially motivated traffic.  I think that would still work. We 
could put this prefence on the website next to the link to the mailing 
list.

Josh Cronemeyer



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I don?t think there should be separation ? a separate job board. This way 
everybody gets it whether they are looking for a job or not ? they could 
recommend their friends to opportunities?Everyone knows of opportunities 
as soon as they come up..
Warm Regards,
Lakshmi Kailash
Parasoft Incorporated,
Email: lakshmi at parasoftinc.com
www.parasoftinc.com
Phone: 630-960-1234 X 225
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From sean.seanlynch at gmail.com  Fri Jan 18 07:39:13 2008
From: sean.seanlynch at gmail.com (Sean Lynch)
Date: Fri, 18 Jan 2008 06:39:13 -0600
Subject: [Chirb] job postings
In-Reply-To: <OF86D650BD.DD54DF82-ON862573D4.0004FE18-802573D4.00054398@thoughtworks.com>
References: <200801172307.m0HN7FJE097275@pro21.abac.com>
	<OF86D650BD.DD54DF82-ON862573D4.0004FE18-802573D4.00054398@thoughtworks.com>
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Great idea Josh.

If we asked for job posters to start their subject with job: it would be
easy to either filter it out, or to search for them if you are listing.

Sean

On Jan 17, 2008 6:57 PM, Josh Cronemeyer <jcroneme at thoughtworks.com> wrote:

>
> We used to just ask that recruitment types and job postings get an extra
> [job] tag or something so people could filter them if they didn't want to
> see such financially motivated traffic.  I think that would still work.  We
> could put this prefence on the website next to the link to the mailing list.
>
> Josh Cronemeyer
>
>
>  *"Lakshmi Kailash" <lakshmi at parasoftinc.com>*
> Sent by: chicagogroup-members-list-bounces at rubyforge.org
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> [Chirb] job postings
>
>
>
>
>
> I don't think there should be separation ? a separate job board. This way
> everybody gets it whether they are looking for a job or not ? they could
> recommend their friends to opportunities?Everyone knows of opportunities as
> soon as they come up..
> *Warm Regards,*
> *Lakshmi Kailash*
> *Parasoft Incorporated,*
> *Email: **lakshmi at parasoftinc.com* <lakshmi at parasoftinc.com>
> *www.parasoftinc.com* <http://www.parasoftinc.com/>
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From ruby.lang at bruceburdick.com  Fri Jan 18 10:30:39 2008
From: ruby.lang at bruceburdick.com (Bruce Burdick)
Date: Fri, 18 Jan 2008 10:30:39 -0500 (EST)
Subject: [Chirb] job postings
In-Reply-To: <OF86D650BD.DD54DF82-ON862573D4.0004FE18-802573D4.00054398@thoughtwork
	s.com>
References: <OF86D650BD.DD54DF82-ON862573D4.0004FE18-802573D4.00054398@thoughtworks.com>
Message-ID: <57105.64.81.226.87.1200670239.squirrel@webmail.bruceburdick.com>

 +1 for [job] (or job:) tag in subject

I like hearing about them, wouldn't mind filtering them into a separate
mail folder, wouldn't want to maintain an extra subscription.

-B...


On Jan 17, 2008, at 6:57 PM, Josh Cronemeyer wrote:
We used to just ask that recruitment types and job postings get an extra
[job] tag or something so people could filter them if they didn't want to
see such financially motivated traffic. ?I think that would still work.
?We could put this prefence on the website next to the link to the mailing
list.

Josh Cronemeyer


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?
I don?t think there should be separation ? a separate job board. This way
everybody gets it whether they are looking for a job or not ? they could
recommend their friends to opportunities
Everyone knows of opportunities
as soon as they come up..
Warm Regards,
Lakshmi Kailash
Parasoft Incorporated,
Email: lakshmi at parasoftinc.com
www.parasoftinc.com
Phone: 630-960-1234 X 225
Fax: 630-960-3456
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From m2ward at gmail.com  Wed Jan 23 08:52:00 2008
From: m2ward at gmail.com (Michael Ward)
Date: Wed, 23 Jan 2008 07:52:00 -0600
Subject: [Chirb] Upcoming presentations
Message-ID: <86DAA342-9160-44E5-93C4-E78BA4B16CF2@gmail.com>

The CHIRB site has been updated with details on our upcoming events.   
As always doors open at 6:00 PM for pizza and discussions, with  
presentation beginning at 6:30 PM.  Please remember to RSVP so you can  
get through security.

Anyone with presentation ideas?  Then please email the group so that  
we can get you scheduled for an upcoming meeting.

Upcoming events:

Facebook Application Development with Rails - February 4th, 2008

Mike Mangino will talk about Facebook application development using  
Rails. Mike has been busy developing Rails applications that handle  
about 2.5 million page views a day. The talk will not only cover  
development for Facebook, but also scaling with Rails.

Using Glimmer to compose new hierarchical Ruby DSLs - March 3rd, 2008

While Glimmer is mainly a DSL (Domain-Specific-Language) for authoring  
platform-independent desktop applications with Eclipse SWT, its engine  
is generic and flexible enough to enable composing any sort of  
hierarchical Ruby DSL.

In this presentation, I will tear Glimmer?s engine apart to explain  
the Ruby meta-programming tricks and design patterns that help pull  
its neat DSL magic off. Additionally, I will demonstrate how to extend  
Glimmer?s engine to enhance its syntax for specific needs. Finally, I  
will show an example of a completely new DSL built on top of the  
Glimmer engine.

Attendees will walk away with enhanced Ruby meta-programming knowledge  
and a full understanding of the Glimmer engine, how to extend it, and  
how to reuse it to compose new hierarchical Ruby DSLs.

Let the Glimmering begin!!!

Rinda, a light messaging service based on Lisps' Linda - April 7th, 2008

Paul Pagel and James Suchy, from 8th light, will present on Rinda, a  
light messaging service based on Lisps? Linda. Its tuplespace  
framework has been very beneficial for us to manage an enterprise  
application with many dependencies. To demonstrate the principles  
behind Rinda and techniques for using the framework, a fun exercise  
will be provided that will allow participants to compete against one  
another. Come ready to code!

AJAX has improved the user experience of web applications by allowing  
the user to proceed without being forced to wait for a web server to  
complete the full HTTP request/response cycle. But how do we handle  
potentially longer-running requests that may have external  
dependencies? One proven option is to use a lightweight messaging  
framework centered around Rinda. As more and more software  
applications move away from a traditional standalone application and  
move towards integration with other applications, large and complex  
web applications will inevitably grow more external dependencies.  
These dependencies can be managed through rinda and its tuplespace
framework.
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From jcroneme at thoughtworks.com  Wed Jan 23 09:07:41 2008
From: jcroneme at thoughtworks.com (Josh Cronemeyer)
Date: Wed, 23 Jan 2008 08:07:41 -0600
Subject: [Chirb] Upcoming presentations
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From m2ward at gmail.com  Wed Jan 23 09:32:03 2008
From: m2ward at gmail.com (Michael Ward)
Date: Wed, 23 Jan 2008 08:32:03 -0600
Subject: [Chirb] Upcoming presentations
In-Reply-To: <OFECE9757B.CC540D45-ON862573D9.004D9BBA-862573D9.004D9BBC@thoughtworks.com>
References: <OFECE9757B.CC540D45-ON862573D9.004D9BBA-862573D9.004D9BBC@thoughtworks.com>
Message-ID: <FBF85EB2-532E-4FDB-BDB4-397CFB44B198@gmail.com>

Andy Maleh will be presenting.  I updated the event details on the  
site to reflect this.

Thanks,
Mike


On Jan 23, 2008, at 8:07 AM, Josh Cronemeyer wrote:

> Who is giving the Glimmer talk?  I've lost track, and it doesn't  
> seem to be anywhere on the site.
>
> Josh Cronemeyer
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From andy at obtiva.com  Wed Jan 23 09:43:52 2008
From: andy at obtiva.com (Andy Maleh)
Date: Wed, 23 Jan 2008 08:43:52 -0600
Subject: [Chirb] Upcoming presentations
In-Reply-To: <FBF85EB2-532E-4FDB-BDB4-397CFB44B198@gmail.com>
References: <OFECE9757B.CC540D45-ON862573D9.004D9BBA-862573D9.004D9BBC@thoughtworks.com>
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Message-ID: <620ca2c40801230643n57025f45x896320c174a804c7@mail.gmail.com>

Thanks for the update Mike.

Andy

On 1/23/08, Michael Ward <m2ward at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> Andy Maleh will be presenting.  I updated the event details on the
> site to reflect this.
>
> Thanks,
> Mike
>
>
> On Jan 23, 2008, at 8:07 AM, Josh Cronemeyer wrote:
>
> > Who is giving the Glimmer talk?  I've lost track, and it doesn't
> > seem to be anywhere on the site.
> >
> > Josh Cronemeyer
> > _______________________________________________
> > ChicagoGroup-Members-List at rubyforge.org
> > http://rubyforge.org/mailman/listinfo/chicagogroup-members-list
>
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From cohen.jeff at gmail.com  Wed Jan 23 13:58:41 2008
From: cohen.jeff at gmail.com (Jeff Cohen)
Date: Wed, 23 Jan 2008 12:58:41 -0600
Subject: [Chirb] [Job] Rails opening in Evanston
Message-ID: <3d7e01550801231058i10351bc8gbad9b9f39ca7c63b@mail.gmail.com>

Hello all,

Just wanted to mention that we have an opening for another Rails developer
in case anyone's interested.  We're in Evanston, right next to the Dempster
el stop.  We need someone with good Rails experience that wants to work at a
stable company.  We try adhere to Scrum, encourage test-driven development,
and believe in sustainable hours.

Full description of all of the current job openings:
http://www.leapfrogonline.com/who/careers.php

Feel free to contact me off-list if you're interested (or on-list, but don't
attach your resume in that case :-)

Jeff
jcohen at leapfrogonline.com
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From trevorturk at yahoo.com  Thu Jan 24 00:05:59 2008
From: trevorturk at yahoo.com (Trevor Turk)
Date: Wed, 23 Jan 2008 23:05:59 -0600
Subject: [Chirb] El Dorado 0.9 Release
Message-ID: <d54e183d0801232105r60d3658by35306d69c8bb840b@mail.gmail.com>

I'm pleased to announce the first public release of El Dorado: a
full-stack community web application written in Ruby/Rails.

The app features a forum, community event calendar, shared file
storage, and a randomized header image gallery.

It can import content from existing sites running PunBB. The forum is
somewhat modeled on PunBB, and is nearly feature complete.

I've been using this app in production since late July '07. The
setup/administration process still leave something to be desired, but
the end-user functionality is quite well tested.

http://almosteffortless.com/eldorado/

Please have a look and let me know what you think!

From peter at oaktop.com  Thu Jan 24 21:41:28 2008
From: peter at oaktop.com (Peter K Chan)
Date: Fri, 25 Jan 2008 03:41:28 +0100
Subject: [Chirb] El Dorado 0.9 Release
In-Reply-To: <d54e183d0801232105r60d3658by35306d69c8bb840b@mail.gmail.com>
References: <d54e183d0801232105r60d3658by35306d69c8bb840b@mail.gmail.com>
Message-ID: <A250ACDE71BB1847AB72F6D84DB4F3B556FFF0@ntxbeus24.exchange.xchg>

Congratulations on the release, Trevor.

I browsed through the demo site and newathens.org, and I like the clean
design that you have done. On another note, I noticed that the home page
is a login screen. Would it be more welcoming, if the default page is
the forum listing page instead?

Peter

-----Original Message-----
From: chicagogroup-members-list-bounces at rubyforge.org
[mailto:chicagogroup-members-list-bounces at rubyforge.org] On Behalf Of
Trevor Turk
Sent: Wednesday, January 23, 2008 11:06 PM
To: ChicagoGroup-Members-List at rubyforge.org
Subject: [Chirb] El Dorado 0.9 Release

I'm pleased to announce the first public release of El Dorado: a
full-stack community web application written in Ruby/Rails.

The app features a forum, community event calendar, shared file
storage, and a randomized header image gallery.

It can import content from existing sites running PunBB. The forum is
somewhat modeled on PunBB, and is nearly feature complete.

I've been using this app in production since late July '07. The
setup/administration process still leave something to be desired, but
the end-user functionality is quite well tested.

http://almosteffortless.com/eldorado/

Please have a look and let me know what you think!
_______________________________________________
ChicagoGroup-Members-List at rubyforge.org
http://rubyforge.org/mailman/listinfo/chicagogroup-members-list

From trevorturk at yahoo.com  Thu Jan 24 22:28:31 2008
From: trevorturk at yahoo.com (Trevor Turk)
Date: Thu, 24 Jan 2008 21:28:31 -0600
Subject: [Chirb] El Dorado 0.9 Release
In-Reply-To: <A250ACDE71BB1847AB72F6D84DB4F3B556FFF0@ntxbeus24.exchange.xchg>
References: <d54e183d0801232105r60d3658by35306d69c8bb840b@mail.gmail.com>
	<A250ACDE71BB1847AB72F6D84DB4F3B556FFF0@ntxbeus24.exchange.xchg>
Message-ID: <d54e183d0801241928m321afdb5ocfb964f055f5db81@mail.gmail.com>

Thanks for the feedback, Peter. I actually agree, but the regular
users of newathens.org felt like they had a bit more privacy behind
the login screen, so I did it this way. It's silly, but what can you
do? :)

I plan on making this an application setting at some point, but I just
haven't gotten around to it yet. I'll add this to the top of my to-do
list, though. The thing I ran into is that I topics have a "privacy"
boolean that requires you to be logged in to view. I need to refactor
the checking for this into the topic model, instead of the controller.
Once I do this, then it will be easy to change the way the home
controller works.

- Trevor

On Jan 24, 2008 8:41 PM, Peter K Chan <peter at oaktop.com> wrote:
> Congratulations on the release, Trevor.
>
> I browsed through the demo site and newathens.org, and I like the clean
> design that you have done. On another note, I noticed that the home page
> is a login screen. Would it be more welcoming, if the default page is
> the forum listing page instead?
>
> Peter
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: chicagogroup-members-list-bounces at rubyforge.org
> [mailto:chicagogroup-members-list-bounces at rubyforge.org] On Behalf Of
> Trevor Turk
> Sent: Wednesday, January 23, 2008 11:06 PM
> To: ChicagoGroup-Members-List at rubyforge.org
> Subject: [Chirb] El Dorado 0.9 Release
>
> I'm pleased to announce the first public release of El Dorado: a
> full-stack community web application written in Ruby/Rails.
>
> The app features a forum, community event calendar, shared file
> storage, and a randomized header image gallery.
>
> It can import content from existing sites running PunBB. The forum is
> somewhat modeled on PunBB, and is nearly feature complete.
>
> I've been using this app in production since late July '07. The
> setup/administration process still leave something to be desired, but
> the end-user functionality is quite well tested.
>
> http://almosteffortless.com/eldorado/
>
> Please have a look and let me know what you think!
> _______________________________________________
> ChicagoGroup-Members-List at rubyforge.org
> http://rubyforge.org/mailman/listinfo/chicagogroup-members-list
> _______________________________________________
> ChicagoGroup-Members-List at rubyforge.org
> http://rubyforge.org/mailman/listinfo/chicagogroup-members-list
>

From peter at oaktop.com  Thu Jan 24 23:19:35 2008
From: peter at oaktop.com (Peter K Chan)
Date: Fri, 25 Jan 2008 05:19:35 +0100
Subject: [Chirb] El Dorado 0.9 Release
In-Reply-To: <d54e183d0801241928m321afdb5ocfb964f055f5db81@mail.gmail.com>
References: <d54e183d0801232105r60d3658by35306d69c8bb840b@mail.gmail.com><A250ACDE71BB1847AB72F6D84DB4F3B556FFF0@ntxbeus24.exchange.xchg>
	<d54e183d0801241928m321afdb5ocfb964f055f5db81@mail.gmail.com>
Message-ID: <A250ACDE71BB1847AB72F6D84DB4F3B556FFF5@ntxbeus24.exchange.xchg>

That makes sense. Don't feel obligated to have to change it; a creation
should serve its users first, critics second (and critic-want-to-be such
as myself, third).

I only mentioned it, because it seems less than welcoming that a site
would greet you by a login screen.

Peter

-----Original Message-----
From: chicagogroup-members-list-bounces at rubyforge.org
[mailto:chicagogroup-members-list-bounces at rubyforge.org] On Behalf Of
Trevor Turk
Sent: Thursday, January 24, 2008 9:29 PM
To: Chirb discussion list
Subject: Re: [Chirb] El Dorado 0.9 Release

Thanks for the feedback, Peter. I actually agree, but the regular
users of newathens.org felt like they had a bit more privacy behind
the login screen, so I did it this way. It's silly, but what can you
do? :)

I plan on making this an application setting at some point, but I just
haven't gotten around to it yet. I'll add this to the top of my to-do
list, though. The thing I ran into is that I topics have a "privacy"
boolean that requires you to be logged in to view. I need to refactor
the checking for this into the topic model, instead of the controller.
Once I do this, then it will be easy to change the way the home
controller works.

- Trevor

On Jan 24, 2008 8:41 PM, Peter K Chan <peter at oaktop.com> wrote:
> Congratulations on the release, Trevor.
>
> I browsed through the demo site and newathens.org, and I like the
clean
> design that you have done. On another note, I noticed that the home
page
> is a login screen. Would it be more welcoming, if the default page is
> the forum listing page instead?
>
> Peter
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: chicagogroup-members-list-bounces at rubyforge.org
> [mailto:chicagogroup-members-list-bounces at rubyforge.org] On Behalf Of
> Trevor Turk
> Sent: Wednesday, January 23, 2008 11:06 PM
> To: ChicagoGroup-Members-List at rubyforge.org
> Subject: [Chirb] El Dorado 0.9 Release
>
> I'm pleased to announce the first public release of El Dorado: a
> full-stack community web application written in Ruby/Rails.
>
> The app features a forum, community event calendar, shared file
> storage, and a randomized header image gallery.
>
> It can import content from existing sites running PunBB. The forum is
> somewhat modeled on PunBB, and is nearly feature complete.
>
> I've been using this app in production since late July '07. The
> setup/administration process still leave something to be desired, but
> the end-user functionality is quite well tested.
>
> http://almosteffortless.com/eldorado/
>
> Please have a look and let me know what you think!
> _______________________________________________
> ChicagoGroup-Members-List at rubyforge.org
> http://rubyforge.org/mailman/listinfo/chicagogroup-members-list
> _______________________________________________
> ChicagoGroup-Members-List at rubyforge.org
> http://rubyforge.org/mailman/listinfo/chicagogroup-members-list
>
_______________________________________________
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From trevorturk at yahoo.com  Thu Jan 24 23:40:23 2008
From: trevorturk at yahoo.com (Trevor Turk)
Date: Thu, 24 Jan 2008 22:40:23 -0600
Subject: [Chirb] El Dorado 0.9 Release
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No, I totally agree, and I plan on changing it. There's a number of
finicky things like this in the app, but I just reached a point where
I realized that it was stable and finished enough to warrant a
release. I mean, when is any web app really "finished" completely? In
any case, this feedback is spot-on, and I appreciate you taking the
time to have a look!

- Trevor

On Jan 24, 2008 10:19 PM, Peter K Chan <peter at oaktop.com> wrote:
> That makes sense. Don't feel obligated to have to change it; a creation
> should serve its users first, critics second (and critic-want-to-be such
> as myself, third).
>
> I only mentioned it, because it seems less than welcoming that a site
> would greet you by a login screen.
>
> Peter
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: chicagogroup-members-list-bounces at rubyforge.org
> [mailto:chicagogroup-members-list-bounces at rubyforge.org] On Behalf Of
> Trevor Turk
>
> Sent: Thursday, January 24, 2008 9:29 PM
> To: Chirb discussion list
> Subject: Re: [Chirb] El Dorado 0.9 Release
>
> Thanks for the feedback, Peter. I actually agree, but the regular
> users of newathens.org felt like they had a bit more privacy behind
> the login screen, so I did it this way. It's silly, but what can you
> do? :)
>
> I plan on making this an application setting at some point, but I just
> haven't gotten around to it yet. I'll add this to the top of my to-do
> list, though. The thing I ran into is that I topics have a "privacy"
> boolean that requires you to be logged in to view. I need to refactor
> the checking for this into the topic model, instead of the controller.
> Once I do this, then it will be easy to change the way the home
> controller works.
>
> - Trevor
>
> On Jan 24, 2008 8:41 PM, Peter K Chan <peter at oaktop.com> wrote:
> > Congratulations on the release, Trevor.
> >
> > I browsed through the demo site and newathens.org, and I like the
> clean
> > design that you have done. On another note, I noticed that the home
> page
> > is a login screen. Would it be more welcoming, if the default page is
> > the forum listing page instead?
> >
> > Peter
> >
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: chicagogroup-members-list-bounces at rubyforge.org
> > [mailto:chicagogroup-members-list-bounces at rubyforge.org] On Behalf Of
> > Trevor Turk
> > Sent: Wednesday, January 23, 2008 11:06 PM
> > To: ChicagoGroup-Members-List at rubyforge.org
> > Subject: [Chirb] El Dorado 0.9 Release
> >
> > I'm pleased to announce the first public release of El Dorado: a
> > full-stack community web application written in Ruby/Rails.
> >
> > The app features a forum, community event calendar, shared file
> > storage, and a randomized header image gallery.
> >
> > It can import content from existing sites running PunBB. The forum is
> > somewhat modeled on PunBB, and is nearly feature complete.
> >
> > I've been using this app in production since late July '07. The
> > setup/administration process still leave something to be desired, but
> > the end-user functionality is quite well tested.
> >
> > http://almosteffortless.com/eldorado/
> >
> > Please have a look and let me know what you think!
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From ryan at platte.name  Sat Jan 26 11:55:32 2008
From: ryan at platte.name (Ryan Platte)
Date: Sat, 26 Jan 2008 10:55:32 -0600
Subject: [Chirb] RailsConf discount
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