Wednesday, May 21, 2008

JRuby Pre-RailsConf Hackfest on Thursday

Hey there JRubyists and JRubyists-to-be...if you're planning to be in Portland the evening of Thursday, May 29, there's going to be a sponsored JRuby hackfest for you!

The event is going to be at the McMenamins Brewpub/Restaurant at the Kennedy School. We'll have a room set aside for around 40ish people, so please RSVP via email or comments. There will be a taco bar and beers/beverages provided!

JRuby Hackfest!
Thursday, May 29, 6:30PM - whenever
McMenamins at the Kennedy School
5736 N.E. 33rd Ave.
Portland, OR 97211

We're pushing this event as a real hackfest, so bring your laptops and apps you are running or want to run on JRuby. At least Tom Enebo, Nick Sieger, Ola Bini and I will be there, so we'll probably be able to get you up and running. Otherwise, if you don't have an app, stop by and we'll give you a walkthrough of JRuby and maybe there will be a bug or piece of code you can help out with.

I want to thank LinkedIn for initiating this event...Tom and I and the other JRubyists are too busy to set these sorts of things up, so it's great to have community members take this initiative. LinkedIn is also sponsoring, along with Joyent and Sun Microsystems.

Remember, please RSVP in comments or by email so we can get an idea of headcount. And if you have any suggestions for things you'd like to see or hear about or work on at the 'fest, let us know!
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47 comments:

  1. brian dollMay 21, 2008 at 7:47 PM

    Sounds like a great idea. I'll be there ~7:30PM.

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  2. Evan LightMay 21, 2008 at 7:48 PM

    Count me in

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  3. fuzzyMay 21, 2008 at 7:53 PM

    2: Ed Copony and I will be there.

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  4. objoMay 21, 2008 at 8:10 PM

    I'll be there.

    -Joe O'Brien

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  5. ClintonMay 21, 2008 at 8:25 PM

    Most definitely there.

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  6. dysingerMay 21, 2008 at 8:38 PM

    I'll be there. I don't think we'll all fit in the detention room (bar) though. :D -Tim Dysinger.

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  7. JohnMay 21, 2008 at 9:45 PM

    +1

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  8. AaronMay 22, 2008 at 4:40 AM

    Yaaaa! Just one more thing to help me procrastinate on writing my talk for Sunday. Count me in!

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  9. Ola BiniMay 22, 2008 at 4:44 AM

    Not sure if I actually need to RSVP since I'm included in the announcement, but just for the sake of it: I'll be there.

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  10. TomMay 22, 2008 at 5:27 AM

    I'll be there

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  11. vickniceMay 22, 2008 at 5:49 AM

    Sign me up!

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  12. Tom HealeyMay 22, 2008 at 6:02 AM

    I'll be there.
    Tom Healey CVille

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  13. Paul DixMay 22, 2008 at 6:45 AM

    Wish I could be there, but I don't get in until 11! Hopefully there will be more hacking going on Friday or Saturday night.

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  14. Teflon TedMay 22, 2008 at 6:55 AM

    Can you save me half a seat? I'm a definite maybe.

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  15. xue.yong.zhiMay 22, 2008 at 9:22 AM

    Hi Charles, I will attend RailsConf and will stop by.

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  16. Giles BowkettMay 22, 2008 at 10:32 AM

    Scheduling is tight for me but I'll definitely try to stop in - I need some JRuby For Dummies help on gems and stuff.

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  17. jimMay 22, 2008 at 1:10 PM

    I'm planning on attending.

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  18. Steve MolitorMay 22, 2008 at 3:28 PM

    I hope to be there.

    Steve Molitor

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  19. WolfMay 22, 2008 at 6:56 PM

    Count me in.

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  20. Nick LMay 22, 2008 at 7:12 PM

    I'll be there!

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  21. jgehtlandMay 23, 2008 at 5:20 AM

    I'll be there, and may bring more of the Relevance crew.

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  22. mathieMay 23, 2008 at 6:31 AM

    Perfect, we're staying there for RailsConf. :-) I'll certainly be there and I'd like to pick people's brains about deployment to Glassfish.

    -- Graeme Mathieson

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  23. choonkeatMay 23, 2008 at 1:47 PM

    i'll be there

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  24. FawltyMay 23, 2008 at 11:08 PM

    +1

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  25. goneMay 24, 2008 at 12:44 PM

    I'm in. Can't wait.

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  26. EricMay 24, 2008 at 11:19 PM

    I'll be there.

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  27. RichMay 27, 2008 at 6:53 AM

    I'm there.

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  28. GregoryMay 27, 2008 at 10:55 AM

    I hope this is noob friendly. I'd like to check this out.

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  29. CristianMay 27, 2008 at 11:05 AM

    Also new to JRuby, but I'll be there

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  30. Stuart HallowayMay 27, 2008 at 1:36 PM

    I'll be there

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  31. covertjavaMay 27, 2008 at 5:31 PM

    I'll be there!

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  32. ccgroupMay 27, 2008 at 6:17 PM

    I do not have Ruby experience, but would like to see what others are doing. Would this be an appropriate event for me?

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  33. covertjavaMay 27, 2008 at 7:30 PM

    What's the best way to get there from the Conference Center?

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  34. mathieMay 27, 2008 at 8:35 PM

    getting there: take the no 10 bus from the rose wotsit transit centre. It will take you to right outside the Kennedy school. Its just after the wellness center on your right hand side.

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  35. AnonymousMay 28, 2008 at 9:07 AM

    Saleem Siddiqui:
    I'll be there.

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  36. JPMay 28, 2008 at 12:02 PM

    I'll be there.

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  37. amarkjMay 28, 2008 at 9:26 PM

    I'll be there.

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  38. Robert ThauMay 28, 2008 at 9:43 PM

    Count in another...

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  39. AnonymousMay 29, 2008 at 8:24 AM

    I'm planning on being there

    - Ken Kolchier

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  40. mathieMay 29, 2008 at 9:54 AM

    An update for getting there:

    * The number 10 bus (labelled 33rd & Sunderland) will take you from the Rose Quarter Transit Center to the front door of the Kennedy School. Journey time is about 25 minutes, and it's $1.75 each way. The last bus back to downtown is about 22:00.

    * A taxi from the Convention Center to the Kennedy school will cost you about $12. (I just missed the bus last night, so wound up taking a taxi home instead!)

    I'm aiming to be on the 17:37 bus from the Rose Quarter Transit Center -- if you see someone hanging around with a ring-tailed lemur called Thievy, come say Hi. :-)

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  41. AkitaOnRailsMay 29, 2008 at 10:37 AM

    I'l try to get there :-) And bring together the other brazilian rubysts.

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  42. Neal FordMay 29, 2008 at 1:00 PM

    Neal Ford will be there...with bells on (actually, I'll leave the bells at home)

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  43. jay mcgaffiganMay 29, 2008 at 1:33 PM

    I'd like to try to be there.

    I'm interested in what it takes to get up and running/ managing a build that supports both jruby and ruby and what to do about gems with native extensions (ie rcov)

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  44. Forrest ChangMay 29, 2008 at 2:15 PM

    I'll try to be there. My HD crashed so I don't have a JRuby app on my laptop

    Forrest

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  45. RaimondsMay 29, 2008 at 4:47 PM

    I am planning to come as well

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  46. Brian GuthrieMay 29, 2008 at 4:51 PM

    Would like to come if it's not already full!

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  47. Kurtis SeebaldtMay 29, 2008 at 6:04 PM

    michael Schubert and kurtis seebaldt will be there

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