[ANN] Boston Ruby Meetup

[kellan]

Hi all,

I'm trying to get a regular Boston Ruby meetup going, maybe as the
first step towards getting a more formal users group happening in
Boston. Meetup has scheduled the first meeting for next Thursday. (2nd
Thursday of the month)

http://ruby.meetup.com/58/

Haven't chosen a location yet, as I'd like to get a sense from folks
interested where they are in the city. (I'm out in JP, so my default
choices probably won't work well for most people)

I'm a newcomer to Ruby, and newly returned to Boston, and excited about
both of them. I'm currently doing some Rails consulting for Odeo.com
to get myself started.

If you're interested, sign up for the meetup. If you've got thoughts
on a location post to the discussion board, send me an email, or track
me down on freenode. (nick: kellan) I'll probably pick a location this
Friday.

-kellan

 

[B. K. Oxley (binkley)]

Are they any rubyists in the Houston area interested in getting together?


Cheers,
--binkley

 

[Matt Lawrence]

Are they any rubyists in the Houston area interested in getting together?

I'm in Austin, but if you hold the meeting on a weekend, I may drive over.
Obviously Northwest Houston would be the most accessable for me.

-- Matt
Nothing great was ever accomplished without _passion_

 

[Belorion]

Depending on the day/time (in the process of moving), I might be
interested. Did you have any particular content/direction in mind for
the meeting?

Matt

 

[B. K. Oxley (binkley)]

Depending on the day/time (in the process of moving), I might be
interested. Did you have any particular content/direction in mind for
the meeting?

I was hoping for a meet-and-greet unless someone has something
interesting to show off, like beers after work. Not having been to a
Ruby meetup before, I just wanted to get the ball rolling rather than
run things.


Cheers,
--binkley

 

[Belorion]

I was hoping for a meet-and-greet unless someone has something

interesting to show off, like beers after work. Not having been to a
Ruby meetup before, I just wanted to get the ball rolling rather than
run things.

That makes sense. I notice that you have a Rice email address. Are
you a student there? If so, what are you studying? I'm actually just
"across the street" at Baylor College of Medicine, as a graduate
student in their SCBMB (Structural and Computational Biology and
Molecular Biophysics) program.

Matt

 

[B. K. Oxley (binkley)]

That makes sense. I notice that you have a Rice email address. Are
you a student there? If so, what are you studying? I'm actually just
"across the street" at Baylor College of Medicine, as a graduate
student in their SCBMB (Structural and Computational Biology and
Molecular Biophysics) program.

(e-mail address removed).

I graduated in '91 in music/physics. I live in midtown and work out
near 290/8 so I'm willing to drive all over the place for a once-a-month
sort of get together.

It might even be possible to host on Rice campus (I have friends in the
CS faculty).


Cheers,
--binkley

 

[Belorion]

Sorry, my quick glance just saw the rice.edu, not the preceeding "alumni" .

I'm going to be extremely busy for about the next 2 weeks, as we are
in the process of moving out of our apartment and into a house, but
after that I should have some time to do something. Lets see who else
we can find in the Houston area who is interested in the mean time.

Matt

 

[Peter Suk]

Yahoo! I've been wondering about this! Please drop me a line and I
can give you my contact information.

--Peter

 

[B. K. Oxley (binkley)]

Yahoo! I've been wondering about this! Please drop me a line and I can
give you my contact information.

Replying to the overwhelming market demand (well, it's a small market,
you know?), I have a blog entry for Rubyists in Houston. If you're
interested, please drop a line in the comments so I can build an email list.

http://binkley.blogspot.com/2005/04/rubyists-in-houston-unite.html


Cheers,
--binkley

 

[Martin DeMello]

(e-mail address removed).

I graduated in '91 in music/physics. I live in midtown and work out
near 290/8 so I'm willing to drive all over the place for a once-a-month
sort of get together.

I was a grad student there from '97 to '01

martin

 

[B. K. Oxley (binkley)]

I spoke with Peter Suk this morning, and he suggested the Stag's Head in
Shepherd Plaza (2128 Portsmouth) on Tuesdays. I posted more information
on my blog:

http://binkley.blogspot.com/2005/04/houston-rubyist-hoedown.html


Cheers,
--binkley

 

[kellan]

Bad form to reply to my own post, but as the seemingly the only person
in Boston on this thread, alas it falls to me.

We'll be meeting at Tosci's in Central Sq.[1], at 7pm this Thursday.

You can RSVP at: http://ruby.meetup.com/58/

Thanks,
-kellan

1. http://tinyurl.com/4gptl

 

[B. K. Oxley (binkley)]

Houston Rubyists!

Tuesday 6pm, Stag's Head in Shepherd Plaza.

http://binkley.blogspot.com/2005/04/ruby-hookup-on-tuesday.html

Pair Programming, yippee!


Cheers,
--binkley