News

A Success! – November 10, 2006

Wow, the Camp went really went well!

Beforehand, our biggest fear with this unconference format was that only a few people would want to lead a session. So our hearts stopped momentarily when when we called for sessions and only 6 people initially came down. But after a few minutes, a bunch of other people started coming down and we quickly filled up the schedule with 28 sessions.

Besides the great sessions, the speed demo was very popular.

People were also very impressed with the beautiful IBM facility and terrific food and drinks they provided, as well as the free coffee barista and sushi dinner made possible by our other sponsors. Thanks again to IBM for hosting the event and providing all the food and refreshments, and our other sponsors for making this possible!

We had a lot of great feedback about the camp. Greg Tomei said “Wow – my expectations were exceeded by a huge measure!” and Dav Yaginuma said “The very first session on memcached was perhaps the most perfect conference session I’d ever attended.”

But the real thanks should go to all you attendees – it was your efforts that really made this unconference a success!

InfoWorld Article – November 9, 2006

Wow, talk about real time publishing. Paul Krill from InfoWorld attended and we think submitted this article before he even left the camp:

http://www.infoworld.com/article/06/11/09/HNrubyibm_1.html

Ruby on Rails Camp Underway – November 9, 2006

I am writing this in the “Rail Gotchas” session in the Ruby on Rails Camp. This session had so much interest, it had to move to a larger area!

We have had a great turnout at the camp. The auditorium was almost full for the opening session, and we still had more people arrive later. There are many interesting sessions and my only disappointment is that I can’t go to more of them!

Camp Full! – November 1, 2006

Wow, even after finding extra room for a total of 155 people, the camp still got full! We even went over the limit by 15 to allow for some no-shows.

However, we are letting people signup for a waiting list, because some people haven’t paid yet, which may mean they are not planning on coming. So we might have a few spots open at the last minute. If you are really dying to go, please send us an email , otherwise we will take people in the order they signed up on the waiting list.

Fun Stuff – October 28, 2006

Just for fun, we uploaded the Ruby on Rails Camp logo to CafePress and setup some shirts, caps and mugs. If you want to be really “in” you can order some of this stuff and bring it to the camp:

http://www.cafepress.com/RubyOnRailsCamp

Stayin At One Day – October 24, 2006

The answers are in regarding one or two days and the result is – one day!

As of today, we had almost 100 responses and 46% said they would like it for just one day, 32% said they would prefer two days, and 20% could go either way. So given that most people prefer one day, and we originally scheduled for just one day, we have decided to stick to the original plan of one day.

This does mean that it is going to be an exciting, fast paced day. We are going to try to fit in all the sessions and demos that people want to give, but we might not have time for all of them. So if there is enough interest, we will just have to schedule another Ruby on Rails Camp!

Two Day Question – October 20, 2006

We are having overwhelming response and only have a few more spots available! We also have many people that are planning on leading a session or giving a demo. So we are considering whether we should extend the camp for an extra day. Please take a moment and let us know how you feel about this.

Two Day Question

(If you are curious, here are the question results)