The sentences below were taken directly from the notes I took in my notebook during the Ruby meeting last night (except for the links, I don’t know how to do that in a notebook yet). I obviously need to spend more time learning Ruby on my own.
They have snacks and drinks for everybody in the back of the room. I think they are provided by Cyclone Commerce who is also providing the building. The room we meet in is perfect. It has a high roof and a projector so we can all see what James is doing on his laptop (even if we don’t understand it).
These Goldfish are good. There isn’t much better then Ruby and a cup full of Goldfish.
I need to do more Ruby hacking before the next meeting. Right now I am way too …
- February 14, 2006
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So this months Refresh Phoenix meeting was yesterday and as usual, it was absolutely incredible! Adrian Sannier, the Technology Officer at ASU, spoke and did an incredible job. He is an amazing speaker and I loved listening to him. If you haven’t already you should check out his blog and podcast and you’ll see what I’m talking about. I continually talk about these meetings and I’m going to keep talking about them as long as they have the meetings. I learn so much just by listening in on conversations and I have trouble remembering everything. To help me remember the things I learn I write some of it down in my notebook but I don’t write everything so I’m going to post the things I learned and can remember from the meeting.
1. Network or fail. …
James Archer described the refresh movement best.
“For those not yet familiar with it, Refreshing Cities (an unofficial group name) is a social/business organization created by designers and developers across the country who are tired of not having a well-rounded web organization available to them. It was created by the community for the community.”
Dallas was the first city to be refreshed and since then Phoenix, L.A., Pittsburgh, Boston, and most recently, Seattle have joined in. The Refresh Cities create an offline community of designers and developers working to refresh the creative, technical, and professional culture of Internet developers in their area. Sound good? It is.
I think that out of all the Refresh Phoenix members, I get the most out of these meetings. I’m the youngest second youngest member and therefore have much less experience …
The city of Scottsdale with permission from the Arizona Department of Transportation has begun a 9-month program to slow down traffic on Loop 101. The “photo enforcement cameras” were put in place on Sunday and caught more then 1000 speeding drivers on the first day.
“Speeders can officially start worrying about being caught by the cameras on Feb. 21, when citations averaging $157 will be issued. The stationary cameras stretch long a 7.8-mile leg of Loop 101. Scottsdale is the first city in the nation to digitally patrol a state freeway.”
Well aren’t we lucky. We get to have fines before anyone else in the country. According to the article on the azcentral.com website there are going to be 6 cameras in between Scottsdale Road and 90th …
Tonight is the Phoenix Ruby Users Group meeting and tomorrow night is the Refresh Phoenix meeting. I can’t wait and I should probably be leaving soon. I’ve been wanting to learn Ruby for a while now so I’m glad James Britt is putting this together. If you want to learn Ruby and you live near Phoenix, this is the place to be. Refresh Phoenix has been an enormous help to me lately and it is only getting better. I think I’m getting more out of each meeting than anybody else. James Archer and the guys at 30 Second Rule probably don’t realize how much I appreciate this and now they are expanding the coolness by starting BarCamp Phoenix. I just hope their is something I can help with or present to the group.
I need …