I gave a hands-on introductory talk about Sinatra at last weeks NH.rb meetup. In case anyone is interested, I’m also embedding the slides below. Looks like scribd butchered them a little bit, but you can always download the original set in PPT format or whatever too (follow the link).
As you might expect, my presentation includes a number of borderline awful puns. Probably not as bad as the puns in a typical Git presentation, but still. You have been warned.
A full meetup report is available as well. You can find the full source for the sample door prize chooser app that we live-coded during the presentation via GitHub.
It was about time, I guess. This blog had been in need of a facelift for many many moons. Anyway, let me know what you think. It’s rocking a tweaked-out version of the classic cutline theme that I ported to Mephisto/Liquid with some supernatural green custom goodness. The banner image is a photo of some awesome graffiti I found in a bathroom in a Burlington VT bar last October. I know how that guy feels.
I also pooped out a tiny personal microsite earlier this week, which you can find over at nickplante.info if you’d like to stalk me further. Eye-burning green highlights ftw.
I’ll be moderating a panel of competition winners and participants, and we’ll be discussing how they were able to achieve some impressive feats in the compressed contest timeframe. It should be packed full of useful real-world advice on how to organize and launch Rails applications quickly. We’ll also talk about the event itself, and the nature of innovation competitions in general (and why you should get involved!) I guarantee that it will be fun, but I can make no guarantee about whether or not there will be choreographed mock-fighting. That’s up to you.
Panelists include our friends Joe Fiorini (grand prize winner 2008), Josh Owens (grand prizer winner 2007, design award 2008), Ben Scofield (winner, solo division for both 2007 and 2008), James Golick (winner, most useful 2008), and Darcy Laycock, who participated in the 2007 contest and joined the organizational team for the 2008 event.
So if you’re making the voyage to the City of Sin in May, make sure to check us out. I’m excited, and it’ll be great to meet many of you there! Also, you can teach me how to gamble. I hear that I have a pretty bad tell. Whatever that is.
UPDATE 3/16: The panel is scheduled for May 6th from 4:25pm to 5:15pm PDT in Pavilion 9 – 10
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