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Lightening Talks & Collaboration

Sat, 15 Nov 2008 18:16:53 GMT

Your Toughest Rails Problem
Our Dec 20, 2008 meeting will be all about code. Bring your laptop and your toughest Ruby on Rails problem and we’ll attack the problem as a group. The meeting will start with 5-minute lightening talks followed by an intense collaboration session. If we don’t solve the problem, we’ll at least make a dent in it!

Thanks: Jeff Cohen & Lee DeForest
Thank you Jeff Cohen for a great presentation at our November meeting. Jeff says that live demos never work in front of people. His demo worked, so what does that say about us??

Thanks also to Lee DeForest of DeForest Group for giving us a great place to meet.

Visit Meetup.com to RSVP for the December meeting. See you there!

REST, Rails, and .Net

Thu, 13 Nov 2008 07:06:49 GMT

BYOL and hear Jeff Cohen give a brief overview of REST. The presentation will be geared for those new to REST, regardless of how long you’ve been using Rails. Prerequisite: You can at least create a simple Rails app, but not much more than that.

Ask Jeff about REST and chat with him about his new book, Rails for .Net Developers. The meeting starts Sat, Nov 15, 2008 at 3pm.

Visit Meetup.com for the location and to RSVP. See you there!

REST and Frogmetrics

Fri, 31 Oct 2008 11:16:48 GMT

REST on Nov 15, 2008
Jeff Cohen, co-author of Rails for .Net Developers, will give a brief overview of REST. The presentation will be geared for those new to REST, regardless of how long you’ve been using Rails. We assume you can at least create a simple Rails app, but not much more than that. Bring your laptops and questions! Visit Meetup.com for the location and to RSVP.

Organizer Alumnus Launches at Frogmetrics
Wil Chung left Chicago a few months ago to join Frogmetrics, a YCombinator startup. Wil is a former member of the ChicagoRuby.org organizer team.

Frogmetrics enables businesses to get realtime feedback from customers through a handheld device. Wil works on the server-side of the app, which he describes as “a little bit different from the typical rails app.” Congrats on the launch, Wil Chung!

Video Montage and REST

Tue, 21 Oct 2008 16:38:52 GMT

Video Montage
And now for something completely different: The WindyCityRails 2008 Video Montage by Matt Polito...

Also, thank you Matt Polito for showing how to integrate Google Apps with Rails at the October meeting!

REST in November
At our Nov 15, 2008 meeting: Jeff Cohen, co-author of Rails for .Net Developers, will give a brief overview of REST. The presentation will be geared for those new to REST, regardless of how long you’ve been using Rails. We assume you can at least create a simple Rails app, but not much more than that. Come ready with questions for Jeff!

Google Apps With Rails in October

Tue, 07 Oct 2008 16:51:11 GMT

Next Meeting: Oct 18, 2008 at 3pm
Matt Polito of reactionCONTROL will show how to integrate Google Apps with your Rails applications. Matt will also offer tips & tricks for beginning & intermediate Rails developers. He encourages the audience to throw out more tips unknown to him so that we can add them to our collective arsenal. Come with your thinking caps on!

RSVP…
Be sure to drop by Meetup.com for the location and to RSVP. See you there!

$2k for Greater Chicago Food Depository

Tue, 30 Sep 2008 17:11:48 GMT

Profits from WindyCityRails were donated to the Greater Chicago Food Depository this morning. The amount: $2,051.00.

Sarah Tribuzio, Director of Corporate & Foundation Relations for GCFD, received the gift and she graciously provided a tour of the facility.

A Thousand Words

Sun, 21 Sep 2008 05:38:48 GMT

A thousand words about WindyCityRails:

View more WindyCityRails photos at Flickr.

WindyCityRails - Thank you!!!

Sat, 20 Sep 2008 20:28:07 GMT

Production Team
To everyone who worked hard to produce this first edition of WindyCityRails, thank you! Visit our Flickr Group for event photos. We especially express our appreciation for:

Kevin Zolkiewicz – If your name begins with “Z”, you’re always at the end of the list. Time to change that!
Matt Polito – Driver of our video presence on the web, keeping us visible.
Stan Fisher – Newest member of the organizer team, full of great ideas.
David London – Photographer, video editor, and source of the Apple video idea.
Wil Chung – Screener of presentation proposals. New resident of the Boston area.
Michael Wagner – Participant in the fabled “Why isn’t there a Rails conference in Chicago?” conversation in December 2007.

Presenters
Thank you, presenters, for stepping up and delivering an outstanding experience for our attendees.

Sponsors
We thank our sponsors who championed WindyCityRails when it was just an idea.

Survey Coming on Monday
Look for the WindyCityRails survey in your email inbox on Monday morning. Any feedback you give us will be helpful as we organize next year’s event.

What’s Next?
After a brief period of rest, our October meeting, WindyCity… Recovery! happens on October 18, 2008 at 3pm. Visit Meetup.com for the location and to RSVP.

After Party Details

Sat, 20 Sep 2008 08:41:24 GMT

The fun continues after WindyCityRails. We’ll be meeting at 5pm @ Zapatista at 1307 S. Wabash. Zapatista is a short walk from the Roosevelt CTA station. Just walk east on Roosevelt to Wabash, and then a block and a half south.

Mention WindyCityRails, and get a good seat!

Look For the Tube

Fri, 19 Sep 2008 14:00:47 GMT

You’re coming to WindyCityRails, you’ve made it to the IIT campus, and you’re wondering “Which building should I go to?”

You can look at a map, or you can look for the tube:

The McCormick Tribune Campus Center is directly beneath the tube. Continental breakfast starts at 8am. See you there!