Hi All, If anyone wants to import the schedule into ical /iphone / outlook / google, feel free to download the one I parsed: http://reflectivepixel.com/site/schedule Cheers, Keenan

Jon Larkowski: Thanks for parsing this! Very handy. I wish more conferences would have iCal calendars.

I'd love to work with some other Ruby devs during downtime at this conference. I've been thinking for awhile that we as developers would benefit from some good refactoring tools. Currently, this is something missing from the best editors (Vim, Emacs, TextMate - if you dislike IDEs you don't get refactoring). I'd love to work on a refactoring library written in Ruby that can then be consumed by plugins for the major editors. If you enjoy or want t... [read more]

I'm very excited for this conference. I'm interested in hooking up with some devs to work on an open source project (I'm sure others are too) Is there a good avenue for getting people together like this?

Barbara Gavin: Joe - Some ideas -- You can use this forum to reach out to folks who look like they would be qualified, available, interested. You might want to share a bit more to tantalize your audience. ~barbara

So here is the deal -- at lunch on Tuesday, I post topics on the round tables. so you can choose a table that is going to be talking about something you care about. My question today is -- what topics would you want to discuss over lunch?

Hey folks. I'm busy procrastinating....uhh...."iterating agilely" on my "Sinful Ruby" talk for Wednesday afternoon. http://www.voicesthatmatter.com/ruby2008/sessions.aspx#sermo If anyone has particular questions in advance that might help inform my talk, post them here. Looking forward to seeing everyone, happy to have a Ruby conference in Boston!

Carlisia Campos: Hi Will, It's great that you're asking that! I'm thinking of some additional juicy stuff. For example, what compromises did you have to make for projects to be successful, constraints you had to impose, things you had to do that you didn't want to; m... [read more]

A great conference happens when everyone is having fantastic hallway conversations. We setup CrowdVine networks to make it easier for you to find people in the hallway. If you've never used a social network at a conference (or even if you have) here are four tips for making the most of it. 1. Find people you want to meet You can search, you can browse by tag, or you can browse other people's contacts. 2. Make yourself visible Use a recognizable p... [read more]