going to RailsConf Europe!
Posted by phillip Sun, 21 May 2006 08:49:00 GMT
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i’ll be in london for a good week in september, mainly to attend the first european conference held on ruby on rails.
i’m excited about meeting the people behind ruby/rails in person, and to experience the rails community! from what i’ve learnt by reading blogs, books, documentation, emailing, viewing videos and listening to podcasts, and visiting sites created in rails i believe they are the most “human” and broad-minded of all programming communities i know. so i believe it will be a pleasant and fun experience, too. beside the obvious – getting a much deeper insight into the tech side of things and learning about rails’ future.
another reason i’m going is to commit myself more to the technology. having been a php guy all my developer life, today my brain says “use rails, it’s superior”, but habit and some lazy parts of my brain sometimes still respond “hey why bother – you already know one very powerful web development environment really well, and have invested a lot in it”. i believe the experience of attending a rails conference will provide a breakthrough and convince all of me, and only a warm and fuzzy feeling will be left.
since i’ve been to london only once, i’ll stay there more than a week. the conference is on the 14th/15th, but i’ll be in town from the weekend before the conference to the weekend after it (9th-17th). i’m looking forward to being in london again, too. i’m really curious – the last time i went was in the early 90s.