Ruby on Rails Conference and Ruby on Rails Workshops

Thomas Fuchs

Thomas Fuchs is a software architect from Vienna, Austria. He\'s been building web applications since 1996. Thomas is the author of script.aculo.us, a cross-browser JavaScript framework featuring advanced Ajax UI controls, visual effects and other niceties, and a core development team member of the Ruby on Rails web development framework. He\'s also a contributor to Prototype, an object-oriented Ajax/JavaScript framework.

April 14, 2006 - Advanced Rails AJAX techniques

Joe O'brien

Joe O'Brien is a developer with ThoughtWorks, an organization with a history of successfully building enterprise applications using Agile Development. He has spent my career as a developer, project manager, and everything in between. His passion for open source technologies and development has been strong since he began his IT career. Joe is very active in the open source community and local users groups. Recently, he founded the Columbus Ruby Brigade and have helped organize the Chicago Area Ruby Users Group.

His passions are Agile Development in the Enterprise, Ruby, and demonstrating to the Fortune 500 the elegance and power of this incredible language. Joe is currently working on a book for the Pragmatic Programmers on Ruby and SOA.

April 13, 2006 - Enterprise SOA with Rails

James Adam

James Adam is a Rails programmer working as part of a five-man team developing applications for a major media buyer with high-profile blue-chip clients. He developed Rails Engines to assist in the rapid development of client-oriented software whilst supporting team-based development of common application infrastructure.

After graduating with a First-Class Honours degree in Artificial Intelligence in 2000, he spent 4 years researching Emergent Behaviour in Multiagent System for his PhD in computer science. He has been using Ruby for development full-time since 2002, and following Rails since it's first public release.

April 14, 2006 - Engines: Team Development with Rails

Kyle Shank

Kyle Shank is a 4th year Software Engineering major at the Rochester Institute of Technology. He is the lead developer on both the RadRails and Rubish projects. Kyle has been developing on the web since 1996 and has a background in Java, Perl and PHP. In addition to Rails related open source projects he has been an active developer within the Drupal and Scoop CMS communities.

April 13, 2006 - Tooling Rails

Amy Hoy

In short, she's a PHP developer-turned-Ruby addict. She has approximately six years' experience in developing for the web, and eight years' experience designing for it. Amy got into Ruby on Rails after reading that it was behind Basecamp, which she loved, and haven't really looked back. Amy is also in the process of writing a book for Pragmatic Programmers -- a "Right-Brained Guide" to Ruby on Rails.

April 13, 2006 - Getting started with AJAX on Rails

Alex Bunardzic

After completing the Bachelor of Science degree in numerical analysis, Alex Bunardzic worked on the Masters degree in the field of computational simulation of complex natural systems. He then moved on to developing software-based solutions for various businesses, utilizing wide gamut of technologies, from mainframe and midrange monolithic systems, to complex distributed systems using Java and .Net platforms.

Last year Alex made a transition from the mainstream IT platforms to the new and promising world of Ruby and Ruby on Rails. Alex helped instigate Vancouver-based Ruby users group by delivering the inaugural presentation on the role of Rails in today's world of software development.

April 13, 2006 - Less Technology -- Reclaiming the Software Development Craft, One Scaffold at a Time

Geoffrey Grosenbach

After earning a degree in Philosophy, Geoffrey Grosenbach went on to develop customized web-spider engine technology for Project Guildes, Inc. which was later bought by Onvia Corp.

Geoffrey is currently the host of the Ruby on Rails Podcast and an active member of the Seattle Ruby Brigade. His Ruby Sparklines and Gruff Graphs projects have received much attention and are being used on a number of Rails-based websites. He is a full-time Rails consultant with the Topfunky Corporation.

April 14, 2006 - Generating Great Graphs with Ruby on Rails

Robby Russell

Robby Russell founded PLANET ARGON in 2002. His experience includes six years as a professional programmer, and (soon) as a published technical writer. Robby’s current project is a Ruby on Rails book, titled Programming Rails, to be published by the leading technical book publisher, O’Reilly Media. This project, in part, stemmed from his Rails related blog, robbyonrails.com. He is also working on another project, titled Refactoring Rails with Jeremy Voorhis.

April 14, 2006 - Sneaking Rails Into The (Legacy) System

Jeremy Voorhis

As a programmer and lead architect for PLANET ARGON, Jeremy Voorhis understands the importance of keeping an eye on the big picture. Whether designing an application from scratch or turning around an existing project that just needs a little extra love, Jeremy works hard to balance his unique sense of aesthetics with the practical needs of the project.

April 14, 2006 - Internationalizing Rails

Sebastian Kanthak

Sebastian Kanthak has received a German Diploma (equiv. to Master's degree) in Computer Science from Darmstadt University of Technology. He has been a visiting graduate student at University of British Columbia, Vancouver, and loves this beautiful city. Currently, he is working as a research assistant at Darmstadt University of Technology, before moving to California in October 2006, when he will join Google.

April 14, 2006 - Plugging in with FileColumn

September 8th, 2006

Getting Started with Rails, Vancouver, BC

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