April 2010
5 posts
rubyinthepub #2 - some thoughts
So it looks like @aubergene and @timesjoanna managed to source a venue for the second hookup - the Shooting Star in Spitalfields, which is much more central and should be easier for people to get to.
Looking at the activity of the #rubyinthepub hashtag on Twitter, it looks like there’s a lot of interest - we may even have the lead developer at the New York Times on hand!
So, ahead of time,...
rubyinthepub #2 →
a blog post from @proactivepaul →
What's next?
So I think the plan is to run rubyinthepub on a monthly basis, so for the journalists:
What woud you like to learn next?
Any comments as to what worked or what didn’t?
How was the balance between theory and practice?
How confident do any of the journalists feel in imparting their knowledge to newcomers?
We need to sort a venue, maybe a little more central, for next time. Anyone got any ...
Welcome to RITB
A few days ago, journalist and self-proclaimed relapsed blogger @jamesrbuk sent a message to Times journalist @joannageary after hearing she was dabbling with code and with the kind of spontaneous velocity only achievable by an attractive and powerful idea oscillating across the wire in viral frenzy, the hashtag #rubyinthepub was born. A venue sourced. Developers and journalists connected. And a...