RubyJax

The next meeting is next week on Thursday. You can read about it here.

RefreshJax has moved their meetings to the first Thursday of the month. So their next meeting will be June 6th.

JaxPhp and JaxWeb have regular monthly meetings. Find out about them here and here.

I just found out about a Rails job here in town: Sr. Java developer with J2ee and Ruby on Rails. Healthcare experience is a plus. Three month contract to hire. If you’re interested, give me a shout and I’ll get you the deets. (I know, I know: I am actually typing “deets” instead of “details.” I am a loser.)

Anyone want to coordinate flights to RailsConf? Send me an email or post in the comments.

steve [at] lesseverthing [dot] com

• Topic: jQuery, integrating with rails, jQuery and prototype, the Less Js Routes Plugin
• Who: Steven Bristol of Less Everything
• When: Thur. May 22nd. at 7:00PM
• Where: Same place as the last meeting. 7406 Fullerton St, Jax, FL, 32256, which is right across the street from the Avenues Mall.

Wanna meet me there?

Sippers Coffee 7643 Gate Pkwy Jacksonville, FL 32256 (904) 928-0048

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April’s meeting is this Thursday. Look at the blog for the details.

Can some one bring me a tar ball of 311 and Tegan and Sara? Thanks.

Sorry for the short notice, but I just found out myself.

This Wed. April 9th I will be giving at talk about Rails to the Java Users Group here in town. The meeting will take place at 7:00 PM at Availity, the same place where our RubyJax meeting will be.

Here is a copy of the email that Bridget sent out:

Steve Bristol of less everything and RubyJax has graciously agreed to give us a presentation on Rails. Meeting is at 7pm, Wed, 4/9, at Availity, 7406 Fullerton St . He’ll probably also have info about BarCamp Jacksonville which is on Saturday, May 10th. Bridget

This should be a fun time. If you want to see a presentation on Rails, or just want to see me talk to a bunch of Java folks, come on out. (Feel free to heckle.)

• When: Thursday 4/17 at 7:00 PM.
• Speakers: Chad Bearden and Burt Hood of Bear Den Designs
• Topic: HAML and SASS.
• Where: Same place as the last meeting. 7406 Fullerton St, Jax, FL, 32256, which is right across the street from the Avenues Mall.

This month’s speaker Big Tiger has ask me to take a few minutes and talk about our new open source social network Lovd By Less. See ya on Thursday.

• Time: this Thur. Mar. 20 at 7:00 PM.
• Speaker and Topic: Big Tiger will talk about Amazon’s EC2 and S3.
• Location: 7406 Fullerton St, Jax, FL, 32256 which is right across the street from the Avenues Mall.

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See ya there!

Meeting at sippers this Friday. That is either today, tomorrow or yesterday, depending on when you read this.

Sippers Coffee 7643 Gate Pkwy Jacksonville, FL 32256 (904) 928-0048

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All day Friday 3/14

I just got this in the email (inbox). Thought it might be of interest to anyone who is waiting to buy their ticket.

RailsConf May 29-June 1, 2008 Oregon Convention Center Portland, OR http://www.railsconf.com

RailsConf 2008 is Filling Up Fast. Register Now and Save $100—Before It’s Too Late!

RailsConf is on track to be another sell-out. Early registration—at a $100 discount—continues until April 10, but the seats may not last, so register now, at: https://en.oreilly.com/rails2008/public/register

You already know that the next RubyJax meeting is on the 20th, but did you know that there are other cool events coming up? Here’s a list:

• Refresh Jacksonville is back this month with a killer meeting on the 27th.
• We just missed the JaxPHP meeting (it was the 4th), but have no fear, visit their site and sign up to be notified about the April meeting.
• BarCampOrlando is having a two day fun fest on April 5 & 6. It looks like there will be a fair number of Jaxies going down, so let me know if you need a ride. You can register (free) for the event here.
• BarCamp Jacksonville will be happening on May 5th. We are still looking for a ocation and sponsors, but keep checking back for details.
• Although not local, RailsConf 08 will be held on May 29 – June 1 in Portland. Since flights from Jax to Portland are the sux, some of us are talking about taking Robby up on his offer for the new Argon Express.

Is anyone interested in taking the train to Railsconf this year? I can tell you that flights from Jax to Portland are the sux!

http://www.robbyonrails.com/articles/2008/03/05/the-argon-express-2008-its-not-too-late

Let me know if you want to ride the rails to the rails.

At the next RubyJax meeting Big Tiger will talk about Amazon’s EC2 and S3.

See ya there!

The speaker for the next meeting (3/20) can’t make it. Is there someone who would like to speak, or would you like to hear me talk about orange juice? Pulp or no pulp? Discuss amongst yourselves.