Well, we're all back from RailsConf '06 now. We had a really easy flight home, although getting up at 4:30AM to make the flight nearly killed me.
For me, the conference was a success. I felt like my talk went well, and I got a few new beta testers for WalkingBoss. Most of the feedback I got was pretty positive, and I found that a lot of fellow geeks were really excited about getting a GPS and giving this thing a try for themselves. I guess I was encouraged by the response.
Some interesting highlights for me from this past weekend were:
- Martin Fowler saying that, in a sense, we had failed by having a RailsConf at all, since the goal of Rails is to reduce all plumbing to the bare minimum, thus obviating the need for a technical conference to talk about said plumbing.
- Learning a little bit about Open Laszlo and Rails thanks to Mike Pence
- Meeting my friend and fellow MOG veteran Josh Sierles in person and chatting about everything from MOG to PHP-to-Rails conversions.
- Meeting and hanging out with other Ruby/Rails guys from my area, like Fernand, Greg, Dave, Chad, Bruce, and Marty.
- Writing the Facebook Mashup.
- Eating at Chili's for every other meal.
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