Mountain.rb Conference @ The Boulder Theater
The day started with fantastic food provided The Cup and opening remarks by organizer Marty Haught, presented to a packed house at the Boulder Theater.
Jim Weirich’s keynote was as thought-provoking as ever, weaving through theoretical physics, a history of Amish pioneering in his family, recent developments in hardware and software. Jim ended by asking us all to consider what new frontiers there might be in Ruby programming (with a few examples from a master of the craft).
Next up were three great high-velocity presentations on Ruboto (Jay McGavren), picking the right tools for the job at hand (Wayne Seguin), and Reia, a new Erlang interpreter (Tony Arcieri).
Lunch featured delicious Indian food and plenty of time for meeting friends both old and new.
Evan Phoenix gave an inspiring talk about some basic “laws” for how to do open source development, and stressed the importance of communication, honesty, trust, and freely delegating responsibility instead of building a closed social system within the project.
Next up: Joe O’Brien is scheduled to tell a bunch of Ruby programmers why everyone should know a little bit about Sales, followed by a few more high-velocity tech talks.
The bar here at the Boulder Theater opens at 4:00PM, followed by evening shenanigans including a hackfest at Quick Left and board games at EverLater.
Stay tuned for a report from Day 2 tomorrow!
