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My Tweets from FutureRuby
The FutureRuby conference was the first full-size conference I went to where I didn't bring a laptop - just my iPhone and a paper notebook. I got kind of carried away with Twitter, commenting on the presentations and the parties. Since Twitter searches only go back a week or two, I'm putting these up as a record of this event - or at least my own reactions to this event.
I've included the images and video clips that are referenced in the tweets, to make it easier to see everything in one place. I don't know if I really have the rights to embed the images (or even to repeat Twitter posts) like this, so let me know if you want anything removed.
If you like these, follow me on Twitter at @ajlburke.
Walking down to Harbourfront in the sunshine (at last!) for a pre- #failcamp pint. The extended #futureruby festivities start NOW
@billymeltdown for TO beers try Mill Street Organic & Amsterdam Natural Blonde. C'est What on Front Street has good house brews #futureruby
Getting on the FailBoat! #failcamp
"This weekend will pull the pants down around your mind" @accordionguy #futureruby #failcamp
Twitterific is flaky uploading pics today - you're all missing a nice shot of the awrsome DJ at #failcamp with Toronto in the background
#failcamp was a little rocky at the start but @peteforde rescued it - he'd win the free #futureruby pass except it's his conference
#futureruby I must second @peteforde's prop for Buddha on Dundas - mountains of great food for cheap - it's vegan but you don't have to be!
Hmm closed the venue and had plenty to drink - I think I'll need to get used to this for the next few days #futureruby
Dim Sum here I come! #futureruby
Ah the sounds of summer in Toronto: birdsong, music, and dozens of screaming Formula 1 engines
#futureruby has Epic Schwag
http://yfrog.com/17c2rj #unspace brought the nice lighting effects for their #futureruby party - also the CF18 flyby was a nice perk
Home from excellent #futureruby party at Unspace HQ - already met lots of cool people and learned a lot and the conf hasn't started yet
Great DJ work at the #futureruby party @stefangrambart!
Got coffee to help make it down Bay Street to breakfast at #futureruby
Man, half the people on the street this morning are joggers
#futureruby begins!
liked the first talk at #futureruby - good Marx 101 but this crowd is probably less alienated from their production than most
The Man is jamming the LCD projectors at #futureruby but We Will Prevail
I love the names of the "Tokyo" apps: "Tyrant" and "Dystopia" - all apps/frameworks should have such bad-ass names #futureruby
I'm gonna call my next project "Cybernetic Overlord" #futureruby
"Lua + TC = Database Kung-fu" - @igrigorik #futureruby (via @deadprogram) shouldn't that be Karate or Aikido?
Screens out - @igrigorik shouldn't have used Windows7! #futureruby
The screens came back - and now there's no more flickering? #futureruby
Ruby: Don't repeat yourself. DNA: Do repeat yourself #futureruby
The problem with biology is that bugs / errors are usually *fatal* #futureruby
Hacking life is like eorking with old Symantec Think C compiler: introducing random changes all the time #futureruby
Damn MIT has a library of bioengineering "parts" - I imagined a roomfull of arms etc. but it's enzymes etc #futureruby
@maplealmond depends on who/what is failing! I'd rather get a stack-dump than cancer!
Order DNA online: put in your address and CC Info - and they forward it to the NSA no doubt! #futureruby
I like the smell of genetically engineered minty ecoli in the morning #futureruby (via @murphee)
Watch what you eat because you're growing new replacement parts all the time! #futureruby
In traditional Chinese medicine, kidneys => manage fear, stress; western medicine, kidneys => blood health
Beer is great for you and your kidneys - except, of course for the poison part! #futureruby
Neurons aren't created/destroyed as much as change their connections. This is your brain on drugs!
@murphee you can circular breathe with any wind instrument - try kazoo! But not around me please... #futureruby
Anita says skip coffee and try sesame seeds instead #futureruby
Discussing food this close to lunchtime is getting distracting! #futureruby
You can tell #futureruby is a Ruby conference because the Caesar Salad at the buffet includes Chunky Bacon
Wow I am *so* over-caffeinated at #futureruby. Should have heeded Anita's talk more carefully!
Foy has found a dongle and now to start part 2 of #futureruby
Foy's story of HATE #futureruby
"Hate is a lie to simplify the world around us" ...Love, too? #futureruby
"add some excitement to your life by making a whiskey - crack adaptor" Don't worry, this is actually about programming #futureruby
#FutureRuby WIN: @foysavas please I need 1500 hits per second (of Crack) right now! (via @enricobianco)
@peteforde just asked the #futureruby crowd to put their computers/smartphones away for the next presentation - brave man!
"so at the end there will be just a few people but they'll be really loud" - sort of like Usenet? #futureruby
I can still hear the voices in my head. Now they're whispering. #futureruby (via @thismatt)
The flying robot blimp keeps hogging the spotlight at #futureruby
Not only live coding but live coding from scratch of a flying autonomous robot! #futureruby
New meaning to the term "up" load! #futureruby
ARRRRRRRRRRRRRRDUINO demo at #futureruby (via @kieran)
Phonegap seems cool - but calling vibrate and autodialing from a page sounds like a great opportunity for mischief #futureruby
Late afternoon conference energy slump! Everybody jump around! #futureruby
RT @accordionguy I believe that I'm running the only Windows machine at #FutureRuby. Of course, I also have the only accordion.
Overheard at #futureruby re: Pravda dress code - from t-shirt to tux, military gear to cool hats
My iPhone died just as I got to Правда - so u couldn't tweet or take pictures - thankfully #futureruby is a camera-happy crowd...
Kristan "Krispy" Ucello @ #futureruby http://twitpic.com/a2f2w (via @rdi) - he was scaring people in the street!
RT @wifelette No one throws a party like @meghatron :D Great day, greater night. Wins all around. #futureruby
Uh, it's 3am - oops! Curse you #futureruby for having such excellent parties as well as full-day conferences. I'd pay for just the parties
My hat looked better on @pauldoerwald's head than on my own
I salute you, sir: RT @drnic is awake, is still drunk and is practising his talk for #futureruby at 10am
Really impressed by how many people who closed the party last night made it to #futureruby bright and early
@peteforde's advice for conferences: fsck Vegas!
@colintmiller wants to code without text - but better, presumably, than VB... #futureruby
@colintmiller has cool ideas but I'm worried we'll end up with just another Rational Rose
Nice, @drnic doesn't look hung-over at all! #futureruby
Don't attach your self-worth to your code - since your code probably isn't very good @drnic #futureruby
"OSS projects don't scale - but neither do pets or children" @drnic #futureruby
"Now you have spare time - find a hobby." I hear programming is kind of fun. #futureruby
"killing adware with Scheme is like bringing a raygun to a knife fight in an infine sewer" LOL #futureruby
@tonytargonski that's the guy I just heard give a great talk
Im in ur head, remote ploiting yr brain! #futureruby (via @lof)
Nice the sample data is all dead people! Michael Farrah Ed #futureruby
#futureruby just shouted its barbaric yawp across the rooftops of the world
Writing cucumber tests in LOLSpeak at #futureruby
Crazy number of tries in figuring out the look for Trendly - Avi Bryant says it was maddening but essential. The hard work shows.
"indirect language leads to genocide" - and now for some Mozart! #futureruby
Minessotans shouldn't be picking on Rush! #futureruby
@Markus64 presenter summarizing Orwell's "Politics & the English Language"
Handy Rush-free examples: Prog Rock: http://bit.ly/wJACo punk rock: http://bit.ly/K8TsN (YouTube) #futureruby
In the last stretch of #futureruby - exhaustion setting in. Next week will be detox time: plenty of sleep and healthier food/drink
Cappuccino is sort of like Tibco General Interface but sexy #futureruby
Okay my mind has now been blown by Cappuccino - straight from OS X Interface Builder to browser #futureruby
"Artisinal Retro-Futurism and Team-Scale Anarcho-Syndicalism" - what would Orwell think of that title? #futureruby
@pauldoerwald yeah I want that flag!
The Furniture Police are the natural enemies of Agile #futureruby
RT @0sn Wobblies unite! #futureruby
Now we know what all that great blue cheese was about at the Unspace party #futureruby
RT @amwatts Blessed are the cheese-makers #futureruby
Excellent use of Soviet Kitsch in @marick's talk - and hey free stickers!
http://arxta.net comrades! #futureruby
When the revolution comes and the purges start, it would be a good idea to have read Snow Crash #futureruby
"Imperial California" - but not Emperor Norton, I'm guessing #futureruby
Skyscrapers are inverted mines. Aww geez my mind is being blown *again* #futureruby
"The Long Tail is designed to foster complacency in those who are *in* the Long Tail" #futureruby
Jesse Hirsch closed #futureruby with a thoughtful and provocative bang - now I understand @peteforde a bit more
http://bit.ly/Fegt3 #futureruby
On my way to the #futureruby closing party. I apologize in advance if I forget your name or even confuse you with someone else - tired brain
There are creepy aliens at The Boat for the #futureruby closing festivities
RT @accordionguy Only at #FutureRuby would the band ask to borrow some wormhole technology from the audience.
Feeling ... almost ... human ... #futureruby
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@kevinbombino hey RubyFringe came in at $22.24 in profit, so I don't know if making lots of cash was the point. Kick-ass loss leader though!
If you want to know what the closing party at #futureruby was like, this picture prettywell sums it up http://bit.ly/rudeh
