First RubyMotion Conference(rubymotion.com)
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First RubyMotion Conference
http://www.rubymotion.com/conference/
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I'll admit my first reaction was to check to see whether or not the speaker list will withstand the scrutiny of the Twittersphere's association of people who've never organized any type of get-together yet deem themselves qualified to jump first to publicly shaming those who stick their necks out by doing so.
Me too. :)
Don't be a jackass.
1. You never know who has actually organized a conference, 2. That's not a relevant counter argument.
1. You never know who has actually organized a conference, 2. That's not a relevant counter argument.
> Don't be a jackass.
Hi phillmv, thanks for taking the time to respond to my admittedly glib though 100% honest comment! Your statement I quoted above directly reflects the sentiment I was attempting to direct towards 'the Twittershphere'.
> 1. You never know who has actually organized a conference,
You may have indadvertently overstated your case here. For example, the organizers of this conference are listed at the bottom of the page linked above!
> 2. That's not a relevant counter argument
I recognize that most of my original comment is basically an ad-hominem attack on anyone critical of conference organizers. I failed to clearly state what I would consider to be an appropriate response: sharing constructive criticism via private channels such as email, phone calls, etc. with a particular emphasis on providing immediately workable solutions. Twitter has repeatedly failed as an initial channel for constructive feedback on serious issues, but is certainly recommended as a fallback should the time come to 'name and shame'.
Hi phillmv, thanks for taking the time to respond to my admittedly glib though 100% honest comment! Your statement I quoted above directly reflects the sentiment I was attempting to direct towards 'the Twittershphere'.
> 1. You never know who has actually organized a conference,
You may have indadvertently overstated your case here. For example, the organizers of this conference are listed at the bottom of the page linked above!
> 2. That's not a relevant counter argument
I recognize that most of my original comment is basically an ad-hominem attack on anyone critical of conference organizers. I failed to clearly state what I would consider to be an appropriate response: sharing constructive criticism via private channels such as email, phone calls, etc. with a particular emphasis on providing immediately workable solutions. Twitter has repeatedly failed as an initial channel for constructive feedback on serious issues, but is certainly recommended as a fallback should the time come to 'name and shame'.
Hi j_s,
>You may have indadvertently overstated your case here.
I meant, amongst the people who cry foul. Of course we know who organizes any given conference, just not necessarily amongst those who complain.
I don't disagree re: the mob mentality of piling on on Twitter very quickly becoming useless and counter productive. I am just jaded over the casual dismissal large segments of population here abouts immediately applies to the topic.
I say this as someone who has organized conferences.
>You may have indadvertently overstated your case here.
I meant, amongst the people who cry foul. Of course we know who organizes any given conference, just not necessarily amongst those who complain.
I don't disagree re: the mob mentality of piling on on Twitter very quickly becoming useless and counter productive. I am just jaded over the casual dismissal large segments of population here abouts immediately applies to the topic.
I say this as someone who has organized conferences.
Doesn't it undermine your preconception, in that this conference serves just a niche of Ruby development, has fewer speakers, and yet was able to find non-token minorities to serve as panelists? Seems like the twitteraphere that you refer to was right
The point was that using twitter encourages a mob mentality, which doesn't mean the mob is right if it isn't provoked.
The other point was that the mob in some part is more than capable of helping instead of getting out the pitchforks and torches. It simply chooses not to help (via the afoorementioned private channels).
The other point was that the mob in some part is more than capable of helping instead of getting out the pitchforks and torches. It simply chooses not to help (via the afoorementioned private channels).
This is really exciting, glad to see this is getting a lot of support. Can't wait to see some of the great presentations after the event!
Although I never coded anything on it, RubyMotion is a tool that I really want to be successful. So it's nice to see their user base growing to the point where they have a conference.
Nice to see that the Rubymotion community seems to be growing so well!
I think this is great, its always a sign that a community is growing well when it has dedicated conferences with such great speakers. Congrats guys, I'm looking forward to seeing where this takes off to!