Monthly Archives: May 2008

Day three Rails conference 2008

Sessions today were pretty interesting. Went to Optimizing Rails by Michael Koziarski, a talk on integration testing, and a talk on Mongrel by Philippe Hanrigou. The demand for Ruby jobs seemed to be posted everywhere. There were parties hosted in … Continue reading

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Day two at RailsConf

Woke up at 7am and ran to the Yoga session. Portland seemed to be more beautiful in the morning twilight, and sun rays falling on the sleeping hills. Joel Spolsky’s keynote presentation, if nothing else, was weird, informative and interesting. … Continue reading

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Rails Conference starts

I attended Design for Developers – a Hands-On Workshop by Bryan Hogan. The most interesting thing I learnt was the use of Adobe Kuler in deciding colors. Met a lot of interesting people at lunch, including Doug Hall and Jason … Continue reading

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Reached portland

So here we are. Just arrived in Portland. Its little chilly and its green all around. The transportation system is excellent. For $2.05, I boarded the Max light rail and it dropped me right in front of my hotel. So … Continue reading

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Cascade Range Mountain’s view from the plane

On the way from Denver to Portland, we flew atop Cascade mountain range. Caught this picture on my camera.

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Burrito and Salsa

Checked out Cantina Grill at Denver Airport. My ratings 3/5.

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Denver is Beautiful

My connecting flight is in Denver. Colorado is beautiful. Vast farmlands reminded me of my days in Punjab, although Punjab hardly has many sprawling farmlands left. Most of the crop fields were perfectly circular in shape. A google search later, … Continue reading

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Going to RailsConf 2008

I’m heading to Ruby on Rails Conference being held in Portland, Oregon from tomorrow.

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