From: dblack@...
Date: 2006-12-15T10:32:36+09:00
Subject: Re: FYI - Ruby related article/blog on Reddit front page

Hi --

On Fri, 15 Dec 2006, Paul Duncan wrote:

> * dblack@wobblini.net (dblack@wobblini.net) wrote:
>> Hi --
>>
>> On Fri, 15 Dec 2006, Jason Roelofs wrote:
> [snipped]
>> Ruby is a professional tool, and has been for years.  The 23
>> (twenty-three) in-print Ruby books that Maki brought to show us at
>> RubyConf 2002 in Seattle were, I think, not specifically written for
>> non-professionals.
>
> Pictures of the oft-fabled RubyConf 2002 pile o' Japanese Ruby books
> are available in glorious 2.1 megapixel technicolor at the following
> URLs:
>
>    http://paulduncan.org/gallery/200211-rubyconf/?im=dscf0191.jpg
>    http://paulduncan.org/gallery/200211-rubyconf/?im=dscf0192.jpg
>    http://paulduncan.org/gallery/200211-rubyconf/?im=dscf0193.jpg
>    http://paulduncan.org/gallery/200211-rubyconf/?im=dscf0194.jpg
>    http://paulduncan.org/gallery/200211-rubyconf/?im=dscf0195.jpg
>    http://paulduncan.org/gallery/200211-rubyconf/?im=dscf0196.jpg

Thanks for posting those -- always a pleasure to see them again :-)

It was such a watershed moment, I think, for many of us.  It brought
home the fact that we were Ruby newcomers, not early adopters.  I
found it so exciting.


David

-- 
Q. What's a good holiday present for the serious Rails developer?
A. RUBY FOR RAILS by David A. Black (http://www.manning.com/black)
    aka The Ruby book for Rails developers!
Q. Where can I get Ruby/Rails on-site training, consulting, coaching?
A. Ruby Power and Light, LLC (http://www.rubypal.com)