From: Winston Tsang <winstont@...>
Date: 2007-02-06T22:48:58+09:00
Subject: Re: I need some advice

Definitely start off by going to your local user group.  If you are
interested in pursing things further, then check out the conference.
It's a good price for that many days.  Not only that, but it's in your
backyard.

Stuart Halloway and Justin Gehtland are both "two thumbs up" speakers.
 They both learned (or where heavily influenced by) the same person
for their speaking style (don't recall the exact name Stuart gave
out).  I've heard Stuart talk the most--over a couple days at NFJS
with a small group of about 12 people.  The talks were insightful with
plenty of energy and engagement.  (i.e. you shouldn't fall asleep :)
).

-Winston Tsang

On 2/5/07, Patrick Hurley <phurley@gmail.com> wrote:
> > As a beginner, you might want to wait for either a nearby regional
> > RubyConf (there's one in SW Michigan this summer), or for a RailsEdge
> > type of training event instead of going to three day enterprise ruby
> > conference that's (as pointed out above) likely to be pretty advanced.
>
> We would love to see you at RubyMI, but you might also want to
> checkout the Columbus Ruby Brigade (http://columbusrb.com/). I hear
> they have a pretty good turnout.
>
> pth