From: Winston Tsang Date: 2007-02-08T03:57:39+09:00 Subject: Re: Ruby Newbie Advice. If you still have access to your schools systems, you might be able to read a good amount of ruby stuff online. Some schools give open access to the Safari Online Books (http://proquest.safaribooksonline.com). How you access the books will probably vary by school but it's worth checking out. The Ruby Way, and Ruby for Rails (which I highly suggest) are both on there. There are over 4000 books available for viewing on various topics. A search for 'Ruby' on the site comes up with 336 books, 43 articles and 1 Safari Guide. As to how to get started... Don't discount "administration tasks". Even the ones you have linux commands for. You can learn a lot about File and Find that way. That knowledge can then be used to help you write your resume writing program. All The Best, Winston Tsang On 2/7/07, Samantha wrote: > On 2/7/07, Patrick Hurley wrote: > > > > On 2/5/07, Samantha wrote: > > > Absolutely. I might be relocating to downstate Michigan (either Metro > > > Detroit area or Ann Arbor) and I'm pretty stoked that there are user > > groups > > > down there. I'm sure I can gleam some ideas there, too. > > > > > > You are very welcome to join use a the South East Michigan Ruby > > Brigade (http://rubymi.org/). We meet on the first Monday of every > > month, generally on campus in Ann Arbor. There is also talk about > > trying to have meetings a little further East on a different day > > (metro Detroit is pretty spread out, you know we all have cars and > > like to drive around here ). > > > > There is also a mailing list for RubyMI > > (http://lists.rubymi.org/listinfo.cgi/rubymi-rubymi.org), where you > > can the details of our meetings, make suggestions for up coming > > meetings, etc. It is much lower volume than ruby-talk. > > > > Let us know you are coming and we will try and have some of those > > chocolate chip cookies for you. > > pth > > > > > Thank you, pth! :) I've expanded my job search to the Ann Arbor and Detroit > Metro area so hopefully I hear something soon. Northern Michigan (where I > am now) isn't exactly the job seeker's paradise. > > Btw, I laughed at your last message regarding the gsub for your typo, and my > partner (who telecommutes so is at home, too) asked me what I was laughing > at. I tried to explain to her, and while she got it, all she could do was > shake her head. > > -- > Samantha > > http://www.babygeek.org/ > > "Beware when the great God lets loose a thinker on this planet. Then all > things are at risk." > --Ralph Waldo Emerson >