[LRUG] BCS talk, Thursday, London, 6.30pm

[Chris Parsons]

Hey there people,

I'm representing Ruby at this event, and would be really grateful of  
anyone who might be able to pop along in support. Flags and/or T- 
Shirts emblazoned with 'Ruby rocks' or similar epithets are entirely  
optional.

Chris

On 11 Sep 2007, at 12:12, Richard Tandoh wrote:

> Thanks LRUGers your help re. this Thursday's talk at
> the BCS.  Final details are below.  The event is free
> to attend, but registration is required - see below.
> Hope to see some of you there.
>
> rt.
>
> ---
>
> Thursday 13th September 2007
> 6.30 - 8.30pm
> BCS, First Floor, The Davidson Building, 5 Southampton
> Street, London WC2E 7HA.
>
> *** CODE IT: .NET, Java, Flex, Ruby (on Rails) and
> Smalltalk ***
>
> Talk organised by the North London Branch (NLB,
> http://www.nlondon.bcs.org/) of the British Computer
> Society (BCS).
>
> What are the choices when it comes to modern
> programming languages?  When is Java a better option
> than one of the .NET languages and vice versa?  What
> advantages do more modern languages such as Flex and
> Ruby on Rails offer?  What frameworks and Open Source
> projects are driving the adoption of these languages?
> Why are Microsoft, Sun and Adobe all creating variants
> of their core languages for creating Rich Internet
> Applications (RIAs)?
>
> Come and get an update on the .NET programming
> languages, Java, Flex and Ruby (on Rails) that will
> address the above and more, from those that are really
> in the know.  No, not the vendors, but the members of
> User Groups.
>
> Our expert presenters are:
> * IAN COOPER
> Founder, .NET User Group (DNUG)
>
> * PETER PILGRIM
> Founder, Java Web User Group (JAVAWUG)
>
> * CHESTER CHIPPERFIELD
> Organiser, London Flex User Group
>
> * CHRIS PARSONS
> Member, London Ruby User Group (LRUG)
>
> * BRUCE BADGER
> Founder, OpenSkills
>
> The event is FREE to attend, but registration is
> required.  To register, please send an email to
> bcsnlb at yahoo.co.uk with the following information:
> - Full Name
> - Job Title
> - Organisation
> - BCS Member (Y/N)
>
> --- James Adam <james.adam at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> Hi all,
>>
>> Richard has emailed me to ask if anyone is
>> interested in speaking at
>> their evening (see below). As yet, nobody has
>> expressed any interest
>> in speaking to the BCS, but here are the updated
>> details that he's
>> passed along to me:
>>
>> "I dropped you a line at the beginning of the month
>> regarding an event
>> I am organising for the BCS on Thursday the 13th of
>> September - a sort
>> of 'state of the nation' talk on modern programming
>> and scripting
>> languages.
>>
>> "I feel that Ruby is an interesting language and I
>> would very much
>> like the members of my branch of the BCS to be made
>> (more) aware of.
>>
>> "FYI Ian Cooper, Founder of the London .NET User
>> Group (DNUG), Peter
>> Pilgrim, Founder of the Java Web User Group
>> (JAVAWUG) and Chester
>> Chipperfield, Organiser of the London Flex User
>> Group, have agreed to
>> take part."
>>
>> As I mentioned before, you'd be expected to spend a
>> few minutes (10
>> max I think) talking about Ruby (why you like it,
>> probably some time
>> talking about the appeal of Rails, and so on), and
>> then I'm guessing
>> it will develop from there. And, as I said at the
>> end of the last LRUG
>> meeting, this is a golden networking opportunity for
>> anyone who wants
>> to be approached for Ruby/Rails work.
>>
>> I'd love to be able to go back to Richard with a few
>> contact emails
>> for people who might be interested, so please do
>> send me an email
>> (james.adam at gmail.com) if you can help out.
>>
>> Thanks again,
>>
>> James
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