[LRUG] [ANN] February meeting details - talks still needed

Sat Feb 10 10:20:18 PST 2024

Just piping up to say that, while Bank is fairly close, the closest tube is
in fact Mansion House!

On Sat, 10 Feb 2024 at 08:35, Murray Steele <murray.steele at lrug.org> wrote:

> Hi again!
>
> We’ve got one last talk to announce which brings us to a full complement
> of 8 talks!
>
> * “How to Stop Being a Subject Matter Expert” by Luke Thomas
>
> For a refresher the other 7 talks are:
>
> * "Data pagination for jekyll-paginate-v2” by Jay Caines-Gooby
> * "Using devcontainers with Ruby” by Jonathan James
> * "Contract testing between Ruby applications” by Katya Essina & Sarah
> O’Grady
> * "What is ruby really capable of?” by fell sunderland
> * “Co-locate your template & javascript code with Phlex & AlpineJS for a
> happy developer!” by Martin Tomov
> * “Be More GARY: How to up your RSpec Game” by Scott Matthewman
> * “Making games with ruby” by Paolo Fabbri
>
> So there should be something for everyone!
>
> Full detauls on all the talks are at
> https://lrug.org/meetings/2024/february/ along with full venue and
> registration details.
>
> To secure your place register via eventbrite at
> https://www.eventbrite.com/e/london-ruby-user-group-february-2024-meeting-tickets-699978242767
>
> Looking forward to seeing you all on Monday!
>
> Cheers,
>
> Murray & the rest of the organising team
>
> On Mon, 5 Feb 2024 at 23:42, Murray Steele <murray.steele at gmail.com>
> wrote:
>
>> Pleased to announce another 3 talks for the meeting.
>>
>> * “Co-locate your template & javascript code with Phlex & AlpineJS for a
>> happy developer!” by Martin Tomov
>> * “Be More GARY: How to up your RSpec Game” by Scott Matthewman
>> * “Making games with ruby” by Paolo Fabbri
>>
>> Something for everyone I hope you agree.  We hope to have one last talk
>> to confirm before next Monday (12th Feb), so it’s going to be a bumper
>> night.
>>
>> As ever, full details are on https://lrug.org/meetings/2024/february/ and
>> you can secure your place by registering at
>> https://www.eventbrite.com/e/london-ruby-user-group-february-2024-meeting-tickets-699978242767
>>
>> Cheers,
>>
>> Murray & the rest of the organising team
>>
>> On Wed, 31 Jan 2024 at 22:11, Murray Steele <murray.steele at lrug.org>
>> wrote:
>>
>>> Reminder that Monday 12th Feb is our next meeting and it’s our annual
>>> lightning talks extravaganza.  Full details at
>>> https://lrug.org/meetings/2024/february and registraion is via
>>> https://www.eventbrite.com/e/london-ruby-user-group-february-2024-meeting-tickets-699978242767
>>>
>>> Currently we’re at 5 talks as we have just added:
>>>
>>> "Co-locate your template & javascript code with Phlex & AlpineJS for a
>>> happy developer!” by Martin Tomov
>>>
>>> We’ve room for 8 so there’s still space for a few more.  Secure your
>>> time in the spotlight by getting in touch with us on talks at lrug.org.
>>> Note that for those scared of bright lights, unless Funding Circle have
>>> drastically upgraded their venue since we were there last, there is no
>>> _actual_ spotlight - don’t let that put you off!
>>>
>>> Cheers,
>>>
>>> Murray & the rest of the organising team
>>>
>>> On Tue, 23 Jan 2024 at 14:37, Murray Steele <murray.steele at gmail.com>
>>> wrote:
>>>
>>>> Another topic idea, should anyobe have experience or wnat to spend a
>>>> couple of weeks exploring it.  Dragon Ruby game toolkit seems interesting
>>>> and neat.  I would love to hear a little bit about it.
>>>>
>>>> It also happens to be free right now for the duration of the global
>>>> game jam
>>>> https://itch.io/s/115645/dragonruby-free-for-global-game-jam-2024 -
>>>> perfect time to grab a copy and explore!
>>>>
>>>> On Thu, 18 Jan 2024 at 22:01, Murray Steele <murray.steele at lrug.org>
>>>> wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> Hi all,
>>>>>
>>>>> Pleased to annouce some details for our February meeting.  It’s on
>>>>> Monday 12th February from 6:30pm (doors at 6pm) until 8pm.  We’re being
>>>>> hosted by Funding Circle in their offices near Bank tube station on Queen
>>>>> Victoria Street.
>>>>>
>>>>> As ever, February is our annual lightning talks evening where all the
>>>>> talks are no more than 10 minutes long.  So far we have 4 talks lined up
>>>>> for you:
>>>>>
>>>>> * "Data pagination for jekyll-paginate-v2” by Jay Caines-Gooby
>>>>> * "Using devcontainers with Ruby” by Jonathan James
>>>>> * "Contract testing between Ruby applications” by Katya Essina & Sarah
>>>>> O’Grady
>>>>> * "What is ruby really capable of?” by fell sunderland
>>>>>
>>>>> You can find more info on these talks at
>>>>> https://lrug.org/meetings/2024/february/ where you'll also find full
>>>>> venue and registration details.
>>>>>
>>>>> The keen number crunchers among you will have worked out that four 10
>>>>> minute talks won’t fill the 90 minutes we have for the meeting.  So, yes,
>>>>> we’re still looking for more talks, and that could be you and three of your
>>>>> friends!
>>>>>
>>>>> If you’re stuck for ideas there’s plenty of things you could spend the
>>>>> tnext couple of weeks investigating to report back in 10 minutes.  How
>>>>> about:
>>>>>
>>>>> 1. What’s new in rails 7.1
>>>>> 2. What’s new in ruby 3.3
>>>>> 3. What were your highlights from conference talks in 2023
>>>>> 4. Tips and tricks for your favourite dev tools
>>>>>
>>>>> All of these would be interesting, but I’m sure you have your own
>>>>> ideas.  Come tell us about them: talks at lrug.org.  Also, consider
>>>>> talking this over with your peers and colleagues and seeing if they have
>>>>> ideas worth sharing (then you can steal those ideas and present them as
>>>>> your own).
>>>>>
>>>>> Space is limited so please do register to attend via eventbrite:
>>>>> https://www.eventbrite.com/e/london-ruby-user-group-february-2024-meeting-tickets-699978242767
>>>>> (which ask you to confirm that you’ve read the code of conduct at
>>>>> https://readme.lrug.org/#code-of-conduct, obviously)
>>>>>
>>>>> Note: because of eventbrite pricing shenanigans the event is capped at
>>>>> 75, but there’s more space than that, so if you end up on the waiting list
>>>>> we’ll do our best to accomodate you in first-come first-served order up to
>>>>> the actual capacity.
>>>>>
>>>>> Cheers,
>>>>>
>>>>> Murray & the rest of the organising team
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
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