Hello all,
You’ve got just about a week left to get your proposals in for a talk
at the Ruby Hoedown, the South’s regional Ruby conference. You can
find any information you need here:
http://www.rubyhoedown.com/cfp.html
Speakers will receive free admission and an as of yet undetermined
honorarium of some sort (and dinner the night before the conference!
You can’t deny free food!). If you have any questions, feel free to
contact via e-mail here or off-list.
Thanks!
Jeremy and the rest of the Ruby Hoedown Crew
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http://jeremymcanally.com/
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Ruby in Practice (Ruby in Practice)
My free Ruby e-book (http://humblelittlerubybook.com/)
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On Tue, 27 May 2008, Jeremy McAnally wrote:
You’ve got just about a week left to get your proposals in for a talk
at the Ruby Hoedown, the South’s regional Ruby conference.
Nothing like the word “Hoedown” to reinforce that southern hick
stereotype
heh?
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At least I avoided “ain’t,” “y’all,” “you’ns,” “thar,” and
“granpappy,” among others.
Personally, I like conference names that betray the personality or
flavor of the conference rather than something like “Ruby Conference
Happening in the Southeast Region.” 
–Jeremy
On Wed, May 28, 2008 at 12:21 PM, Eno [email protected] wrote:
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http://jeremymcanally.com/
http://entp.com
Read my books:
Ruby in Practice (Ruby in Practice)
My free Ruby e-book (http://humblelittlerubybook.com/)
Or, my blogs:
http://rubyinpractice.com
On Wed, May 28, 2008 at 7:15 PM, Jeremy McAnally
[email protected] wrote:
At least I avoided “ain’t,” “y’all,” “you’ns,” “thar,” and
“granpappy,” among others.
Personally, I like conference names that betray the personality or
flavor of the conference rather than something like “Ruby Conference
Happening in the Southeast Region.”
Although hoedown actually has much more of a western than southeastern
connection.
Wikipedia cites Kansas as the site of the first mention of the term,
and the most famous hoedown is from Copland’s Rodeo, it’s the tune
used in that “Beef, it’s what’s for Dinner” ad campaign.
Ruby Rebellion, or Ruby Confederacy might be more appropriate albeit
probably less PC.
–
Rick DeNatale
My blog on Ruby
http://talklikeaduck.denhaven2.com/