# Learning Ruby Hackfest Hosted by new\_haven.rb this Friday **URL:** \ **Category:** Ruby\ **Created:** [November 16, 2005, 6:48pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/learning-ruby-hackfest-hosted-by-new-haven-rb-this-friday/48096 "2005-11-16T18:48:18Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 7\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![gregory.t.brown](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/g/e9bcb4/32.png) [@gregory.t.brown](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/gregory.t.brown)\ **Post date:** [November 16, 2005, 6:48pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/learning-ruby-hackfest-hosted-by-new-haven-rb-this-friday/48096/1 "2005-11-16T18:48:18Z")
The New Haven Ruby Brigade is putting on a mini Hackfest this friday evening. Our goal is to pair up newbies with more experienced Rubyists and work our way through a RubyQuiz. Before we start, a few of us will be giving a quick tutorial session, and then afterwards, we’re going to compare solutions and talk about style and implementation and all that good stuff. For anyone interested, this is going to take place on this Friday, November 18th and plans to run from 7:30pm to ‘whenever we’re done’ It will be at Innovation Software in North Haven, CT, though a few of us might meet for a quick bite to eat in New Haven beforehand. For directions to the place and a chance to RSVP, head over to: [http://newhavenrubyists.org:2500/mainpage/show/Upcoming+Events](http://newhavenrubyists.org:2500/mainpage/show/Upcoming+Events) Feel free to email me on or off list with any questions! -Greg ---
**Author:** ![gregory.t.brown](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/g/e9bcb4/32.png) [@gregory.t.brown](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/gregory.t.brown)\ **Post date:** [November 16, 2005, 6:51pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/learning-ruby-hackfest-hosted-by-new-haven-rb-this-friday/48096/2 "2005-11-16T18:51:19Z")
On Nov 16, 2005, at 11:45 AM, Gregory B. wrote: > Our goal is to pair up newbies with more experienced Rubyists and work > our way through a RubyQuiz. [snip] > Feel free to email me on or off list with any questions! Will the solutions be posted to the list so we can all learn from them? James Edward G. II ---
**Author:** ![gregory.t.brown](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/g/e9bcb4/32.png) [@gregory.t.brown](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/gregory.t.brown)\ **Post date:** [November 16, 2005, 7:03pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/learning-ruby-hackfest-hosted-by-new-haven-rb-this-friday/48096/3 "2005-11-16T19:03:25Z")
Time to setup netmeeting (or equivalent) so those of us outside of New Haven can ‘attend’. (request coming from Maryland) ---
**Author:** ![gregory.t.brown](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/g/e9bcb4/32.png) [@gregory.t.brown](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/gregory.t.brown)\ **Post date:** [November 16, 2005, 7:09pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/learning-ruby-hackfest-hosted-by-new-haven-rb-this-friday/48096/4 "2005-11-16T19:09:27Z")
On 11/16/05, James Edward G. II [removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid](mailto:removed_email_address@domain.invalid) wrote: > On Nov 16, 2005, at 11:45 AM, Gregory B. wrote: > Will the solutions be posted to the list so we can all learn from them? Yes. ---
**Author:** ![gregory.t.brown](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/g/e9bcb4/32.png) [@gregory.t.brown](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/gregory.t.brown)\ **Post date:** [November 16, 2005, 7:27pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/learning-ruby-hackfest-hosted-by-new-haven-rb-this-friday/48096/5 "2005-11-16T19:27:33Z")
> Time to setup netmeeting (or equivalent) so those of us outside of New > Haven can ‘attend’. > > (request coming from Maryland) Forget equivalent, let’s shoot a little higher than that. ;\>) We’ve toyed with this sort of idea in the past, anyone have an opinion on the best way to get enough netmeeting-like functionality without a netmeeting server? How about VNC + IM + Skype? ---
**Author:** ![gregory.t.brown](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/g/e9bcb4/32.png) [@gregory.t.brown](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/gregory.t.brown)\ **Post date:** [November 18, 2005, 2:25am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/learning-ruby-hackfest-hosted-by-new-haven-rb-this-friday/48096/6 "2005-11-18T02:25:37Z")
Paul N. wrote: > We’ve toyed with this sort of idea in the past, anyone have an opinion > on the best way to get enough netmeeting-like functionality without a > netmeeting server? How about VNC + IM + Skype? I would love to virtually attend, though my schedule precludes it. (My team currently is currently delirious with Demo Fever.) My experience with Skype in the past has been that it falls down at about 5 simultaneous users when the users are on consumer-grade broadband (~1Mbit/s). Good luck! Share your experiences with the list! -dB ---
**Author:** ![gregory.t.brown](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/g/e9bcb4/32.png) [@gregory.t.brown](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/gregory.t.brown)\ **Post date:** [November 18, 2005, 6:05pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/learning-ruby-hackfest-hosted-by-new-haven-rb-this-friday/48096/7 "2005-11-18T18:05:32Z")
novakps wrote: > > Time to setup netmeeting (or equivalent) so those of us outside of New > > Haven can ‘attend’. > > > > (request coming from Maryland) > > Forget equivalent, let’s shoot a little higher than that. ;\>) > > We’ve toyed with this sort of idea in the past, anyone have an opinion > on the best way to get enough netmeeting-like functionality without a > netmeeting server? How about VNC + IM + Skype? [www.gotomeeting.com](http://www.gotomeeting.com) – free to try for 30 days, IIRC. (And worth what it costs after that too, if I’m allowed to recommend things that one pays for on this list.)