# Lone Star Twitter/Ruby Conference 2009

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Greetings

After much feedback about the Lone Star Twitter  
Conference, it looks like the LSTC will NOT be  
replacing the Lone Star Ruby Conference after all.

Half of the speakers complained that 140 characters was  
not enough for an interesting talk, and that they needed at  
least 180.

The other half of the speakers thought the conference  
was an elaborate scheme by Ashton Kutcher to publicly  
punk them.

And, finally, Oprah embarrassingly admitted that she  
thought the Ruby conference was about jewelry.  
You don’t want to know what she said when I asked her  
her thoughts about Matz.

I’m sorry about the false alarm for LSTC and apologize  
to those who will be disappointed.

* * *

Now, back to our regularly scheduled station.

The deadline for speaker submissions is midnight, May 2,  
just 3.5 days away.

If you plan on submitting a proposal, please use the  
link below. The speakers get full access to the  
conference and training at no charge.

We look forward to seeing you at the conference in August.  
Please feel free to email us with your suggestions on  
how we can make this your best conference of 2009.

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Lone Star Ruby Conference 2009  
(Thu-Sat) August 27-29, 2009  
Norris Conference Center  
Austin, TX

Speakers:  
We invite you to submit a proposal for a 45-minute or a  
7-minute talk. The only requirement is that the topic be  
Ruby related. (Note, although not finalized, expect  
speaking time to be 35-minutes with 10-minutes of Q&A.)

Here are a few topics to give you some ideas:

- Design and coding techniques
- Testing tools and techniques
- Developer productivity tips and tools
- Patterns and best practices for developing Ruby code
- MRI, Rubinius, JRuby, YARV
- Rails, Rail3, Merb, Sinatra, Ramaze, Waves, etc
- Ruby in the Enterprise
- Ruby in Small Business
- Ruby internals, meta programming
- Data filtering, reporting, parsing

You name it. If it is Ruby related, we want to hear from you.

Please submit your proposal at:

[Speaker/Trainer Submission Form for LSRC 2009](http://spreadsheets.google.com/viewform?formkey=cFFLMDFLajgwYXRZSUx4RzY2TkxJT0E6MA)…

Trainers:  
Hands-on training is back this year. Courses can be  
either 3hr (half-day) or 6hr (full-day). It is  
recommended that full-day courses be team taught.  
Also, remember that trainers are compensated. Last  
year LSRC 2008 paid out over $15,000 to trainers.

When submitting a course curriculum outline, remember  
that a training course is NOT an extended talk.  
Trainers should provide labs and hands on learning  
experiences for the participants. Your course  
submission should provide practical skills that  
participants can take away and begin using immediately  
to improve their coding.

Please submit your proposal at:

[Speaker/Trainer Submission Form for LSRC 2009](http://spreadsheets.google.com/viewform?formkey=cFFLMDFLajgwYXRZSUx4RzY2TkxJT0E6MA)…

Proposals are due May 2, 2009.

Registration for LSRC 2009 will open in early May.

See you in Austin in August!

–  
Jim F.  
Lone Star Ruby Foundation, President

For sponsorship, media or promotional partner opportunities,  
contact Jim F. at lsrc2009 _at_ gmail _dot_ com.

P.S. Proposals are due by midnight May 2, 2009.

P.P.S. You can follow conference announcements on Twitter at  
[http://twitter.com/lsrc](http://twitter.com/lsrc)