Author:
David Worth
I’ve written before about Highgroove’s “any conference you want, every year, on us” policy. This year, I chose to attend two events, with a cycling adventure between.
ArrrrCamp
When I originally intended to attend ArrrrCamp’12, I planned to go as a participant.…
Author:
Andy Lindeman
Rails 4.0 has yet to be released, but since it might be here by Christmas, it’s time to start getting ready.
Some Rails 4.0 features can be used today, and I describe how in the whirlwind tour I recently put together for the Atlanta Ruby Users Group.…
Author:
David Worth
At Highgroove we love giving presentations. We sponsor the Atlanta Ruby Users Group (ATLRUG), we each attend at least one conference per year where we are highly encouraged to speak rather than simply attend, and we give weekly tech talks at the office.…
Author:
mike
Highgroove sent me, Jonathan, and Patrick to RailsConf 2012. I’ve been learning a lot by going to some great talks and enjoying talking to my fellow Rails developers. If you see any of us, feel free to say hello!…
Author:
Jonathan Wallace
He may be too humble* to admit it but Andy Lindeman, one of our new(er) hires, is awesome.
He recently did a lightning presentation on Solr and Sunspot for the Huntsville Ruby Group. See the announcement over on his blog and give him some feedback!…
Author:
Matt Todd
We’re still recovering from RubyConf (specifically the 10k, Jonathan’s first ever, has yet to release its iron grip on his calves), but we have had some time to reflect on what value we at Highgroove extracted from the conference.
What you missed
There’s something to be said for face to face interactions.…
Author:
Charles Brian Quinn
Last night, I spoke at the Georgia Tech Entrepreneur Society on “Building a Product.”
I have built several products myself, and everyday we are heavily involved in the building of products for our wonderful clients at Highgroove. Before the talk, my mind was spinning with ideas on what to tell these Georgia Tech Entrepreneurs.…
Author:
Charles Brian Quinn
At last month’s Atlanta Ruby User Group (Meetp), I gave a presentation on “Teaching Ruby on Rails.”
I’ve taught Ruby on Rails for the Big Nerd Ranch for almost 4 years now, and given on-site trainings all over the world, from Wells Fargo to the New York Times, to startups and even government agencies.…
Author:
Matt Todd
Trying to handle image manipulation, creating PDFs, or in-memory caching in pure Ruby is like trying to win the Tour de France on your hipster single-speed bike. The single-speed works 90% of the time, but when you have demanding performance requirements, it’s not good enough.…
Author:
Charles Brian Quinn
James and Dana are back from Mountain West Ruby Conf, and the videos of their talks are up:
http://mwrc2009.confreaks.com/
James said of the conference:
“The talks were very high caliber, the venue great, and the hosts generous. This conference also proves that not only does a single-track conference still work, it’s just plain better.”…