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Google Apps and Rails in October

Next Meeting: Oct 18, 2008 at 3pm
Matt Polito of reactionCONTROL will show how to integrate Google Apps with your Rails applications. Matt will also offer tips & tricks for beginning & intermediate Rails developers. He encourages the audience to throw out more tips unknown to him so that we can add them to our collective arsenal. Come with your thinking caps on!

RSVP…
Be sure to drop by Meetup.com for the location and to RSVP. See you there!

Posted by ChicagoRuby.org on Oct 07, 2008

$2k for Greater Chicago Food Depository

Profits from WindyCityRails were donated to the Greater Chicago Food Depository this morning. The amount: $2,051.00.

Sarah Tribuzio, Director of Corporate & Foundation Relations for GCFD, received the gift and she graciously provided a tour of the facility.

Posted by ChicagoRuby.org on Sep 30, 2008

A Thousand Words

A thousand words about WindyCityRails:

View more WindyCityRails photos at Flickr.

Posted by ChicagoRuby.org on Sep 21, 2008

WindyCityRails - Thank you!!!

Production Team
To everyone who worked hard to produce this first edition of WindyCityRails, thank you! Visit our Flickr Group for event photos. We especially express our appreciation for:

• Kevin Zolkiewicz – If your name begins with “Z”, you’re always at the end of the list. Time to change that!
• Matt Polito – Driver of our video presence on the web, keeping us visible.
• Stan Fisher – Newest member of the organizer team, full of great ideas.
• David London – Photographer, video editor, and source of the Apple video idea.
• Wil Chung – Screener of presentation proposals. New resident of the Boston area.
• Michael Wagner – Participant in the fabled “Why isn’t there a Rails conference in Chicago?” conversation in December 2007.

Presenters
Thank you, presenters, for stepping up and delivering an outstanding experience for our attendees.

Sponsors
We thank our sponsors who championed WindyCityRails when it was just an idea.

Survey Coming on Monday
Look for the WindyCityRails survey in your email inbox on Monday morning. Any feedback you give us will be helpful as we organize next year’s event.

What’s Next?
After a brief period of rest, our October meeting, WindyCity… Recovery! happens on October 18, 2008 at 3pm. Visit Meetup.com for the location and to RSVP.

Posted by ChicagoRuby.org on Sep 20, 2008

After Party Details

The fun continues after WindyCityRails. We’ll be meeting at 5pm @ Zapatista at 1307 S. Wabash. Zapatista is a short walk from the Roosevelt CTA station. Just walk east on Roosevelt to Wabash, and then a block and a half south.

Mention WindyCityRails, and get a good seat!

Posted by ChicagoRuby.org on Sep 20, 2008