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May: 19; 2007

Railconf Day 2 - Digging into the goods

By: Robert Dempsey | Tags:

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Railconf day 2 was not disappointing. I was working the Rails For Booth a majority of the time, however I did get to some great sessions. One was “respond_to :voice,” which discussed using Telegraph with Asterisk. Telegraph makes it super simple to interface Rails apps with Asterisk, a free open-source telephone system. I also caught a presentation on Apollo, which I can’t yet begin to understand it, however it does look cool for creating desktop apps, so check it out if you are interested.

One of the highlights of the day was meeting David Heinemeier Hansson, the man. It is exciting to meet the person behind a movement that is causing huge changes in the way things are done - in this case, web application development. In the two minutes I got to speak with him, the impression that I got was that he is a very cool and humble guy. He is one person you should meet if you have the chance.

The nightly keynote was a presentation by Ze Frank, one of the funniest people I have ever seen speak. Check out his site for the insanity that is his site. Great stuff. If you ever get a chance to hear him speak, don’t miss it.

Today is day 3, with a lot of great sessions and more people to meet. Very exciting.

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