Calling all Ruby on Rails developers in...Kansas?!
This is something that’s been mulling around in my mind for a while now. Unfortunately, I’ve been too busy and distracted with other things to give it any more than a passing thought. However, this is me [finally] taking action.
With the desire to get to meet anybody around the area that’s doing similar work, I’m taking the initiative to officially begin the Wichita Ruby Users Group. That’s right, Wichita. As in Kansas. As in Wyatt Earp. As in the freaking Wizard of Oz (but with no association with either the musical “Oz!” or the hit HBO prison drama “Oz”).
I realize there are [currently] very few people who read this blog of mine, but if you’re in Kansas (or, heck, northern Oklahoma), get in touch with me. And hey, if you know anyone in the area, direct them my way. I’d really appreciate any help I can get on spreading the word on this thing. So, even if you don’t live anywhere near, twitter about it, call around, ping people, email them and just generally annoy everyone you know about this thing. Help me get the word out! If you can, try to convince your Ruby friends to move to Kansas so they can attend the meet-ups; I guarantee they will be the most entertaining programmer meet-ups around, even if it means I have to kick-off every meeting with a live performance by the philharmonic.
We’ll take anyone working with / dabbling in / thinking about / looking at / lusting after / crying over Ruby! If I get desperate enough, we may even start to accept some Django-ers (blasphemy!), although highly doubtful.
And maybe, just maybe, one day Wichita will be home to a beautiful, thriving Ruby community.
To get in touch with me, you can…
Email me: peburrows[at]gmail[dot]com
Call me: 501.278.6321
Twitter me: @peburrows
Posted by Phil Burrows, Rails Developer on Saturday, May 31, 2008