RubyConf Decathlon
summary
Remembers that at the first RubyConf only one hand raised when asked who gets paid to write Ruby code, that _why the lucky stiff Yaml introduced early to the community, that RubyGems’ second incarnation is Rubygems coded up in the bar at the 2003 hackfest and almost everyone there touches its source, and that conferences grow from ~30 attendees in 2001 to sold‑out events by 2009 with startups running Rails bus tours; gives dates, venues, hard counts and which hacks turned into working tools.
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chapters (11)
- 0:00Intro
- 2:18Secrets of Ruby Conf
- 7:20Leading is Being Followed
- 11:21Famous People Are People Too
- 15:23Conferences are for Hack Fests
- 20:05Your Passion Is Worth Marketing
- 24:07Speakers Have the Best Conversations
- 28:08Controversy is the Best (and Worst) Recruiter
- 32:09Conferences Are Entertainment
- 36:11The Best Cliques are Meritocracies
- 40:12Conferences Scale Best Horizontally
