RubyNation 2011 is a Wrap

Posted by: David Bock on 04/04/2011

It is a lot of hard work putting on a conference like RubyNation; Three CodeSherpas are on the organization committee, out of a total of 7.  I'd like to thank Gray Herter for being a driving force behind this conference... it's his baby, and without him, there would be a gaping hole in the Ruby Community in the Northern Virginia/DC Metro area.  I'd also like to thank all of our sponsors.  Without them, this conference would still just be a dream.

Every year the conference gets better and better.  With a live event, there are always issues that have to be solved in real-time (like the programs being delivered late), and each year we hold a retrospective after the conference to figure out what we need to improve.  This year it seems like it was only minor things - nothing that couldn't be handled on the spot with our great staff of volunteers.

If you attended, I'd lke to remind you to please rate the talks you attended.  Nothing helps us improve the conference like real feedback.  If you didn't attend, you missed a great event; don't miss it next year!  Make sure to visit the RubyNation website early and often.  We'll have a signup for next year's announcements available soon.


About David Bock

David Bock

David Bock is a Principal Consultant at CodeSherpas, a company he founded in 2007. Mr. Bock is also the President of the Northern Virginia Java Users Group, the Editor of O'Reilly's OnJava.com website, and a frequent speaker on technology in venues such as the No Fluff Just Stuff Software Symposiums.

In January 2006, Mr. Bock was honored by being awarded the title of Java Champion by a panel of esteemed leaders in the Java Community in a program sponsored by Sun. There are approximately 100 active Java Champions worldwide.

David has also served on several JCP panels, including the Specification of the Java 6 Platform and the upcoming Java Module System.

In addition to his public speaking and training activities, Mr. Bock actively consults as a software engineer, project manager, and team mentor for commercial and government clients.

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