Mike Pence, self-employed (and sometimes self-unemployed) professional web surfer delivered “Sex, Drugs, and Rock n’ Roll (and Laszlo on Rails)” this morning at RailsConf. The talk began with the “Where are we headed?” question. Users are expecting a much more interactive, responsive, and good looking interface than they were even just a few years ago. [...]
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June 25, 2006
RailsConf – Day 2
Another great day in Chicago. It's kind of a catch-22: the content is great and there's always something going I want to see… but 12 hour days of sitting and listening are more than I can take! There were two sessions today that I really enjoyed. The "Ajax On Rails" presentation, with full post from [...]
June 24, 2006
Ajax On Rails w/Justin Gehtland
Are we still at the point where a talk on ajax must start with the "What is ajax?" question? Well, at least the explanations seem to be getting shorter Justin spent the majority of the presentation showing uncluttered examples of various Rails/Ajax/Prototype capabilities. Auto-complete search, drag-drop, and the like. These were delivered in a "if [...]
June 24, 2006
RailsConf – Day 1
Rob and I woke up early and made the trip to Chicago for RailsConf. The conference has the general feel of other Jay Zimmerman directed conferences I've attended. Following a fairly brief welcome from Chad Fowler, Rich Kilmer and David Black (Ruby Central guys), Dave Thomas took the stage to deliver his keynote. The concept [...]
