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Re: [indyrb] Tonight's Meeting: Lightning Talk(!), Hack Night - Wish I could be there, it sounds like fun. Jared On Wednesday, May 9, 2012, Miles Z. Sterrett wrote: Ladies Jared Brown May 9, 2012 5:18 PM
Tonight's Meeting: Lightning Talk(!), Hack Night - Ladies and Gentlemen - The response to the idea of lightning talks has been less than electric. I was hoping it would spark something in the group, and many of you who've not spoken before would feel struck by the urge to try a short chat abolt some Miles Z. Sterrett May 9, 2012 3:23 PM
We're hiring! - Preview not available Jason Vasquez Apr 3, 2012 5:22 AM
RoR help wanted - All, We're now the primary developers for an in-production custom eCommerce Mack Earnhardt Mar 24, 2012 10:57 AM
Looking for experienced RoR Developers - Adam Swetnam Mar 14, 2012 3:16 PM
Introducing Indy Hack Day - Preview not available Jared Brown Mar 7, 2012 9:47 AM
Ruby on Rail Projects - Patrick Urbanc Jan 17, 2012 9:37 AM
Project opprotunity - Hey All, I hope this is within the rules of using the listserve. This is a paid project. I have a friend who needs a Rails project completed. It's an ecommerce site developed with the Spree Commerc Timothy Skaggs Dec 22, 2011 12:05 PM
Re: [indyrb] Ruby Design Dicussion - Another thing you can do is create a table just for the shared things with a polymorphous relationship to the things it describes. So, let's say you have two models, books and movies. The shared stuff is in a table called items. M Dave Christiansen Dec 19, 2011 3:22 PM
Re: [indyrb] Ruby Design Dicussion - UNION is slow because it does a distinct on all results. If you don't need it to be that way, do a UNION ALL. Greg Benedict Dec 19, 2011 3:04 PM
Re: [indyrb] Ruby Design Dicussion - That's very good information. How would I go about creating a list of all products? Aren't Union queries really slow? &nb Neil Hastings Dec 19, 2011 2:55 PM
Re: [indyrb] Ruby Design Dicussion - You could do it either way. I'm no fan of STI - it's a last-resort approach for me. I wish I could be more concrete about why that is, but all I can say is I've spent a lot of time ripping STI out of apps. My preference is Dave Christiansen Dec 19, 2011 2:29 PM
Re: [indyrb] Ruby Design Dicussion - Thanks Dave. I haven't looked into plugins. I read though the rails guides and I see lots of potential for them. I' Neil Hastings Dec 19, 2011 8:46 AM
Re: [indyrb] Ruby Design Dicussion - Have you considered creating an acts_as_product type plugin for it? The plugin could hold the generic product functionality and migration for the shared fields, but all the other stuff would be on your different product models. The rails guide for plugins Dave Christiansen Dec 18, 2011 9:59 PM
Ruby Design Dicussion - I'm having a design issue on an app I'm working on. The app is basically a warranty/maintenance tracking system for products. & Neil Hastings Dec 18, 2011 8:54 PM
Meetup Cancelled: indy.rb - The Indianapolis Ruby Brigade Monthly Meetup - indy.rb - The Indianapolis Ruby Brigade Monthly Meetup, scheduled to occur on Wednesday, December 14, 2011 7:00 PM has been cancelled. Instead, we encourage everyone to attend the Indy Hackers Holiday Social! You can get your (free) ticket here: h Miles Z. Sterrett Nov 29, 2011 12:43 PM
Global Day of Coderetreat on Dec 3rd - Hi everybody- I've yet to attend an indy.rb meetup, even though it's the one I want to attend most, because of a long-standing wednesday-night schedule conflict I have. :( So hopefully you won't read this as spam.. Aaron Lerch Nov 14, 2011 8:37 AM
Re: [indyrb] Loaning Books & Developer Tools - Jim - I'm a bit late on this, but I overheard a discussion concerning getting started with Rails the other day. It was suggested that you take a stab at building a blog with Sinatra first, as there's less "magic" happening. Understanding what is hap Miles Z. Sterrett Nov 10, 2011 8:40 AM
Re: [indyrb] Loaning Books & Developer Tools - Hey Jim- I'm not sure what book you are referring to, but the books that I thought were fantastic were: RailsTutorial.org (this might be the book you're referring to , it's free, and I went through i Brennan Knotts Nov 8, 2011 8:35 AM
Re: [indyrb] Loaning Books & Developer Tools - On Mon, Nov 7, 2011 at 1:04 PM, Jim Bartek < [address removed] > wrote: Elijah Miller Nov 7, 2011 11:24 PM
Indy Ruby on Rails Interns - Summer 2012 - Debbie Linville Nov 7, 2011 1:48 PM
Loaning Books & Developer Tools - Hey everyone, i'm brand new to rails. Are people still loaning books? Brennan, was Ruby on Rails 3 Tutorial: Learn Rails By Example a good book? also what setups/tools are people using to dev Rails with? I just got setup with: github he Jim Bartek Nov 7, 2011 12:56 PM
Re: [indyrb] Startup Weekend: November 18-20 - Does anyone know of any discount codes? On Tue, Nov 1, 2011 at 9:13 AM, Miles Z. Sterrett < [address removed] > wrote: Brennan Knotts Nov 1, 2011 9:29 AM
Startup Weekend: November 18-20 - Peoples - If you didn't know, Indianapolis Startup Weekend is BACK(!) come November 18th, lasting through Sunday the 20th. For more information, check this out: http://indianapolis.startupweekend.org/ MilesZS Miles Z. Sterrett Nov 1, 2011 9:13 AM
Drupal Camp Indy - Preview not available Neil Hastings Oct 26, 2011 5:07 PM
$50 Bounty - Ruby + Webservices - Dear Ruby Group, I'm working on a project that's interfacing with an online service via webservices (wsdl's - fun to say, sucky to work with).  I'm currently stuck on validation with this service.  I've been able to Bob Baird Oct 26, 2011 5:10 AM
Ruby Midwest 2011: Giveaways this week! Workshop by Groupon! Register now! - Preview not available Luke Sep 28, 2011 12:13 AM
Re: [indyrb] September Meetup Presentation Update - You are not saying anything we don't already know :)  Keep up the good work! On Tue, Sep 13, 2011 at 4:44 PM, Miles Z. Sterrett < [address removed] & Neil Hastings Sep 13, 2011 9:49 PM
Re: [indyrb] September Meetup Presentation Update - List People - Why I sent that to everyone instead of just Matt is beyond me. I am sorry. That was awkward. Is awkward. MilesZS On Tue, Sep 13, 2011 at 4:32 PM, Miles Z. Sterrett wrote: > Matt - > > Cool! An impromp Miles Z. Sterrett Sep 13, 2011 4:44 PM
Re: [indyrb] September Meetup Presentation Update - Matt - Cool! An impromptu hack-a-thon would be pretty awesome. We keep talking about doing this, but I am potentially incapable of simply deciding the subject for hacking. You're welcome to send an email to the group to sort of set the stage, if you Miles Z. Sterrett Sep 13, 2011 4:31 PM
Re: [indyrb] September Meetup Presentation Update - Miles What do I ned to do to sponsor the pizza. Can I just order it? If so how much? Matt Matt Brown Sep 13, 2011 4:23 PM
September Meetup Presentation Update - I know, I know. It has read "TBA" for weeks. Well, here's the "A", right now: Garrett Hart will be chatting about Active Admin, a Ruby on Rails plugin for generating administration style interfaces. I mean, _sexy_ administr Miles Z. Sterrett Sep 13, 2011 4:19 PM
Ruby Midwest 2011 - Give Aways & Pricing Changes! - The Ruby Midwest Conference is approaching quickly! Don't miss out on this two day, single track conference scheduled for Friday and Saturday, November 4-5, 2011 in downtown Kansas City, MO with keynotes from "Uncle Bob" Martin and Andy Hunt. - Gene Luke Sep 13, 2011 9:25 AM
[JOB] User Experience Engineer - HTML, CSS, Python, Django - Preview not available Rick Wehrle Aug 15, 2011 2:26 PM
Westlake Design is Hiring Rails & iOS developers - Preview not available Greg Woods Aug 15, 2011 10:56 AM
iGoDigital is Hiring Mad Ruby Scientists - iGoDigital is still looking for a ruby developer, possibly two, to work on our rails applications. I think that Rick sent this Nathan D Acuff Jul 28, 2011 12:28 PM
Lineup Change for Tomorrow :-( - Ladies and Gentlemen - Unfortunately, John Nunemaker will not be able to make it to tomorrow's meeting, at which he was to present on MongoDB and analytics. I know some of you were excited for The Nunemaker Experience, and were perhaps willing to te Miles Z. Sterrett Jul 12, 2011 5:07 PM
Harvest is hiring remote Rails devs - Hi all, I'm one of the Fort Wayners that travel down for the meetings on occasion. I am going to try and make the Michael Krisher Jun 30, 2011 10:47 AM
iGoDigital is looking for RoR developers in Indy - Preview not available Rick Thomas Jun 30, 2011 9:53 AM
Ruby Midwest 2011 - Reminder - Call for Speakers ends 6/25 - Ruby Midwest 2011 (http://rubymidwest.com) is a two day, single track conference scheduled for Friday and Saturday, November 4-5, 2011 in downtown Kansas City, MO with keynotes from "Uncle Bob" Martin and Andy Hunt. Call for Speakers ends June 25, 2 Luke Jun 20, 2011 9:36 AM
JRubyConf User Group Discount - Ladies and Gentlemen - I received the following note from the JRuby Team: ### EdgeCase is extremely excited to announce JRubyConf 2011 to be held in Washington DC August 3 and 4th.  This year's conference is going to feature speakers such as Da Miles Z. Sterrett Jun 20, 2011 9:06 AM
[JOB] Hiring Rails devs at Intridea - Preview not available Chris Selmer Jun 16, 2011 10:05 AM
June Indy.rb Presentation Changes - Ladies and Gentlemen - I have a few changes in the speaker line-up for tomorrow's meeting to announce. It's going to look a little something like this: - State of Rails Testing Survey && Mocking with RR - Anthony Pannozzo - Ruby Testing Best Pract Miles Z. Sterrett Jun 7, 2011 1:55 PM
[ANN] Ruby Midwest 2011 Conference: CFP open - Announcing Ruby Midwest 2011! What:  Ruby Midwest 2011, a two-day single track Ruby conference Where: Kansas City, Missouri When:  November 4th and 5th, 2011 (Fri-Sat) Keynote Speakers: - Uncle Bob Martin (@unclebobmartin) - Andy Hunt (@Pragma Luke Jun 2, 2011 10:51 PM
Codestock - Indyrb, Are any of you going to Codestock?  I am looking for roommate(s) and/or people to carpool with down to Knoxville. Jeremy Jarvis Twitter: @vertigon451 Jeremy Jarvis May 26, 2011 9:37 AM
Re: [indyrb] Anyone interested in a 17" MBP? - I would like to get 2200 but I will negotiate. It's an amazing machine!! Rob Emenaker On May 3, 2011, at 5:42 PM, Matt Bradley < [address removed] > wrote Rob Emenaker May 3, 2011 5:53 PM
Re: [indyrb] Anyone interested in a 17" MBP? - How much are you selling for? I have a friend that is in dire need.  On Tue, May 3, 2011 at 12:20 PM, Rob Emenaker < [address removed] > wrote: Matt Bradley May 3, 2011 5:41 PM
Anyone interested in a 17" MBP? - I know there are a lot of mac users in the group and my work just replaced my new 17" Macbook Pro so I have no need for it. It's a 2.66 Core i7 with 8GB of RAM and 500GB 7200RPM drive and glossy display. Just contact me directly if you are interested. Rob Emenaker May 3, 2011 3:13 PM
team looking for solid rails developer - Matt Bradley Apr 17, 2011 7:54 PM
Need an Experienced Rails Developer - Doug Marcum Apr 14, 2011 8:46 AM
Re: [indyrb] Loaning Ruby and Rails Books - Brennan, and everyone else too - I actually have a fairly recent release from sponsor Pearson Education entitled "Ruby on Rails 3 Tutorial: Learn Rails By Example". You can be the first to crack its cover! The book also comes with a DVD of video ins Miles Z. Sterrett Apr 11, 2011 1:41 PM
Loaning Ruby and Rails Books - I know the Indy.rb meetups used to start with some book loaning between members so I thought I'd send an email to try and get that going again. I'm looking to borrow a good intro book to Ruby or if that's not available Brennan Knotts Apr 11, 2011 12:20 PM
Looking for Experienced Rails Developer - I mentioned this at the last meeting, but for anyone that wasn't there, just wanted to let everyone know that IASTA is looking to hire an experienced Rails developer. There is a detailed job posting over on IndyHackers (http://indyhackers.org/jobs/). It Matt Block Feb 17, 2011 1:54 PM
Startup Bus Invites - I have a couple more invites to give out to apply to Startup Bus. If you're interested, just shoot me an email and let me know your email address. Startup Bus is like a Startup Weekend event, except you're building a company whi Brennan Knotts Feb 15, 2011 3:19 PM
Re: [indyrb] Looking for Rails work in Indianapolis - Mr. Leeper - That is great to hear! Indianapolis has been experiencing a shortage of Ruby/Rails developers for, I would say, at least a year. If the number of attendees of last night's meeting that said their companies are looking to either move to Miles Z. Sterrett Feb 10, 2011 9:54 AM
Looking for Rails work in Indianapolis - I am looking to move back to the Indianapolis area from Northern Virginia and would like to find a job working in Rails in the Indianapolis area. I grew up in Columbus Indiana and went to Purdue University and would love to find good work in the Ind Bill Leeper Feb 9, 2011 9:10 PM
Indy Startup Weekend - Ladies and Gentlemen - First, a blurb about Startup Weekend: -- Startup Weekend is back in Indianapolis November 12-14th as part of Global Entrepreneurship Week! If you're not familiar, Startup Weekend is a 54 hour event where developers, desi Miles Z. Sterrett Oct 25, 2010 9:59 AM
work at Angie's List - I wanted to deliver this news in person last night, but I had a parent / teacher conference to attend. Angie's List has started some Rails / MongoDB projects and we're looking to hire an Architect to help us with both our Rails and legacy .NET projects. Dan Trietsch Oct 14, 2010 10:49 AM
RewardSnap - Hiring! - Aaron Kopel Sep 8, 2010 2:58 PM
Cincinnati Day of Ruby on Sept 11 - Just wanted to alert everyone that we'll be having a one day event mainly geared and getting new rubyists up to speed quickly.  We'll be having the fabulous Jim Weirich of Edgecase (and rake fame) lead us through the ruby koans in the morning, and Chris Nelson Sep 1, 2010 9:52 PM
logixml/pentaho anyone? - Still looking at reporting options. Does anyone know someone with significant professional logixml or pentaho experience available to consult? Frank Morton Frank Morton Aug 19, 2010 4:30 PM
Oops! The Correct Agenda: indy.rb - The Indianapolis Ruby Brigade Monthly Meetup - I didn't change the presentation list before reminder emails went out. I'm already a failure as the organizer! In a desperate attempt to correct this travesty, though I know it's already too late, the damage is done, the children are crying, and my family Miles Z. Sterrett Aug 10, 2010 3:46 PM
Re: [indyrb] some work - Hi Frank, I've done rails-based reports on TroopTrack.com. I used ruport to do them, and I created .csv and .pdf versions of the same reports.  I'm looking for some freelance work and might be interested in this projec Dave Christiansen Jul 30, 2010 5:56 PM
some work - From Frank Morton, still a lurker in this group but hoping to change.... Any freelancers out there that love to do rails-based reports? Might want to generate excel files, but not sure yet. Let me know if that fits you. Also, it might be outside of Frank Morton Jul 30, 2010 4:54 PM
Rails Job opportunity at nFrame - nFrame, too, is still looking for a Ruby on Rails developer. Come work with me (@unixmonkey)! We are seeking a competent Ruby on Rails programmer to assist in the development of our internal, integrated web applications. Our stack includes Ruby, Rai David Jones Jul 13, 2010 12:50 PM
Another RoR Opportunity with iGoDigital - Dan Hanrahan Jul 13, 2010 9:29 AM
Looking for a great Ruby/Rails shop to work for? Squaremouth is hiring. - Preview not available Tim Harvey Jul 12, 2010 10:31 PM
Re: [indyrb] RailsConf - Eric - On Wed, Jun 9, 2010 at 2:48 PM, Eric wrote: > Yeah - as with all conferences, the talks are hit or miss. The speakers are generally way more important than the topics - good speakers can make anything interesting or vic Miles Z. Sterrett Jun 9, 2010 3:28 PM
Re: [indyrb] RailsConf - Yeah - as with all conferences, the talks are hit or miss. The speakers are generally way more important than the topics - good speakers can make anything interesting or vice versa. Ditto on the Yehuda's BoaF session. Rails 3 and Ruby 1.9 are also hot Eric Redmond Jun 9, 2010 2:48 PM
Re: [indyrb] RailsConf - I'm at Railsconf as well. Any session on Mongo has been full. It's been a hot topic. The conference center is huge. Things are spread out. Overall the sessions have been pretty good. It sounds like the tutorials on the first day were a little disappoin mike Krisher Jun 9, 2010 1:59 PM
Re: [indyrb] RailsConf - I'm jealous of you all. How has it been? What has been your favorite session so far? Anything else you could add to help me live vicariously through you? MilesZS On Wed, Jun 9, 2010 at 11:44 AM, Eliza wrote: > Keith Marcum Miles Z. Sterrett Jun 9, 2010 1:34 PM
Re: [indyrb] RailsConf - Keith Marcum and I are here- We went to Indy.rb back when we lived in the area. -Eliza On Jun 9, 2010, at 7:36 AM, AnnaC wrote: > I'm at railsconf, and I think there a few guys from bluefish > wireless too. > > Sent fro Eliza Jun 9, 2010 10:53 AM
Re: [indyrb] RailsConf - I'm at railsconf, and I think there a few guys from bluefish wireless too. Sent from my iPhone On Jun 9, 2010, at 12:31 AM, Eric wrote: > Is anyone else from Indy attending RailsConf this week? > > Eric Redmond @ gmail AnnaC Jun 9, 2010 7:36 AM
RailsConf - Is anyone else from Indy attending RailsConf this week? Eric Redmond @ gmail Sent from my brain Eric Redmond Jun 9, 2010 12:31 AM
Re: [indyrb] visitindy.com - Frank - On Sun, May 23, 2010 at 9:57 PM, Frank Morton < [address removed] > wrote: Miles Z. Sterrett May 24, 2010 3:43 PM
visitindy.com - I have been a lurker for the most part with indy.rb. I attended a couple meetings many months ago and hope to attend again. Thought you would be interested that visitindy.com relaunched this weekend as a Rails site. Hopefully, the start of a lot more R Frank Morton May 23, 2010 9:57 PM
Directions to Indy.rb (5-12-10) - Ladies and Gentlemen - Here is a GMap of the location, with the best parking location (south parking lot) centered on the screen: Miles Z. Sterrett May 12, 2010 4:17 PM
Re: [indyrb] Looking into using rails for a web project - I always recommend Simply Rails 2 for new comers:  http://www.amazon.com/Simply-Rails-2-0-Patrick Dan Trietsch Apr 21, 2010 4:54 PM
Re: [indyrb] Looking into using rails for a web project - Preview not available Seth Dudenhofer Apr 21, 2010 3:23 PM
Re: [indyrb] Looking into using rails for a web project - I like the "pragmatic programming" book about ruby on rails. I think it's at least a year dated. I come from a programming background and it was a very fast but effective read. I'm not a ruby guru in terms of hours spent in development so I'm sur Felix Terkhorn Apr 21, 2010 12:07 PM
Re: [indyrb] Looking into using rails for a web project - Seth - Since you are just starting, I would use Rails 3 Beta 3. It has stabilized at this point and they are just Greg Benedict Apr 21, 2010 9:05 AM
Re: [indyrb] Looking into using rails for a web project - Seth - As mentioned, the guides at rubyonrails.org ( http://guides.rubyonrails.org ) are great. There's an issue with the domain name at the moment, so it currently Miles Z. Sterrett Apr 20, 2010 11:47 PM
Re: [indyrb] Looking into using rails for a web project - This is worth taking a look at. http://www.railstutorial.org/ -Dutch On Tue, Apr 20, Dutch Rapley Apr 20, 2010 11:00 PM
Re: [indyrb] Looking into using rails for a web project - Preview not available Pradeep Gowda Apr 20, 2010 10:56 PM
Re: [indyrb] Looking into using rails for a web project - Preview not available Ian Apr 20, 2010 10:28 PM
Looking into using rails for a web project - Preview not available Seth Dudenhofer Apr 20, 2010 10:12 PM
Ruby Summer of Code (ATTN Students!) - Preview not available Miles Z. Sterrett Apr 20, 2010 5:38 PM
Ruby Midwest Conference Speakers & BBQ! - Hello, I wanted to let everyone know that the Ruby Midwest conference speaker lineup has been announced.  I've listed the speakers and talks below, but check out the Speakers Luke Apr 16, 2010 9:32 PM
Re: [indyrb] Re: Looking for an awesome dev to join the TriSano team - Thanks Jeff. It's a fun project and I've really learned a lot by doing it. Dave On Thu, Apr 15, 2010 at 9:45 AM, Jeff < [address removed] Dave Christiansen Apr 15, 2010 10:38 AM
RE: [indyrb] Re: Looking for an awesome dev to join the TriSano team - Jeff Apr 15, 2010 9:45 AM
Re: [indyrb] Critique My Site: vimtweets.com - On 04/06/2010 05:02 PM, Miles Z. Sterrett wrote: > Clayton - > > > Should the user submitted tips from the site show up in the twitter > feed? I don't see the two latest submissions on vimtweets.com > in the @vimtips timeli clayton Apr 7, 2010 8:48 AM
Re: [indyrb] Critique My Site: vimtweets.com - Clayton - > Should the user submitted tips from the site show up in the twitter feed? I don't see the two latest submissions on vimtweets.com in the @vimtips timeline. Not immediat Miles Z. Sterrett Apr 6, 2010 5:02 PM
Re: [indyrb] Critique My Site: vimtweets.com - On 04/05/2010 07:18 AM, Miles Z. Sterrett wrote: > Ladies and Gentlemen - > > Good morning! I have a favor to ask: Could you please browse > http://vimtweets.com, and then tell me what you think? I'm hoping to > scare out any bugs before I announce i clayton Apr 6, 2010 3:35 PM
Re: [indyrb] Critique My Site: vimtweets.com - From now on, I will be referring to all . co.uk domains as . cookies.uk ! On Mon, Apr 5, 2010 at 2:32 PM, Miles Z. Sterrett < Davey Strus Apr 5, 2010 4:13 PM
Re: [indyrb] Critique My Site: vimtweets.com - Clayton - You're right. I've neglected that list a bit. It needs an overhaul. MilesZS On Mon, Apr 5, 2010 at 9:57 AM, clayton < clayton@sixfeetu Miles Z. Sterrett Apr 5, 2010 2:36 PM
Re: [indyrb] Critique My Site: vimtweets.com - Thank you, Pradeep! On Mon, Apr 5, 2010 at 1:11 PM, Pradeep Gowda < [address removed] > wrote: Miles Z. Sterrett Apr 5, 2010 2:35 PM
Re: [indyrb] Critique My Site: vimtweets.com - David - Gah. No, the link is very wrong, some how.  Hilariously wrong, actually. The url in the link is ' http://www.zzapper.cookies.uk/vimtips.html ' when it should be ' Miles Z. Sterrett Apr 5, 2010 2:32 PM
Re: [indyrb] Critique My Site: vimtweets.com - Great job.  Is the "Best of Vim Tips" site down?  It doesn't seem to be working from the links in the footer and "About" page. Best Regards, David Baldwin On Mon, Apr 5, 2010 at 1:11 David Baldwin Apr 5, 2010 1:29 PM
Re: [indyrb] Critique My Site: vimtweets.com - Preview not available Pradeep Gowda Apr 5, 2010 1:10 PM
Fwd: URGENT Referrals for a developer? - I received a message from a friend whose new business just received entry into Startl Accelerator (similar to Y Combinator's Startup Eric Redmond Apr 5, 2010 11:59 AM

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