Austin On Rails: Meeting: June 13, 2006 @ 7pm

Meeting: June 13, 2006 @ 7pm

Damon Clinkscales — Thu, 01 Jun 2006 11:20:00 -0700

Come on out to Frog Design for a local RailsConf preview. Local Railers Damon Clinkscales and Jim Freeze are going to share their talks with us and will be looking for feedback.

Rails and Asterisk Get A Dental Office Talking by Jim Freeze

Automation of Medical and Dental offices will be a $25 Billion business in 2007. But today, the online presence of most offices is non-existent.

This talk is how we have changed that for two offices and how Ruby on Rails, coupled with Asterisk (an open source PBX), can significantly impact re-appointment, patient communication and office workflow.

In addition, we look at how Rails and Web 2.0 open the door to make Medical/Dental Web Applications a reality.

Agile Databases with Migrations by Damon Clinkscales

Database migrations are often a pain in the neck. Fortunately, Rails includes several new features to help keep your database agile along with your code.

In this talk, we’ll walk through several example migrations, discuss how to work with legacy databases, and outline a set of migration best practices and gotchas to keep you on top of your game.

UPDATE: Damon has posted his RailsConf slides on his web site.

"Meeting: June 13, 2006 @ 7pm" by Tony Perrie

Tue, 13 Jun 2006 23:30:20 -0700

I don't even own a dog!

"Meeting: June 13, 2006 @ 7pm" by Jim

Tue, 13 Jun 2006 22:33:29 -0700

Sounds like fun. Looking to learn as well... See ya.

"Meeting: June 13, 2006 @ 7pm" by brian piercy

Tue, 13 Jun 2006 19:59:18 -0700

How about newbie attendance? Looking to learn, folks, not to impress anyone...

"Meeting: June 13, 2006 @ 7pm" by Nate Turnage

Tue, 13 Jun 2006 14:09:12 -0700

M'kay!

"Meeting: June 13, 2006 @ 7pm" by Damon Clinkscales

Tue, 13 Jun 2006 14:03:32 -0700

Hope so. You can't miss next month, m'kay?

"Meeting: June 13, 2006 @ 7pm" by Nate Turnage

Tue, 13 Jun 2006 13:57:11 -0700

Ah, so the dog thing was sarcasm?! [slaps head] Don't know why I didn't catch it sooner. The wifey is a master of sarcasm, just a different flavor. I will probably miss tonight's meeting anyway. I have a client meeting this evening and Austin is just too far away from San Antonio to make it in time. Maybe next time.

"Meeting: June 13, 2006 @ 7pm" by Damon Clinkscales

Tue, 13 Jun 2006 12:51:49 -0700

Nate...What year do you think this is? 1999? When was the last time you got a new car as a signing bonus? Corporate has you right where they wantcha. I hope you are happy! If you bring your crazy dog, my guess is that Frog Security Inc. will escort you and your canine to Congress Avenue.

"Meeting: June 13, 2006 @ 7pm" by Nate Turnage

Mon, 12 Jun 2006 22:12:20 -0700

Are you guys serious? You can bring dogs to the meeting? I want to go, but my wife hates being at home with our (sometimes crazy) dog by herself. This bringing the dog thing might be just the ticket to get my pass for tomorrow night.

"Meeting: June 13, 2006 @ 7pm" by Tony Perrie

Mon, 12 Jun 2006 16:51:32 -0700

I've been thinking that a pirate-style eye patch and a monacle might be a neat thing to wear as trick. This is in addition to a funny hat.

"Meeting: June 13, 2006 @ 7pm" by Damon Clinkscales

Mon, 12 Jun 2006 16:20:41 -0700

Tony
So much for my comment thread monitoring capabilities. Here it is a quadjillion days later and I'm posting here. I'll see what I can do about the hat. I *seriously* doubt I have a hat that could hold your attention. Please do bring some dogs, though. That'd be fun.

"Meeting: June 13, 2006 @ 7pm" by 123

Sat, 10 Jun 2006 04:32:12 -0700

https://www.austinonrails.org what is this? your provider? textdrive?

"Meeting: June 13, 2006 @ 7pm" by Jim Freeze

Fri, 09 Jun 2006 03:01:11 -0700

Tony, I'm speachless. About the dogs. No more than eleventy, if they're small.

"Meeting: June 13, 2006 @ 7pm" by Tony Perrie

Fri, 02 Jun 2006 05:36:40 -0700

Automation of Russian casinos will account for eleventy gadjillion rubles of the GDP by 2034. This all hinges on whether avarice and waste destroys the world before then though. Also, Damon, would it be possible for you to wear a funny hat while you gave your talk? Or maybe do a dance or something. Sometimes, I find myself getting bored because Frog Design doesn't believe in Wifi. Are we allowed to bring dogs into Frog Design? If so, how many?