Copenhagen Ruby Brigade on the Rails Podcast 1
I just wanted to mention the latest Ruby on Rails podcast, in which Obie Fernandez is the guest interviewer in a visit to the Copenhagen Ruby Brigade. Although the sound environment is a bit distracting at the start (Obie, please don't interview people in clubs anymore), the content is great.
Many of the members of the Brigade are .NET developers that are also using Rails. At RailsConf 2006, Brian and I had the pleasure of meeting Casper Fabricious in person. At that time he mentioned something about getting a local Ruby group together, and it's great to see how it's come together. Casper is a great guy and really smart. Working on .NET during the day and Rails at night (sound familiar?), he and the other guys at the CRB are helping spread the word of Rails to the companies they work with. Unfortunately Caspar was not included in the podcast, but the other guys who were interviewed did a great job and had insightful things to say about making the transition from .NET to Rails at your workplace.
In this podcast they talk about Rails vs. .NET, and the difference it makes in their work. Oh, and these guys aren't just using Rails, they're actively giving back to the community with plugins and trying to write code that can be incorporated into core. So definitely give it a listen to get a perspective on the impact Rails is having on existing .NET shops there.
Hey, cool! Just saw your post, Jeff. Haven't had much time for blog reading lately, but better late than never!
Thanks for all the nice words, you really shouldn't have ;o) Let me tell you that I also really would have wanted to participate in that podcast. I was there, at that club, that night, with those guys and Obie Fernandez!
I think we met around 21 PM to hang with Obie, and I think I left around 2 AM, because I had to be in school at 8 AM. They recorded it after that, and I'm impressed that they've managed to sound so sober, because we had quite a few drinks that evening.
Hope you guys are doing well - sounds like you had a great time at the workshop. I can't say "see you at RailsConf", since they placed in the middle of my spring exams, but hey, maybe you should come Berlin for RailsConf Europe - it's a great city, and I'll be there :)