Workshop Organizing: Hard, but Awesome
Putting on a RailsBridge workshop takes a lot of different pieces. You need volunteers to teach and TA, you need students to devote half a weekend to computer-time, you need a place with lots of tables and chairs and power…
RailsBridge Boston 2: Ruby with a Vengeance
Daniel Choi and a brilliant team of RoR devs put on their second Boston RailsBridge workshop in November. It included things like free O’Reilly & Prag Prog e-books and stickers featuring their sweet new logo. Oh, and learning. A lot…
So Many Curricula
Suggestotron is the flagship RailsBridge curriculum. Although somewhat difficult to say aloud, it is the springboard for all RailsBridge intro to Rails classes, whether the students are total “Ruby Nubys” or professional Java developers wanting to learn more about this…
Making a New Rails Curriculum
(Hi! I’m Lillie Chilen, and I do meta-organizing for RailsBridge SF, which means that I work with Rachel Myers to find organizers and venues for our monthly workshops here. This is a post I wrote on my blog and thought you…
Looking ahead to 2013
We’re organizing a next round of RailsBridge workshops, for January, February and March of 2013! You can make more workshops happen! 1. If you have space to host a workshop, and they’re able to host in in the first part…
From BugMash to Core Contributor: an Interview with Santiago Pastorino
Santiago Pastorino (@spastorino) is a core contributor to Ruby on Rails. (Read in spanish) Can you tell us a little about your background, and how well you knew Rails when you first participated in a BugMash? My name is Santiago…
De BugMash a Core Contributor: Entrevista a Santiago Pastorino
De BugMash a Core Contributor: Entrevista a Santiago Pastorino (@spastorino) (Lee en inglés) Q. Cuentanos un poco de tu formación, que tanto sabias de Rails cuando primero participaste en un BugMash? A. Mi nombre es Santiago Pastorino y soy de Montevideo,…
Five RailsBridge Workshops for November 2012!
We’re kicking off November here in San Francisco with a workshop starting this evening, November 2 at Github, followed by an Intermediate Level workshop on November 16 and 17. RailsBridge Boston is holding their second workshop in 3 months on…
A RailsBridge Organizer’s Experience in Boston, August 2012
Daniel Choi and the Boston Ruby Community held their first RailsBridge event in over 3 years and hope to do more soon! It looks like it was a huge success! Please read his recap here, and if you’re in Boston,…
Upcoming Workshop at JRubyConf 2012
We’re pleased to announce that Sarah Allen will be teaching at this year’s JRubyConf, in the beautiful Guthrie Theater of Minneapolis. Besides a great speaker line-up, JRubyConf is hosting Kids Code Camp as part of their program. We’re excited to be…