Author of Ruby for Rails and Rails Routing, Trainer
Abstract: Per-Object Behavior in Ruby
Active in the Ruby world since 2000, David has more than a decade of full-time teaching experience, and is the author of two books, including Ruby for Rails: Ruby Techniques for Rails Developers. He has been interviewed for InfoQ and the Rails Podcast; has co-organized numerous Ruby/Rails conferences; and has spoken at conferences and Ruby/Rails users groups in the United States, Canada, and England. David is the chief author of scanf.rb in the standard Ruby library, and the programmer and administrator for the official Ruby Change Request website.
Giles Bowkett
Ruby on Rails Developer
Abstract: How to Kick Ass with IRB
Giles Bowkett is a programmer, artist, and modern-day beatnik. He's
used Rails since 2005, spoken about Rails and Seaside at OSCON 2007,
and will soon be published in "Advanced Rails Recipes." He lives in
Silicon Valley, Hollywood, and northern New Mexico.
Blog: http://gilesbowkett.blogspot.com
Portfolio: http://www.gilesgoatboy.org
Gregory Brown
Ruby Developer and Technical Writer
Abstract: Ruby Reports, Beyond 1.0
Gregory has been active in the Ruby community since 2004. His
greatest accomplishment was PRuby, a pirate dialect of Ruby released
on April 1st, 2007. Surprisingly enough, other projects he has worked
on have been more popular, especially HighLine and Ruport. Gregory
has talked at a number of Ruby conferences and events, and helped
organize the Gotham Ruby Conference 2007.
Obie Fernandez
Ruby on Rails Developer
Abstract: Rails and ActiveRecord
Obie Fernandez is a recognized tech industry leader and independent
consultant, specializing in the marketing and development of
large-scale, web-based applications. He is based out of Atlanta,
Georgia and has two children: Taylor Anne, 10 and Liam, 8 years old.
Obie is an accomplished blogger and author. He is Series Editor of the
Professional Ruby Series for prestigious tech publishing house
Addison-Wesley. His own book for the series is titled "The Rails Way".
Obie also manages the Ruby content and a team of volunteer reporters
as editor of the popular technology portal InfoQ.com, with over
135,000 unique visitors in May 2007.
Hal Fulton
Author of The Ruby Way
Abstract: The Future of Ruby
Amy Hoy
Ruby/Rails Interaction Design Guru, Author, Co-founder Hyphenated People
Abstract: How Rails Works Inside & Out
Amy Hoy is a user interface nerd - designer - writer - educator - programmer - photographer - hyphenator extraordinaire. As half of Washington, D.C.-based consulting firm Hyphenated People, she gets to help cool companies kick ass every day and thinks that's just the best job ever. She also likes to think of herself as an infamous author of humorous treatises about design and programming, but this might not actually be true. Her web site can be found at www.slash7.com.
Mike Mangino
Founder, Elevated Rails
Abstract: Using Testing and Mocking to Improve Your Code
Mike Mangino is the founder of Elevated Rails, a Chicago based software development shop. He has helped launch several Rails basedstartups and has spoken at the Pragmatic Studios Rails Edge.
Desi McAdam
Ruby on Rails Developer
Abstract: A Tour of Rails Testing
Based in Atlanta, GA, Desi is a well-known figure in the Ruby
and Rails community, being introduced to Ruby on Rails back in 2005.
She scored a full time Ruby and Rails project with one of her
ThoughtWorks clients in 2006 and has been "railing away" continuously
since then. Desi is also the founder of DevChix, one of the largest
advocacy organizations for women developers.
Jeremy McAnally
Ruby on Rails Developer
Abstract: The Humble Little Ruby Talk
Jeremy McAnally is a developer and author. He has been developing
applications with Ruby and Rails for a little over two years. He
penned Mr. Neighborly's Humble Little Ruby Book, is currently working
on Ruby in Practice for Manning, works on the Rails documentation
project (which will become The Rails API published by the Pragmatic
Programmers), and contributed to Web Scripting Power Tools on
O'Reilly. He is also the author of some open source projects,
including dcov (a documentation analyzer for Ruby code) and radiograph
(a plugin that exposes the Ultraviolet syntax highlighting library to
Rails applications). He resides in Knoxville, TN, where he and his
wife are studying theology.
Michael Milner
Ruby on Rails Developer
Abstract: Ruby Reports, Beyond 1.0
Michael is an active member of the Ruby community. He is currently
the lead developer of Ruby Reports and also maintains the Ruport/Rails
plugin that provides Rails integration for Ruport. He works
professionally using Ruby and has developed large web applications
using Rails.
Andrea O.K. Wright
Ruby on Rails Developer
Abstract: High Art on Top of Low-Level APIs: Building Games with Ruby
Andrea O. K. Wright is an active member of Philly On Rails and enjoys organizing weekly 'Ruby Tuesday' tech lunch-and-learns for her colleagues at Chariot Solutions, a consulting firm based in Fort Washington, PA. A 14-year IT industry veteran, she currently works with Rails technology exclusively. At RailsConf 2007 she presented a talk about the respond_to mechanism and co-moderated a BoF about Hackety Hack (the Coder's Starter Kit) and RubyRails User Groups.
Ezra Zygmuntowicz
Merb framework creator, Co-founder of Engine Yard, Author of Deploying Rails Applications
Abstract: Ruby Performance: Tips, Tricks and Hacks
