Yay! It’s almost conference time… and I’m almost completely thrilled!
Why am I not more thrilled? Well, mainly because RailsConf is being hosted here in Portland, which means that I don’t get to travel by train like we did last year via The Argon Express. (ah… the memories)
One perk of being here already… is that I get to act as a tour guide to visitors. For example, earlier today… Josh Susser (hasmanyjosh) joined Graeme and I for lunch in downtown Portland, OR. It was exciting to hear about how he and his fellow Rubyists at Powerset are using Ruby and Rails for various projects. John also spent a few minutes introducing us to Merb, which some people think will become popular in near future. We’re expecting more visitors to come by the offices over the next few days.
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height=”333”}If you’re in Portland already (Wednesday)… you might head over to the Lucky Lab for a game of Werewolf, which I believe Michael Buffington is organizing the event. I’m going to try to make it… maybe I’ll see you there!
Flickr Group
I created a flickr group named RailsConf 2007, and started to use the tag railsconf2007 for flickr photos. I look forward to seeing all your photos from the event!
IRC Channel
As of this afternoon, there are almost 20 people hanging out in
#railsconf on freenode. Stop by and introduce yourself!
Portland Revealed
If you haven’t already subscribed to our feed, you might have missed that the PLANET ARGON team has been posting several articles about things to do, see, and drink in Portland during your visit to RailsConf. Here are a few that we’ve posted so far.
- [Portland Revealed: Episode 2:
Beertown](http://blog.planetargon.com/2007/5/10/portland-revealed-episode-2-beertown)
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- [Portland Revealed: Episode 3: Get
```text
outdoors](http://blog.planetargon.com/2007/5/11/portland-revealed-episode-3-get-outdoors)
```ruby
- [Portland Revealed: Episode 4: Stay Awake During
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RailsConf](http://blog.planetargon.com/2007/5/16/portland-revealed-episode-4-stay-awake-during-railsconf)
```ruby
- [Portland Revealed: Episode 5: Places to
```text
Work](http://blog.planetargon.com/2007/5/16/portland-revealed-episode-5-places-to-work)
- More coming soon!
You can also peak around GoSeeOregon (a Rails application!) to find places around town to go see.
