RailsConf keynotes: Kent Beck, Joel Spolsky, Jeremy Kemper, yours truly
Posted by David April 29, 2008 @ 03:44 PM
I’m happy to announce that we finalized the keynote line-up for this year’s RailsConf and I can’t believe the great names we got (especially that last guy on the list, I hear he’s awesome :)):
- Kent Beck: Few people have had a bigger influence on the modern software industry principles, patterns, and practices. I’m reading his new book Implementation Patterns right now and can’t wait to hear him speak.
- Joel Spolsky: Joel on Software has always been a source of thought provoking, inspiring, and sometimes downright infuriating advice and opinion on software development. Joel is a great thinker and a lucid speaker on all things software and he’s been running his own software business for almost a decade to back it up.
- Jeremy Kemper: If Rails was an army, Jeremy would be the 5-star general who always made sure the job was done. He’s been a tireless force for improvement and implementation of the Rails framework since way back in the early days. Jeremy probably touched most of the features you enjoy in Rails every day. We’re finally getting him to talk about it too!
- David Heinemeier Hansson: Yes, I will most certainly be speaking at RailsConf again this year.
This lineup is of course in addition to the wealth of wonderful sessions planned. RailsConf ‘08 is shaping up really nicely. We have a brand-new version of Rails (2.1) scheduled to premiere not long in advance of the show and a whole year of collective learning to digest. It’s never been a better time to be programming with Ruby on Rails.
Kind of sad without Ze there. He had the most entertaining keynote presentation that I’ve ever seen.
Is Joel going to present on Wasabi? Haha!
Awesome, go Jeremy!
Kent Beck! Nice!
I look forward to be there. It has been so amazing last year, but this time the names are even greater. Thanks guys
I look forward to be there. It has been so amazing last year, but this time the names are even greater. Thanks guys
are the videos from the conference going to be made available? paid or other otherwise?
The keynote videos will be available (for those keynotes who agree to make them available).
See you all in RailsConf :)
Has Jeremy stopped instantiating multiple session objects per HTTP request yet? I gave up on Rails after listening to his justification for that decision and can’t imagine anything useful coming out of his mouth.
Oh good. ND is here. Wouldn’t be the internet without at least one troll per post.
Joel Spolsky? Joel Spolsky?!? Wow, you guys must be desperate to invite ROR’s favorite whipping boy.
Give the speakers limited time. Get rid of the fluff and be concise.
I’m glad y’all have the balls to get interesting speakers… Ze was especially outstanding last year, and I’m looking forward to this year’s geekfest.
I’m glad y’all have the balls to get interesting speakers… Ze was especially outstanding last year, and I’m looking forward to this year’s geekfest.
Great selection guys !!!