Yesterday I spoke at and attended Ruby Manor. It was a grass route conference with the attendees determining the agenda and the organising duo aiming to keep costs to an absolute minimum. So successful were they infact, and as one twitterer aptly points out, that for an amazing £12 you got a series of excellent talks, no annoying sponsorship and £500 behind the bar at the end of the night. Given even the cheapest of conferences aimed at freelancers clocks in well over the £100 mark, this really was a fantastic achievement.
On a personal note I presented on nanite which is a background processing solution for rails and merb. It was quite a technical talk and I was trying to get a lot into the 30 minutes timeslot, so it felt a little rushed. Nevertheless most people seemed to grab the concept and the live demo at the end went really well. For those that missed the event I’m sure the videos will be online soon, but in the meantime there’s an excellent coverage on this blog and the slides from my presentation are available on slideshare or below:
I’m George Palmer and rowtheboat.com is my personal blog. I’m a freelance developer living and working in London and the picture on the left is, quite obviously, me. 
