The videos from @blueridgeruby are now available. Which means you can now see a recording of the first in-person performance of Enough Coverage To Beat The Band from the Ruby's Got You Covered tour!

https://youtu.be/H4pBjWOMr_Y?si=0DNOobY9tIUFG-yR

OK, it's official, Blue Ridge Ruby 2024 is happening! May 30-31. Registration is coming soon. #ruby #rubyonrails

@kevin_j_m @jared We're hoping to post videos in 3-4 weeks! Planning to announce on social when they are live!

After five months of planning, and a lot of hard work from our whole team, the week has arrived! 🎉 We can't wait to see everyone in Asheville!

Sorry if you were waiting all day, that conference email just went out. 🥵😅

⏳ We're one week out from Blue Ridge! If you're attending, watch for an email from us later today with conference details!

Our conference Guide to Asheville is up! Go here for local food, drink, event, and site-seeing recommendations. (And, whoa, just over 2 weeks out!) https://blueridgeruby.com/guide/

⚠️ Quick reminder: Biltmore and tubing registrations are due today! https://blueridgeruby.com/activities/

🗓️ Blue Ridge Ruby conference schedule is now live! https://blueridgeruby.com/schedule/

Cool thing happened this week: a long-time Rubyist from Asheville discovered our conference from the @rubycentral website and immediately got a ticket. Turns out, he owns a cocktail bar 3 blocks from the venue! Like, whaaa? 🤯 Needless to say, think we'll be stopping by! 😊 https://littlejumbobar.com/

We have the beginnings of our official conference guide to Asheville up on our site. It's a WIP, but for now you can find the bands/musicians playing the week of the conf. 🎸🎶 https://blueridgeruby.com/guide/ Food, beverage, and site-seeing recommendations to come!

@kevin_j_m Sure thing! 😊

@kevin_j_m Biltmore is usually an all-day thing. It starts with a tour of the house (our reservation is at 10:45am, but we have to be there at 10am) and lasts 1.5-2 hours. Then lunch, and touring the gardens and grounds can take 2-3 more hours. You might be able to squeeze in the house tour, skip everything else and be off the estate around 1-1:30pm.

@kevin_j_m Thanks for asking! The time frames include travel time. For Biltmore, tubing, and hiking, we will begin and end at the Renaissance Hotel parking lot (a block over from the conference venue). For tubing, they will bring a bus to pick us up. For Biltmore and hiking, we will either carpool or rent vans (if needed).

🌞 We've just published the details for our Saturday groups activities. Check them out and register or RSVP now! https://blueridgeruby.com/activities/

👭 If you're coming with a friend or S.O. you are welcome to include them!

⚠️ Biltmore and tubing registrations are due Friday, May 12!

Two quick announcements today:
🎥 We will be recording our conference talks!
🏞️ Details & registration for Saturday activities are coming this week! Attendees, watch for an email.

Got a sample pack of @blueridgeruby stickers over the weekend. 😊

@roldyclark Thanks Roldy! 😊

Thomas Carr is a Consultant & Software Developer for Emerging Technologies at CGI Federal. He will be helping us sift through the web3 mud to see that there are relevant technologies that we should be paying attention to, in "Digital Identity or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love Web3." https://blueridgeruby.com/speakers/thomas-carr/

Stephanie Minn is a developer at @thoughtbot and co-host of The Bike Shed podcast. She will be introducing and applying the framework of Nonviolent Communiation (NVC) to the practice of pair programming, in "Empathetic Pair Programming with Nonviolent Communication." https://blueridgeruby.com/speakers/stephanie-minn/