October 2011
4 posts
Ru3y Manor - what you need to know on the day
Hi everyone,
Ru3y Manor is this Saturday (29th October)!
Schedule
You can see the full schedule below, or on Lanyrd. We’ve given each speaker a 30minute slot for their talk. There’s at least 10 minutes for questions between each talk and a couple of 15 minute breaks; one in the morning, one in the afternoon. The times above are “perfect”, but don’t assume that we’ll actually run to the 5-minute...
Selections end TODAY at NOON!
Hopefully you’ve all done this already, but if not, head over to vestibule and choose the proposals you’d like to see at Ru3y Manor on the 29th.
You MUST do this before noon today; at that time, we’ll freeze the selections, and reveal the results to the world.
As the schedule currently stands, there will be eight main presentations on the day, but this will all be explained...
Ru3y Manor Tickets: Final Batch On Sale Now!
The final batch of tickets is on sale now. Go and get one!
To reiterate yesterday’s post: If your talk is chosen you get in free, but don’t rely on your talk being chosen as a way to get a ticket! Buy one now and we’ll refund you if you the community chooses to hear your talk.
What happens next
Ru3y Manor is only 23 days away!
Here’s what happens next:
If you contributed to vestibule we sent you a twitter DM on Monday with a promo code that you can use to buy a ticket. If you haven’t used it do so soon, as…
Tomorrow morning (Friday 7th) the remaining tickets will be available for anyone to buy without a promo code. There are 180 tickets in total, and at time of...
September 2011
4 posts
Next set of tickets / Polish your proposals
The next batch of Ru3y Manor tickets will be available very soon, and as we have said, preference is going to be given to those who’ve contributed to the development of the day.
Contributing via Vestibule is trivial. It can be as simple as leaving a suggestion, or explaining your motivations. Your involvement is important all the way up to the 29th of October, and beyond, but it is...
Ru3y Manor Tickets: First Batch On Sale Now!
If you’re on the mailing list, you should know this already, but the first batch of tickets for Ru3y Manor are now on sale! Head over to the ticket site and get yours now. We have no idea if these tickets will disappear quickly or not, but if they do and you don’t manage to get one, fear not. There will be more tickets available soon, and the very best way of ensuring that you get...
Ru3y Manor costings
One of our points of principle in putting together Ruby Manor is that conferences should be as transparent as possible, from putting together the schedule to deciding how to spend the money.
With that latter point in mind, we’ve tidied up the Google Spreadsheet we use to calculate the total cost of running the ‘Manor, and therefore what price the tickets end up being, for your perusal...
Announcing Ru3y Manor
One and all,
Rejoice! The Guvner will be opening the doors to the Ruby Manor once more:
http://rubymanor.org/3/
Date: Saturday October 29th, 2011
Time: TBC (probably from 10am-6pm)
Location: University of Westminster, New Cavendish Street Campus, London, W1W 6UW
Price: TBC (it’ll be in the ballpark of past Manors)
Like previous Manors (and perhaps in the future, all right-thinking...
October 2010
1 post
“We still feel strongly about our goals, but Ruby Manor has always been about the...”
– From our email to the Ruby Manor community mailing list. Please let us know what you think.
March 2010
1 post
December 2009
2 posts
Live blogging the manor →
Graham Ashton, the unofficial biographer of The Guvner, has written an excellent roundup of every talk given at the Manor this year. He did the same for last year’s shindig: part 1 & part 2. It’s even more impressive when you realise that he was typing these up during the talks themselves!
Good job Graham!
Local Info
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November 2009
7 posts
'Allo Chinas - Roundup #3
The latest from The Guvner:
So, it’s time for roundup #3. My bone’s are aching, so we must be getting close to the day I’ll let you all run amock in my Manor.
First up, here’s a plate of meat with all the current proposals and suggestions on it; I’ve marked up who made the proposal, how long they want it to be and how much interest there’s been in it....
Wotcha! Round up #2
The Guvner’s been back on the mailing list:
Wotcha!
Time for round-up #2 of all the bish-bosh on the mailing list. I’m going to try and give everyone a birds-eye view of how we’re doing building this ‘ere schedule, and call out some things that need a bit more eyeballing from you lot.
It’s great to see some of you getting stuck in, but it still feels...
The Heart of Ruby Manor is the Mailing List
As we mentioned on the website, Ruby Manor is an experiment in putting on a
conference.
The major part of that, for you, is that we want the content,
and to some extent the on-the-day schedule, to be community driven.
In our
experience the typical conference goes like this: Announcement, Call for
Proposals, nothing, nothing, nothing, Schedule Announced, panic about what
the hell...
Yippe Kai-Yay it's the Ruby Manor 2 Roundup #1
This just in from The Guvner.
Wotcha!
Last year I got one of my boys to write summaries of the chatter on the mailing list each week, but he’s a complete muppet, so I’m doing it myself this year.
Here we go:
News
Tickets: I opened ticket sales last Monday, and you lot promptly snapped up so many tickets that I had to keep some (15) back to make sure that everyone who wants to...
Ruby Manor needs YOU.
So now you’ve got a ticket, what next? Sit back and idly wait for sparkling Ruby brilliance to pour into your head? Tsk. You should know by now. With Ruby Manor, it’s not quite that easy.
Maybe you didn’t get a ticket? Don’t worry, you can still get in, if you pay attention to this.
You need to start thinking of what might like to hear at the conference, but more...
Wow.
We sold out our main block of 85 tickets in a little over five hours. That’s insane! Thanks to everyone for your support so far.
However, if you didn’t manage to get a ticket, don’t despair. Your best bet to get into the Manor if you don’t already have a ticket is to help us on the mailing list, and suggest a talk you’d like to give.
We have reserved a block...
“Looks like I’m going to be in the wrong place at the wrong time. Bought...”
– http://twitter.com/tomafro/status/5362388972
October 2009
1 post
Ruby Manor 2 - They say lightning never strikes...
The Guvner just sent the following message to the mailing list:
Hi all,
I, The Guvner, am opening the doors to The Manor once again, and just like last time it’s up to you to fill my echoing halls with the sound of Ruby.
I’ll confirm the venue and date shortly, but a little bird tells me it’ll be at the start of December in central London. Last year, some folk had to brass...