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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 precision outlined. There’s plenty of wiggle room should things run over or under on the day.
We do aim to start at 10am sharp though, so please turn up on time.
“Registration”
Registration will be simple enough. We’re giving a list of all attendees to the security staff, who may ask you to sign in or tick you off that list (we’re not sure to be honest). They’ll direct you to the third floor where one of us will give you a name badge sticker and a wifi password. That’s it.
Keep your sticker safe as it’s probably how we’ll run the tab in the Aft3r Party.
Lunch & Breaks
We’ve left an hour and a half for lunch so you’ll have plenty of time for a sit down meal, should you so desire. If you just want a sandwich though we’re dedicating the last half hour of lunch for 5-minute lightning talks. We’ll have a list that you can sign up to on the day if you’re interested.
During the breaks, and throughout the day, you’ll be able to use the cafe in the foyer of the venue. We won’t be providing any drinks or nibbles during the conference itself. Although there will be money behind the bar at the Aft3r party.
Post-conference drinks
The pub for the Aft3r party is The Mason’s Arms on Devonshire Street. It does not do food (apart from crisps and nuts) - that’s why we’re starting at 19:30 to give you time to hunt out some dinner if you want it. Obviously the pub will be open so if you want to you can go straight there if you want, but we won’t release the cash-behind-the-bar until 19:30.
There are loads of great restaurants and fooderies around (try Charlotte Street!), so please do take the opportunity to have something.
Bringing your computer?
On the day, consider leaving your laptop at home. We’d rather you gave the speakers your full attention.
There will be wifi, but we can’t guarantee how effective it will be. You’ll all be given a unique username and password when you arrive.
Full Schedule
The schedule for the day is on lanyrd, but here it is again:
10:00 - 10:10: Welcome!
10:10 - 10:40: “Rails vs object-oriented design” by Tom Stuart
10:50 - 11:20: “Jruby on elephants” by Tim Cowlishaw
11:30 - 11:45: Morning break
11:45 - 12:15: “Is Eventmachine a worthy alternative to Node.js” by Andrew Nesbitt
12:25 - 12:55: “Programming With Nothing” by Tom Stuart
13:05 - 14:35: Lunch
14:35 - 15:05: “How hard can it be? — A refactoring battle story” by Jon Leighton
15:15 - 15:45: “The Joy of Text” by Sean O’Halpin
15:55 - 16:10: Afternoon break
16:10 - 16:40: “Don’t fear the lambda” by Paul Battley
16:50 - 17:20: “A random walk” by Ben Griffiths
17:30 - Thanks and good byes!
17:45 - Go get some dinner
19:30 - closing time: Aft3r Party at The Mason’s Arms
See you on Saturday!
- Murray, Tom, James
