Chennai.rb Launched!

Hello All,

In the lines of PDX.rb, Seattle.rb and other Ruby Brigades (you can call them ruby user groups) I'm proud to announce the Chennai Ruby Brigade, in short called Chennai.rb (.rb is also the extension of a Ruby file).

What do we intend to do? Simple. Learn & enjoy Ruby. Currently I'm thinking of a monthly meetup where in we can exchange ideas, cool ruby snippets, break our heads on continuations and drool at the latest Rails feature. Yes, I'm introduced to Ruby through Rails, and it sure is a framework worthy of the language.

We will discuss the idiosyncracies of _why's writing style (if you're a Ruby fan, you should know who 'Why The Lucky Stiff' is), try to answer the weekly Ruby Quiz and start zany/silly projects like Sudoku solvers. I promise, we will try to be very elitist, and only the coolest and the best talks will be allowed. That is, you give a talk at Chennai.rb, you better be prepared. Excited? Here's where you subscribe:

http://groups.google.com/group/chennairb

As an introductory session, I'm thinking of a one-hour talk named "Welcome to Rubyland" on Saturday, the 17th of December (I'm no Ruby guru, so if somebody has lots of Ruby experience, they're most welcome to give the talk). But remember, prepare, prepare, prepare! We all have very little time to blow, so let's make it worth the trouble. We will try not to conflict with the ILUGC/GLV meeting timings.

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First ever Chennai.rb meetup:

Date: 17th December, 2005
Venue: Ma Foi Academy
Time: Exactly at 4pm IST (No, the time is *not* stretchable)

(Having our meets on 1st/3rd/5th Saturdays means we can have the excellent F&H coffee - but no snacks though, unless some noble corporate soul sponsors it)
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Welcome All! Let's have further discussions on the chennai.rb list! (Or you can comment here too).

--Vamsee.