We’ve just released the video for You Don’t Need a Logo from Aloha on Rails, in which Michael Nieling from Ocupop and Matt McVickar explain the importance of Design throughout the application development lifecycle.
Enjoy the video, and mahalo to Panopto and ThinkTech Hawaii for making the videos possible!
We’ve just released the video for Thinking in Map Reduce from Aloha on Rails, in which Alan Gates explains why Map Reduce is interesting, how to think about the problem of working with mass amounts of data, and the open source Hadoop system.
Enjoy the video, and mahalo to Panopto and ThinkTech Hawaii for making the videos possible!
We’ve just released the video for Surviving the Journey from Coder to Manager from Aloha on Rails, in which Chris Selmer explains how to make the transition to manager without losing your coding edge.
Enjoy the video, and mahalo to Panopto and ThinkTech Hawaii for making the videos possible!
We’ve just released the video for Hey… Is That Your Database Crying? from Aloha on Rails , in which Blythe Dunham walks you through tips and tricks for working with your relational database and ActiveRecord.
Enjoy the video, and mahalo to Panopto and ThinkTech Hawaii for making the videos possible!
Aloha!
Thanks to Panopto and ThinkTech Hawaii, we are pleased to offer video streaming of nearly all of the Aloha on Rails sessions. We will release the videos about once a week, and will announce each video here on our blog.
First up, we’re releasing the video of Chad Fowler’s Passionate Programmer talk from Aloha on Rails. I chose this talk to kick off the conference as I believe it really encapsulated the tone of the whole show.
We hope you enjoy it and look for more talks every week!
Aloha!
Thanks to the wonderful Gray Herter, we have pictures of most of the speakers from Aloha on Rails.
Mahalo for the pics, Gray!
To all those who tried it, mahalo for playing Pāʻani Pepa, the Aloha on Rails Official Card Game. It was a real experiment, and we appreciate you rolling with the ups and downs.
We took this snapshot of the Leader Board at 3:49 pm HST. If you are in the top 45 or so, please meet with Seth immediately following the conference. We’ll move down the list, giving the first person the first choice of prize. If you’re not there when we call your name, you lose your chance to pick.
Please use the comments of this post for any feedback or suggestions you have for the game.
Congrats to our winners, and thanks for playing!
For players that have signed into the game at least once. Updated at Tue Oct 06 18:49:21 -0700 2009. 1. Jordan Isip : 838 2. Savara Sid : 633 3. Baker Luke : 611 4. Jess Mauer : 410 5. Anthony Eden : 407 6. Burger David : 387 7. Gaio Michael : 381 8. Marty Haught : 342 9. Hagius Walker : 326 10. Price Wes : 307 11. ENGLISH KEVIN : 299 12. Wang Andrew : 282 13. Brenda Strech : 280 14. Jon Suderman : 248 15. Michael O'Sullivan : 238 16. Michalczik Jasper : 236 17. Mark Ranallo : 222 18. Seth Ladd : 220 19. Matthew Williams : 217 20. Hoang Vince : 210 21. Cole Carson : 206 22. Nicholas Brochu : 198 23. Ip Justin : 190 24. Phil Cohen : 188 25. Olson Rick : 185 26. Matthew McVickar : 184 27. Matthew Wastrodowski : 183 28. Taylor Jeremy C : 181 29. James Martens : 170 30. Ben Trevino : 168 31. Andrew Canfield : 164 32. Zhou Wenyi : 158 33. Chris Selmer : 153 34. Little Timothy : 152 35. Scott Chacon : 150 36. Wyatt Ferreira : 146 37. Sarah Mei : 146 38. Desi McAdam : 146 39. Dighe Vikram : 132 40. Shawn Drost : 131 41. Charles Nutter : 108 42. Jim Weirich : 105 43. Jussi Sipola : 102 44. Sean O'Brien : 99 45. Spangle Travis : 98 46. Tammer Saleh : 94 47. Trey White : 93 48. Chesley Tyler : 93 49. baldwin andrew : 93 50. Forde Pete : 92 51. Maika Saguid : 92 52. Clarke Joe : 89 53. David Croswell : 84 54. Obie Fernandez : 81 55. caleb cohoon : 81 56. Huggins Kieran : 79 57. MATHURIN Gilles : 78 58. Olausson Thomas : 77 59. Beutel J David : 74 60. Nicole Hori : 74 61. Park Donald : 72 62. Juselis Jane : 72 63. Byrd Marc : 71 64. Cory Shaw : 67 65. Lamb Lai : 66 66. Peter Liew : 65 67. Reid MacDonald : 57 68. Apao George : 56 69. Yung Wing : 53 70. Aaron Longwell : 52 71. Katzman Phillip : 51 72. ramin keene : 49 73. Gregg Pollack : 44 74. Kim Bruce : 44 75. Bloch Alain : 23 76. Walker Robert : 17 77. Corey Donohoe : 17 78. Yi Dan : 12 79. Jesse Copeland : 8 80. Myron Marston : 0 81. Steve Sloan : 0 82. Veenstra Ron : 0 83. Sussman Kurt : 0 84. Eden Darrin : 0 85. Ritari Alan : 0 86. Kevin Folan : 0 87. Jennifer Geis : 0 88. John Postlethwait : 0 89. Mattias Atterbom : 0 90. Blythe Dunham : 0 91. Pat Maddox : 0 92. Nathaniel Brown : 0 93. Darron Froese : 0 94. Boonstra Joel : 0 95. Lee Laurence : 0 96. Preston Ma : 0 97. Duckart Frank : 0 98. Mayer Ken : 0 99. Lewis Skip : 0
Aloha!
All attendees are invited to play Pāʻani Pepa, the Aloha on Rails Official Card Game. Trade cards, organize cards, and win our fabulous prizes!
Check your email that you used when you signed up. It will contain your password.
Enjoy and have fun!
Aloha!
The Hawaiian Trail and Mountain Club, founded in 1910, leads hikes all over Oahu. They perform trail clearings and help both locals and visitors explore the island.
This Sunday, Oct 4th, HTMC will lead a hike around Tantalus Mountain. The trail is 6 miles long. It traverse a diverse, lush rain forest. At 1.5 miles there is a lookout of Nu’uanu Valley. Hikers can turn back at this point or continue, climbing a steep sloop and going down to explore Paoa Valley.
Kevin English, a local Rails hacker, surfer, and hiker, will help lead the hike.
If you are staying in Waikiki, it’s very easy to join the hike. Meet at Iolani Palace at 8am. For the full hike bring 2 liters of water and a lunch. It will take about 4-5 hours. If you are only interested in the short, flat portion of the hike, bring 1 liter of water and a snack. Call Kevin English at 271-5125 if you are coming, would like a ride, or have any questions about the hike.
Aloha!
Many of our Aloha on Rails attendees are coming to Hawaii early to enjoy the island. If you are on Oahu on October 2nd, we recommend coming down to Chinatown for First Friday. First Friday happens the first Friday of every month in Honolulu’s Chinatown district. You’ll experience the local scene as you bounce between art shows and happy hours.
To get the most out of First Friday, just come down to Chinatown, and start following the crowds. The area is small enough to easily walk everywhere, but big enough to explore the whole night.
The main attractions are the bars and the art galleries, which seem to fuse into this meta-event alive with its own pulse. Most of the art galleries are open with extended hours, pupus, and special exhibits. The many bars have happy hour specials, and will be packed with locals enjoying the Aloha Friday.
The Chinatown Boardroom is a personal favorite, featuring hand painted surfboards and other eclectic art. This Friday they will feature Monster Mash, featuring artists that have “been asked to create a monster to be mixed and mashed.”
We highly recommend this event. It’s chill, local, and full of surprises. Take a walk around and you’ll certainly find something interesting.
There are lots of restaurants to choose from, from the Hukilau to Little Village to Indigo. Other choices include JJ Dolans, Soul de Cuba, and Brasseire Du Vin.
Of course, no evening out is complete without a stop to the watering hole. Check out Indigo, JJ Dolan, 39 Hotel, and Bar 35. There are plenty other options, all inside Chinatown. Just follow the crowds.
If you are driving, there are municipal parking lots in Chinatown.
TheBus is a really easy option from Waikiki (with the bonus that no one has to be designated driver!) Each ride is $2.25, and bring exact change. ProTip: ask for a transfer which is good for a few hours and good for your ride home (within the time range allowed.) Just take the B Express line, picking it up on Kuhio Ave (running through Waikiki). Be sure to wait at a CityExpress stop to catch the B! You can also pick up the 2 or 13 from Kuhio, but that’s not express. Consider buying the $25 4 Day Pass, which gives you unlimited rides anywhere TheBus travels.
Follow @sethladd or @alohaonrails, or your other favorite Aloha on Rails attendees, to find out where we are. Some of us will be using GoWalla, so you might see the updates there, too.
