RailsDay 2006
I saw recently the announce of the RailsDay2006 event. For those who are not aware of the last year’s edition, this is a 24 hours geek event taking place online and about Rails. The purpose is to allow teams of up to 3 Rails programmers to create a web app from scratch, in 24 hours. You can make plans and prepare ideas, docs etc. but no code prior to start.
I am tempted to try to participate, just for the fun of it. Lately I didn’t find the motivation or the time to advance in Rails, so an event like this could focus me for 24 hours on the thing. Too bad is a Saturday, but that’s it.
The only surviving app from the RailsDay 2005 edition seems to be YubNub. It is a simple and clever idea: the web’s command line. You can use and add commands to acces web content, from dictionaries to search engines, online games, translators etc. etc. etc. All packaged with Firefox extensions, Konfabulator widgets, Ajax homepages integration and a hot community. Cool stuff.
Updates: I just found a couple of other RailsDay2005 survivors:
“hot community” - love that. Thanks Marius!
Comment by Jonathan Aquino — June 5, 2006 @ 4:21 am