Not your average speaker
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I will not be presenting at OSCON like others nor even at a Java Users Group but I will be giving a guest lecture on Rails for students of Programming Hypermedia at the Hypermedia Lab of Tampere University of Technology.
Yes, I’m thrilled. And already tense as hell. It will be my first real talk if you don’t count the seminars in school. But, standing on the shoulders of giants (and talking about something I’ve fell in love with), I feel I just can’t fail.
Oh, and the last October’s edition of Design In-Flight, the excellent design magazine distributed as pdf, D. Keith Robinson has a take for first-time speakers.
Stay tuned. The lecture will be on April 13th. I hope I can get someone to tape the two-hour session but even if not, I will make the slides and notes available here. And if you happen to be in Tampere on that inevitably glorious day, why won’t you sneak in the hall S3 and give it a whirl. Maybe you’ll be bitten, too.
Nor will I being presenting at OSCON. You have no idea how much better this post made me feel. I was sort of bummed about it for a while, but your post lifted my spirits. I too am seeking to do presentations elsewhere though. Good luck on yours!
Adam,
Thanks for your kind words. To be honest, I didn’t even dream of (or apply for) presenting at OSCON, those references are there just to give some context to the story of spreading the glory of Rails.