Talking, for the first time
Tonight, we have a Ruby user group meeting here in Eau Claire. It is a pretty big meeting, as we are trying to get a lot of people there to show them first, what a user group does, and second, the awesomeness of Ruby and Ruby on Rails. Due to this meeting, we are having a few quick speakers, and then lighting talks by other members. I am giving one of these lighting talks.
As of right now, 10ish AM, I still have to decide what I want to talk about. This isn’t due to the fact that I am a slacker, or lazy, this is due to the fact that I have a bunch of things that I want to talk about, and I need to narrow it down. At first, I wanted to show people how quick and easy it is to get a simple project up and running. I don’t think I am going to do this because it has been shown a few times in talks in classes to some of the possible new members. Next, it was suggested that I do a talk about HAML because as you have seen, I have taken a pretty solid look at it. I don’t think I am going to do this because there are so many new people that might be coming to the meeting this evening. So, I think I am going to just talk about what I like about ruby, what I do with it on a daily basis, and why I enjoy using it so much. I think this is a good topic because this way, I can still show enthusiasm while not feel like I am either talking down, or over, someones head. This way I can just talk to them, and explain my experiences with it instead of trying to teach, which can be done at a meeting later, when we know who is interested in what topics.