This is kind of fun, straight from the halls of RailsConf Europe!

How can you express Rails, Berlin and the people @ railsconf europe with just one word for each of these topics ? We’ve challenged the RailsConf Europe 2007 attendees and we’ve condensated their answers in this 5 minutes video.

This blogger had his work featured at MoMA, but was inspired by RailsConf Europe…

Anyway, at RailsConf Europe a few weeks ago, Dave Thomas’ keynote speech emphasized the role of software designers as artists. He said, “treat your projects as though they are artworks, and sign your name to them.” Or pretty close to it. I think this is incredibly valuable advice for software designers today.

A speaker from RailsConf Europe posted this after the show:

I had the pleasure of presenting to the Rails conf audience this morning about and Building RIA’s with Flex . I wasn’t sure what to expect going in, I was kinda worried it would just be me and 3 guys who were in there to sit and check email :)

More from this German publication from RailsConf Europe:

In der Ruby-on-Rails-Welt hat sich in den vergangenen Wochen einiges getan. Wichtige Ereignisse waren die europäische Rails-Konferenz RailsConf Europe sowie die Veröffentlichung der Preview-Version von Rails 2.0. Darüber hinaus stellt dieser Beitrag ein kostenloses Rails-Buch sowie nützliche Tools für Entwickler vor.

Here are links to more BlueAce coverage for RailsConf Europe. For those of you who can read Dutch that is…

Day 1

Day 2

Day 3

This is a very nice mention of Jason Hoffman’s tutorial session from RailsConf Europe:

Jason Hoffman from Joyent had a great tutorial at RailsConf Europe on Scaling a Rails Application from the Bottom Up.

These posts are all in dutch but RailsConf Europe is covered pretty extensively:

Deze post maakt onderdeel uit van een serie van posts over RailsConf Europe

Although I don’t speak or read German, this post may be useful for those of you who do!

Die Organisatoren der RailsConfEurope, die vom 17. bis 19. September in Berlin stattfindet, haben das Vortragsprogramm der europäischen Konferenz zu Ruby on Rails bekannt gegeben.

We always enjoy seeing Ola at conferences, this is a good review of what happened at RailsConf Europe:

Overall I had a very good time at RailsConf this year. It’s a worlds difference from RailsConf last year in London, which I felt was a real waste. This year the energy was high, much interesting things going on and lots of nice and smart people.

Jesper Rønn-Jensen’s take on RailsConf Europe:

So RailsConf Europe this year is over, and there are a few things i want to highlight from a conference that in general was a smash hit.

Day three of RailsConf Europe is reviewed:

We were also informed that the RailsConf Europe 2008 will be in Berlin as well. All I can say is I expect to be there next year (and maybe Portland, too), and that I’ll be writing a post recapping my impressions on this year’s RailsConf Europe, which has been very interesting, and of course, a lot of fun.

Another great review for RailsConf Europe:

It’s always a difficult undertaking who you’re trying to attract with such a specialized conference like RailsConf, being about a specific framework in a specific area of development (The Web). Go too technical and lose the beginners. Stay too broad or basic and lose those who have been following for years. With RailsConf Europe 2007, I think the balance was basically pretty much spot on.

This is the kind of feedback the RailsConf Europe conference team loves to get:

That was RailsConf Europe 2007. It was way to soon over, but never the less it was a great experience. For Andi and me this was the first time we attended any conference and our expectations got surpassed. The atmosphere at the conference was just great, so next year we will be back for sure.

More from Caper Fabricius on RailsConf Europe:

I’ve only written two blogs from RailsConf Europe this year which has temporarily many-doubled the traffic to my blog

The second day of RailsConf Europe is reviewed:

The first day was simple amazing. Great people, sessions and food ;) Berlin is a wonderful place. These are my impressions of the second and last day of the conference.

More from Caper Fabricius on RailsConf Europe:

I’ve only written two blogs from RailsConf Europe this year which has temporarily many-doubled the traffic to my blog

Always a riveting speaker, DHH gives his take on the RailsConf Europe:

Good times at RailsConf Europe

Nick was a speaker at RailsConf Europe but also authored the following blog about DHH:

Rails is no longer the James Dean character, looking outward, trying to convince you of something. It’s no longer about a rebellion or a revolution. Instead, Rails is settling in as a passionate, inward-looking craftsperson.

Another nice post about happenings at RailsConf Europe:

With more than 3 days full of Rails and fun and meeting cool people from all around the world behind me, here’s what I took home from Railsconf Europe

News from CodeGear at RailsConf Europe gets traction in eWeek:

CodeGear released Sept. 17 its new integrated development environment for Ruby on Rails, the open-source framework written in the Ruby programming language and popular with Web developers.

RailsConf Europe is a wrap, here is the post conference press release:

The 2007 Program Included Visionaries and Detailed Rails Discussion

Here is a review of DHH’s keynote at RailsConf Europe:

This year, DHH noted that he up until now had started all his previous keynotes about Rails celebrating how “freakin’ fantastic we are”. For this keynote, he thought - with Rails being well within in its third year in existence - that it was time to perhaps be happy with what we have.

Here is a good encapsulation of what Dave Thomas said last night at RailsConf Europe:

Last night Dave Thomas kicked off RailsConf Europe with something different.

Dr. Roy T. Fielding of Day Software keynoted here at RailsConf Europe. I just had breakfast with him here in Berlin and he told me he’s delighted to be attending a “sold-out” conference. I suspect having this ground breaking software engineer in our midst had something to do with the conference attendance! Here is the release issued from his firm:

Day Software (SWX: DAYN, OTCQX: DYIHY), a leading provider of global content management and infrastructure software, today announced its chief scientist, Dr. Roy T. Fielding, will be featured as a keynote speaker at RailsConf Europe on Tuesday, September 18, 2007 at the Maritim pro Arte Hotel in Berlin, Germany.

An early review of the first day of RailsConf Europe:

The second tutorial of the day, “Using Adobe Flex with Rails ,” was very cool.

Keynoting today at RailsConf Europe:

Dr. Roy T. Fielding, will be featured as a keynote speaker at RailsConf Europe on Tuesday, September 18, 2007 at the Maritim pro Arte Hotel in Berlin, Germany.

French exhibitor, WebPulser issued the following release at RailsConf Europe:

Webpulser announced today from the Railsconf Europe conference

Conference sponsor CodeGear, announces news from RailsConf Europe:

CodeGear on Monday is releasing CodeGear 3rdRail, an IDE for building applications with the popular Ruby on Rails open source Web framework.

Nick is scheduled to make a presentation at RailsConf Europe this week on behalf of Sun:

Craig and I are part of a small group at Sun that’s embracing Rails in a big way, and we’re going to be launching a site built mostly on Rails later this fall.

The winner of the free pass to RailsConf Europe is announced:

Thanks again to O’Reilly for sponsoring the contest.

Great news for RailsConf Europe…

We’ll have one packed show to put on. I can’t wait to hook up with everyone again. Go Berlin!

This blog entry regarding the upcoming RailsConf Europe conference is from one of the speakers:

I will be in Berlin, along with Joe McGlynn (product manager) as well as Shelby Sanders and Mark Howe (both R&D). See you there, it should be electrifying!

A speaker from RailsConf Europe blogs about the event:

So RailsConf Europe is once more upon us, and a fortnight from now spikyblackcat and I will be reprising last year’s mind-boggling sensation

He’s right, registration is open until Wed, Sept 5 12:00 p.m. west coast time….

RailsConf Europe 2007 Is Only Two Weeks Away and Only a Few Seats Remain

James Niccolai posts a good article on the future of Rails, directly from DHH himself:

Developer of the important Web application framework says he won’t add much to the next version.

This is a link to a news release that ELC issued about RailsConf Europe:

At the RailsConf Europe, scheduled to be held here September 17-19, Jonathan Siegel, founder and UK President of ELC Technologies, will deliver a keynote presentation entitled “Beyond Startup: Rails Demand in the Global 2000.”

The charity angle continues to garner media hits:

You might recall, a few short months ago, that Dr. Nic built and released a site called MyConfPlan. Its prime objective was to enable RailsConf 2007 visitors to easily plan their schedules

We’re all excited about RailsConf Europe but a month early? This is too funny not to share:

After we took part in the RailsConf 2007 in Portland, we’re preparing to join the RailsConf Europe in Berlin, once again also as Gold Sponsor.

Chad Fowler proves, once again, that charity and altruism can have a place, even at a technology conference:

RailsConf Europe is right around the corner, and on the first day Marcel Molina and I will be doing a full day tutorial on advanced Ruby and Rails testing techniques.

Another RailsConf Europe speaker who is anticipating the Berlin show….

I’m speaking at RailsConf

A nice pick up of our recent media release regarding expanding the program at RailsConf Europe:

Technology conference producer O’Reilly Media (oreilly.com) announced this week that the conference program of its upcoming RailsConf Europe (railsconfeurope.com) event is complete, with the recent addition of several new speakers.

Great interview with hackfest winner regarding developing with Rails and his plans to attend RailsConf Europe:

I’m definitely going to be at RailsConf Europe. Norbert and I are taking the train from Amsterdam to Berlin on Sunday the 16th of September, first stop is Bratwurst on Rails.

DHH blogs about the last week of earlybird registration:

Last week of early-bird price for RailsConf Europe

This blog entry compares the agenda for the RailsConf stateside and RailsConf Europe:

It looks like RailsConf Europe in Berlin, Germany (17-19 September 2007) is concentrating on Flex