Alright folks – exactly 6 days left for ticket sales, and 16 days until the opening ceremonies. We hope you’re busy applying for your passports (US citizens now need ‘em too), registering your lovers (two tickets added), memorizing the talk teasers and getting lots of sleep.
On the subject of registration, we’ve got to give a warm welcome and praise to our new comrade Robert Pitts, who gave economic woes the bird and managed to fund-raise his entire trip to FutureRuby via his twitter and a fundable.com page in less than a day.
We really admire the fact that you’re all finding ways to generate travel funds that are more efficent than the bake-sale idea we were kicking around at FutureRuby HQ – although we will buy your cookies, if you’re so inclined.
Now that we enter the homestretch of registration, we simply want to see the best, most enthusiastic people in the stands. Originally we were thinking of doing a “Get me to FutureRuby!’ contest….but most contests hinder creativity, and only one person wins. The worker bee’s behind FutureRuby are members of the trophy generation, after all.
In lieu of a contest, we simply implore you to show you’re true colours (red and yellow are flattering) and make an impression: hold a fundraiser, make a video of why you want to go to FutureRuby, write an amazing blog post, hack something relevant, dress your cat up like Marx and pimp him out on the internet – whatever.
All we’re saying is that we’ll totally buy your cookies. Geddit? Good.
On an unfortunate note, if you’ve read his blog you already know that Giles Bowkett will not be able to join us this year – we miss him, and wish him all the best. Also, he notes that “me and Greg Borenstein and I hatched up an amazing plan for tech-assisted live music, and Greg will still be bringing his half of it to Future Ruby” so we’re all in for some classic Giles treats despite his absence in the physical sense.
Finally, we have workshops and other add-on’s in the oven** which we’ll announce later this week, and you should be able to peek at the schedule and entertainers the beginning of the next one. Stay strong and stay tuned.
**There will be no more food analogies henceforth. We promise.
