It was great to be in "my tribe" again. After working on over 50 computer/video games I took a turn into corporate marketing and other industries, but I have always missed the intellect and rational humility of the programmers I worked with at Atari, 3DO, Epyx, and Maxis/EA. I am just beginning to re-connect with that world, and the recent meetup was a spectacular introduction. I had no realized the extend of the Extreme Programming / Agile Dev revolution. The switch form monastic programming to collaborative is a massive sea change. I was thrilled to hear Bosco and the folks from ekoVenture share personal experiences with this new form of nimble s/w development. I will certainly be going to future meetups as I continue to read through Peter Cooper's excellent book.

My first Ruby meetup! I really enjoyed meeting members of the Ruby community and seeing the level of involvement. I look forward to some of the proposed plans for next year.