BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:icalendar-ruby CALSCALE:GREGORIAN BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20170418T171710Z UID:fdaa4d97-6934-42fe-a756-8c115a16dd0f DTSTART;TZID=America/Phoenix:20170425T134000 DTEND;TZID=America/Phoenix:20170425T142000 DESCRIPTION:Board games are great\, but who has time to keep track of what' s going on when you just want to have fun?\nIn the spirit of over-engineer ing we'll look at PitchCar -- probably one of the simplest games in the wo rld -- and see how far we can go with web tech\, image processing\, and a bunch of math.\nExpect to see plenty of code\, some surprising problems an d solutions\, and of course: A live demo.\n\n \n Dave loves to play games\, he also loves engineering solutions to probl ems which may or may not actually exist.\nHe's a graduate of computer scie nce and robotics who has been programming professionally for a decade.\n\n Dave Tapley\n \n \n Dave lo ves to play games\, he also loves engineering solutions to problems which may or may not actually exist.\nHe's a graduate of computer science and ro botics who has been programming professionally for a decade. LOCATION:156 SUMMARY:Whose turn is it anyway? Augmented reality board games. (Unconventi onal Rails) END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20170418T171710Z UID:578d54ca-c9df-4935-a304-d546c7ea2598 DTSTART;TZID=America/Phoenix:20170425T143000 DTEND;TZID=America/Phoenix:20170425T151000 DESCRIPTION:Chatbots\, ActionCable\, A.I. and you. And many more buzzwords will enthral you in this talk.\n\nWe'll learn how to create a simple chatr oom in Rails using ActionCable\, then how to talk to your colleagues in th e office or remote locations using text to speech and Amazon Voice Service .\n\nUsing the power of ActionCable we will explore how its possible to cr eate an MMMOC: massively multiplayer online chatroom\, that you can use TO DAY to see your\; Travis Build status\, or deploy code to your favourite P AAS\, let you know when the latest release of Rails is out. Using nothing but your voice and ActionCable.\n\n \n Julian is a British Ruby/Rails developer at Red Hat\, with a penchant for tweed\, fine coffee\, and homebrewing.\n\n \n Jon an is a developer at Heroku and an aspiring astronaut. He believes in you and your potential and wants to help you build beautiful things. He loves robots\, games\, LEGOs and Magic: The Gathering. If you like any of those things or are willing to pretend you should go and introduce yourself. Oth er good conversation starters: anything you’re passionate about\, you r life story\, what you want to be when you grow up and how you became so fabulous.\n\nJulian Cheal\n \n \n Julian is a British Ruby/Rails developer at Red Hat\, with a pencha nt for tweed\, fine coffee\, and homebrewing.\n\n \n \n \n Jonan Scheffler\n \n \n Jonan is a developer at Heroku a nd an aspiring astronaut. He believes in you and your potential and wants to help you build beautiful things. He loves robots\, games\, LEGOs and Ma gic: The Gathering. If you like any of those things or are willing to pret end you should go and introduce yourself. Other good conversation starters : anything you’re passionate about\, your life story\, what you want to be when you grow up and how you became so fabulous. LOCATION:156 SUMMARY:Inventing Friends: ActionCable + AVS = <3 (Unconventional Rails) END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20170418T171710Z UID:b48f0689-d428-427a-a5a4-f75c572873b8 DTSTART;TZID=America/Phoenix:20170425T154000 DTEND;TZID=America/Phoenix:20170425T162000 DESCRIPTION:Ruby on Rails is a widely used web framework\, using HTTP to se rve users web pages and store data to databases. But what about serving di fferent types of clients? Is it possible to integrate Rails with other pro tocol types to talk to other machines? Is it efficient? How would it work? I'm going to share my team's approach integrating a Ruby on Rails applica tion with automation and warehouse hardware\, such as barcode scanners and Zebra printers.\n\n \n Danielle is a full-sta ck software engineer working at Blue Apron in New York City on their wareh ouse software. Her expertise stretches between front-end heavy web applica tions\, mostly with Ember.js\, and a variety of back-ends\, built in Ruby. She has been coding since age 12. In her free time\, she enjoys live musi c\, food\, teaching others to code\, and hanging out with her cat.\n\nDani elle Adams\n \n \n Danielle is a full-stack software engineer working at Blue Apron in New York City on their warehouse software. Her expertise stretches between front-end hea vy web applications\, mostly with Ember.js\, and a variety of back-ends\, built in Ruby. She has been coding since age 12. In her free time\, she en joys live music\, food\, teaching others to code\, and hanging out with he r cat. LOCATION:156 SUMMARY:Outside the (Web) Box: Using Ruby for Other Protocols (Unconvention al Rails) END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20170418T171710Z UID:6b75c22c-dd6a-4948-b294-5422d0b31fd5 DTSTART;TZID=America/Phoenix:20170425T163000 DTEND;TZID=America/Phoenix:20170425T171000 DESCRIPTION:We live in a world where you can schedule a meeting by talking to your watch or turn off your lights by asking Alexa as if she were your roommate. But would voice dictation work for something more intensive\, li ke a web app used for hours of data entry?\n\nIn this talk\, I’ll sho w you how to implement the Web Speech API in a few simple steps. I’ll also walk through a case study of using the API in a production Rails app . You’ll leave with an understanding of how to implement voice dictat ion on the web as well as criteria to evaluate if voice is a viable soluti on to a given problem.\n\n \n Cameron is a Sof tware Engineer at Stitch Fix\, where she builds internal tools in Ruby on Rails. She found coding by way of Merchandising\, while working at Stitch Fix on the Jewelry & Accessories team in 2014. After attending General Ass embly’s web development immersive program\, Cameron is now working on the tools that once made her job on the Merchandising team easier. In her free time\, she loves traveling\, teaching others to code\, and daydreami ng about becoming a dog owner.\n\nCameron Jacoby\n \n \n Cameron is a Software Engineer at Stitch Fix \, where she builds internal tools in Ruby on Rails. She found coding by w ay of Merchandising\, while working at Stitch Fix on the Jewelry & Accesso ries team in 2014. After attending General Assembly’s web development immersive program\, Cameron is now working on the tools that once made he r job on the Merchandising team easier. In her free time\, she loves trave ling\, teaching others to code\, and daydreaming about becoming a dog owne r. LOCATION:156 SUMMARY:Implementing the Web Speech API for Voice Data Entry (Unconventiona l Rails) END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR