Tyler Hunt

I took (a small) part in BarCampOrlando this past weekend. It was a great deal of fun, and all who attended owe Gregg Pollack et al a debt of gratitude for putting their hearts and souls into this project. The event went largely without a hitch, and could safely be called a roaring success.

Going into the day, I was still undecided as to whether I was going to present. I ended up getting a lot of work done during the afternoon, and threw together a few slides and some examples in order to give a short talk. I spoke during the very last 20 minute time slot in the back room on “Consuming REST Services with Ruby,” which was really just a front for showing off the new library I’ve been writing: Relax. I’m going to try to get some more information and some example code up there soon, but for now you can download the gem and play around with it.

I’m looking forward to the next BarCampOrlando event, and there are some rumors going around that we might see one again in the spring. Doing this semiannually will go a long way towards vitalizing Orlando’s tech community.