BEGIN:VCALENDAR PRODID;X-RICAL-TZSOURCE=TZINFO:-//Calagator//EN CALSCALE:GREGORIAN X-WR-CALNAME:Calagator METHOD:PUBLISH VERSION:2.0 BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID;X-RICAL-TZSOURCE=TZINFO:America/Los_Angeles BEGIN:DAYLIGHT DTSTART:20170312T020000 RDATE:20170312T020000 TZOFFSETFROM:-0800 TZOFFSETTO:-0700 TZNAME:PDT END:DAYLIGHT END:VTIMEZONE BEGIN:VEVENT CREATED;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20170718T205527Z DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20170801T220000 DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20170801T180000 DTSTAMP;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20170718T205527Z LAST-MODIFIED;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20260513T005354Z UID:http://calagator.org/events/1250472238 DESCRIPTION:We'll have pizza &\; beer starting at 6pm\, so stop by ear ly if you want to have dinner and socialize before the presentations. * *THERE WILL ALSO BE CUPCAKES.** **This month's meeting is on the 27th floor.** \;\n \;\n## PRESENTATIONS at 7pm \;\n \;\n### Main Presentation by Ruby Hero Coraline Ada Ehmke: "\;Metaphors are Simil es. Similes Are Like Metaphors."\; \;\n \;\nMaking a special t rip from her hometown of Chicago\, Coraline is our very special 15th ann iversary guest! She'll be giving us a special treat: her well-received keynote from Rubyfuza! Here's the abstract: \;\n \;\n>\; Langua ge matters more than you think. And the more you think\, the more you ne ed language. This talk explores the connections between language and pro blem solving\, how the metaphors that we use can expand or constrain our thinking\, and how it all relates to our identities as software develop ers and as human beings. Along the way we'll learn about linguistics\, c ategory theory\, Russian colors\, gigantic bridges in France\, and how t o pronounce the word "\;lacuna"\;. And you'll definitely have so me things to think about. Hopefully\, in new ways. \;\n \;\n## **T hanks to New Relic for providing the venue and beer\, pizza &\; snack s this month! And EXTRA SPECIAL thanks to New Relic for sponsoring Cora line's trip to come hang out with us!** \;\n \;\n \;\n \;\nA RRIVING BY BIKE? Cyclists are welcome to park their bikes in the New Rel ic office. Bikes are not allowed in the building lobby\, however\, and m ust use the freight elevator. To get your bike up to the 5th floor\, ent er the building's parking lot by going down the ramp at 5th and Pine. Go past the booth -- no need to pick up a ticket -- and turn right. Go str aight until you almost run into the elevator lobby\, then go right again . On the back side of the elevator block you'll see a beat up pair of do uble doors marked "\;freight elevator."\; You can get up by buzz ing in with the intercom\, and saying you're here for New Relic. Ride on up to the 27th floor\, you'll easily find the bike parking. \;\n \;\nABOUT THE GROUP: *The Portland Ruby Brigade\, also known as pdxruby and pdx.rb\, is a user group for Ruby programmers in the Portland\, Oreg on area. The group welcomes all programmers interested in the language a nd its implementations\, tools\, libraries and frameworks\, such as Ruby on Rails. The group has been meeting since August 2002 for presentation s\, demos and discussions. Every month 35-75 people come together to sha re their knowledge\, projects and enthusiasm for Ruby. If you'd like to present or have a topic you'd like discussed\, please post to the mailin g list. The group usually meets on the first Tuesday of the month\, &quo t\;Ruby Tuesday"\; -- see you there!* \;\n\n\nTags: meetup:event= 239634434\, meetup:group=Portland-Ruby-Brigade\, open source\, ruby\, so ftware development\, web development\, portland oregon\, ruby on rails\, mobile development\, pdx\n\nImported from: http://calagator.org/events/ 1250472238 URL:http://pdxruby.org/ SUMMARY:Portland Ruby Brigade - 15th Anniversary\, with cupcakes! LOCATION:New Relic: 111 Southwest 5th Avenue\, Suite 2700\, Portland OR 9 7204 US SEQUENCE:8 END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR