Flexible Rails

I've set up the Flexible Rails workshop sign-up page at http://flexiblerails.eventbrite.com/.

Please let me know if you have problems signing up; this is my first time using Eventbrite.

The cost is $99 for "Early Bird" sign-ups (until January 15) and $149 for regular price sign-ups.

More details will be posted soon; for now think of the goal of the workshop as follows: To lead a developer with no Flex or Rails experience through the process of building an interesting RIA which is small enough to build in a day, learning everything as we go. This is the approach I used in Flexible Rails, compressed to fit into a day. (Also, the workshop content is informed by my experiences writing Flexible Rails and speaking about it, seeing what works and makes people lean forward with interest, and, conversely, what makes people's eyes glaze over and/or makes them think about checking their email.)

The current plan is to build a slideshow app using Flex + Rails, but a slideshow app which is focused on the needs of speaking at technical conferences. (Talk about eating your own dog food: I'm going to use the app I build for this workshop to present my slides at the conference presentations I do in 2008.) Think slides with big words (Takahashi-method), code slides, images etc. In a day. Even if you've never done "rails hello" or <mx:Application>.

Sound cool? Crazy? Let me know...

-Peter

[updated 2008-01-01 to extend the Early Bird signup period to January 15 -- if you spent as much as I did over the holidays, a discount on the workshop will be welcome!]
[updated 2008-01-22 - the video player was, ahem, cut]