Austin on Rails Happy Hour

The week of SXSW is fast approaching and evening events are starting to pop up. Last year I helped organize the first Austin on Rails Happy Hour with Damon Clinkscales and Rob Jones. This year the Stikkit team will be pitching in to help make this event happen and Rael, Asha, and I will be there and look forward to meeting you in person.

Last year's event was a ball—we had over 150 people show up and many great introductions were made and friendships formed.

The Austin on Rails Happy Hour (stikkit!) will be held on March 12th from 6-9pm.

The venue will be the same as last year: Buffalo Billiards is comfortable and inviting, has shuffle board and pool tables, and plenty of room to meet fellow Rails developers.

There will be free drinks and appetizers. If you are not attending SXSW and don't have a badge, you'll need to RSVP. Check out the Upcoming event for more details.

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We're SXSW Awards finalists

SXSW 07 will be my fifth year at what I consider to be one of the best web related conferences I've been to. I consistently look forward to early March, and upon leaving Austin always come away with a renewed sense of creativity and pride for what I do. Attending SXSW during the post dot-com boom made it plainly obvious that while excessive and senseless investment was gone, the passion for creating useful tools and services was still just as strong (if not stronger) as it was in previous years.

And this year I've yet another reason to be excited: Stikkit has been named as a finalist in the SXSW Web Awards for Technical Achievement. As you can imagine, this has everyone at Values of n pretty excited. We truly believe we're making a difference when it comes to building web applications and it's an honor to even be considered.

And while the judges will ultimately decide whether or not we're the best in our category, you get to decide the outcome of the People's Choice awards for each category. So we encourage you to make your opinion known by casting a vote for your favorites — whether or not that includes us (although you know our preference).

Also, if you're going to be in Austin in March, seek Rael, Asha, or myself out and say "hello." We're all scheduled to speak or lead panels as well and I'm certain some of our philosophies on application development will be evidently expressed. (Oh, and if you're not already scheduled to go: why not?)

See you in Austin! And don't forget to vote.