I realized that I haven't written yet about some of the events I've been to in Wellington, so I thought I'd give y'all an idea of what I've been doing for the past 3 months. I've been trying to infiltrate the nerd community here and meet as many people as I can, so here's a few of the events I've attended and what I thought of them.
WellRailed (November)
WellRailed is the Ruby on Rails group in Wellington. I've been subscribed to the mailing list for a while now, and it was cool to meet some of the people that I see writing on the list all the time. I liked the style of the meeting and I thought it was productive. It started with drinks, pizza, and socializing, and then moved into two short talks by Paul Flewelling (i18n in Rails 2) and Will Bryant (submitting a patch to Rails on github). I'm looking forward to attending more of these meetings before I leave NZ.
Tweet-Up (November)
This one is pretty self-explanatory. I thought this was a great event for meeting people, and following new people on twitter helps me keep up with what's going on in Wellington.
Women in Technology (December)
I happened to stumble across the Women in Technology website one day and was quite intrigued. I emailed and asked if I could attend one of their meetings just to see what it was about. When I got there, I quickly realized that their idea of 'technology' was not quite the same as mine - i.e. it was not a room full of programmers, but women who use any type of technology in the workplace. I did, however, really enjoy the presentation. A woman from Auckland talked to us about how to properly give a presentation. It's really amazing to learn from someone while they demonstrate just how much they know about their subject. She was an excellent presenter.
Girl Geeks (December)
Last year Erica and I attended a Girl Geek Dinner Event in San Francisco, so when I saw that Wellington had a Girl Geek Community I was pretty excited. I went to their Girl Geek Drinks event and there was a great turnout! It was so nice to meet a bunch of girl geeks in Wellington. I hope to be able to attend more of these events while I'm here.
Webstock (February)
Next month I'll be attending Webstock! I am really looking forward it, and will surely post here about my Webstock experience. Hope to see you there!
P.S. In other news, Dan and I had a lovely holiday traveling around NZ's South Island. You can check out the photos on my flickr.
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