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Final Roundup.

Tue, 02 Oct 2012 22:00:00 GMT

Tomorrow it all starts. Here some final notes on practical stuff for the next couple of days.

Tonight we start with fries and beer, you’re all welcome at the venue for pre-registration and all you can eat fries and to have a beer with us. It starts at 7pm and ends at 11pm so you all get enough sleep for tomorrow.

Tomorrow starts at 8am with breakfast followed by the opening keynote at 9am. On our location-page you can find a map with the different parkings near the venue, don’t forget to buy a ticket (can be bought with Maestro or Credit Card). There is also a bus and tram-stop nearby, so if you’re coming by train or from a different side of Ghent, you don’t need to walk long in the rain.

If you plan to take a taxi, you can find a full list here, we can recommend v-tax.

After a whole day on my boat you’re going to be hungry and thirsty. Before heading over to the boat-party. You can look for a nice place to eat near the Vlaanderenstraat, or just a little further in the center of Ghent. Both are very near the boat. Oh, the first 120 people arriving on the boat on thursday will get a free cocktail.

On Friday, you’re all welcome again at 8:30am for breakfast at the Zebrastraat, the first talk will start an hour later.

In the afternoon we can all have a toast on a great conference with a cocktail. After that we all have enough confidence for the lightning talks. There will be a drawing board of some kind to right down if you would like to give a talk. You’ll get 5 minutes to enlighten the rest of us.

After that we have Katrina who will close the conference before we all head back in town for some diner.

Then at 8pm, Github would like to invite you back at the Zebrastraat for a final drinkup. Drinks are free until 10pm, but the bar will stay open and we’ll have a small suprise for the beer-drinkers.

Those who who subscribed for the boat-trip are expected at the ‘Het Groene Boothuisje, Korenlei 4A, 9000 Gent’ on Saturday at 10am for a great trip through the citycentre.

Practical addresses

Venue + pre-party + after-party Zebrastraat 32 9000 Gent

Boat-party Le Bateau
Muinkkaai 1
9000 Gent

City Boat trip
Het Groene Boothuisje
Korenlei 4A
9000 Gent

And if you need to contact us, just send a tweet to @arrrrcamp, a mail to captain@arrrrcamp.be or contact us at +32-473.43.69.54

Big thanks to Yammer

Mon, 01 Oct 2012 22:00:00 GMT

Yammer is an Enterprise Social Network that enables organizations to make transformative changes quickly by empowering employees to collaborate across departments, geographies, content and business applications.

And the best part of all that is that they are our Platinum sponsor. Which is more than arrrrsome!

If you want to know more about Yammer find one of them at ArrrrCamp, a whole team of them will join my ship. Or go and listen to Yann’s talk about ‘Dealing with Scale at Yammer’.

Important travel info.

Fri, 28 Sep 2012 10:05:48 GMT

Hi Matey,

I have some slightly bad news you should know about.

Starting October second at 22h, next Tuesday, the national railway holds a 24 hour strike and therefor, not a single train will ride that day. This means that all of you coming by plane or train won’t get to Ghent that easily.

We are looking for alternatives for those who come by plane, or those who come by train from the Netherlands, Germany, France,… But to have a clear idea of the amount of people in need for transportation on the third, we need to know all the details.

So could you please let us know if you’re planned to arrive in Ghent on the third, if you planned to use the train in any way, where you will be stranded and when that will be…

Only then we can see if, and that is a big if, we can do something to help, arrange a shuttle, hijack a bus or any other way. Or in worst case get a bunch of you mateys together at a certain place where you could share a taxi.

So please contact your travel agency or railway company and enquire what they suggest and how far you will get and let us know.

On Monday we will collect all this info and see what we can do to help you get to Ghent.

Don’t hesitate to contact us. Hope to see you all next Wednesday or Thursday for an arrrrrsome ArrrrCamp

Your Captain and his crew.

After-ArrrrCamp drinkup

Mon, 24 Sep 2012 22:00:00 GMT

When you listen to the lightning talks and Katrina at the end of ArrrrCamp with a cocktail in your hand, you don't have to worry it's all over.

On Friday the 5th, after the conference, we would like to invite you all back at the Zebrastraat at 8pm for a Github Drinkup. You should not be wandering in Ghent on your own, just find us, all the speakers and other participants back at the conference bar for a drink and an interesting talk. This with the help of your favorite version control website, Github.

But make sure you get up in time to join us on our boat-trip!

Ye captain loves his fries

Sun, 16 Sep 2012 22:00:00 GMT

Ahoi mateys,

Whenever your captain is on dry land, he goes on a quest to find some of Belgium’s finest gold. And he likes to share that with all of his crew. So you’re all welcome to enjoy our fries and beer.

That is why he likes to invite you all at the Venue for a pre-conference gathering on Wednesday evening, October the third. It starts at 7pm at the Zebrastraat. Be there and get to know all the speakers, organisers and other mateys.

No time to be bored during ArrrrCamp

Thu, 13 Sep 2012 22:00:00 GMT

No time to be bored at ArrrrCamp.

On the first day, the last pirate ends his talk at 5pm. But that doesn't mean the day is over. You will have plenty of time to get something to eat before Pusher and New Bamboo invites you on their ship for a great night out.

You are all welcome at Le Beateau in the center of Ghent at around 8pm. This is the same location as our afterparty last year, so you know it’s going to be a awesome.

As it is walkable from the centre, it is walkable from most placed to eat and sleep, so no reason not to be there!

I'm on a boat

Wed, 05 Sep 2012 22:00:00 GMT

Ahoy mateys,

A pirate’s time ashore is carefully limited to the least amount needed, just imagine people would mistake us for just ordinary landrots.

Well, we can’t let that happen, so on Saturday October 6th our captain would like to invite you for a trip on his fleet. Between 10am and 11am we are setting sail to the open waters of Ghent for little boat trip.

If you are pirate enough just book your free seat on our ship. Registrations close one week before the trip, September 29th.

One more reason to stay a little longer.

ArrrrCamp 2012

Thu, 19 Apr 2012 22:00:00 GMT

Ahoy mateys!

The captain is back, and I have some announcements to make! As promised, there will be a next Arrrrcamp it will be awesome, and we want you to be present!

First of all, the next Arrrrcamp will span two days. Open up your agenda and mark October 4th and 5th in red (ruby-red if available!). This allows us to run less parallel tracks while getting more slots, and you can attend more sessions. Currently, we plan to run two parallel tracks.

Regular Arrrrcamp-attendants might have noticed that the conference shifted focus a bit the last year(s), and now it is official. While formally the tagline announced that Arrrrcamp focussed on “Ruby, Rails, Radiant and Rum”, we now removed Radiant from the list, allowing other CMS-systems, or applications to step in, and in a whole, we try to cover the whole of web-frontend and backend development with Rails and related technologies (Javascript, websockets…), and Ruby programming, and tools that go with this (version control, logging, IDE’s…). We keep the 4 Rs in the name nonetheless.

Arrrrcamp will take place at the same location as previous years: the Zebrastraat venue in Ghent, Belgium.

Ticket sales start today with a “early parrot” sale: 160 euro per ticket (inc. VAT). These discounted tickets are limited in time and quantity, so get them while they are available.

If you want to join Arrrrcamp as a speaker, we have opened up the Call for Papers. Submit your talk proposal through this link.

Also, we are looking for sponsors to help out – if you want to help us making Arrrrcamp a blast, feel free to get in touch.

Yours truly,

the captain.

ps: get an impression of last years edition

Setting sail for the next edition.

Sun, 23 Oct 2011 22:00:00 GMT

Ahoy landlubbers!

A little over two weeks have passed since Arrrrcamp. Most of the visitors are back where they belong, and I had a time to sit back and evaluate Arrrrcamp. Looking back is not a common habit in the pirating business, but Arrrrcamp is an exception.

It was good. Even very good. I heard good, constructive comments from visitors, and the speakers were happy to share their wisdom. All me mateys worked together splendidly to make it a fluent operation. I had a good time, and hope you all had too.

Me and the mateys rushed ahead, and decided already that there will be a next Arrrrcamp. No details yet, only the time and place: it will be in Ghent at the beginning of october 2012. I'm open to any suggestions, comments, ... to make the next Arrrrcamp even better, so don't hesitate to send me a message (captain@arrrrcamp.be).

And there is even more news: all the video's are available. I'll add a video button (and maybe a slide button if there are slides available) next to the speakers blog/twitter/github details.

Enjoy! That all for now. Keep in touch with the captain's parrot on Twitter (@arrrrcamp) to be the first to get the details on upcoming details.

Setting sail for some lost island with treasure,
Yours truly,
The Captain.

There is more to Ghent than ArrrrCamp

Tue, 27 Sep 2011 22:00:00 GMT

Ahoy,

less than two weeks to go, and Arrrrcamp is taking place. Good! Perfect. All is shaping up nicely, and we started all final preparation.
We still have some tickets left, and I would like to take a moment to try and convince some people to attend Arrrrcamp after all. And not for the geek-stuff, but just because you should come to Arrrrcamp, bring your family, and have a good time.

First of all, Ghent is a beautiful city to visit, with plenty of stuff to do for visitors. There are shops, there is art, there are places to visit, the city center is a perfect walking environment... It is not a suprise Ghent was named one of the 10 cities you should visit by Lonely Planet.

Beside the general appeal of the city and surroundings, there are some events taking place the weekend after Arrrrcamp: for the women, there is a shopping evening - all shops in the city center are open till late. On sunday, there is architecture-day.

So, gather your family, book a city trip to Ghent, and combine Arrrrcamp with a short break from your daily routine. You won't regret it, promised!