We opened up registration for The Ruby Hoedown 2007 yesterday (to give our announce list subscribers first dibs ;)), so fire up your web browser and hit http://www.rubyhoedown.com/. There you can check out the amazing talk line-up, learn a little bit of info about a pre-conference charity workshop, sign up your S.O. for the accompanying event for significant others, and click that big 'ole "Register" button! Here is our program: Keynotes - Bruce Tate and Marcel Molina, Jr. Ken Auer - Does Ruby Have a Chasm to Cross? Ezra Zygmuntowicz - Exploring Merb Andrea O.K. Wright - High Art on Top of Low-Level APIs: Building Games with Ruby Jay Phillips - Next-Gen VoIP Development with Ruby and Adhearsion Jared Richardson - Using C to Tune Your Ruby (or Rails) Application With tickets going for only $100, and an attendance cap of 150, the Hoedown's going to sell out fast, so hop on over and grab your spot ASAP. See you in August! The Ruby Hoedown Organizers -- http://www.jeremymcanally.com/ My free Ruby e-book: http://www.humblelittlerubybook.com/book/ My blogs: http://www.mrneighborly.com/ http://www.rubyinpractice.com/