Hello everyone! Red Dirt's got a track exclusively dedicated a track to Ruby implementations this year and I was hoping people would submit some a proposals about MacRuby. There's already a couple good ones up now: http://reddirtrubyconf.com/presentations/gui-programming-with-macruby http://reddirtrubyconf.com/presentations/core-data-with-macruby If you've got something you want to present, please submit a talk ASAP! And please vote up the talks you think are awesome. Here follows the standard call for papers announcement: We are really pleased to announce the second annual Red Dirt RubyConf to be help April 21st and 22nd, 2010 in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma. Come check us out at: http://reddirtrubyconf.com/ We are also very happy to announce that Aaron Patterson of AT&T Interactive and Dr. Nic Williams of EngineYard will participate as keynote speakers. We are actively seeking conference presentation proposals in one of four conference themes: RUBY IMPLEMENTATIONS - There is more than one Ruby. This theme will focus on alternative implementations such as JRuby, Rubinius and MacRuby. RAILS EXTENSIONS - The power of Rails is in its add ons. This theme will focus on projects that build on to and extend Rail's core functionality. JAVASCRIPT - There is power in diversity. This theme will focus on the Ruby/Javascript interface such as JQuery, Coffeescript, Node.js, and Titanium. CLOUD SERVICES - Scalable applications have never been easier. This theme will focus on hosting services such as VPS, EC2, S3, AppCloud, and Heroku. The Call for Proposals is now available online. Please send submit your great ideas for talks here: http://reddirtrubyconf.com/call-for-proposals A proposals will be voted on by the public and the most voted proposal presentation will win a conference pass, a training pass and three nights stay at the conference hotel. Propose a presentation now for the best chance to win! Once you're done, take a minute to vote for the best talks you see at the site. You can vote once every day, so there's plenty of time to make your voice heard. Vote for the best talks here: http://reddirtrubyconf.com/vote -- Joseph Holsten http://josephholsten.com