Rails ‘morning coffee’ meeting in Amsterdam
In the last few months we found that there are more and more Dutch people working with Ruby on Rails. So far we’ve kept in touch by email and instant messaging, but now we’d like to meet up in person. Our goal is to have a good chat about our experiences with Rails, and of course a strong cup of coffee is a precondition for such a thing.

When: Thursday, March 30th, 2006, 9:30 AM
Where: The Coffee Company on the corner of the Nieuwe Doelenstraat and the Kloveniersburgwal in Amsterdam
This is an informal meeting intended for people working with Rails, developers and designers who want to get started, and everyone wondering if Rails might be a good fit for their project.
Please leave a comment to tell us you’ll be there or if you have any questions.
Update: We’ve answered some of the questions that keep coming up in this post.
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rien[at]resourcestudio.nl about 2 hours later: (delete)
I will be there. ¶
Andy Lo-A-Foe about 2 hours later: (delete | show email)
Will definitely try to make it!
-andy ¶
Bernard about 2 hours later: (delete | show email)
Will try to make it. How long do you think we will be drinking (morning?) coffee and ramble about Rails. ¶
Thijs van der Vossen about 3 hours later: (delete)
We were planning to be there until something like 11:30 or 12:00. ¶
Rodney (dutchrailers.org) about 3 hours later: (delete)
Cool idea, see you there. ¶
Flurin Egger about 5 hours later: (delete | show email)
Will be there too. Nice idea btw. ¶
Daniel Spronk 2 days later: (delete)
wij komen ook! ;)
(Rik Schot, Simon de Haan, Daniel Spronk, Salmon Tetelepta van Eight Media)
tot donderdag! ¶
Pim 2 days later: (delete)
Leuk idee, misschien ook even op Upcoming.org zetten? ¶
Thijs van der Vossen 3 days later: (delete)
Good idea, you can find it there at http://upcoming.org/event/64831/
But Pim, will you be joining us too? ¶
jeroen janssen 3 days later: (delete)
Jeroen and Nina from Laika will be there! ¶
Danny Lagrouw 4 days later: (delete | show email)
Ik probeer erbij te zijn, al was het alleen maar om reclame te kunnen maken voor de RubyEnRails 2006 dag op 18 mei (http://www.profict.nl/ruby)!!
(Danny Lagrouw, Profict) ¶
Justin Halsall 4 days later: (delete | show email)
Wow dat is vroeg, niet echt handig voor mensen die uit andere delen van het land komen... ¶
Chris Eidhof 4 days later: (delete | show email)
Als ik niet te druk ben met m'n werk ga ik ook proberen vrij te krijgen en er te zijn! Cool initiatief.
Wisten jullie dat er ook plannen zijn om een Nederlandse Ruby Gebruikersgroep op te richten? ¶
Joost Baaij 4 days later: (delete | show email)
Space Babies is er ook... ¶
gst 4 days later: (delete)
i will try to be there (but although i live here i don't speak dutch [yet]). ¶
Jeroen Janssen 4 days later: (delete | show email)
Hoi,
Zijn er toevallig ook mensen die uit Limburg (Venlo of omstreken) komen? ¶
ilya Devèrs 4 days later: (delete)
Leuk idee, ik kom zeker even een bakkie doen. [innberg] ¶
Chris 4 days later: (delete)
Wij komen zeker ook met een delegatie! ¶
Peet Sneekes 4 days later: (delete)
I'll be there if I get a few free hours from my job. ¶
Rense 4 days later: (delete)
(re)present! ¶
Thijs Cadier 5 days later: (delete)
Ik ga er ook proberen te zijn... ¶
Miguel Marcos 5 days later: (delete | show email)
Count me in! Ik ben benieuwd... ¶
Martin 5 days later: (delete)
Sadly can't make it, will see if anyone else from Greenpeace fancies it. Let me know if you decide to do it again :-) ¶
Ximon 5 days later: (delete)
I'm dead curious to see how this turns out and can cover the Greenpeace end of things. See you there, not sure how long I'll stay but I'll drop by. ¶
Jeroen Bulters 5 days later: (delete)
I'll be there... ¶
procreate 5 days later: (delete)
I hope I can make it. But wouldn't it be kinda busy? And is it easy for me to park my car there? ¶
Chris Eidhof 5 days later: (delete)
Gaat het allemaal passen? Ik heb geen idee hoe groot de Coffee Company is, ben er nog nooit geweest. En is het een beetje goed bereikbaar vanaf centraal?
Ik kan trouwens vrij krijgen, dus ik zal er zijn! ¶
Wybo 5 days later: (delete)
Kan het niet ietsjes later ? Ik moet om 6:38 vertrekken vanuit Groningen stad, als ik op tijd wil zijn met de trein (student ;-)... ¶
DoubleG 6 days later: (delete)
Count me in! ¶
Soemirno 6 days later: (delete | show email)
Leuk, als er nog ruimte is kom ik ook. ¶
Thijs van der Vossen 6 days later: (delete)
We’ve answered some of the questions in a new post at http://www.fngtps.com/2006/03/rails-morning-coffee-meeting-faq ¶
Anne van Kesteren 6 days later: (delete | show email)
Sounds interesting. So how long will it take and all that? I'm fairly interested in Ruby though I haven't done much with it. ¶
Gokhan Arli 6 days later: (delete | show email)
Hello guys,
will it be a dutch spoken meeting? My dutch is not enough to follow conversation but I would like to be there to meet with fellow rails developers.
Anyway I will be there count me in. Anybody coming from Alkmaar drop me a line, we can take the train together. ¶
Manfred 6 days later: (delete)
Most dutch people also speak english, so you shouldn't worry too much about that. ¶
Thijs van der Vossen 6 days later: (delete)
Anne, I will be there until at least 12:00, but you can of course leave whenever you want. ¶
Frank Oxener 6 days later: (delete | show email)
Ik kom graag, tot dan!! ¶
John van Dijk 6 days later: (delete)
Als het kan en mag kom ik ook... ¶
Guilherme Lopes 7 days later: (delete)
Will try to be there, don't speak dutch yet... :) ¶
Mikhail 7 days later: (delete | show email)
Hallo allemaal! :)
I would like to meet everyone, though I have zero experience of ROR. That's why it probably would be quite interesting to meet and to talk... Ik ben Russisch en mijn Nederlands is heel slecht maar ik wil probeer komen. :))
Tot zo! ¶
Julik 7 days later: (delete)
als ik vrij ben van school ben ik er ook ¶
Tomh 9 days later: (delete | show email)
Nice, another rails meeting in holland :) ¶
Leo Kuiper 10 days later: (delete)
Ik kom ook
Agile Dovadi bv
www.agiledovadi.com
06 24 77 64 13 ¶
Kees Jan Koster 10 days later: (delete)
Ik kom ook... ¶
Willem 10 days later: (delete | show email)
Nice and early! I'll be there.... ¶
Justin Halsall 11 days later: (delete | show email)
I'll try to be there... ¶
mista c 12 days later: (delete)
Wij zijn morgen met 5 mensen aanwezig! ¶
Norbert Crombach 12 days later: (delete | show email)
Looks like it's going to be busy. I'll see you lot tomorrow! ¶
Chris 13 days later: (delete)
Mensen aanwezig, bezoekt u ook hollandonrails.nl eens? Mee webloggen mag ook! ¶
Chris 13 days later: (delete)
http://hollandonrails.nl voor foto's ¶
Dr Nic 201 days later: (delete | show email)
See you in an hour. ¶
Thermage 331 days later: (delete)
very good site... ¶