This is a reminder that Fukuoka Ruby award competition entry deadline is TODAY(11/29) at 12:00am!(11/30 5pm, Japan time). If you have developed Ruby programs within the past 12 months, please be encouraged to apply for this opportunity. Again, details are below…
2013 Fukuoka Ruby Award Competition
Entry Deadline: November 30, 2012 at 5 PM Japan Time (GMT+9)
Grand Prize: 1 Million Yen! (Approx: $12,000USD)
Engine Yard Award: Engine Yard Cloud (first 5,000 hours free), invitation to Ruby Kaigi (includes afterparty and 50,000JPY toward transportation costs for 2 people), and an Apple iPad Mini 32GB WiFi Black & Slate (engraved with a special message).
Salesforce.com Award: 500,000 JPY, introduction on the http://www.salesforce.com/jp/ website, Dreamforce tickets for 3 people.
Please visit the website for additional details or to enter,
http://www.myfukuoka.com/news/technology-news/2013-fukuoka-ruby-award-guidelines-for-applicants.html
Past winners from US include Rhomobile, Banjo, and VMware. Past winners: 2012, 2011, 2010, 2009
Engine Yard CEO and VMware CTO of Cloud Applications also joined us at the last award ceremony.
Also, for those who missed Matz’s keynotes, as well as, Ian McFarland, Jeanine Swatton, Richard Schneeman, Kazuaki Tanaka’s keynotes on Oct 17 and 18 at Twitter and LinkedIn, here is the link to the recorded videos.
http://www.myfukuoka.com/news/technology-news/videos-of-2012-fukuoka-ruby-nights.html
We look forward to receiving your entry!
Best regards,
Kaz