I like community. I think its great. In fact I dont think there is anything more fun than hanging out with folks and talking about what excites them.

Last night I attended my first Ruby usergroup meeting. The Portland Ruby Brigade had their April meeting. We were supposed to meet at FreeGeek here in Portland but, they ended up just getting together at the Lucky Labrador pub down the street.

I actually started my evening at Lucky Lab with cfChris ( check out his new blog) to grab some bento and talk CF before the meeting. It was great to visit as we have been out of touch for a bit. Then when he and I were dont eating I wandered over to FreeGeek just in time to see all the ruby folks ( I didnt know it was them then) evacuate the building to head down to Lucky Lab. So I wandered around till someone told me they left and I headed back to the pub.

I had a great time talking with folks about Ruby and what they are doing. The creator of UrbanDrinks.com showed me his fun little project. I actually spent a bunch of the night talking from someone who lives near my old stomping grounds on the Oregon Coast.

It was a fun night and I am glad I made it to the group. I needed a little interaction because I missed last months PDXRIA meeting, and it looks like I am gonna miss this months too. But I got some tech time with beer in anyway!