Description:

To celebrate the NovaRUG's 50th meeting, they opened the floor to lightning talks. As an added incentive, the highest voted lightning talk was to be given a speaking slot at RubyNation 2011. I guess bringing my friends and family paid off that day. In the spirit of that event, I will attempt to give back-to-back lightning talks on a wide range of topics, including:

• Do Your Commit Messages Suck?
• Vendor Everything Still Applies
• CoffeeScript: Exposing the Good Parts of JavaScript with Better Syntax
• How We Use MongoDB at BusyConf
• HTML5 Application Caching

Like a one-man-band, this talk will entertain with fast paced and varied content, keeping the audience engaged. Also like a one-man-band, it will provide the opportunity to witness disaster.