1. Here is a summary of my ATLRUG announcements from late night.
  2.  
  3. 1. Please support and sponsor "Black Girls Code -
  4. Summer of Code" Oct. 13, 2012 here in Atlanta.
  5. - More Info: http://www.blackgirlscode.com/
  6. - http://www.blackgirlscode.com/upcoming-programs.html
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  8. 2. Ever wanted for an issue on an open source project to
  9. be fixed faster than normal and you were willing to pay
  10. to speed up the fix. Here is a new way to do that.
  11. - http://www.freedomsponsors.org/
  12. - Crowdfunding Issues on Open Source Projects
  13. - I am not part of the company or web site.
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  15. 3. Free on-line (4.5 weeks) Rails course starts on Sep. 24, 2012
  16. - https://www.edx.org/courses/BerkeleyX/CS169.1x/2012_Fall/about
  17. - I took the course (previous version) back in July 2012.
  18. - I would recommend it.
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  20. 4. ATLRUG's Emerald City group restarted this month.
  21. They are going through the Rails Tutorial book.
  22. - More Info: http://www.meetup.com/atlantaruby/events/81030362/
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  24. 5. I am starting a new "Virtual Software Quality Consulting"
  25. company and need your help to understand the market for a
  26. role that is more than software tester and test automation
  27. on Rails software development projects.
  28. I have created a website, www.softareQualityCraft.com , where
  29. I have summarized my proposed services and have a quick survey.
  30. I would appreciate it if you would help me by filling it out.
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  32. Thanks,
  33. Al Snow
  34. al (at) SoftwareQualityCraft (dot) com