Engine Yard

Are you in or near London? Got some new exciting project you'd like to talk about? Just looking to shoot the breeze?

Engine Yard's CEO, Lance Walley, and CTO, Tom Mornini, are in London on some last minute business and have some free time Tuesday. They'd love to meet customers, locals and rubyists alike.

If you're interested in grabbing some time, or perhaps a meal, they'll be staying at the Royal Lancaster Hotel. Messages can be left for them by calling the front desk, at 020 7262 6737, or by emailing events@engineyard.com. Please be sure to include contact information so we can get back to you and get something set up.

Tally-ho!

The Web 2.0 Expo is in San Francisco this week and, although we aren't attending, we found out that Tim O'Reilly mentioned Engine Yard in his keynote speech on Wednesday. After the conference, several companies sponsored mixers in South Park and people started popping their heads in our door asking if we were hosting a party too.

"Why not?" we said. Half an hour later, Lance was setting out drinks and food, and more and more people were dropping by to say hello.

Here are a couple of iPhone shots of our "stealth" event:

For a recap of the keynote address, see: http://www.readwriteweb.com/archives/tim_oreilly_keynote_web_20_expo_08.php

Engine Yard will be hosting an after-hours Hackfest immediately following Saturday's Gotham Ruby Conference. Food, drinks, video games, t-shirts and more!

Stop by and talk tech with members of the Merb, Rubinius and DataMapper teams; meet the creator of RubyInline; get the scoop on the latest and greatest in Open Source and hosting -- that and more.

The Hackfest begins at 6 p.m. EST, at the Tribeca Grand Hotel in New York City. Stop in, say hello, grab a drink. We'd love to meet you!

(GoRuCo Attendance not required. Email events@engineyard.com to get on the Guest List, or simply show up!)