Monday April 06, 2009 06:00 PM
(America - Chicago)
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ThoughtWorks
Aon Center
200 E. Randolph
Chicago , IL 60601
25th Floor
(312) 373-1000
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Abstract:
Pomodori is a tool for the Pomodoro Technique written using HotCocoa
under MacRuby, the Ruby implementation for Mac OS. In this talk you’ll
see how easy it is to write native Cocoa applications like Pomodori
thanks to HotCocoa, a thin layer around the Cocoa framework. You’ll
learn also about how to test first the UI and which architecture works
the best to model the interaction.
Bio:
Renzo Borgatti is software engineer at AgilePartners where he’s a
Rails developer and Agile coach. He often speaks at user groups and
conferences and write about technology and agile practices on his blog
at http://blog.reborg.net. He’s author of Pomodori, a tool for the
Pomodoro Technique (http://reborg.github.com/pomodori).

After Hour Access

The building entrance on Randolph will be open. The security desk will have the names of all who RSVP’d and will let only those people in. Please RSVP by noon the day of the event. Use the first bank of elevators on your left to get up to 25. If you have difficulty or didn’t RSVP in time call 312-203-7697.

Food
Our kind sponsor, ThoughtWorks, will provide pizza and soda pop for your enjoyment.