From why at poignantguide.net  Wed Apr 25 16:38:33 2007
From: why at poignantguide.net (why the lucky stiff)
Date: Wed, 25 Apr 2007 15:38:33 -0500
Subject: + Hackety Hack +
Message-ID: <20070425203833.GE28530@beekeeper.hobix.com>

Friends of the (Poignant) Guide,

Any of you remember that /SECRET PROJECT/ from the beginning of March?
I needed some folks using Windows to shell out some precious time to
see if I could help them learn Ruby.

The secret project is: Hackety Hack.  It's a Windows program for
learning Ruby with lots of fun examples: downloading mp3s, writing
blogs, chatware, and so on.

AND, WELL, >>MOTHER CAREY'S CHICKENS<< IT WORKED!!

I ended up with 50 participants, about half stuck with it and we saw
some amazing progress.  I've asked the participants to blog about
their experiences, here are the first few:

 * http://www.greaterbostonrubyandrails.com/HacketyHackBlog.html
 * http://ostracons.com/entry/272/programmed
 * http://willscott.name/2007/04/23/HacketyHack

Thankyou to the fine, fine people who applied themselves to make
this happen.  It was one of those beautiful, unforgettable times
that really changed my life!!  Truly adventure-sized!!

_why