RubyConf Australia v2016 Recap - Seaworld, Gold Coast

The 2016 version of RubyConf AU was an absolutely awesome time. There were some amazing talks, great musical performances, fantastic social events, and an overall feeling of inclusiveness and love within the Ruby Community.

Thanks to the organisers, speakers, volunteers, and attendees for some great memories. If you weren’t able to make it out this time, don’t worry, there’s always next year! As a brief recap of our time at RubyConf AU 2016, here’s a few of our favourite tweets.

T-shirts + Diversity + Progress

Judging just from our t-shirt order, we have a split of 25% women, 75% men. A long way to go but feels like progress #rubyconf_au

— RubyConf Australia (@rubyconf_au) February 11, 2016

A Traditional Australian Welcome

Traditional aboriginal welcome to Ruby Conf! pic.twitter.com/QRWUST34KE

— RubyConf Australia (@rubyconf_au) February 10, 2016

Innovations in Respecting Peoples’ Boundaries

Conf attendees: this year we will use lanyards to indicate if you want to be photographed! Choose your colour 🚦 pic.twitter.com/Ptyvu2jaaf

— RubyConf Australia (@rubyconf_au) February 8, 2016

A Full Circle - 360 Degrees of Ruby Conf Attendees

#RubyConf_AU selfie time! pic.twitter.com/YhYqNYJnoz

— Liam Esler (@liamesler) February 12, 2016

Inclusivity - ‘Nuff said

.@rubyconf_au doing an A+ job at inclusivity so far! #rubyconf_au pic.twitter.com/o5e6zRux32

— Siena (@sienatime) February 11, 2016

Amazing Keynote - My fave = People are your most important asset -

Really wonderful keynote by @j3 about making mistakes. Will scan later! #rubyconf_au #sketchnotes pic.twitter.com/qhK0VK10cA

— Siena (@sienatime) February 11, 2016

Remote working works, and stats to prove it

There you go! Statistics around remote. People stay longer, work harder/longer and are more productive! #rubyconf_au pic.twitter.com/NNT5uxoZkh

— Melissa Kaulfuss (@MelissaKaulfuss) February 11, 2016

In the world of coding, there’s always more to learn

As soon as you learn one thing well in software… -@codenewbies #rubyconf_au pic.twitter.com/VDuS4eGm9e

— Stella Cotton (@practice_cactus) February 11, 2016

Liam and Melissa singing serenading the crowd

Strong opening of #rubyconf_au Day 2 from @liamesler & @MelissaKaulfuss 🎤🤓 pic.twitter.com/MWS05FWcnG

— Tim Lucas (@toolmantim) February 11, 2016

After Hours + Karaoke + Developers = Awesome

That moment when you go through your photos and discover you did take some at karaoke… #rubyconf_au #melliam pic.twitter.com/BOiOpCUByX

— ⛵️ (@JonRowe) February 15, 2016

Movie World Party & Meeting a few Super Heroes

At the #RubyConf_AU Movie World party last night - lots of fun! Though @raejohnston will always be my Wonder Woman. pic.twitter.com/fvcIZTn83M

— Liam Esler (@liamesler) February 13, 2016

The Awesome Ruby Community having a Laugh

Here's the dubsmashes from Rubyconfau in 28 sec #melliam #rubyconf_au thanks for participating guys! pic.twitter.com/gtGeps9hj6

— shamim jahandideh (@shamim_j) February 15, 2016

Amazing Organisers who made it all happen

Omg @MelissaKaulfuss of all the photos you could have picked!?!? #rubyconf_au pic.twitter.com/TRT5GvZf1w

— Jo Cranford (@jocranford) February 10, 2016