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Chad Fowler

Author, Speaker, Programming Lifestyle Engineer

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Speaking/Lecturing Appearances

Mar 7-10
Pragmatic Rails Studio II
Santa Clara, CA
Mar 29-31
Pragmatic Rails Studio
Reston, VA
Apr 1-2
Ruby Nation
Reston, VA
Apr 6-8
Scottish Ruby Conference
Edinburgh, Scotland
Apr 22-23
Red Dot RubyConf
Singapore
May 16-19
RailsConf
Baltimore MD
May 28-29
RubyConf India
Bangalore, Karnataka, India
Jun 16-18
Nordic Ruby
Gothenburg, Sweden
Sep 11-14
SpeakerConf
Rome

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I’m Chad Fowler. I write books, write and play music, write software, speak, teach, learn, organize conferences, etc.

I started and co-organize a couple of Ruby-related conferences including The International Ruby Conference and RailsConf.

This is what I look like:


(Photo by James Duncan Davidson)

It’s possible you’ve seen me look like this instead:


(Photo by James Duncan Davidson)

They’re both me, but the first one is a happier (and more recent) version.