A story about Dave Thomas
Well, we haven’t met in the flesh yet, but at least now we work together: I’m writing a book for Pragmatic Programmers :-)
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Dave Thomas likes to fly single-engine airplanes and pays for his habit by finding elegant solutions to difficult problems, consulting in areas as diverse as aerospace, banking, financial services, telecommunications, travel and transport, and the Internet. Before moving to the US in 1994, Dave founded an ISO9001-certified English software company that delivered sophisticated, custom software projects throughout the world.
Recent stories by and about Dave Thomas
How I met Dave Thomas
While I had seen Dave at various events I finally met him, face-to-face at the “Ruby on Rails” Pragmatic Studio in Columbus, Ohio.
What a brilliant man. I highly recommend the Pragmatic Studio courses, especially “Ruby on Rails.”
Thanks Dave. I had a blast!
Why I admire Dave Thomas
Without the first Pickaxe Book I probably wouldn’t even know Ruby.
Thanks a lot for exposing it to all of us!
A story about Dave Thomas
First the Programming Ruby (version 1 online) was very easily read and quickly bootstrapped me with Ruby. Later I bought version 2.
Second the Pragmatic Programmer has recently made me a better programmer.
Thanks for discovering Ruby and writing a book and making it available online. Thanks for sharing the best advises of your knowledge.
How I met Dave Thomas
I was in the first Pragmatic Studio class on Ruby on Rails, taught by Dave Thomas and Mike Clark. Terrific speaker, helpful with my questions about the course, and clearly a master of the material. If you want to learn something and he’s teaching it, don’t pass up the opportunity.
My favorite memory of Dave Thomas
It was an off-hand comment by Dave Thomas in some mailing list that caused me to check out the Ruby programming language. I was in the midst of my 3rd attempt to pick up Python, and that attempt was suddenly aborted upon discovering Ruby.
A story about Dave Thomas
I remember sitting around a table with several other programmers and Dave Thomas at the 2000 OOPSLA as he told us about this programming language called “Ruby”. I bought Programming Ruby at the conference, and it change my life (for the better!) Thanks Dave!
