--- title: Upcoming Events for October, 2014 teaser: 'Each month we organize and attend events at our offices and around the world. Here is a summary of what''s happening in October, 2014. ' tags: news,web,ios,design author: Chad Pytel published_on: 2014-10-03 --- Each month we organize and attend events at our offices, and around the world. Here is a summary of what's happening this month. We often have thoughtbot stickers, and sometimes shirts. We'd love to see you at some of the events, don't be shy. ## Austin [Austin Startup Week](http://austinstartupweek.com). October 6th - 10th. We'll be participating in events throughout the week. [Keep Ruby Weird](http://keeprubyweird.com). Friday, October 24th. We're co-organizing this new Austin Ruby conference. We'd love to see you there. [Railsbridge: Women's Ruby and Ruby On Rails Workshop](http://www.meetup.com/Austin-RailsBridge-Workshops/events/210866292/). October 25th & 26th. Desi McAdam will be leading this. [Austin on Rails](http://austinonrails.org/). Tuesday, October 28th. We'll see you there! We're also at [Cafe Bedouins](http://cafebedouins.com/) most Tuesdays. ## Boston [Boston Ruby Group Project Night](http://bostonrb.org/project_night). Tuesday, October 7th. Hosted at our office. [Boston Ruby Group Presentation Night](http://bostonrb.org/presentations/month/October-2014). Tuesday, October 14th. Folks from thoughtbot will be attending. [NSCoder Night](http://www.meetup.com/NSCoder-Night-Boston/events/207185662/). Thursday, October 16th. Hosted at our office. [Boston Ruby Women Monthly Meetup](http://www.meetup.com/Boston-Ruby-Women/events/209702672/). Thursday, October 23rd. Folks from thoughtbot will be there, and we also organize and sponsor this event. ## Denver [Creative Mornings](http://creativemornings.com/talks/mikel-stone). Friday, October 3rd. Several of us will be attending. [Denver.rb](http://www.meetup.com/Denver-rb/events/210860612/). Tuesday, October 14th. Our own Anthony Navarre will be speaking about HATEOAS - a technique of REST that helps push logic away from your clients. ## New York City [SassConf](http://sassconf.com). October 2nd & 3rd. Designers from thoughtbot NYC and Philly will be there with brand-new Bourbon shirts and stickers. Say "hello" and grab one. [Brooklyn Beta](https://brooklynbeta.org/2014/). October 8th & 9th. Designers from thoughtbot in NYC, Boston, and Denver will be attending. ## Philadelphia [Refresh Philly](http://refresh-philly.ticketleap.com/october/). Thursday, October 9th. We organize and sponsor this event, so we'll see you there! [Philly.rb](http://www.meetup.com/Phillyrb/events/205272342/). Tuesday, October 14th. Our own Sean Doyle will be presenting. [CocoaLove](http://cocoalove.org). October 24th - 26th. Gordon will be attending this new iOS/Mac conference. [Build Guild Philly](http://www.meetup.com/Build-Guild-Philly/). Wednesday, October 29th. We host and organize this monthly event at a local watering hole. ## Raleigh [Triangle Ruby Brigade](http://www.meetup.com/raleighrb/events/207737632/). Tuesday, October 14th. We'll be attending this event. We also recently launched a redesign of the [Triangle.rb website](http://www.triangleruby.com). [Stacked](http://www.meetup.com/Stacked/events/207362022/). Tuesday, October 21st. Our own Christian Reuter will be speaking about Bourbon. [Triangle Ember](http://www.meetup.com/Triangle-Ember/events/210987362/). Tuesday, October 21st. This is the first meetup of the Triangle Ember group, which we organize and host. We're running a [free UI/UX course](http://eventbrite.com/e/uiux-training-design-for-developers-by-thoughtbot-tickets-13207944317), with American Underground. Tuesday, October 28th. ## San Francisco [TradeCraft](http://www.tradecrafted.com). Friday, October 3rd. Carolann Bonner will be giving a talk to UX students on how to enhance a user experience through incorporating [Gestalt principles](https://thoughtbot.com/blog/gestalt-principles). [Taco Tuesdays](http://thoughtbot.com/taco-tuesdays). Tuesday, October 21st. A product design talk series, hosted at our office. [VimSF](https://groups.google.com/forum/#!forum/vimsf). Thursday, October 23rd. A Vim user meetup, hosted at our office. ## Stockholm [Stockholm Ruby: Build a Web app in 2 hours: free Rails intro course](http://www.meetup.com/sthlmrb/events/195445002/). Wednesday, October 1st. We help organize and run these quarterly installfests and intro workshops. [Ruby Project Night](http://www.meetup.com/sthlmrb/events/209879552/) Monday, October 6th. We co-organize and sponsor this monthly event. We hope to see you there. [CocoaHeads Stockholm](http://www.meetup.com/CocoaHeads-Stockholm/events/211150372/). Monday, October 6th. See you there! [Stockholm Vim: Scientific Python in Vim and A Comparison of Contemporary Editors.](http://www.meetup.com/Stockholm-Vim/events/209634582/). Monday, October 13th. We co-organize and host the exciting event. We hope to see you there. [NSCoder Night](http://www.meetup.com/NSCoderStockholm/events/197520622/). Tuesday, October 14th. We organize and host this event. [Front End Hack Night](http://www.meetup.com/front-end-hack-night/events/191139672/). Monday, October 20th. We organize and host this event in our office. [Mob programming](http://www.meetup.com/sthlmrb/events/209858862/) Monday, October 27th. We help organize this, and at least one of us will be here. ## Elsewhere We'll also be attending * [Nickel City Ruby](http://nickelcityruby.com) on October 2nd-4th. Ben Orenstein will be attending and giving the opening Keynote. * [CocoaConf in Seattle, WA](http://cocoaconf.com) on October 17th & 18th. * [RubyConf Portugal](http://rubyconf.pt) on October 13th & 14th. * [CSS Dev Conference in New Orleans](http://2014.cssdevconf.com), October 13th-15th. * [RubyConf Argentina](http://rubyconfargentina.org) on October 24th & 25th. Did we miss something? Is there something great we should attend? [Let us know](mailto:hello@thoughtbot.com).