" I'm a java web programmer who's currently learning Ruby & Rails. I'm hoping to learn as much as I can through osmosis. Finding & learning from passionate Ruby/Rails enthusiasts... "

" I've been attending Columbus RB. This would be a bit closer, but take out my excuse for going to C-town! "

" Coming From Java, begat from C++, begat from C....begat from Fortran....I'm old, huh? "

" Ruby on Rails seems awesome and frustrating all at the same time. I'm hoping to meet someone that can help guide me a bit as I learn how to develop my own apps. "

" I work with Java, but I came from Perl. I'm headed for Ruby unless Perl 6 comes out real soon! "

" Don't know Ruby.. seems like a good way to familiarize myself. "

" Interesting in learning Ruby / Rails "

" Hello all, Big fan of Open Source and languages used therein (I am mostly a PHP guy) . Looking forward to know a little more about Ruby. -DA "

" Wishing to broaden my horizons. I played with Ruby waay back when (2001/2002ish), seeing a lot more adoption lately, should find out why! Also, I hear you guys make TDD look good. "

" Looking forward to learn and have a good time "

" I've been working ROR since 1.0 release. I work by myself, and have been lurking on the Columbus Ruby Brigade Google group to keep up with things. Tough to get to their meetings, though. "