Apart from attending Ruby meetups, my main reason for visiting Japan last month was RubyKaigi 2010. I wasn’t sure what to expect. Would it be all men in button-down dress shirts and pleated pants? Would I give my talk to a room full of blank looks? Would I be the one with the blank look when I went to a talk in Japanese? WOULD THERE BE FAN SERVICE?? No, no, no, and no. Thank goodness. It was one o
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