An Event Apart, a web design conference is coming to New Orleans. We’re thrilled that our city will be hosting this conference and some of the world’s finest designers.

We decided that we wanted to get our BarCamp NOLA community back together and what better way to do that than to host a party for the AEA attendees. Better yet… why not invite everyone to a great party that’s already going on. So that’s what we’re doing:

Welcome, Party. // New Orleans welcomes An Event Apart to the city with a party in the park and free music.

An Event Apart attendees will get a chance to meet, mix and mingle with New Orleans BarCampers, designers and developers. We hosted the first BarCampNOLA in February, and this event will help the community build on our momentum, reconnect, and meet designers from all over the country who will be in town for the An Event Apart Conference.

This is a FREE event. We are hosting this at the Wednesdays in the Square concert series in Lafayette Square so we all enjoy music by Big Sam’s Funky Nation & The Dirty Dozen Brass Band. Beer, wine and food are available for sale.

For event coordination questions or info contact Chris Schultz (cschultz@voodooventures.com) or Will Donaldson (will@flatsourcing.com). Flatsourcing.com will be passing out cool Jazz Fest Grids (you’re staying for the Fest, right?).

Follow us on Twitter for tweet updates the day of the event:
http://twitter.com/cschultz /http://twitter.com/willdonaldson

RSVP on Upcoming.org or Facebook 

One thing I learned on the Spring conference circuit is that company culture is a serious, serious thing. In some respects, the web nation really leads the charge on flexible human resources control. After a great conversation with Ben Gott of Indistr.com, I got to thinking about the Ruby culture. PHP and Javascript can come along too
Ruby companies adopt the ruby mindset. We like to get things done quickly and efficiently. We focus on a user’s needs, while attempting to circumvent busy work through Ruby’s super cool time-saving conventions. We believe in handling business simply and giving control back to our clients.

In that respect, I think human resources has really come a long way thanks, in part, to Ruby. Construction is agile, as we often have to turn on a dime. You can’t work in a chaotic environment without an open, trusting, results-based relationship. The beer at the end of the day tastes a lot better when it comes with satisfaction of a job well done.