The Ruby Hoedown was a North Carolina based Ruby conference that took place on August 10-11, 2007. From all accounts, it was a roaring success, and now the videos of the presentations given have been made available. Topics include:

• Ruby and Rails Testing Techniques by Marcel Molina, Bruce Tate, and Chad Fowler.
• Exploring Merb by Ezra Zygmuntowicz.
• Next-Gen VoIP Development with Ruby and Adhearsion by Jay Phillips.
• Building Games with Ruby by Andrea O.K. Wright.
• Does Ruby Have a Chasm to Cross? by Ken Auer.
• Using C to Tune Your Ruby or Rails Application by Jared Richardson.

All this along with some lightning talks and two keynotes by Bruce Tate and Marcel Molina. Enjoy!