"...Emacs and Ruby have a history that's been interconnected since the beginning. Recently I've noticed it seems that things have fallen into a state of relative disrepair. At the very least the situation could use some improvement. So the night after my talk I gathered anyone who was interested in Emacs/Ruby integration for a discussion. I was pleasantly surprised by the size of the crowd that gathered—for a while we even outnumbered the Werewolf players. We started to put together a plan for how the state of our tools could be improved..."