I've had the pleasure of meeting Aaron at a number of ruby confs. He's supportive from the largest all the way to the smallest. My personal favorite thing he'l

I've had the pleasure of meeting Aaron at a number of ruby confs. He's supportive from the largest all the way to the smallest. My personal favorite thing he'll do is ask conference speakers questions that make the speaker look good/best-light-possible. Something slightly technical/challenging, not fully covered in the talk but definitely something the speaker can handle. To be able to do this consistently means he knows the topic better than the speaker themselves (at least this has been true when I've been there). This is in contrast to people who ask "gotcha" questions. Spend 3-4 minutes showing off their knowledge and then finally getting to the question which is to stump the speaker. I hate these kinds of people at conferences the most.