Syncing Rails

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+# Syncing Rails
+
+This talk covers the basics in creating a reusable sync service that connects an 
+application to various external systems (Google, MS Exchange, others) 
+over a standard interface. It describes the processing for making the 
+service accessible over HTTP and bundling it inside a Rails application. 
+The talk covers the architecture using OOP design patterns, 
+requirements, implementations, and use cases.
+
+## Notes
+
+This talk covers a real life use case our company faced. We had a 
+tightly coupled exchange sync implementation. It needed to be extracted 
+into different parts so it could easily connect to MS Exchange, Google 
+and any other external resource we could think of. I've never seen this 
+used before so I thought it would be an interesting topic.
+
+
+## Adam Hawkins
+
+My name is Adam Hawkins. I'm a rubyist, rails guy, and general
+open source nerd. I love to contribute to open source projects I use as
+well as write my own. I scratch my own itches through my open source
+work. When I'm not coding I travel and enjoy trance in very heavy doses.
+
+
+(Me)[https://raw.github.com/twinturbo/talks/master/headshot1.jpeg]
+
+## On the web
+
+- [Blog](http://broadcastingadam.com)
+- [Twitter](https://twitter.com/adman65)
+- [Speakerdeck](https://speakerdeck.com/u/twinturbo)
+
+