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Getting Back to Smalltalk
This week I wound up trying to put together a sample “real-world” problem suitable for use in an automated web thing aimed at potential new hires. Of course, any actual “real-world” problem would be have too many extraneous details to make it suitable given the constraints of the web thing,...
Things that Should Be Metaphors, Part 1
I present to you two things that sound like they should be metaphors for project issues. Except for two things:
Ten Things That Drive Me Crazy About Conference Talks, And How To Avoid Them
If I’m counting right, Ruby Midwest is my fifth conference this year, which is I guess one of the perks of having an employer that likes being involved in the community. It’s great – I like meeting all the smart people involved with Ruby, I learn things, and sometimes people...
Stevenotes
I wasn’t going to write this, because it’s not like the Internet has a dearth of people writing about Steve Jobs who never knew him or interacted with him in any way. I wrote it anyway.
Coming Soon: Getting Things Done In JavaScript
Okay, the blog has been very quiet for the last month or so. Please be polite and pretend you noticed. I’ve alluded online to a new book one or two places and now I think it’s far enough along that I can mention it in public without being too scared.
What I Learned
As you may have heard, Obtiva got bought by Groupon. I’ve been traveling a bunch, so this coming week is my first full week in the Groupon office post-transition. And, well, someday maybe I’ll write retrospectively about Obtiva, but today isn’t that day. I’ll probably write about what I’m going...
Red Buttons, The Uncanny Valley, And BDD Workshops
I want to tell you about LoneStar RubyConf and how my session went and all that, but first I want to tell you this seemingly unrelated story.
In The Jungle, The Mighty Jungle
A few quick notes about Lion, mostly first impressions and things I haven’t necessarily seen a ton of coverage on.
In Which I Blather About Self-Publishing
So I tend to keep an eye on interesting things in the Ruby self-published technical book space.