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Book Updates
It’s been about a week or so of continued radio silence, so I thought I’d pop in with an update.
Announcing: Professional Ruby on Rails
I’m pleased to be able to say that I’ve contracted for a new book, Professional Ruby on Rails, scheduled to be available in “early 2008”, hopefully February or March. The publisher is Wiley, through the Wrox imprint – the ones with the red covers and the author’s picture on them....
Another IBM Article
It’s not exactly part five of the four part GWT series, but it is closely related. Please check out my newest article on IBM Developerworks: Simplify Ajax development using Cypal Studio for GWT.
Didn't I Say I Wouldn't Compare Languages?
I posted a version of this to JJ Behrens’ Blog post about Ruby, and decided it was probably worth also posting here.
WWDC Keynote, 2007
I think I’ll have to join in the general chorus of the underwhelmed. Bullet points:
Programming Perl, Personal Edition
Due to circumstances somewhat beyond my control, I find myself working in the largest Perl project I’ve ever done. Now, I’m not in the least interested in a “my language is better than your language” deal because a) this strikes me as very well covered territory, and b) it seems...
iTunes Plus... A Fresh Lemony Scent, Perhaps?
Couple thoughts on Apple’s first foray into the brave world of non-DRM’d music:
Text Auditor
I hate Microsoft Word. I feel that I came by this rightfully, after a whole book’s worth of numbered lists that refused to line up, images that refused to stay put, and the truly irritating indexing interface.
A Program Note
This is for the two or three of you that are subscribed to this blog via RSS feed – I’ve just added a FeedBurner feed, and if it’s not too much trouble, it’d be great if you could switch over to it at:
An Agile Musing
Of course, since I muse in an agile way, I reserve the right to change my mind based on future developments…