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speakers.io will connect speakers and conferences 26 Nov 2012 | 08:00 pm
tl;dr: speakers.io is an app to connect speakers and conferences. It’s going to be awesome. I’ve been a conference organizer for almost 6 years now (and a speaker for slightly longer), and year after...
On a positive note: I'm starting a positive newsletter. 12 Apr 2012 | 05:29 am
I love surfing Twitter, checking Facebook, and hanging out on Reddit/Hacker News/etc. as much as the next person, but I’ve got to be honest: you guys can kind of be douchebags. Pair that with the cons...
On Railcar: an isolated Rails environment 10 Apr 2012 | 04:29 am
Ever since launching Railcar, I’ve been getting a lot of questions about why I’m building it, how I’m approaching things, how people can help, and so on, so I thought I’d take a few minutes and share ...
Recruiters: why I'm kind of rude to them, why they deserve it, and how to fix it (IMHO) 6 Mar 2012 | 05:00 am
I’ve been dealing with recruiters for a long time. Not the good kind that offer you awesome jobs, but the crappy kind that mailbomb you with irrelevant positions. I’ve been receiving their e-mails and...
Let me work on-site for you! (For a few days...) 25 Jan 2012 | 05:04 am
I’ve been tossing this idea around for a while, but now I’m at a point where I can actually do it thanks to things in life and business stabilizing a bit. I like to travel, I like work, and I’ve been ...
Bad (or, my unfortunately unfavorable review of Bob Martin's Ruby Midwest keynote) 3 Jan 2012 | 07:52 am
Uncle Bob Martin has had a lot of influence on the software development industry over his career. His books are heralded as “landmark” and “essential tome[s].” He is credited as “legendary” (ugh) in h...
Introducing gem_git: tiny tools for working with gems' code via Git 22 Nov 2011 | 05:11 am
We’ve all been there. You’re plowing through your app, in your groove, then you notice an issue with a gem you’re using. In some cases you can work around it (or if you’re desperate/crazy, just monkey...
Attention API Provider: How to make people using your API love you 19 Nov 2011 | 07:03 am
At Arcturo, we’ve been working with a lot of remote API’s and big data lately. The more API’s from all over the web I work with, the more I realize how much some companies really get how to build an A...
The Hoedown 2011 Experience, Part 1: Lodging 14 Jul 2011 | 05:38 pm
Well, it’s that time of year again: another Ruby Hoedown coming at you. Registration is open, so head over and register now before we sell out (we’re not THAT far from doing it…). When I started plan...
Authoring eBooks is on sale right now 7 Jun 2011 | 05:35 am
I dropped the price of my eBook on writing eBooks Authoring eBooks to its lowest ever $19 today. Not sure how long I’ll keep it there, so grab it while it lasts!
