Epic Job is Epic
13 Feb 2012When Gowalla was acquired by Facebook I wrote that I was talking to companies in Austin and California in Should I Stay or Should I Go. I’m happy to announce that I’ve made a decision on where I’m going next.
Learn Ruby with Hourschool
10 Feb 2012I’m teaching a beginner ruby class. If you’ve ever been interested in learning Ruby this is a hands on class with no experience and no software required. Class is this Wednesday the 15th at 7pm in downtown Austin.
Turn Any Presentation into a Screencast
08 Feb 2012Remember that great presentation you gave at that user group? What about that one at the conference, you know the one everyone loved. What if your presentation wasn’t limited by the number of seats in the room or badges sold at a desk. What if, and this is a bit crazy, you could use some sort of electronic device to record your presentation and share it using a series of connected tubes.
Quit Complaining About a Talent Shortage and Interview Better
07 Feb 2012Today a lowly programing peon fails a devious whiteboarding interview torture trap! After candidate leaves, the interviewer asks their colleges, “why are there no good programmers available?”. Well…
Speed up Capybara Tests with Devise
16 Jan 2012All good developers should write tests, and anyone with a high stake in a web app should write acceptance tests. Acceptance tests use a web driver like Capybara to test the full functionality of your web app by interacting directly with view elements the same way a user would (clicking links, filling out forms, etc.)
Keep your Rails Project Sane
27 Dec 2011We’ve all been there, we start a new project with grand hopes and aspirations. But soon enough our project turns into one big ball of mud. In this presentation I talk about some common mistakes in Rails and how to keep your project Sane.
Bootstrap A Fork of Rails
22 Dec 2011If you want to make a change to Rails, you probably want to test out your change in an existing project. Here is what I needed to do to get an example project running on my fork of Rails:
Help Me, Help Rails
08 Dec 2011Rails needs controller level filter logging and Im submitting a patch to Rails core, but first I want some feedback. Let me know if you like it, hate it, or don’t understand it. All comments welcome, especially alternative implementation & style.
Should I Stay or Should I Go...
05 Dec 2011Gowalla was acquired by Facebook and I’m left with a decision of what to do next.
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