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Misha Glouberman’s contribution to our lovely conference was not technical in nature. It was a shared experiment in becoming a cellular automata that generated sound. It was a lovely experience!

This was a great presentation by Foy Savas that was very engaging. You’ll want to see the tape if that ever circulates rather than reading any review. That said, here it is.

If you think Windows and Mac and Solaris are different, look at the diversity that DNA engenders!

Trying to blog on an Ilya Grigorik talk is usually an exercise in linking to the resources he makes available. In this case, his slides and his Twitter account for question purposes. In this case, I’ll try to post a brief summary of the technology so you can get an idea of whether or not [...]

or Owning the Means of Production My fellow Tarheel Nathaniel Talbott of Terralien kicked our conference with a talk on developer ideology. He believes that armchair quarterbacking on matters economic, fiscal, and ideological is important. He claims his goal is to start a revolution. It sounded to this listener that he meant only a revolution [...]

From the department of “no one could care less”, I have switched the software that runs this blog from Mephisto to WordPress.

I recently encountered a good round of good old-fashioned customer service. In this day and age, that’s rare enough, but this story also involves social media and no direct profit motive. I’ve wanted to write about it for quite some time.

What does your environment look like these days? Still using TextMate or have you moved on to something better? @peter_braswell There’s TextMate… I still use TextMate. It still has a lot to offer, and to me, it’s the most natural environment. Here are the additional bundles that I have as a part of my installation. [...]

What Gems/Jimmies are you finding indispensable these days? @peter_braswell Dr. Nic’s Textmate Footnotes Famous Railsist “Dr. Nic” has a great footnotes plugin which you can get a taste for from the README on that page. It’s a must install if you choose TextMate as your editor. Named scopes Your Rails developer badge will shortly be [...]

The Question What the latest/greatest sources of information/tutorials/gadgets for RoR is. Sure I can Google, but I’d like to get recommendations from the source. Maybe you have Delicious tags, dunno? @peter_braswell Twitter The Rails community does actually say what they’re up to. The RubyLearning blog recently complied a list of the top Rubyist Twitter personalities. [...]