Softies on Rails

I thought I’d write up my thoughts on the various organizational processes I’ve been subjected to over the years. I’m currently on the Kanban wagon but I haven’t completely figured it out yet.I would put some links to each of ...
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I’ve got a Ruby Software Engineering position open on my team at Leapfrog Online, in Evanston, IL.The ideal Rails candidate has: Real-world experience using MVC frameworks to build high-traffic web sites and applications. While ...
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Technically the registration window has closed, but if you sign up this week we’ll let you in.Register now.
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Registration is now open for Essential Javascript with jQuery, a one-day, action-packed, fun-filled workshop for everyone that wants to learn how to integrate Javascript into their .NET, Rails, PHP, or straight-HTML web applications.We...
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Photo creditNew article posted on the Purple blog called The Learnometer.
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For those of you coming to the morning tutorial at WindyCityRails, I’d like to customize the session to make it even better for those who are coming.This 3-question survey will take no more than 24 seconds of your time:Click here...
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Photo creditReaders of this blog may also be interested in the series of articles I post at the PurpleBlog. The latest entry is called How to Spot a Good Instructor and, if you read between the lines a bit, offers insight...
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Many of us in the Midwest are looking forward to the Windy City Rails Conference on September 12, 2009.The deadline is very rapidly approaching for the early bird rates ($99 conference only, or $199 for the conference plus a complete 3...
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I’m glad to announce that I’ll be conducting the morning tutorial session at the upcoming Windy City Rails Conference.It’s a 3-hour tutorial called REST 101: Best Practices for Rails Developers.If you’re relatively new to R...
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Most of you git geeks probably already knew this, but recently I learned how to make git a little more usable for me.One of the things I appreciate about Subversion’s command line interface is that, usually, you don’t have to type ...
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