Double Shot #532
Life goes on after Snow Leopard.
Dear Github – I’m seeing more rumblings of discontent with GitHub lately. As a paying customer myself, I certainly hope their plans to fix
things come to fruition relatively quickly.
Codaset – And these guys look like a potential GitHub competitor, now in closed beta.
FireCrystal – Firefox extension that provides a timeline...
Double Shot #519
Who invented teeth, anyhow? Bad idea.
Skype call recording with bookmarked, mind-mapped notes – Nice. Might be almost enough to make me start using Skype for voice calls.
A/Bingo – New plugin for Rails A/B testing. Looks pretty slick.
about:me – Cute Firefox addin to show your usage trends.
I switched to Ruby 1.9 (and you should too) –...
Double Shot #514
The 1.0 release of Rails Freelancing Handbook is out. Head over to the site to pick up your copy if you’re registered, or to find out how to buy one if you haven’t already.
distance_of_time_in_words – This version by Ryan Bigg removes the vagueness in the Rails core version.
Mercurial: The Definitive Guide – Online book covering...
Double Shot #492
A bit sad to watch people get all excited over vaporware. We never learn, do we?
Introducing the Google Chrome OS – Reality check: would the tech punderati be so excited if anyone else had announced a new Linux distribution? No? Next!
Buzzbird 0.4 – Open source Twitter client that’s reached the point of being usable.
Next Steps...
Swine Flu and the Twitter Gem
In which I wax poetic about the trendy new addition to the Twitter gem.
Announcing VeloTweets, Pulse of the Peloton
I’m pleased to announce VeloTweets, the pulse of the peloton, a curated collection of professional cycling Twitter activity. The idea and driving force came from Jamie Thingelstad. I did most of the development, and Norm Orstad designed...
Twitter Gem Reborn with Fewer Features and 100% More OAuth
In which I show off the rewritten Twitter gem and an example app that takes advantage of it.
OAuth Explained and What It Is Good For
In which I attempt to explain OAuth in simple terms and what it is good for.
