December 2011
14 posts
Stuff to Learn in 2012
I’m making a list of stuff I really want to learn in 2012, language wise. Obviously my main focus will be to become a better Ruby programmer and to expand my knowledge of Rails (My day job is a Ruby gig, Mealcloud). Everyday I look at my Twitter feed I see dozens of cool new languages and frameworks that have been released and I never seem to make the time to check them out. So, heres my...
Presto - a simple Ruby web framework aimed at... →
Looking forward to messing around with this.
Express.js - A Sinatra Like Framework for Node →
Definitely looking forward to trying this out!
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Clean Minimal Buttons and UI - PSD Download
While playing around with a UI set for a new project, I came up with this. As I’m not using it, I thought I’d release it you you guys to mess around with!
> Get it here
Ryan Bigg - Game of Life Live Coding
This is an awesome live coding video from Ryan Bigg of Ruby Hero fame. I find watching people code is the best way to learn. Not only do you pick up little bits of new info, but you also get an insight into how others solve problems. Enjoy!
Live Coding Session #1 - Conway’s Game of Life from Ryan Bigg on Vimeo.
Skeleton Boilerplate →
Up to now I have used 960.gs for all my layout needs, but this seems a little more complete. I need to try this later on today.
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Thanks Rackspace!
Thanks to Rackspace for this awesome Christmas gift!
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Nested Border Radii →
Great little tip from Chris Coyier at CSS-Tricks. I wasn’t aware of this. Heads up!
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Awesome Avatar Painting →
Gowalla: Gowalla is Going to Facebook →
gowalla:
Three years ago Gowalla’s journey began when I took a photograph of Lake Tahoe on my iPhone. I had just finished a phone call with my dad, and I wanted nothing more than to share that photo and place with him. Not just in a text message or status update sort of way, but with a bit of weight…
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Good Design Sells
I have been pondering this topic for a while now, but I decided I must post about it when I read a link posted this morning by Jeffrey Zeldman.
It is becoming more and more apparent that when it comes to startups, design is selling BIG. Just look at Gowalla. They have a great design team (I know it includes Tim Van Damme), and have just been purchased by Facebook to help improve their Timeline...
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Nginx Setup Script →
While setting up our server, I noticed that apt-get doesn’t seem to support Nginx anymore, or at least, there are some problems with it right now. Being the programmer that I am, finding and compiling a whole bunch of dependencies didn’t really appeal to me. Luckily I found this script by Mike Mansell that automatically installs Nginx and all of it’s dependencies. Thanks Mike,...