Showing the Count of Commits in git log
15 Dec 2011Why and how to level up your rebase with numbered commits. Like this:
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A Short Story About a Tweet, a Video, an Idea and it's Execution
26 Oct 2011I’ve just had a surreal 10 minute interaction that I am compelled to share. It involves code editors, touch screen devices, global communication networks and a small group of people hanging out in a basement apartment.
read more »How I Fast Test with Rails
16 Oct 2011Corey Haines has been busy bringing the gospel of fast tests to the Rails world. A few others have since taken up the call and written up their own approach. This is all wonderful but I didn’t quite feel like I could get behind the implementations I’ve seen. So I decided to work out an approach that would fit with my workflow. This article is the result.
read more »The iPad is Cool but I Really Want a MacPad
28 Jan 2010Yesterday Apple revealed their assault on the tablet market & like the rest of the internet I’m going to weigh in with my thoughts. A product launch with this much hype is bound to create a lot of expectations & some people are going to be disappointed. I can’t help but consider what I want from an Apple tablet; even if it means paying twice as much. Despite that I think Apple did a great job of matching the features to the asking price on this one.
read more »Write 750 Words Every Day
25 Jan 2010One of my goals with this blog was to post regularly. A quick look back at the recent posts and it is clear that I failed to deliver on that. In an effort to increase posting consistency I’ve set a new goal of writing something every day. I’ve been using a web application called 750 Words to help me with this.
read more »How I Became a Morning Person in Two Easy Steps
23 Oct 2009After over a month at Coco Vivo I’ve adapted to island living in some unexpected ways. One of the most significant is a complete 180 in my sleeping patterns. While living in Brooklyn I was a creature of the night. Here, I am out of bed every day at 6:30. And it wasn’t even hard.
read more »How to Land an Awesome Gig with Blogging & Twitter
12 Sep 2009I am currently three days into an experiment in nomadic bootstrapping with the guys at Spreadsong. We spent these three days working & brainstorming in Panama City & are moving on to our next destination today. This post is about how we got here.
read more »Book Review: The Merb Way from a Rails Developer's Perspective
18 Aug 2009In December of 2008 the Rails team & Merb team announced that the two frameworks would be merging to form Rails 3. This came as quite a shock to many & reactions were rather polarizing. For Foy Savas the news raised the question of whether or not there would still be a place for his work-in-progress The Merb Way
The Pomodoro Technique: Using Rhythm to Increase Productivity
06 Aug 2009Over the last few years I have read about lots of techniques for increasing productivity. Getting Things Done is all the rage & there are many apps that claim to help you Getting Things Done better than anything else. What most of these amount to is a glorified task list, just one more thing to manage & keep me from actually Getting Things Done. In the end it turns out that the real enemy of productivity is time.
read more »Ruby Developer For Hire
03 Aug 2009In the interest of speeding up my job search, I wanted to write a post to complement my resume & cold calling efforts. If you are looking for someone to write Ruby codes for you, please take a gander & see if I might be a good fit for your company or project.
read more »Inventing the Future by Owning It: Reflections on the FutureRuby Conference
02 Aug 2009I recently attended the FutureRuby conference in Toronto, Ontario CA. It was put on by the incredible people at Unspace & was exactly what I needed at this point in my life.
read more »Practicing What you Preach: Complete Web Monitoring
06 Jul 2009I recently picked up the book Complete Web Monitoring
Crazy Idea or Best Gig Ever? Destination Bootstrapping in Costa Rica.
30 Jun 2009I recently took a week long trip to Costa Rica, combining a bit of sightseeing with a bit of soul searching. The natural beauty everywhere is very inspiring, and I came home determined to make some changes in my life. At this point I am considering several different paths to follow & wanted to share one of the more ambitious ones in hopes that maybe some others might be interested in sharing my vision.
read more »Poaching Customers on Twitter
06 May 2009In the right hands, Twitter enables businesses and brands to interact with their customers in ways previously unheard of. But if you’re not careful, it can do you just as much harm as good. Today I witnessed the power of this firsthand.
read more »Give your Resources Context using render_with_context
14 Apr 2009Use convention to simplify your object partials by giving them context.
read more »3 Essential Turntablism Videos
14 Apr 2009I am generally not a fan of Turntablism. I admire the skill involved, but I don’t find the results to be all that listenable. Most turntablists come off as extremely self indulgent, at the expense of musicality. There are however, some key exceptions.
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