I’m at RailsConf 2008 in Portland. Today was the tutorials day.
I went to two sessions. First was on refactoring. I think I’m pretty good at this already but I did pick up a few tips. They used an agile project management tool called strac. I didn’t agree with all the tips but I did get [...]
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RailsConf 2008 - Day 1
Barack Obama in Seattle
Barack Obama will be holding a rally in Seattle at Key Arena on Friday February 8. I’ve been behind Obama since it was first rumored he would run. I’m hoping to sneak away from work to hear him on Friday and I’ll be there with my wife and my daughter on Saturday to caucus for [...]
My XO Laptop is on the way
I’ve been a supporter of the One Laptop Per Child (OLPC) project since I first heard of it. When they announced the Buy 1 Give 1 program in November, I signed up on the first day. I did it both to support the program and to satisfy my own curiosity. I think the laptop is [...]
Seattle Sounders of the MLS
Seattle is finally getting an MLS franchise! It’s been painful to see places like Kansas City or Salt Lake get teams while Seattle was hung out to dry. I think MLS will do very well here. It only makes sense for the A-League champion Sounders to move up to the MLS. And if we have [...]
Gmail becomes … useful
It only took like 4 years but finally, Gmail has IMAP support. Way to go guys! Nothing wrong with being last I suppose.
All kidding aside, this is a very long overdue change and in my opinion makes Gmail legitimately useful. I’m glad there is a web interface but it is not as good as Mail.app [...]