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
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 [...]
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 [...]
Radiant CMS
I’ve been working on a website the past few days using Radiant CMS. So far, I have found it to be an excellent lightweight framework. The core concepts are very straightforward and there is minimal abstraction from the underlying Rails application.CMS in general is a dirty word to me. It conjures up pictures of heavy [...]
iPhone Pricing
Not a good PR week for Apple. Between the NBC split-up and now an unexpected $200 price drop on the iPhone, they are getting lots of negative press instead of attention to the new products.I’m not sure what to think. Of course, I’m feeling a little burned with a $200 price drop so soon. I [...]