Posted by Eric Stewart
Thu, 02 Jun 2005 16:37:00 GMT
I already felt like a latecomer getting my introduction to Ruby around 2001/2002. The language had been around almost 10 years at the point. I even felt lucky to attend RubyConf 2003 where I felt this great energy of something about to take a decent chunk of the world by storm. Unfortunately I haven't be able to devote quite the amount of time I would like to the cause, but Ruby still makes me happy.
I have been working with Rails some as well recently on some personal projects and am really enjoying it. It has been nice to see a Ruby based tool gain some popularity and promote the language, but the nicer thing is what a great framework and tool it is turning out to be (independent of it's implementation language). I'm actually enthused about doing more web development these days (something I have shied away from in favor of richer client, mobile, and server side development).
Unfortunately I wasn't able to do as much with it before mainstream adoption. Now such notables as James Duncan Davidson are publicly reporting very positive experiences with it all. Congrats to the Ruby and Rails developers for creating something so useful!
Viva la Ruby!
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Posted by Eric Stewart
Thu, 02 Jun 2005 04:40:23 GMT
I’m actually pretty shocked. I just read Russell’s latest entry and am quite suprised to learn that the kids these days are wanting to use morse code to enter text messages on their phones (because it’s faster).
In earlier days I was a ham radio operator and my first license only allowed morse code transmission on the HF (high frequency) radio bands. For a year or two I talked with people around the world via those dits and dahs and was actually a bit bummed when the FCC relaxed requirements on code proficiency due to lower levels of interest in the hobby.
Now we’ve come full circle and people are wanting to morse code for text entry because those crazy text entry schemes for mobile phones are maddening. Is this for real? Am I going crazy?
Not that I’m complaining, of course. I have no doubt works very well. I know 20 words a minute for a nice morse key setup is attainable with some work, and it’s only sending that is necessary (receiving Morse is the hard part really). What I’m wondering is how effective that keying setup will be and what keying speeds will be like.
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Posted by Eric Stewart
Wed, 25 May 2005 22:45:00 GMT
Is it really? I know that a resurgence in optimization is upon us with the slowing of processor upgrades but didn’t realize there was a resurgence already? Hmmm. Some people seem to think so.
Maybe Objective-C will benefit.
Read more...
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Posted by eric
Wed, 25 May 2005 17:23:00 GMT
I continue to have faith in our industry when I see examples where companies that are producing extremely useful, not overly complicated, and very usable products are also the companies that focus on hiring quality people that they can trust and then letting them help lead the way.
This example from Atlassian is hopefully just one of a beginning trend of companies turning pragmatic and trying to compete intelligently. Let’s see more!
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Posted by Eric Stewart
Thu, 19 May 2005 16:51:00 GMT
Looks like Chad Fowler will soon strike again with a new Pragmatic Bookshelf title.
My Job Went to India is the kind of book (from the description) I have wanted to see more of. Having lived and worked in India for a while as well as stateside, I would expect Chad to a very insightful perspective on the topic of dealing with increased outsourcing.
I had the pleasure of meeting Chad briefly at RubyConf 2003. Based on that impression, this will probably be a pretty no-nonsense take on the subject without a lot of fluff.
Go get your copy when it’s out: My Job Went to India
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