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Posts from January 2006

Interview with DHH on ITConversation — and _On Lisp_ ebook free!

Its a anti Java bonanza!!
Cover your ipod in a flame retardant suit, because DHH has an interview (direct mp3 link) up on ITConversations entitled “Secrets Behind Ruby on Rails”. If you are web 2.0 compliant, go to the odeo channel to grab it (tho it hasn’t refreshed yet).
The secrets go something like this:

Create innovative […]


When will JavaLobby get a working message board?

You know, I’d like to read discussions like this one, but its pretty much pointless if you have to click on each and every of the 80-some messages to try and follow the conversation. There are a ton of free open source message board systems out there, and I know I’ve read other people […]


Project roadmaps == a waste of time

The always thought provoking (if controversial) 37 Signals had a post that resonated with me today on project roadmaps being too constraining. So often I’ve seen the long term goals fall by the wayside as requirements shift and everyone realizes what made sense six months ago just doesn’t make sense anymore. Or you […]


Presenting at Waterfall 2006

Waterfall 2006 looks like its shaping up to be a great conference. I can’t wait for Dion’s talk, and I’ll also be joining him for a couple new Ajax talks:
Ajax: Why Its Impossible to Test, and Why You Shouldn’t Even Try
Ajax Effects: […]


Presenting tonight at Fox Valley Jug, and dealing with anxiety

Nice timing to see a post over on Presentation Zen about dealing with presentaton anxiety. Tonight I’m doing the refactoring session ad the Fox Valley JUG, just outside Green Bay. Also perfect timing was the onset of a cold and horrible […]


JRuby session at Javaone 2006

Its pretty exciting to see a JRuby talk accepted at JavaOne 2006. At least someone at Sun gets it about alternative dynamic languages on the JVM. This is at least one good reason to stick around after the Ajax Experience for JavaOne.
This part of the abstract is particularily compelling:
We plan for JRuby to […]


Bloglines weirdness - strange characters randomly

I’ve noticed bloglines will occasionally display all its messages in question marks. I’m pretty sure I never changed a language setting to Japanese or anything, so I’m a little bit confused as to how it happens. Seems to be on different pcs and different times, so probably not related to any sort of […]


Looks like Google should’ve used BigDecimal!

But Yahoo search has it right…


Two points for Eclipse

Mathias wrote about why he is switching to IDEA. From talking with IDEA users and watching demos at conferences, its obvious that IDEA has the polish and finish that Eclipse + web tools + duct tape doesn’t.
However, Eclipse has two key points going for it that keep me loyal:

Eclipse has dominant market […]


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