The Archives / 2008

• Deploying Merb with Git, Vlad the Deployer, and Ubuntu (Fiesty Fawn)

  I had the need recently to deploy a merb app. Since this whole project is about trying new things (merb, rspec, etc) I thought I might as well give Vlad… Read More

Red Crown Studio (http://redcrownstudio.com)



May 1^st / 2pm

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• Greedy

  Now that I've gone and left my job, one of my mandates to myself was that I was going to take all of these random projects of mine seriously.… Read More

• Design Exercises

  The idea of a design exercise is nothing new, but I recently read a tweet from Cameron Moll that made me rethink about… Read More

• 5 reasons I won’t be getting on the open id train

  If you've ever talked to me about my opinion on OpenID, you'll know that I don't exactly believe in it. Now it's not that I think any part of the technical implementation… Read More

• Reducing comments and increasing documentation

  When I first started programming, my only goal was to get things to work. Now that I've gone past how to get things to work, I've reached a new point in development: maintaining… Read More

Viget Labs: Extend (http://viget.com/extend)



Apr 8^th / 11pm

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• Ch-Ch-Ch-Changes

  In a lot of ways, I've been writing this post in my head for the past four years. Starting in April, I'm leaving Web Associates. In doing… Read More

• Scaling is for nerds

  One of the most interesting bits of information from SXSW for me was a small conversation I had while walking to Dinner with Jakob Heuser from… Read More

• South by South West 08

  Almost forgot to mention -- I'm heading out to SXSWi this year for the first time. I'm totally stoked, regardless of how "uncool" it's become to go. I'll be the short kid with… Read More

• Your mom’s not accessible

  A few days ago, Arron Cannon over at North Temple threw up a post titled: Is Adobe Flex Really Accessible... which was full of inaccuracies… Read More

• Manifesto of the UI

  I've been thinking more and more lately about the state of user interface and it's evolution path -- it's something that I can't get out of my mind. Over the past few years (we're… Read More

• Understanding javascript effects

  Unless you’ve been living under a rock for the past couple of years, you’re bound to be familiar with AJAX javascript effects. With the immense popularity of packages like… Read More

• Refining your estimation skills

  One of the most important traits that separates junior level developers from senior level developers is the ability to accurately estimate projects. Every junior level developer… Read More