April 10, 2010
Pledge 3 Percent for Rails 3

Has Ruby on Rails been good to you? Has the framework helped you get a job or start your consulting career? If so, I challenge you to give 3 percent of your time for Rails 3 over the next few…

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April 2, 2010
Stop Seeking Out the Ninjas, Hackers, and Rockstars: How to Write Better Developer Job Descriptions

This post is for all the recruiters, hiring managers, and human resource professionals hiring developers today. At some point, someone decided that it would be cool or differentiating to post job…

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February 4, 2010
Five Ways To Prepare Your Application For Ruby on Rails 3 Today

Rails 3 is coming!

I’ve been doing a lot of thinking about how I can help clients get in a better position to upgrade to Rails 3 when it’s ready for prime time. There’s a few things you can do…

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January 7, 2010
A New Dynamic for Early Stage Product Development

The current system for developing conceptual applications is broken. Many early stage entrepreneurs clammer to find developers that can build their product on a tight budget so they can get it in…

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December 23, 2009
The Rules of Founder Dating

I recently attended an excellent event put on by a few people from BetaHouse and TechStars. The premise was to meet and network with other entrepreneurs in the Boston area to potentially find…

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December 2, 2009
Five Lessons Learned from the TechStars Boston Information Session

TechStars held a very enlightening information session at Andala Cafe this morning. Shawn Broderick did an excellent job conveying what TechStars is all about and what a TechStars startup looks…

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November 30, 2009
Getting Things Done with Google Voice

One tenet of Getting Things Done is to always have a tool that you can use to capture thoughts and actions as they pop into your head. I get crazy ideas in the oddest places and times, so it’s…

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November 11, 2009
It’s Not Just About Code – A Boston.rb Presentation

Last night I spoke @ Boston.rb about everything that happens around code.

Lately, I’ve been heavily interested in discussing the process behind software development. Our field is still very…

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November 6, 2009
Adopting Agile Methods – Five Ways Your SCRUM Implementation Can Fail

SCRUM is a great framework to adopt if you and your software development team wants to get things done. SCRUM works for us, so we encourage the people we work with to adopt it along with other…

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October 28, 2009
Amazon Associate is deprecated in favor of ramazon_advertising

Are you looking for a web wrapper for the Amazon Advertising API for your Ruby on Rails Application? ramazon_advertising is a library that provides this. It supports request signing.

The Amazon…

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