Do what you’re good at. It’s great if you can be dedicated and devote the time to learn something that comes difficult to you, but the rest of the world will be speeding by during…
Jul 14, 2006 — Advice · Freelance
MC Cycle & Sport Launch
MC Cycle and Sport is a project I’ve been working on for Myles Chase. The site is now live and will soon include cycling events and an image gallery.
Jul 13, 2006 — Web
Gmail Request – Stickies
I would love for Gmail to have some sort of personal notes area for the collection of thoughts, ideas, and reminders that accumulate throughout a day. I constantly find myself sending an empty, self-addressed e-mail…
Jul 11, 2006 — Life
Highlands Mountain, Past and Present
The family of one of my best friends used to own a New Hampshire ski resort called Highlands Mountain Ski Area. By the time my brother and I were darting on the slopes as kamikaze…
Jul 07, 2006 — Conferences
It’s Conference Season
Travel tips I learned from RailsConf 2006 that could apply to any conference. Pack light. O’Hare airport, like many others across the globe, was enormous. Having to only worry about the bag on my back…
Jun 26, 2006 — Conferences · Web
RailsConf 2006 – Day 3 Events and Closing
On the last day of RailsConf, Mike Pence led the way with his presentation on OpenLaszlo, an open source platform for injecting some nifty Flash and DHTML elements into your projects. Presenting on little sleep…
Jun 25, 2006 — Conferences · Web
RailsConf 2006 – Day 2 Events
Day two rocked with some impressive speakers. Justin Ghetland spent his hour talking about Ajax on Rails and revived my interest in Javascript and Ajax. The presentation was a collection of examples like live search,…
Jun 23, 2006 — Conferences · Web
RailsConf 2006 – Day 1 Events
The beauty of RailsConf is that you find yourself magically learning even when you’re not trying to. It’s tough to gauge personal progress when everyone around you is intelligent to begin with; there’s a tendency…
Jun 22, 2006 — Conferences · Web
RailsConf 2006 – Guidebook
Started the morning off with a nice breakfast in bed; everyone has to try room service at least once in their life. Guidebook, an introduction to Ruby and Rails, began shortly after and was, like…
Jun 21, 2006 — Conferences · Life
RailsConf 2006 – Getting There
Ill Chicago weather delayed my flight 317 to Rails Conference 2006 by about 30 minutes; no big deal. I had the middle seat mid way into the plane, a teacher on my left and one…