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"I think Ruby is probably the best language because it has a cool name and my birthstone is the ruby...."

Sun, 08 Nov 2009 18:01:58 +1100

“I think Ruby is probably the best language because it has a cool name and my birthstone is the ruby. Perl used to be my favorite because I could say, “I’m programming in Perl. Yes, that’s the language I’m using… Perl.” My friends would comment on how that Pearl was a cool name for a language. I would then correct them and with a smug little dismissive laugh say, “No, no. You don’t understand. Its PERL. Its an acronym.” But now the more I think about it, Programming Python, by O’Reilly has a cool-ass snake on its cover. While I’m on the subway reading it on the way to work, I hope people will notice the book, the snake and think, “Now THAT guy is learning something cool.” I also like the Monty connection. ;-)”

- A man named Christopher gives the most sensible comment on Perl vs. Python vs. Ruby

"It’s the tie to go along with jQuery’s tux."

Thu, 29 Oct 2009 18:01:17 +1100

“It’s the tie to go along with jQuery’s tux.”

- underscore

Minimal deployment via rake, git and

Wed, 21 Oct 2009 10:42:36 +1100

Similar to github’s deployment strategy and others, but with rake and ssh. Works a treat for single-server deployments.

desc "Deploy the application"
task :deploy do
  commands = [
    "cd /sites/myapp.com/app",
    "git fetch",
    "git reset --hard origin/master",
    "git submodule init",
    "git submodule update",
    "mkdir -p tmp",
    "touch tmp/restart.txt"
  ]
  exec "ssh myserver '#{commands.join(" && ")}'"
end

Bonus points for ensuring gem dependencies are installed on the deployment destination machine.

The back cover of Rework, 37signals soon-to-be-released book on...

Tue, 25 Aug 2009 00:19:17 +1000

The back cover of Rework, 37signals soon-to-be-released book on business.

from Eye candy is a critical business requirement

Tue, 25 Aug 2009 00:03:07 +1000

from Eye candy is a critical business requirement

"Every little feature will be a delight for somebody, especially that person who keeps emailing us..."

Mon, 03 Aug 2009 12:33:28 +1000

“Every little feature will be a delight for somebody, especially that person who keeps emailing us because he can’t believe that the feature he wants which is obviously only six lines of code hasn’t been implemented in FogBugz 1.0, 2.0, 3.0, 4.0, “4.5”, or 6.0, and if we don’t get it soon he JUST MIGHT HAVE TO GO OVER TO THE AUSTRALIANS.”

- BRING IT ON! Extract from Joel’s nice FogBugz 7 vision statement

"At any given time there tends to be one problem that’s the most urgent for a startup. This is..."

Tue, 28 Jul 2009 22:19:25 +1000

“At any given time there tends to be one problem that’s the most urgent for a startup. This is what you think about as you fall asleep at night and when you take a shower in the morning. And when you start raising money, that becomes the problem you think about. You only take one shower in the morning, and if you’re thinking about investors during it, then you’re not thinking about the product.”

- Ramen Profitable

via This is not your problem sheet - The train now standing at...

Tue, 28 Jul 2009 18:00:52 +1000

via This is not your problem sheet - The train now standing at platform 32729 is the Git Merge Express to Memeville

No freakin way. It’s a Matz signed railscamp v3 tee

Tue, 21 Jul 2009 17:31:06 +1000

No freakin way.

It’s a Matz signed railscamp v3 tee

I don’t care much for Drupal but the design of this poster...

Wed, 15 Jul 2009 10:53:00 +1000

I don’t care much for Drupal but the design of this poster from Development Seed is winwinwin

DoneDone’s tier-less pricing model - nice.

Tue, 23 Jun 2009 12:33:11 +1000

DoneDone’s tier-less pricing model - nice.

"Take a good idea out of its infancy, let it age without guidance so it does not mature, and it..."

Mon, 22 Jun 2009 10:35:20 +1000

“Take a good idea out of its infancy, let it age without guidance so it does not mature, and it generally goes bad. If GML was an infant, SGML is the bright youngster far exceeds expectations and made its parents too proud, but XML is the drug-addicted gang member who had committed his first murder before he had sex, which was rape.”

- software - xml - s-exp vs XML | cat -v harmful stuff

"If a problem is worth solving, it’s worth solving well and once."

Thu, 18 Jun 2009 00:27:46 +1000

“If a problem is worth solving, it’s worth solving well and once.”

- from Coda Hale’s about page

"I’m only doing it for my family My spouse “understands” All I need is one startup to “hit” and then..."

Tue, 16 Jun 2009 02:14:08 +1000

“I’m only doing it for my family
My spouse “understands”
All I need is one startup to “hit” and then I can slow down or retire
I’ll make it up by spending “quality time” with my wife/kids”

- Lies Entrepreneurs Tell Themselves

Brand Diagram - American Apparel

Fri, 12 Jun 2009 12:49:30 +1000

Brand Diagram - American Apparel

Make friends, not war

Mon, 08 Jun 2009 00:14:21 +1000

Make friends, not war

Happiness in Business

Sat, 06 Jun 2009 14:39:09 +1000

Happiness in Business

"So today, let’s write a program simply. But let’s also realize that tomorrow,..."

Sun, 31 May 2009 21:09:32 +1000

“So today, let’s write a program simply. But let’s also realize that tomorrow, we’re going to make it more complex, because tomorrow it’s going to do more. So we’ll take that simplicity and we’ll lose some of it. But tomorrow, hopefully tomorrow’s program is as simple as possible for tomorrow’s needs. Hopefully we’ll preserve simplicity as the program grows.”

- Ward Cunningham, from The Simplest Thing that Could Possibly Work

"The quality of your life is a direct reflection of the expectations of your peer group."

Sat, 25 Apr 2009 13:33:29 +1000

“The quality of your life is a direct reflection of the expectations of your peer group.”

- Tony Robbins, quoted in The 5 Things I’d Tell My 21 Year Old Entrepreneurial Self

"You are the average of the five people you spend the most time with."

Sat, 25 Apr 2009 13:32:56 +1000

“You are the average of the five people you spend the most time with.”

- Jim Rohn, quoted in The 5 Things I’d Tell My 21 Year Old Entrepreneurial Self