My First Day With Node.js
Today I spent a good number of hours playing with node.js the hip new concurrent evented javascript server that runs on Google's V8 javascript server.I've been meaning to play with it for a while given...
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A Weekend With Node.js
Last weekend was the Node Knockout which I talked about my preparation for last week. 48 hours to develop an application in Node.js. My friend Michelle and I set out to learn Node.js more than win the...
View ArticleRuby on Rails Coding Standards
This is a list of Rails coding guidelines that I've been putting together and generally suggesting are good practice for Rails development for a while, as well as a couple of Gotcha's that it's very...
View ArticleSoftware Freedom Day 2010
I spent yesterday at Software Freedom Day(SFD) Wellington. SFD is technically based on the four freedoms that the GNU people have, which I somewhat disagree with as I favour the less precriptive MIT...
View Article10 Reasons You Should Go to Rails Camp
Rails Camp is an event where a bunch of Ruby hackers get together for a weekend out of reach of the Internet to hack, drink and be merry. I'm currently organising RailsCamp New Zealand for March 18th...
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Agragr - Rails Rumble 2010
Last weekend was my third Rails Rumble. Michelle, Kelly and I set out to build a social news aggregator aggregator. We called it Agragr.Agragr is only really one page. We worked to pack in as much...
View ArticleRspec 2 at Wellrailed
I gave a talk to Wellrailed at the end of October on Rspec 2 which drew the largest crowd that Wellrailed has had in a while. I was hoping to put a shiny video of the event up here, but unfortunately...
View Article2010 Achievements
A few of the interesting things I did in 2010 in more or less chronological order.Started off flat out for the initial release of Sponsafier. By far the highest traffic site I've worked on with peaks...
View ArticleGoals for 2011
Release Rabid Tech's first app.Contribute to more open source.Have Rails Camp NZ go well and also make it to the Aussie ones again.Start building up some more passive income streams, small weekend apps...
View ArticleWebstock 2011
Webstock is a weird kind of conference. I enjoy it a lot, but it isn't all that practical. I'm impressed by the number of people who convince their jobs to pay for them to go given that it mostly...
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Crafting Rails Applications Review
Jose Valim is well known in the Rails community for writing a lot of code and being on the Rails core team. He's also to blame for Inherited Resources a plugin that I've seen be more horribly misused...
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Rails Camp NZ Wrapup
Months of planning culminated last weekend in Rails Camp NZ. I first posted to the Rails Camp Google group with the idea in December 2009 so it's been a while to get every one on board and an event...
View ArticleServer setup for Rails Camp NZ
This is a bit of a dump of the stuff we needed to set up the server and network for Rails Camp NZ. Hopefully it will be of use to others trying to run similar events.Taking over the DNS for the network...
View ArticleCode School's Rails Best Practices Review
The guys at Envy Labs have created a really great new set of learning materials over at Code School. I've been teaching some people Rails recently and sitting them down in front of Rails for Zombies...
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Reading The Four Steps to the Epiphany
Steve Blank's the four steps to the epiphany has established itself pretty solidly on the must-read list for entrepreneurs. It's also one of the hardest books in the space to read. Where other authors...
View ArticleWebsite Launch Checklist
Launch day is one of the scariest and most stressful times in web development. Getting everyone on the same page in terms of what's going to happen and when it's going to happen goes a long way in...
View ArticleA Rubyist visits Kiwi Pycon
It's an interesting experience going to a python conference for me, particularly when I was speaking at it as well. I have done some Python, but I'm mainly a Ruby person, which made there being...
View ArticleGoing From Zero to Revenue During Startup Weekend
This last weekend was filled with the first Startup Weekend Wellington. Well, it was for some competitors, for me it was a few hours getting a minimum viable product up and running, and then wandering...
View ArticleSome of My Achievements and Failures in 2011
AchievementsRailscamp. Organising Railscamp took up quite a bit of time at the beginning of this year but it was worth it. Even better is that there are now lots of people in NZ wanting to help...
View ArticleGoals for 2012
A short collection of my goals for 2012 - publicity helps with these things.Visit at least one new country(I meant to make it somewhere else last year, instead I ended up in Australia again.)Renew...
View ArticleThe Benefits of a Unique Company Culture
There is a steady supply of people writing blog posts about how their unique working environment means they're hiring "A players" because of some combination of the following:They only have a four day...
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Dealing with Wrist Pain
Towards the end of 2010 my hands and arms started aching whenever I worked on the computer for more than a few minutes at a time. After a particularly full on November featuring some work deadlines and...
View ArticleAchievements and Failures 2012
AchievementsRabid - At the beginning of the year I was intending to do a mix of working on product startups and consulting again to follow on from what seemed like a good base of that kind of work in...
View ArticleGoals for 2013
Continue growing Rabid - I've got some targets in mind for this, I think we should see some pretty strong growth but I'm not absolutely sure what that will look like. It's also going to be the time...
View ArticleAdventures in Multistakeholderism
Having recently attended the Internet Governance Forum in Bali thanks to a fellowship from InternetNZ I have a few personal observations. According to the website the purpose of the IGF is to:"support...
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