I am a big fan of attending local Ruby groups and/or conferences. There are a number of advantages to attending them, but one of the biggest personal advantages I get is exposure to new tools and new ways to get my development done. It’s interesting to me how the addition of a new [...]
Recently I attended my grandmothers 85th birthday party. The family made the decision to have a professional photographer come to the event and take some pictures of the family. The interesting part came when the photographer put the pictures online for us to view so we could decide which pictures we wanted to [...]
I’ve seen and read a lot of discussions about hiring programmers. Most people claim to want great programmers, but few people know how to even marginally separate the good from the bad. “Great” is a loaded term, and it means different things to different people. What I want to focus on is [...]