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Link: Rough Estimation Oath

9 days ago by Taryn on Ruby-coloured glasses.
OMG how much do I love this oath!!! I might put it in my standard contract going forward :) ...

Project Euler Upgrade

15 days ago by Taryn on Ruby-coloured glasses.
Just a quick post as a follow-on to my project Euler post a while back. Project Euler have had a site revamp. A bit of a nicer UI prettier progress-tracking...

Link: The hungry programmer

21 days ago by Taryn on Ruby-coloured glasses.
The hungry programmer compares healthy eating to healthy code-practices, discussing the code-quality equivalent of the "healthy eating continuum". In brief...

Who is the real user here?

~1 month ago by Taryn on Ruby-coloured glasses.
If a site is developed ostensibly for one purpose, but the monetization strategy is skewed in favour of some other purpose... what do you think is going...

Autocomplete with acts_as_taggable_on

~1 month ago by Taryn on Ruby-coloured glasses.
Basic tagging sorted, I went looking for a way to add auto-complete - cos it's a nice UI improvement that's pretty common on teh intarwebs these days. I...

"Our greatest asset"

~1 month ago by Taryn on Ruby-coloured glasses.
I've just discovered 1.00 FTE. :) Here's one to get you started: Oh and, just like XKCD, there's always a rollover tidbit (not included here, go look at...

fitocracy vs sparkpeople

~1 month ago by Taryn on Ruby-coloured glasses.
I've been using sparkpeople for several years now, to track my workouts and weight progress. I heard about fitocracy a while back. It's gotten a fair bit...

Snippet: random range

2 months ago by Taryn on Ruby-coloured glasses.
Being able to get a random number within a given range is something currently only available in ruby 1.9... but if you want to add a quick method that will...

Genome GPS: crowdsourcing science funding

3 months ago by Taryn on Ruby-coloured glasses.
A friend of mine is using rockethub to fund scientific research. This looks like an innovative alternative to grant-grubbing and research built only around...

Full-length feed: love or hate?

3 months ago by Taryn on Ruby-coloured glasses.
I've been reading a few other blogs on which people have mentioned that people prefer the full article in their feed reader. rather than just a short section...