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Let me work on-site for you! (For a few days...)

12 days ago by pogodan on omgbloglol.
I’ve been tossing this idea around for a while, but now I’m at a point where I can actually do it thanks to things in life and business stabilizing a bit...

Bad (or, my unfortunately unfavorable review of Bob Martin's Ruby Midwest keynote)

~1 month ago by pogodan on omgbloglol.
Uncle Bob Martin has had a lot of influence on the software development industry over his career. His books are heralded as “landmark” and “essential tome...

Introducing gem_git: tiny tools for working with gems' code via Git

3 months ago by pogodan on omgbloglol.
We’ve all been there. You’re plowing through your app, in your groove, then you notice an issue with a gem you’re using. In some cases you can work around...

Attention API Provider: How to make people using your API love you

3 months ago by pogodan on omgbloglol.
At Arcturo, we’ve been working with a lot of remote API’s and big data lately. The more API’s from all over the web I work with, the more I realize how...

The Hoedown 2011 Experience, Part 1: Lodging

7 months ago by pogodan on omgbloglol.
Well, it’s that time of year again: another Ruby Hoedown coming at you. Registration is open, so head over and register now before we sell out (we’re not...

Authoring eBooks is on sale right now

8 months ago by pogodan on omgbloglol.
I dropped the price of my eBook on writing eBooks Authoring eBooks to its lowest ever $19 today. Not sure how long I’ll keep it there, so grab it while...

RubyRescue.tv - Answering Ruby questions live and on the air every Tuesday (submit a question and win $50 to Amazon)

9 months ago by pogodan on omgbloglol.
If you don’t follow me on Twitter and hang on every word I tweet, you may not be aware of RubyRescue.tv (ignore the inaugural episode language; we were...

The Compleat Rubyist is coming to Boston real soon

10 months ago by on omgbloglol.
If you haven’t seen it, the training set that I do with David A. Black and Gregory Brown is called The Compleat Rubyist. Don’t let the word “training...

FREAK OUT (or, I quit my job and what I'm doing next)

11 months ago by on omgbloglol.
It’s my birthday today. I am now 26, and I’ve decided to have a quarter-life crisis. Most people have these a little earlier in life, but I was too busy...

My books are on sale today!

11 months ago by on omgbloglol.
Authoring eBooks is on sale for $15, and it will finally reach its full $49 price this weekend. The Rails Upgrade Handbook is $6, and it will return to...