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Don't Over Promise

~5 years ago by Robby Russell on Robby on Rails.
This was from a discussion a few weeks ago on the Dialogue-Driven Development mailing list. Bob listed five things that promotes dialogue. Active...

This Week in d3: 2

over 5 years ago by Robby Russell on Robby on Rails.
I missed a week… but last week, Brian wrote about one of the Principles of d3: simplicty. “As a principle of d3, we want our client...

Teams Need Healthy Collaboration

over 5 years ago by Robby Russell on Robby on Rails.
A few weeks ago, I was explaining some of the concepts behind Dialogue-Driven Development to Michael Buffington and when I said that we were working to...

RubyURL hits 10k

over 5 years ago by Robby Russell on Robby on Rails.
Just happened to notice that RubyURL passed the 10k mark recnetly. :-) “10044 happy rubyurls to date” I think it’s time for a...

Rails applciation caching with memcache

over 5 years ago by Robby Russell on Robby on Rails.
Courtenay has posted a step by step tutorial on using memcache within your Rails application. He not only discusses caching… but also how to “...

The Circular Perspective of BDD

over 5 years ago by Robby Russell on Robby on Rails.
A few weeks ago, Brian Ford was in my office and we were discussing BDD and how we can make this process even easier for our clients to understand…...

Portland Public Transporation and the Zen of Office Management

over 5 years ago by Robby Russell on Robby on Rails.
One of the coolest parts about my job (aside working with cool people everyday)... is getting a say in where we spend some of our money as a company. One...

Dialogue versus Debate

over 5 years ago by Robby Russell on Robby on Rails.
How many times have you participated in a conversation with someone and realized that you really didn’t understand what they had said. Or… perhaps...

This Week in d3: 1

over 5 years ago by Robby Russell on Robby on Rails.
As overheard on the d3 mailing list... “My strategy so far is to unemotionally ask them to step back for a minute from the “I want...

Pictures from AJAXWorld 2006

over 5 years ago by Robby Russell on Robby on Rails.
It’s only been a few nights since James Adam announced his newest plugin for Ruby on Rails. I don’t have proof yet… but I’...