Tim Bray

Cars and User Interfaces


over 5 years ago by Tim Bray on ongoing.
I can remember, back in the day, when we were arguing about user interfaces we said “It should be as intuitive as a car is. Any experienced driver...

Smallthought and Me


over 5 years ago by Tim Bray on ongoing.
I’ve written before about Dabble DB, about being an unabashed fan of the people and company and technology. Since I think transparency is important,...

JRuby Love


over 5 years ago by Tim Bray on ongoing. [Linked from: PuneRuby, Riding Rails, O'Reilly Ruby]
Charles Nutter and Thomas Enebo, better known as “The JRuby Guys”, are joining Sun this month. Yes, I helped make this happen, and for once...

Went Camping


over 5 years ago by Tim Bray on ongoing.
In Canada and the US, the first Monday in September is a holiday (“Labour Day”) and then the kids start school on Tuesday. This year, we...

The Ruby Ape Diaries


over 5 years ago by Tim Bray on ongoing.
I took tons of notes while I was working on the Ape. I was going to hold off publishing till I released the code, but once I actually launched the formal...

RAD XI: Where To?


over 5 years ago by Tim Bray on ongoing. [Linked from: Gluttonous]
[RAD stands for Ruby Ape Diaries, of which this is part XI.] I think this concludes the Diaries, although ongoing already has a couple of five-part trilogies...

Hay Bales


over 5 years ago by Tim Bray on ongoing.
In mid-August Saskatchewan, the first crop of hay bales is out in the fields....

Craig Cline, R.I.P.


over 5 years ago by Tim Bray on ongoing.
So sad to hear that Craig died. (He doesn’t have a Wikipedia entry, someone who knew him better than I should make one.) I owe Craig a lot; I was one...

White Rock Dock


over 5 years ago by Tim Bray on ongoing.
Central Vancouver is about 50km north of the U.S. border. Down at the border, on the seaside, is the town of White Rock, which has a beach extending right...

RAD X: Making Markup


over 5 years ago by Tim Bray on ongoing.
[RAD stands for Ruby Ape Diaries, of which this is part X.] If you’re writing Web apps, and even if you’re one of the few who isn’t...