Great Discussion on Hanselminutes about Realworld LAMP to .NET 3.5 Migration
I am a regular listener of Hanselminutes and usually make it part of a daily walk I do around the lakes we live on or on my commute to a client site. Those of you not familiar with Scott Hanselman’s podcast about all different aspects of technology, it is worth...
Why Does Releasing the Source Code for the .NET Framework Libraries Matter?
Someone please tell me why this news from Microsoft really matter? I can get all I need by using Reflector to view the code today. I can then use and modify what Reflector gives me. Once Microsoft releases the source and I agree to use it like a good person...
Rails 2.0: Preview Release Available Now!
The Riding Rails blog had a post over the weekend announcing the first preview release of Rails 2.0.? This is exciting news to anyone waiting for the latest release of Rails and who has been running on Edge for a while. Extracted from the Ruby on Rails blog, you can...
Technology Bias Can Be a Strength or a Weakness
I have been reading a number of posts around the web about Derek Sivers of CD Baby dumping Ruby on Rails to return to PHP. I am sure just about every Ruby enthusiast has read the post over on the O’Reilly Ruby blog.
Castle Project 1.0 RC3 is out
The Castle Project has finally released its version 1.0 RC3 today. It has been a long time coming but not for lack of work. I am on the development discussion list and there is a lot of activity, much work has gone into this release.
Rubiverse Podcast
I recently discovered a Ruby-focused podcast called Rubiverse Podcast. It is a new podcast, so the number of episodes are limited but the first two are very good.
Ruby East 2007 is Coming...
So, I recently learned about a local Ruby and Rails conference coming in a couple weeks to within driving distance to me, Ruby East 2007. It will be on September 28, 2007 at the Penn State, Great Valley Campus.
My Latest Article is up on InfoQ : Catching up with the Castle Project
My latest article titled “Catching up with the Castle Project” is up on the InfoQ web site. I had the opportunity to chat with Hamilton Verissimo of the Castle Project.
Ruby Makes You a Better Person - Scott Bellware
I am a frequent reader of Scott Bellware’s blog. He had an interesting post today reflecting on a Ruby conference he recently attended. His observation was how the speakers and the attendees seemed to take on a different perspective from the normal Microsoft conferences, the Ruby people are interested in...
FiveRuns? + RM-Install = Rails on Linux
One of the reasons I went with VMWare Workstation 6.0 was their support of Linux distributions. I am a Windows XP user and developer and spend my day using it. I used Microsoft Virtual PC for working with other operating systems other than Windows XP, but VPC never has done...