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How to convert your business card into a trackable marketing tool
Using ctags to navigate your bundled gems
Re:We are sorry
on Wednesday February 08, 2012 @05:08PM (#3568772)
Call me a cinic, but suggesting that we shouldn't be concerned by saying "It is also stored securely on our servers using industry standard firewall technology" seems somewhat naïve. As if that means that our data was adequately protected from prying eyes...
I'd be impressed if they'd turned round and said "We realise it looks like we were trying to expand our business off the back of your private data, and have therefore decided that in our next release we will stop uploading user's contact details altogether. We'll make our social network so compelling that it'll go viral without abusing your privacy."
Re:How I named my startup
on Monday January 23, 2012 @10:23AM (#3500612)
There's a lot to be said for that. For small businesses that will be predominantly marketed online it makes sense to choose something that communicates what you do. If you've got a massive PR budget, I think the rules are slightly different.
How I named my startup
Re:Is Apple suitable for the freelancer?
on Saturday June 11, 2011 @09:32AM (#2643863)
Thanks for the link; I'll add that to the post.
Have you tried getting a genius bar appointment at the weekend in London? It's not easy. Also, it's still work if you're self employed, and your time has a value.
Re:Is Apple suitable for the freelancer?
on Saturday June 11, 2011 @09:31AM (#2643860)
That's brilliant. Did anybody try any loctite on those screws?
Is Apple suitable for the freelancer?
Fed up of typing `bundle exec`? Automate it with bundler-exec.
Re:Top ten reasons why I won't use your open source project
on Monday January 31, 2011 @12:00PM (#2162187)
It's great feedback for people who are interested in attracting more people to their project, which is clearly (to me, at least) the manner in which it's intended.
Pair programming: Be a better navigator
MongoDB Replication and Replica Sets (write-up of talk by Dwight Merriman)
MongoDB schema design from Mongo UK conference
MongoDB administration talk from Mongo UK
Write ups of all the Ruby Manor talks
Benchmarking Ruby exception handling
Testing Rails with Rack::Test
http://effectif.com/articles/testing-rails-with-rack-test
Fancy trying Bryan Helmkamp's new framework agnostic testing framework with your Rails app?It's really easy.
Deploying Merb with Vlad
Deploying Sinatra with Vlad
http://effectif.com/articles/deploying-sinatra-with-vlad
Short article explaining how to deploy a Sinatra web application with Vlad the Deployer.
Sharing CSS between Rails and PHP
http://effectif.com/articles/sharing-css-between-rails-and-php
Ever need to add a Rails app to a well established site that was already running some other system? We did, so we split the shared CSS/images into a separate module…
RubyManor Roundup (part 2)
http://effectif.com/2008/11/23/notes-from-the-ruby-manor-part-2
A write up of the afternoon session at the Ruby Manor, covering Neo4J, APICache, the Acts as Recommendable plugin, notes on Unobtrusive Metaprogramming, a UK Government Hack day, and Ruby 1.9. And curry (briefly).