They've got Marcel's keynote posted here.

They've got Marcel's keynote posted here.

I spoke at the Ruby Hoedown last weekend and had a blast. I didn't get to attend much of the conference due to my travel. However, that talk was the last time my shiny new MacBook Pro would boot! It had been locking up with an increasing frequency... it locked up when I took it to the front of the room to start speaking. What timing! It took...

I spoke at the Ruby Hoedown last weekend and had a blast. I didn't get to attend much of the conference due to my travel. However, that talk was the last time my shiny new MacBook Pro would boot! It had been locking up with an increasing frequency... it locked up when I took it to the front of the room to start speaking. What timing! It took...

If you were considering signing up for the regional Ruby conference in North Carolina, the Ruby Hoedown, you'd better move quick. This is the mail I received this evening. The Ruby Hoedown is less than two weeks away, and we couldn't be more excited about it! A top-notch charity workshop, a line up of seven great talks, lots of hallway time for...

If you were considering signing up for the regional Ruby conference in North Carolina, the Ruby Hoedown, you'd better move quick. This is the mail I received this evening. The Ruby Hoedown is less than two weeks away, and we couldn't be more excited about it! A top-notch charity workshop, a line up of seven great talks, lots of hallway time for...

If you've never caught a BarCamp before, I'd encourage to try to make it to your local edition. Or start one if you don't have one already locally. Last year it was a great event on several fronts. I learned a bit about several topics and met a lot of great people. The professional networking alone was worth attending, but it was also a lot of...

If you've never caught a BarCamp before, I'd encourage to try to make it to your local edition. Or start one if you don't have one already locally. Last year it was a great event on several fronts. I learned a bit about several topics and met a lot of great people. The professional networking alone was worth attending, but it was also a lot of...

I just read another classic post by Martin Fowler. Among other things, he's pointing out the distinction between when it's appropriate to go learn a new language and when you should re-use the one you already know... and there's a bit of why people like Ruby as well. Should we strive to only have one language in our development efforts? A few...

I just read another classic post by Martin Fowler. Among other things, he's pointing out the distinction between when it's appropriate to go learn a new language and when you should re-use the one you already know... and there's a bit of why people like Ruby as well. Should we strive to only have one language in our development efforts? A few...

My blog entry on my OSCON talk had a spike in visitors, so I looked at my logs and found this: http://www.rubyist.net/~matz/20070711.html Cool.

My blog entry on my OSCON talk had a spike in visitors, so I looked at my logs and found this: http://www.rubyist.net/~matz/20070711.html Cool.

I've changed the slides enough that I wanted to be sure everyone who wanted them could get the latest version. I normally go for a lightweight, zen-esque approach in my slides, so that unless you come to the talk, you can't just read the slides and get the good stuff. But if you've heard the talk, the slides make great sense. For this talk, I...

I've changed the slides enough that I wanted to be sure everyone who wanted them could get the latest version. I normally go for a lightweight, zen-esque approach in my slides, so that unless you come to the talk, you can't just read the slides and get the good stuff. But if you've heard the talk, the slides make great sense. For this talk, I...

ThoughtWorks employee Muness Alrubaie filled in for Neil Ford at OSCON, giving a talk on Testing in the Web Tier. He's mentioned the standbys like Selenium and Firebug, but he also covered Crosscheck. I'll just quote from their website. Crosscheck is an open source testing framework for verifying your in-browser javascript. It helps you ensure...