Bill Gates recently bought the video rights to Richard Feynman’s 1964 lectures at Cornell University. And now he’s released them through Microsoft Research’s Project Tuva. I’ve been a fan of Richard Feynman for close to 20 years. I read the two books of stories of his life that he co-wrote: Surely You’re Joking,...

Bill Gates recently bought the video rights to Richard Feynman’s 1964 lectures at Cornell University. And now he’s released them through Microsoft Research’s Project Tuva. I’ve been a fan of Richard Feynman for close to 20 years. I read the two books of stories of his life that he co-wrote: Surely You’re Joking,...

Martin Fowler, chief scientist at ThoughtWorks, author, and advocate for agile practices has written a report and given a talk on ThoughtWorks’ experience with using Ruby in their consultancy. You can read the report or watch the video. Here is the major conclusion of the report: All of these questions sum up into the key question for us:...

Martin Fowler, chief scientist at ThoughtWorks, author, and advocate for agile practices has written a report and given a talk on ThoughtWorks’ experience with using Ruby in their consultancy. You can read the report or watch the video. Here is the major conclusion of the report: All of these questions sum up into the key question for us:...

The Register reports that a survey conducted by Evans Data shows that in North America, usage of Ruby by developers is up by 40% from one year ago. Furthermore, based on what developers expect to be using in the next year, we should see a 43% increase in Ruby over the next twelve months.

The Register reports that a survey conducted by Evans Data shows that in North America, usage of Ruby by developers is up by 40% from one year ago. Furthermore, based on what developers expect to be using in the next year, we should see a 43% increase in Ruby over the next twelve months.

Slides for my RubyConf ‘08 talk — Effective and Creative Coding: Help from Cognitive Psychology in Caring for the Rubyist’s Mind — are now available.

Slides for my RubyConf ‘08 talk — Effective and Creative Coding: Help from Cognitive Psychology in Caring for the Rubyist’s Mind — are now available.

James Edward Gray II shines some light on the darker corners of Ruby’s Here Documents (”heredocs”). By darker, I don’t mean ominous, just the cool stuff that rarely sees the light of day.

James Edward Gray II shines some light on the darker corners of Ruby’s Here Documents (”heredocs”). By darker, I don’t mean ominous, just the cool stuff that rarely sees the light of day.

We scheduled our Ruby Fundamentals Workshop just before the Great Lakes Ruby Bash conference here in Ann Arbor, so workshop participants can stay an extra day and enjoy the conference. Learn more on our training page.

We scheduled our Ruby Fundamentals Workshop just before the Great Lakes Ruby Bash conference here in Ann Arbor, so workshop participants can stay an extra day and enjoy the conference. Learn more on our training page.

The Great Lakes Ruby Bash is a one-day regional Ruby conference that will be held in Ann Arbor, MI on Saturday, October 11th. The conference is only $50 and includes lunch. Registration is now open.

The Great Lakes Ruby Bash is a one-day regional Ruby conference that will be held in Ann Arbor, MI on Saturday, October 11th. The conference is only $50 and includes lunch. Registration is now open.

According to this article Eurogames tend to have the following features: “emphasise strategy over showiness” “downplay luck and conflict” “lean towards economic rather than martial themes” “strive to keep all the players at the table until the game’s end” The linked article emphasizes that,...