Monthly Archives: March 2009

Prod Wed #1 (QuickSilver iCal Events)

Posted on March 31, 2009 by Derek Neighbors

So Chris Conrey had started tweeting one Wednesday about kicking ass. He used the hashtag #productivitywednesday or something. The meme started to catch on internally. I have been on a mission of late to help accelerate getting [...]

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TextMate Tip #5 (Counting Iterators)

Posted on March 30, 2009 by Derek Neighbors

TextMate Tip #5 (Counting Iterators) from Derek Neighbors on Vimeo.
Got more motivation to keep slugging away at TextMate Tips.  Besides good comments here in the blog and on the video sites where the content is posted.
Spending 10 minutes every few [...]

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TextMate Tip #4 (rDoc)

Posted on March 23, 2009 by Derek Neighbors

More basic Ruby commands for Textmate.  Including run file, toggle string/symbol and rDoc for selection.

TextMate Tip #4 (RDoc) from Derek Neighbors on Vimeo.

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Devices for Content Production

Posted on March 21, 2009 by Derek Neighbors

If you blog, tweet or otherwise produce content on the Internet, what physical tools are you using to do it?
Bloggers utilize a wide variety of computers, cameras and gadgets to create the content they post each day. Some people have [...]

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TextMate Tip #3 (Don’t Leave The Editor)

Posted on March 18, 2009 by Derek Neighbors

Good editors do not make you leave the editor to get things done, they provide you ways to do what you need in their environment.

TextMate Tip #3 (Don’t Leave The Editor) from Derek Neighbors on Vimeo.

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TextMate Tip #2 (Blocks)

Posted on March 17, 2009 by Derek Neighbors

Working with Blocks in Ruby in Textmate.

TextMate Tip Episode 2 (Blocks) from Derek Neighbors on Vimeo.

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TextMate Tip #1 (Hashes)

Posted on March 16, 2009 by Derek Neighbors

I get disappointed when people don’t make an effort to learn their tool set.  I am guilty of this as I used to be a hard core emacs user, but when I moved from GNU\Linux to Mac OSX, I migrated [...]

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Attempting to Achieve the Ideal Agile Workspace

Posted on March 7, 2009 by Derek Neighbors

This morning several ruby on rails consultants from Integrum were in the office getting things done.  Being the old man after a night of partying and watching the epic Watchmen I didn’t drag in until about 10:30am.  I started to [...]

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Something Better Than Pair Programming

Posted on March 7, 2009 by Derek Neighbors

You thought pair programming was good? You thought it was effective? Well… It hasn’t got anything on QUAD Programming!!! Some developers over at Integrum drank some powerthirst.  Thankfully, we did not end up with 400 babies.  We did [...]

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Pairing Programming In Loud Environments

Posted on March 7, 2009 by Derek Neighbors

At our Ruby on Rails development shop, Integrum we engage in an XP practice called pair programming.  Over the last six months we have seen more interest from the community on some of our agile practices.  At recent Gangplank Hacknight [...]

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