Talk Like A Duck

In Ruby, it's not the dog, it's the tricks!

Department of Shameless Commerce


over 3 years ago by Rick DeNatale on Talk Like A Duck.
I was playing around with Pixelmator today, and made a new sketch of Ruby the DuckDog whose photo graces the masthead here. When the old dog say her...

Department of Shameless Commerce


over 3 years ago by on Talk Like A Duck.
I was playing around with Pixelmator today, and made a new sketch of Ruby the DuckDog whose photo graces the masthead here. When the old dog say her picture...

Scrum Alone Ain't Enough


over 3 years ago by Rick DeNatale on Talk Like A Duck.
Martin Fowler, just wrote a typically insightful article about the number of development teams he has encountered, which, with the goal of being agile...

Database Representation for Recurring Events


over 3 years ago by Rick DeNatale on Talk Like A Duck.
Joe Van Dyk, a reader, posted a question in response to my recent article about my work towards a new gem providing iCalendar support for Ruby How do...

Speaking at RubyRX


over 3 years ago by Rick DeNatale on Talk Like A Duck.
I'll be speaking about dynamic languages at RubyRX which will be held from February 19-21, at the Mariott in Research Triangle Park, NC. If you are attending...

What I've Been Up To Of Late - A new Ruby iCalendar Library


over 3 years ago by Rick DeNatale on Talk Like A Duck.
Instead of blogging much of late, apart from the odd twitter tweet, and playing with alpha versions of Maglev as they come out, I’ve been spending most...

US Patent #7,464,384


over 3 years ago by Rick DeNatale on Talk Like A Duck.
Patents are only for the old machine © Alexandre Dulaunoy When I retired from IBM some years ago, I had a couple of pending patent applications. I...

Off Topic - Of Wires, Radios, Airports, and Open Source


over 3 years ago by Rick DeNatale on Talk Like A Duck.
This past Monday, which happened to be my plenty-seventh birthday, I managed to win an Apple AirPort Express in the end-of-year raffle. I’d been looking...

The OTI Brotherhood


over 3 years ago by Rick DeNatale on Talk Like A Duck.
A week ago today, I travelled up to Grand Rapids Michigan, to give my RubyConf 2008 talk to XP West Michigan at . XP West Michigan is an enthusiastic group...

Bloganalysis - I'm a Mechanic


over 3 years ago by Rick DeNatale on Talk Like A Duck.
Over the past couple of days, I’ve seen several blog articles about typealizer a web service which analyzes blog authors personalities based on what...