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In The Plex: How Google Thinks, Works, and Shapes Our Lives

6 months ago by Diego on Rubycon - All things geared towards web development.
This past weekend I finished listening to In The Plex. This book is just awesome. If you have been in web development since before google existed &...

Neal Ford on Agile Engineering Practices

8 months ago by Diego on Rubycon - All things geared towards web development.
I recently reviewed Neal Ford on Agile Engineering Practices by O’Reilly Media this title is available both as part Safari Books Online, here or as...

The upside of irrationality – Dan Ariely

over 1 year ago by Diego on Rubycon - All things geared towards web development.
Cover via Amazon This weekend I listened to “The Upside of Irrationality: The Unexpected Benefits of Defying Logic at Work and at Home” by Dan...

Freemium for you doesn’t mean looseium for me

over 1 year ago by Diego on Rubycon - All things geared towards web development.
Lately there is been quite a bit of bashing of the Freemium model. The last example is given by Ruben Gamez of Bidsketch. While he makes some good points...

Objectified: A documentary on the design of everyday things

over 1 year ago by Diego on Rubycon - All things geared towards web development.
Objectified is a great documentary on design, with lot’s of interviews and great design examples available on netflix http://bit.ly/admKLQ. I highly...

Twitter Updates for 2010-09-04

over 1 year ago by Diego on Rubycon - All things geared towards web development.
@Vocino btw, are you about to release a video of yourself crying with dripping mascara pleading to me & others to leave @danbenjamin alone? in reply to...

Twitter Updates for 2010-09-08

over 1 year ago by Diego on Rubycon - All things geared towards web development.
@tferriss 4 hour workweek/male circusion, 6 of 1/half a dozen. Makes perfect sense. in reply to tferriss # Powered by Twitter Tools...

Twitter Updates for 2010-09-09

over 1 year ago by Diego on Rubycon - All things geared towards web development.
@pragdave yes, if this is some example code for a book. The double assignment combined with the != makes it non obvious. in reply to pragdave # @chadfowler...

Twitter Updates for 2010-09-14

over 1 year ago by Diego on Rubycon - All things geared towards web development.
"Back of the Napkin" – http://www.thebackofthenapkin.com/ – who,how much, where, when, how & why # Great casting on "Easy A". That role is written for...

HTML 5, a gentle introduction

over 1 year ago by Diego on Rubycon - All things geared towards web development.
These are my slides for September’s Boca Raton’s ruby meetup. I’ll be giving an introduction to HTML 5. Just the markup. I cover semantic...