Category: Rails

Development / iOS / Mac / Rails / Ruby / Software

May 17, 2012

How Steve Ballmer Predicted the Downfall of Mac OS X

Back in the year 2000, Steve Ballmer danced, as they say, like a Monkey Boy, chanting, “Developers! Developers! Developers!” in an infinite loop. Sweating like an offensive tackle in August two-a-days, he hopped and...

Rails / Ruby

September 8, 2011

Using OmniAuth 0.3.0.rc1 with Rails 3.1

I’m posting this so others can avoid the frustration I felt yesterday trying to use OmniAuth in a Rails 3.1 application. After adding this to my Gemfile: gem “omniauth”, :git => “git://github.com/intridea/omniauth.git” and running:...

Development / iOS / Mac / Rails / Ruby

April 25, 2011

Red Dirt Ruby Conf and Using Core Data with MacRuby

I just got back from Red Dirt Ruby Conf in Norman, OK. The accommodations were terrific — The Embassy Suites in Norman looks new, and they served us free omelets-to-order every morning. The food...

Development / iOS / Rails / Ruby

April 17, 2011

Distance of Time in Words for Objective-C

Rails developers have the coolest tools, from migrations RVM to Bundler to Pow. One cool Rails tool lets you explain approximately how long ago something happened in words, with phrases such as: Less than...

Development / iOS / Java / Mac / Rails / Ruby

November 9, 2010

10 Must-Install Mac Applications

I’m a software developer, so bear in mind that my Mac is for working and coding (mostly Objective-C, Java, and Ruby). You won’t find apps for ripping DVDs, viewing videos, or playing Canasta. These...

Development / Grails / Groovy / iOS / Java / Rails / Ruby

September 1, 2010

How to Set Up a New MacBook Pro for Development

I recently purchased a MacBook Pro and got a new MacBook Pro at work, so I had two machines to set up. Here are the steps I went through to make these machines tuned...