Daily Archives: February 4th, 2008

Animator vs. Animation

It’ll be really amusing to Flash developers, but I think that nerds of all stripes who like action movies will love Animator vs. Animation.

Conspiracy Theories Emerge After Internet Cables Cut

By now, you’ve probably heard that three — possibly four — undersea internet cables have been cut, and you’ve probably heard the conspiracy theories. Perhaps it’s just a fluke – such things do happen in complex systems — but I am reminded of the words of James Bond archvillain Auric Goldfinger: “Once is happenstance. Twice [...]

Résumé Advice for the Over-50 Crowd

Here’s a snippet from an article in The Christian Science Monitor titled Résumé Advice for the Over-50 Crowd:

Does your résumé look weathered? Has it grown to three or four pages over time? Is your first job after high school graduation still listed? Are you still displaying the date you graduated from college?
If you answered yes [...]

Putting Your Database Under Version Control

In his latest article on Coding Horror, Jeff Atwood talks about the importance of getting your database under version control and links to K. Scott Allen’s series of articles on the topic:

Three rules for database work
The Baseline
Change Scripts
Views, Stored Procedures and the Like
Branching and Merging

Lucky me, I’ve got Rails migrations, which are suitable for small [...]

And the “Static vs. Dynamic” Battle Rages On…

After reading Bill Burke’s article, Dynamic Languages: Rationalizations and Myths, you might also want to look at Patrick Logan’s articles, Dynamic Languages: Should the Tools Suck? and Deeper Dynamics.

TSOT Ruby/Rails Project Night: Tuesday, February 12th

TSOT Ruby/Rails Project Night 2

It’s a new month, which means a new Ruby/Rails Project Night at TSOT on Tuesday, February 12th!

Read on for more details…

Facebook Developer Garage 3 Tonight!

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FacebookCamp Toronto logo

The third Toronto edition of Facebook Developer Garage/FacebookCamp (it goes by both names) takes place tonight at MaRS Discovery District (101 College Street, just east of University Avenue) at 6:00 p.m. Read on for more details…