Most web developers know that the tech industry moves at an accelerated pace, with hundreds (thousands?) of new technologies to try out that all promise to make our jobs [easier|faster|more efficient|stronger|more shiny]. The problem is time. How do you know which technology is worth your time to learn? Which ones will actually deliver and make …
Ruby Freelancers e20 with C.J. Hayden, author of Get Clients Now
Episode 20 of Ruby Freelancers is now available. In this episode we interviewed C.J. Hayden who wrote Get Clients Now. I can attribute much of my success to the marketing I learned from Get Clients now, especially in the first few months of Little Stream Software.
Case Study: Ruby Tools for non-Ruby Projects [Link]
I've used many Ruby tools on non-Ruby projects too. Capistrano, moonshine, and rake for a WordPress server. Rake for PHP and client side JavaScript/HTML5 projects.
Flavors
Some people hate chocolate. Some people hate vanilla. Some people hate mint mint chocolate chocolate chip. That doesn’t mean they are a bad person or stupid. Just that they have different tastes than you do. (Now replace those favors with Ruby, PHP, and JavaScript. Or Test::Unit and RSpec).
My dad taught me cashflow with a soda machine [Link]
Good story about learning about business and finance as a kid.