jremsikjr

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by jremsikjr 10y ago
I'm the organizer of this conference. The stage is very flexible and has many opportunities for trap doors etc. It's honestly just a little creaky. We've seen other benefits like folks have mentioned. It draws speakers out fr
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Show HN: Adorable Avatars an avatar placeholder service for web devs and designers(avatars.adorable.io)
20 points by jremsikjr 11y ago|1 comments
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by jremsikjr 14y ago
Thanks egiva!
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by jremsikjr 14y ago
You're wrong. This is something that my wife and I have spent the last 2.5 years trying to build. An inclusive event where everyone feels welcome to participate. The post was made here specifically because HN has a reputation for being excl
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by jremsikjr 14y ago
I lifted it from a tweet describing the article from a third party but, you're right.
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My Madison Ruby Story(marginaldialogue.blogspot.com)
79 points by jremsikjr 14y ago|28 comments
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by jremsikjr 15y ago
I'll go ahead an disagree here from Madison, WI as well. In fact, there are no less than three cool startups within a block and a half (Murfie.com, ContextClothing.com, Asthmapolis.com) of our offices. There is plenty of opportunity to land
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by jremsikjr 15y ago
You're wrong. Your event sounds like a great event and is likely to be interesting to HN readers. That's fantastic! Make a post and have it voted up. The issue I see is that your comment is completely unrelated to the post except for the f
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by jremsikjr 15y ago
We did do our homework and took inspiration from your blog post about putting on, either Future Ruby or Ruby Fringe, I forget which at the moment. I appreciate your concern and pointing out that conference organization is often a thankless
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by jremsikjr 15y ago
It's just as fine of a line that you have to walk with a product. We had more we wanted to do but, do we need more? At the end of the day we, as a conference, _need_ to get people together to talk and spread information. Also, it's just t
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Conference Error in Your Favor Collect $225(madisonruby.org)
68 points by jremsikjr 15y ago|12 comments
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by jremsikjr 15y ago
To be fair you've ordered those as a developer. Non-programmer types are more likely to invert that list: 1. Finding customers 2. Building the product Where finding the customers is something that they can be incredibly passionate about and
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by jremsikjr 16y ago
There may well be similar apps but, we didn't find anything in the amount of time it took to bootstrap a new rails app. Something we have discussed is to do just what you say and provide a lens for whatever hashtags others want to keep an e
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by jremsikjr 16y ago
Brilliant. Similar to another comment when I first got my Prius I played with along with the metrics and still do occasionally. But, I felt like I unlocked all the rewards. Separate player tags would be awesome and could be accomplished wit
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by jremsikjr 17y ago
> To me, pair programming is the only way to work. Could've softened that up a bit, sure. I completely agree that not every problem is a nail for the hammer of pair programming. We've developed a very popular and productive pairing envi