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An Open Letter to Zee Kane and TNW Regarding Proper Attribution
25 points by rjsamson 14y ago|5 comments
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by rjsamson 14y ago
Wow - I knew they were bad at image attribution, but that's just plain awful. And these are just the photos from one photographer that have been improperly used! TNW clearly has a large gap in their reporting standards that needs to be corr
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by rjsamson 14y ago
I'll second that. One of the better Rails books I've read.
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by rjsamson 14y ago
That's pretty cool actually - small world!
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by rjsamson 14y ago
Thanks Matthew - glad to see you're willing to make that change. I noticed a number of other TNW articles from today also using the same anonymous attribution, one of which was another of yours ( http://thenextweb.com/apple/2012/06/05/apple
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by rjsamson 14y ago
Agreed (although this article appears to contain some original reporting), but their neglect for proper image attribution is especially egregious. It is most bothersome to me because all they have to do is mention the guy's name and they ge
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by rjsamson 14y ago
This is off topic, but the next web really needs to make an effort to properly credit images. They've been called out on this a number of times before, but the way they credit image sources is just plain wrong. In this article, for example,
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by rjsamson 14y ago
Ah - I knew I was forgetting something! why's book is a must read for sure.
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by rjsamson 14y ago
I've put together a list of some of the better learning resources all in one place if anyone's interested: http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=4070379
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List of Resources for Learning Ruby
3 points by rjsamson 14y ago|2 comments
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by rjsamson 14y ago
Agreed. When you're spending as much time dealing with the methodology governing a project as you are actually doing something, something is wrong.
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by rjsamson 14y ago
I've actually found the documentation for projects in the Ruby community, on the whole, to be quite excellent. That being said, I can sympathize with the confusion getting things deployed, if only because there are so many options. The best
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by rjsamson 14y ago
I've also heard good things about the PragProg Ruby course - its $199 but is supposed to be excellent, though I have no direct personal experience with the course.
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by rjsamson 14y ago
Really? Eloquent Ruby is one of the best Ruby books I've read - Russ Olsen is one of the best and most well respected technical writers out there. Design Patterns in Ruby is also excellent.
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by rjsamson 14y ago
The best advice I can give is get to know Ruby well - don't just focus on Rails in the beginning. Eloquent Ruby by Russ Olsen is a great read and will give you a deeper understanding if you've got the basics down. Also, the PragProg book Me
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by rjsamson 14y ago
Its great to see metaprogramming listed here - it is a term that tends to frighten beginners a lot more than it should. Understanding some of the basic metaprogramming concepts and features early will go a long way to helping you become a b
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by rjsamson 14y ago
My personal thoughts are that the greatest near term impact we'll see is in angel investment $$ in seed rounds. At least here on the East Coast there has been a boom of relatively unsophisticated Angels driven by hype. It is these individua
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by rjsamson 14y ago
One quick thing I noticed playing around creating a demo app - the generator seems to have generated some incorrect haml in the layout that it creates. First, it has "javascript:" instead of ":javascript" for the filter, and once that was f
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by rjsamson 14y ago
I agree - none of the other frameworks I've tried have felt right, but this looks like a great fit with Rails - we'll see if I feel the same way after using it though :)
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by rjsamson 14y ago
Wow - this looks really awesome. The ability to use haml is a nice touch too.
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by rjsamson 14y ago
If you're going to get me to 'sign up' via facebook or twitter, at least please make it clear that i'm only signing up for a mailing list, and that there is not yet any product to use. Thanks! EDIT: received a welcome email after about 20 m
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by rjsamson 14y ago
Agreed. The ability to log in with facebook or twitter can streamline the sign-up process, but sites should really also provide the option to sign up via more traditional (email) means. Not doing so limits your ability attract a broader use
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IBM Says Practical Quantum Computers are Close(tomshardware.com)
3 points by rjsamson 14y ago|0 comments
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Boxee launches iOS media cloud storage service Cloudee(venturebeat.com)
3 points by rjsamson 14y ago|0 comments
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by rjsamson 14y ago
If you can't find eclipse shades, you can grab some #14 shade welding glass from a local welding supplier - a piece of 4" x 5" shouldn't cost you much more than about $3.
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by rjsamson 14y ago
Quick note - EngineYard offers PHP in addition to RoR.
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by rjsamson 14y ago
I'm no physicist, and have no idea how technically correct this is, but I just love this answer.
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by rjsamson 14y ago
Oh - and they might want to add .DS_Store to .gitignore :)
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by rjsamson 14y ago
My first thought was 'oh, another node.js chat app...', but I have to say, the design is really slick - very cool.
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by rjsamson 14y ago
Glad to see Laurent open sourcing this piece - hopefully it will lead to even deeper community involvement. In the few short weeks since it was released, RubyMotion already has a really impressive community behind it and I'm excited to see

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