May 2008
168 posts
Ruby: Validatable 1.2.2 released →
Western Digital's VelociRaptor drive gets reviewed →
Filed under: Storage
We already had some early benchmarks of Western Digital’s speedy new VelociRaptor hard drive the day it was announced, but the folks at Extreme Tech have now…
Watching the sox game.
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The future of subversion
Found an interesting article about the future of Subversion. There are certainly quite a few questions coming up as to how Subversion will fit into developers’ toolboxes in the future - what with the fast emergence of distributed VCS like git and mercurial - and how the Subversion development team might focus their efforts.
I’ve chatted with other developers, and we’ve all come to some...
April 2008
13 posts
Jeff Bezos Invests $3 Million In Gaming Company... →
Jeff Bezos has pumped $3 million into social gaming Web called Kongregate, which the company will use to develop display advertising for its 4,000 games. This is via Bezos’ personal…
Wanted: 5 Startups To Change the World →
Umair Haque is a smart guy. He studied neuroscience at McGill, did an MBA and econ/strategy research with Gary Hamel at London Business School, and began working towards a PhD in strategy and…
Afloat 2.0 returns window floating to Leopard →
Filed under: Productivity, Open Source, Leopard
Afloat from Infinite Labs was one of my favorite SIMBL plugins, until it was broken by Leopard. It adds some clever features to…
Health Insurance for Freelancers →
So you’re sick of the cubicle, middle management and 9-5 hours. You dream of quitting and freelancing full time but there’s one thing holding you back: the company health plan. This is by the far…
Just finished my golf lesson. Time for some Resident Evil 4 on the Wii
Desktop Tower Defense Strategies. →
Well, I may be behind, but I’ve now got a tumblog. http://ryantwomey.com
Alex's Soapbox: Up or Out: Solving the IT Turnover... →
If you’ve worked at enough companies in the IT industry, you’ve probably noticed that the most talented software developers tend to not stick around at one place for too long. The least talented…
Exclusive: Prototype Invest - App Development for... →
Tomorrow a new breed of investment firm called Prototype Invest will officially launch, though the site is available now. Prototype Invest is a unique type of early stage investment firm….