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10/23/2013

"As they learn to code, it enables them to learn many other things, opens up many new opportunities for learning." http://bit.ly/1bWGZTP

Coding isn’t just for computer whizzes, says Mitch Resnick of MIT Media Lab -- it’s for everyone. In a fun, demo-filled talk Resnick outlines the benefits of teaching kids to code, so they can do...

01/14/2013

Great post from - for me this is the #1 hurdle in learning Rails: what 'stack' or technologies to use

Rails' greatest strength is “Convention over Configuration.” Basically, Rails makes a ton of default choices for you about how things should be named, where they should go, and other things....

01/04/2013

"being fast is actually better than being right." not always true but worth a read

With startups, being fast is actually better than being right. A founder needs to make hundreds of critical decisions, and any indecision can literally grind all progress to a halt. At the same time,...

12/21/2012

The Scarcest Resource at Startups is Management Bandwidth - focus wisely

When you work inside a startup with lots of clever and motivated staff you're never short of good ideas that you can implement. It's tempting to take on new

12/16/2012

excellent article on decomposing fat models in your Rails application. Do all of these things.

Thoughts about refactoring, object oriented design, test-driven development and design patterns with a focus on Ruby.

12/10/2012

Conclusion: Mobile all the things in 2013. Fantastic info (not a silly top 10 list) Mary Meeker's 2012 Internet Trends

Mary published this presentation this past week. I love these "state of the internet" presentations Mary does. There is so much useful information and insights in them. I encourage all of you to work...

12/06/2012

Announcing our May 1st Cohort - Become a Junior Web Developer in 10 Weeks

11/26/2012

Hiring Tips for First-Time Entrepreneurs

Now that you've raised money, how do you build a solid team?

11/26/2012

Backbone.Paginator – Pagination Components For Backbone.js

Pagination is a ubiquitous problem we often find ourselves needing to solve on the web. Perhaps most predominantly when working with back-end APIs and

11/25/2012

A contrarian view point on how The JOBS Act Will Hurt The Startup Industry

Today, Obama is set to sign into law the Jumpstart Our Business Startups (JOBS) Act. In this post I'm going to argue that the passing of the JOBS Act is really bad for the health of ...

11/19/2012

From last week: Writing Command Line Applications With Ruby: A Presentation to the Route 9 Ruby Group http://bit.ly/UaBnfX

Nov 19th, 2012

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