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Re: [ruby-6] small startup off of Powell Street Station in SF looking for lead ruby dev - Recommendation engines have a funny business model. No matter how much click data you can show that your thing-a-ma-jigger is responsible for customers buying a product, you will have a hard time convincing anyone. They can just say it was because of thei Puru Choudhary May 26, 2012 11:45 AM
Re: [ruby-6] small startup off of Powell Street Station in SF looking for lead ruby dev - What if you're looking to waste a year of your life chasing quick riches, damaging your health, relationships and self-esteem? Cuz I've proven skills. > I know a startup looking for a lead ruby developer. > This small startup of 8 is in the data mini Roger Rohrbach May 24, 2012 6:11 PM
small startup off of Powell Street Station in SF looking for lead ruby dev - Preview not available barce May 24, 2012 5:11 PM
ROR Developer Needed (telecomute option) Only 1 day/week onsite! - Nicole Blincoe May 23, 2012 9:28 AM
Build : Because We Can - Hey All, First off, I have been on the list for about six months now, and I feel very lucky to have joined. It is really a great community, and the support has been very helpful on my journey of learning rails. So thank you all for that. While Joe Mellin May 22, 2012 12:23 PM
Re: [ruby-6] (job) Blazing Cloud is looking for mobile developers and interns! - Sorry for sending to all.. -- John Davison May 21, 2012 11:09 PM
Re: [ruby-6] (job) Blazing Cloud is looking for mobile developers and interns! - Hi Jen, Interesting posting on captainrecruiter, that you mention pair programming. Are you fam John Davison May 21, 2012 11:03 PM
(job) Blazing Cloud is looking for mobile developers and interns! - Many of you have been to our events, but for those who don't know us ... Blazing Cloud makes mobile apps (native and mobile web), we use Ruby a bunch (along with Objective-C and JavaScript and Java for Android). We believe in work-life balance, have a Jen-Mei Wu May 21, 2012 5:40 PM
Four-month full-time contract for Sr. Rails Engineer - Hi all, This is a job post for a full time contract Rails engineer, for approximately 4 months. The role may extend longer, but 4 month commitment is a minimum. I'm working with a national non-profit group that's been building a custom Rails-bas Jonathan Dugan May 21, 2012 10:56 AM
[JOB] SR. Software Engineer (Ruby on Rails) - Lana Greene May 21, 2012 10:55 AM
Partners available for Coursera Rails Class (Berkeley SaaS 2012-05-18)? - Hello World. The Coursera Berkeley SaaS Rails course started late yesterday, Friday 2012-05-18. This is a Massive open online course (MOOC) designed to teach you Software as a Service (SaaS). Much of the content in this course is related to Rails a Dan Bikle May 19, 2012 10:55 AM
RSVP Limit on Ruby Happy Hour has Been Lifted - Laureen Edmiston May 18, 2012 1:12 PM
Re: [ruby-6] Available for short-term project - I'll vouch for Mr. Albrecht 100,000% He does great work and is a pleasure to work with. DeVaris Brown May 18, 2012 9:53 AM
Re: [ruby-6] Good, efficient startup lawyer - On Fri, May 18, 2012 at 8:38 AM, Alex wrote: > My lawyer is great and he's accepting new clients. He's also > Mike_FTW's lawyer; this is them giving a room full of web designers > (and the world) some really really good advice: > > Dave Doolin May 18, 2012 8:51 AM
Re: [ruby-6] Good, efficient startup lawyer - My lawyer is great and he's accepting new clients. He's also Mike_FTW's lawyer; this is them giving a room full of web designers (and the world) some really really good advice: http://vimeo.com/22053820 "There are two checks I'm happy to write eac Alex May 18, 2012 8:37 AM
Re: [ruby-6] another lawyer referral request - this time for a bankruptcy advice... - thank you! penny On Thu, May 17, 2012 at 9:17 PM, WalterYu < [address removed] > wrote: Penny Mudd May 17, 2012 10:44 PM
Re: [ruby-6] another lawyer referral request - this time for a bankruptcy advice... - Another friend of mine, Daphne Yeldell, practices bankruptcy law: WalterYu May 17, 2012 9:16 PM
Available for short-term project - All, I'm starting a new job on Monday but could take on a 2-3 day project Friday/over the weekend. In the past year I've worked extensively with RoR/Ruby/RSpec/Github, so I won't have to ramp on the tools. I prefer working f David Albrecht May 17, 2012 7:03 PM
Re: [ruby-6] eLearning Development? - And another http://learnable.com/ Il giorno 18/mag/2012, alle ore 10:39, Alex ha scritto: > and here's another: http://www.bloc.io/ > > "In the first third of the course, you'll be progressing through one > of the best Ruby on Rails resources Chris Corbyn May 17, 2012 7:01 PM
Re: [ruby-6] eLearning Development? - and here's another: http://www.bloc.io/ "In the first third of the course, you'll be progressing through one of the best Ruby on Rails resources out there: Michael Hartl's Ruby on Rails Tutorial. The last two thirds will be project-oriented where yo Alex May 17, 2012 5:38 PM
Services Engineer(Ruby on Rails) - FT opportunity with Move Inc (online leader in real estate) - Preview not available Preeti May 17, 2012 9:24 AM
Hiring Senior Rails Engineer at CakeStyle - Preview not available Millie Tadewaldt May 16, 2012 5:52 PM
Re: [ruby-6] Code Social presentation on managing complexity - Tonight - Thanks for the heads up, I'll be there. On Wed, May 16, 2012 at 2:14 PM, Scott Hernandez < [address removed] > wrote: Islam Sharabash May 16, 2012 4:26 PM
Re: [ruby-6] Recommendation for flyer making shops - I really like OvernightPrints ( http://www.overnightprints.com/ )  Millie Tadewaldt May 16, 2012 3:52 PM
Re: [ruby-6] Recommendation for flyer making shops - My favorite print shop is PsPrint.com. Very reasonable prices, fast turnaround, and excellent quality. G On May 16, 2012, at 2:08 PM, Grant G. wrote: > Hi Ruby new comers and old timers, there must be a bunch of startup > founders here so I am g George May 16, 2012 3:42 PM
Code Social presentation on managing complexity - Tonight - Hey everyone, For those who are interested, one of our engineers, will be giving a pretty cool discussion on managing complexity at tonight's Code Social Presen Scott Hernandez May 16, 2012 2:12 PM
Recommendation for flyer making shops - Hi Ruby new comers and old timers, there must be a bunch of startup founders here so I am giving this list a shot. I just co-created two fitness lifestyle websites and we need to make some cheap decent flyers to place in some healthy life style/food/ex Grant G. May 16, 2012 2:07 PM
Re: [ruby-6] eLearning Development? - Preview not available Hani Sharabash May 16, 2012 1:56 PM
Re: [ruby-6] eLearning Development? - There's also http://rubymonk.com and http://rubykoans.com and I'm working on an online version of http://testfirst.org (Ruby first Alex May 16, 2012 1:54 PM
Re: [ruby-6] eLearning Development? - And of course blackboard basically owns the patent on on-line education systems. I'd proceed with your endeavor anyways and hope that they aren't suing companies any more. Todd Sedano Director of Software Engineering Ca Todd May 16, 2012 1:51 PM
Re: [ruby-6] eLearning Development? - Don't forget Edu 2.0 -  http://www.edu20.org/ - which our own Graham Glass started WAY back in the early days of SF Ruby. -- Bosco On Wed, May 1 Bosco So May 16, 2012 1:43 PM
another lawyer referral request - this time for a bankruptcy advice... - A friend asked me for a referral and given yesterday's flurry of lawyer referrals, thought I'd ask the Ruby list. Reply directly if you don't want the public to know you even have knowledge of such services ;-) Thanks, P. Mu Penny Mudd May 16, 2012 1:25 PM
Re: [ruby-6] eLearning Development? - Joe, here are some sites to look at: http://www.udemy.com/ http://www.codeschool.com/courses http://teamtreehouse.com/ https://peepcode.com/ http://www.lynda.com/ http://benchprep.com/ -fred On Wed, May 16, 2012 at 8:52 AM, Joe Mellin Fred Zirdung May 16, 2012 11:36 AM
eLearning Development? - Hi All, Has anyone built eLearning courses? I am working on a site where you log in and pay a subscription for elearning content among other things. For now we have just built our own portal for elearning (currently only video and audio but we wa Joe Mellin May 16, 2012 8:51 AM
Re: [ruby-6] Good, efficient startup lawyer - Not local, but I've worked with New Leaf Legal on a project and they're ace. http://newleaflegal.com/ -------------------- http://subimage.com http://twitter.com/subimage On Tue, May 15, 2012 at 6:33 PM, WalterYu wrote: > subimage May 15, 2012 6:51 PM
Re: [ruby-6] Good, efficient startup lawyer - Ken Perata:  http://www.linkedin.com/pub/ken-perata/5/606/187 Ken is a friend of mine and currently helping me with IP issues related to a start-up concept that I am working on. WalterYu May 15, 2012 6:32 PM
Re: [ruby-6] Good, efficient startup lawyer - Adam Bier, adam bier legal, at  http://www.bierlegal.com On Tue, May 15, 2012 at 5:36 PM, Paul Zupan < pzupan@gmail.c anna May 15, 2012 5:59 PM
RE: [ruby-6] Good, efficient startup lawyer - Paul Zupan May 15, 2012 5:26 PM
Re: [ruby-6] Good, efficient startup lawyer - Preview not available daniel pennypacker May 15, 2012 5:06 PM
Re: [ruby-6] Good, efficient startup lawyer - Hi Erik  "Derek Yu" < [address removed] >,  I am a patent lawyer myself and have recommended him before. Regar Rob Lee May 15, 2012 4:33 PM
Good, efficient startup lawyer - Hello Rubyists! This is a tad off topic, but can anyone recommend a bay area (preferably SF or East Bay) lawyer that is: 1) Good 2) Familiar with startups 3) Efficient (doesn't waste time Erik Pukinskis May 15, 2012 4:22 PM
Re: [ruby-6] AngelHack Summer 2012 - Preview not available Paul Makepeace May 15, 2012 1:11 PM
Re: [ruby-6] AngelHack Summer 2012 - Preview not available Dan Bikle May 15, 2012 1:05 PM
AngelHack Summer 2012 - Preview not available Greg Osuri May 15, 2012 9:44 AM
Tech Career Expo and Developers Jam at Moscone Center June 28-29 - The SF Bay Tech Career Expo Michael Sherman May 11, 2012 7:35 PM
Tech Career Expo and Developer Jam at Moscone Center June 28-29 - The SF Bay Tech Career Expo and Developer Jam at th Michael Sherman May 11, 2012 1:30 PM
Re: [ruby-6] Rails classes - Noisebridge also has weekly Rails classes on Wednesdays, 7 - 9: Will Sargent May 11, 2012 12:11 PM
Re: [ruby-6] Rails classes - Preview not available Doug May May 11, 2012 10:16 AM
[Opensource] rspec-http new version released - Hi, A new version (0.10.0) of rspec-http ( https://github.com/c42/rspec-http ) is released. It adds support for Rake::MockResponse to play nice with basic Rack apps Niranjan May 10, 2012 10:02 PM
Re: [ruby-6] Railsbridge needs your help ASAP - Sorry I didn't see this until now, but Noisebridge (2169 Mission St) is right next to 16th Mission BART and has two classrooms for teaching classes.   Here's the hosting an event page:  Will Sargent May 10, 2012 8:47 PM
Unconference is a week away! - Preview not available Bosco So May 9, 2012 3:58 PM
Looking for a lawyer who co-works to do my LLC papers - Hi, I am looking for a lawyer who works out of a co-working space to help with moving my LLC from one location to where I'm at. I could google how to do the paperwork or the lawyer but really hate doing this. Anybody have a startup lawyer that works barce May 9, 2012 11:04 AM
Meograph (Four-dimensional storytelling) needs JavaScript/CoffeeScript talent - Meograph is looking for JavaScript/CoffeeScript talent to help build a four-dimensional storytelling platform.  We help people easily create, share, and playback beautiful Misha Leybovich May 9, 2012 7:53 AM
Re: [ruby-6] Rails classes - Wanted to say thank you again for everyones great advice. I am checking out: Blazing Cloud Marakana (taking a class this week) Dev Bootcamp (Dropped by for a basic ruby class. Seems like a great, friend Chris Sell May 8, 2012 9:42 PM
Re: [ruby-6] ROR Developer Position in Burlingame-Telecommute opp (only go onsite 1-2 days/week) - Preview not available Joel Parker Henderson May 8, 2012 5:05 PM
Re: ROR Developer Position in Burlingame-Telecommute opp (only go onsite 1-2 days/week) - Preview not available Mario Zigliotto May 8, 2012 3:12 PM
Re: [ruby-6] ROR Developer Position in Burlingame-Telecommute opp (only go onsite 1-2 days/week) - Preview not available Josh Susser May 8, 2012 3:07 PM
ROR Developer Position in Burlingame-Telecommute opp (only go onsite 1-2 days/week) - Nicole Blincoe May 8, 2012 11:01 AM
Re: New Meetup: Ruby Happy Hour - Hey Ruby Peeps, the RSVP limit for the Ruby Happy Hour next week has been raised to 50. Enjoy. -- B On Tue, May 8, 201 Bosco So May 8, 2012 10:50 AM
Re: [ruby-6] Coursera's new RoR course starts May 18 - Paul, Thanks for sharing ! Vik On Sun, May 6, 2012 at 7:45 PM, Paul Makepeace < paulm+[address removed] > wrote: Vik Shah May 7, 2012 12:18 AM
Coursera's new RoR course starts May 18 - For those looking for training, how about a price tag of "free"? https://www.coursera.org/course/saas Paul Makepeace May 6, 2012 7:44 PM
Ruby For Programmers Class Offered at Blazing Cloud! - Preview not available Dellaena Maliszewski May 4, 2012 4:33 PM
Meetup details changed: VOLUNTEERS Wanted: RailsBridge Workshop for Women #35 - May 11-12, 2012 - Preview not available Mary May 1, 2012 7:22 AM
Re: [ruby-6] Re: Summer Internship - Hi Fito! This is Steven from C42 Engineering ( website  &  Steven Deobald Apr 30, 2012 12:21 AM
Railsbridge has secured a new venue, hurray! - Preview not available Carina Apr 26, 2012 6:47 PM
Re: [ruby-6] Railsbridge needs your help ASAP - I've never done a Railsbridge before, but could look into using Hot Studio's space (585 Howard St. in SF). Let me know.  Kathy Apr 26, 2012 9:13 AM
Re: [ruby-6] Railsbridge needs your help ASAP - You could use my house in Los Altos. I will check my email periodically thruout the day. I will be teaching middle-schoolers today. Elise L. Scher On Thu, Apr 26, 2012 at 4:42 AM, Carin Elise Levenson Scher Apr 26, 2012 5:33 AM
Railsbridge contact correction - Preview not available Carina Apr 26, 2012 4:53 AM
Railsbridge needs your help ASAP - Preview not available Carina Apr 26, 2012 4:40 AM
Re: [ruby-6] Rails classes - Preview not available Kevin Wang Apr 25, 2012 12:24 PM
Re: [ruby-6] Android Conference + Workshop - I have a discounted ticket for the 3 day Android Conference + Workshop below. Let me know if any one is interested. Sanjay Sarachandrakumaran Apr 24, 2012 6:26 PM
Looking for a short-term rails gig. - Hello, I'm looking for a short term rails gig to tide me over for a month or so. If you've elmo Apr 24, 2012 9:27 AM
Re: [ruby-6] Rails classes - Thanks Alex this will help me a ton since I am now sharing  this with my 5 year old son, who is also doing a bit of   ruby he uses irb to do small  math problems,and make some funny arrays on unix command line , soon he will know Imhotep AL-Basiel Apr 23, 2012 10:51 AM
Re: [ruby-6] Rails classes - Ruby Essentials is a nice tutorial. For more self-guided resources, you could check out my notes & slides at    ht Alex Apr 23, 2012 9:39 AM
Re: [ruby-6] Rails classes - this is helping me a lot since i don,t have 2000 for a 1 day marakana class ect. all you need is will power! /or mindover matter lol! http://www.techotopia Imhotep Al-Basiel Apr 22, 2012 2:49 PM
Re: [ruby-6] Rails classes - Sunday ... meetup.com/Hackternoon Tell em 'Dan' sent you. On 4/21/12, Javier wrote: > If you are looking to keep your job while learning dev bootcamp probably > isn't a good fit for you. Their program is more of an intensi DAN BIKLE Apr 21, 2012 8:35 PM
Re: [ruby-6] Rails classes - If you are looking to keep your job while learning dev bootcamp probably isn't a good fit for you. Their program is more of an Javier Apr 21, 2012 2:00 PM
Re: [ruby-6] Rails classes - Thanks for all the great responses so far. I am checking out dev bootcamp and Blazing Cloud. To give a bit more context.  I h Chris Sell Apr 21, 2012 12:17 PM
Re: [ruby-6] Rails classes - Chris, I'm curious whether you've looked at online courses. Some of them - e.g., RailsTutorial.org - are quite good. Do you prefer in-person classes because you: Learn better with others Prefer having a set sched Bosco So Apr 21, 2012 12:04 PM
Re: [ruby-6] Rails classes - omg can't believe I forgot Blazing Cloud! Used to TA their Ruby courses. Ha ha. On Sat, Apr 21, 2012 at 11:51 AM, WalterYu wrote: > Blazing Cloud offers classes in a similar price > range and depth as Marakana: > > http://blazing anna Apr 21, 2012 11:53 AM
Re: [ruby-6] Rails classes - Blazing Cloud offers classes in a similar price  range and depth as Marakana: http://blazingcloud.eventbrite.com/ I have helped teach several courses there WalterYu Apr 21, 2012 11:49 AM
Re: [ruby-6] Rails classes - Railsbridge is free if you bring a woman- done on various weekends. I know some good professors with Marakana. Dev bootcamp seems more focused to kids out of school who want to get into internships. There is a growing need for 1-on-1 tutoring in Rail anna Apr 21, 2012 11:45 AM
Re: [ruby-6] Rails classes - Dev boot camp is the top dog and the  best!(keep in mind you get what you pay for !(like in life) because it is a real program/lots of support/work effort! if you can get in it is really hot right now! marakana is for folks who wa Imhotep AL-Basiel Apr 21, 2012 11:38 AM
Re: [ruby-6] Downsides to backbone.js? - ambert ho Apr 21, 2012 1:08 AM
Re: [ruby-6] Communication between native iPad app and embedded web app - Bridging between native iOS and a UIWebView is very straight forward (stringByEvaluatingJavascript on UIWebView I believe). Coming back the other way is a little bit trickier, but not that bad. Checking out the phonegap impleme Pete Hodgson Apr 19, 2012 4:05 PM
four startups demo'ing 4/26 thursday - Preview not available barce Apr 19, 2012 3:37 PM
Communication between native iPad app and embedded web app - Many of you may have seen my recent posts about the wish to secure the local storage of data in an iPad web app.  I would like to consider shipping the secure local storage bits to the iPad via native app deployment.  Wondering if anyone can give me a poi Tyler Gannon Apr 19, 2012 12:28 PM
Re: [ruby-6] Downsides to backbone.js? - Preview not available Chris Apolzon Apr 18, 2012 11:37 PM
Rails classes - Hi all, I am looking for ruby on rails classes in San Francisco.  I stumbled on Marakana. Does anyone have experience with them? Also, does anyone have other recommendations for in person courses.  Any help wo Chris Sell Apr 18, 2012 10:39 PM
Re: [ruby-6] Downsides to backbone.js? - Preview not available Glen Apr 18, 2012 10:27 PM
Re: [ruby-6] Downsides to backbone.js? - That basically is the downside to Backbone: it's very minimalist (intentionally) and I regard it as an "advanced" framework for that reason. Not in the sense that it's hard to use but because the wide playing field it gives you. Having l ambert ho Apr 18, 2012 8:13 PM
Re: [ruby-6] Downsides to backbone.js? - Harlow Apr 18, 2012 7:06 PM
Re: [ruby-6] Downsides to backbone.js? - I looked through the CachedModel code and it doesn't look that bad. I'd like to fork it, and add a couple of new features (with Jasmine coverage of course) to make it more mobile appropriate. I need these features within the next week or so. Bosco So Apr 18, 2012 5:58 PM
Re: [ruby-6] Downsides to backbone.js? - Slightly off-topic, the CachedModel mentioned in an earlier post appears to be in alpha state and is not under active development. This is a problem I will need to solve over the next several months and I would love to find some collaborators who are Tyler Gannon Apr 18, 2012 5:30 PM
Re: [ruby-6] Downsides to backbone.js? - Has anybody on your team done app development in previous app systems (Flex, Cocoa, IOS, or Win32)? If they have, they will find most of these JS frameworks to be really lacking. Otherwise, Backbone.js does have buzz and people are filling in th dru Apr 18, 2012 3:38 PM
Re: [ruby-6] Downsides to backbone.js? - On Wed, Apr 18, 2012 at 15:32, Paul Makepeace wrote: > On Wed, Apr 18, 2012 at 14:32, Janos Mucsi > wrote: >> If you've seen a tutorial with more than "Hello World", please post the link. > > I Paul Makepeace Apr 18, 2012 3:33 PM
Re: [ruby-6] Downsides to backbone.js? - On Wed, Apr 18, 2012 at 14:32, Janos Mucsi wrote: > If you've seen a tutorial with more than "Hello World", please post the link. If you don't mind forking over $9, I found the Railscasts not a bad intro. Not up to th Paul Makepeace Apr 18, 2012 3:32 PM
Re: [ruby-6] Downsides to backbone.js? - Preview not available Drew Dara-Abrams Apr 18, 2012 2:52 PM
Re: [ruby-6] Downsides to backbone.js? - When going through the Backbone documentation, I found that some features it provides we already implemented. (Granted, our code is not as nice and clear.) Some features of Backbone we don't need. We do use the microtemplating from Underscore. I agr Janos Mucsi Apr 18, 2012 2:31 PM
Re: [ruby-6] Downsides to backbone.js? - On Apr 18, 2012, at 2:14 PM, Bosco So wrote: Will Sargent Apr 18, 2012 2:31 PM

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