Category Archives: Reviews

Learn Ruby with Brian Marick

Amazon.com WidgetsI almost didn’t buy this book when I first read the title. I’m not a tester and I’m not part of a testing team (I’m a plugger) – I just wanted a decent intro to Ruby that didn’t put me to sleep or make my face twist up in a classic, “Huh?”. [...]
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Silentale’s Bold Mission: Aggregate Your Digital Conversations and Contacts

Following TechCrunch’s announcement last week about a new start-up focused on reeling in all of your digital conversations, I wrote an article about communication and the invite-only private beta, put in my bid for an invitation and waited. This morning I received my invitation code for the Silentale private beta and could not wait [...]
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The Pay-to-Post Business Model

Metafilter.com has an interesting business model. It’s called “Pay to Post” although it isn’t referred to as such. If you want to expound on, disagree with or hijack anyone’s thread, you must pay $5 for the privilege first. It’s ah, an economically-driven commenting site with a pseudo-conscience so-to-speak: Due to the bursting size of the [...]
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