http://www.fuzzylizard.com My thoughts on Agile, Java and Ruby on Rails (mostly) Thu, 03 Jul 2008 00:46:47 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en I just purchased the new Canon PowerShot G9 and took it on a hike up to the Lake Agnes Teahouse. The hike took us about 2 hours and 45 minutes and it offers some incredible views. The camera functioned perfectly and took some very nice images. If you are looking ... http://www.fuzzylizard.com/archives/2008/07/02/950/ It has been quite a while since my last post. Mostly that is because I have been fairly busy with a new project and busy trying to get my sorry butt into shape (it is amazing how much time exercising can take up). Anyway, the new project uses C# 3.0 ... http://www.fuzzylizard.com/archives/2008/07/02/949/ I just finished watching the keynote address given at Google's IO conference. This is Google's developer conference. The keynote contained a lot of information as to what we can expect from Google over the next little while along with a lot of announcements. Google Gears, Android, AppEngine, iGoogle Sandbox, GWT, ... http://www.fuzzylizard.com/archives/2008/06/01/948/ This is what I had to do to get Passenger (aka mod_rails) up and running on my Mac. My computer is running OS X 10.5 with a default Ruby and Rails install. The websites I referenced for all the steps are listed at the end. Prerequisites: You will need to have XCode ... http://www.fuzzylizard.com/archives/2008/05/29/947/ Am I the only one who has a problem taking some software seriously when not a single developer uses their real name? The software looks interesting, although I have trouble seeing any differences between it and Pownce. And I know who develops it. http://www.fuzzylizard.com/archives/2008/05/16/944/ I have been thinking about Two-Pizza Teams and some of the potential pitfalls companies might fall into implementing this idea. And I think I have found one based on the last project I was on. The last client I worked with had a factory style, compartmentalized view of software. They spent ... http://www.fuzzylizard.com/archives/2008/05/15/943/ If you are starting to work with Git, then have a read through this excellent introductory walk-through. http://www.fuzzylizard.com/archives/2008/05/15/942/ The idea of Two-Pizza Teams has been around for a few years, but I just saw it a couple of days ago. I think it is the best term I have seen describing the optimal software development team size. The idea is that your team should contain no more people ... http://www.fuzzylizard.com/archives/2008/05/15/941/ On Github, in order to have your commits associated with your github user account, the email address you use when pushing code to the origin must match an email address associated with your github account. This is something I discovered after noticing that my commits were showing up as grey ... http://www.fuzzylizard.com/archives/2008/05/09/940/ As part of a larger project, I am starting a new open source Github project - Studio Gallery. It is a Ruby on Rails application aimed at professional photographers. The app will allow photographers to create galleries for clients, uploading photos from photo shoots. Once the gallery is created, clients ... http://www.fuzzylizard.com/archives/2008/05/04/939/