Monthly Archives: October 2009
New Twitter Account
So as I mentioned earlier, I no longer show up in Twitter results. I tried to get it fixed, but it’s not worth my time anymore. I created another Twitter account with the same username. The old account was renamed. … Continue reading
I’m Banned from Twitter Search
Being in the Social Media Monitoring space, I often need to test certain functionality with Twitter Search. For my account, this is very difficult. For some reason, none of my tweets ever show up in Twitter Search. Have I been … Continue reading
pubsubhubbub Support
Just added support for pubsubhubbub with a WordPress Plugin. Interested to see if my posts will appear in Google Reader any faster. Probably not, but it can’t get much slower. Which hubs are you using?
ReadWrite Real-Time Web Summit
This Thursday I’ll be at the ReadWrite Real-Time Web Summit in Mountain View, CA. If anyone else is planning on attending, let me know.
SQL Logging to script/console
When running a Rails console session, a true time saver is directing the ActiveRecord logs to STDOUT instead of the log file. This is easily accomplished adding the following to your ~/.irbrc file: if rails_env = ENV[’RAILS_ENV’] # Called after … Continue reading
Error Handling with XML and Authlogic
I was helping a friend integrate an API into the application. He is running Rails 2.3.4 with Authlogic. His authentication check method was the following: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 def require_user unless current_user session[:return_to] = request.request_uri … Continue reading
Hex Color Picker
One thing missing from the color picker in OS X is the ability to see the hex code for a color. An absolute must for web development. Luckily, there is a handy extension to add a pane to the color … Continue reading
Capistrano – Deploying a Branch
When deploying from Capistrano, I like to have the following in my ‘deploy.rb’ file: set :scm, "git" set :repository, "git@www.example.com:project.git" set :git_shallow_clone, 1 set :deploy_via, :remote_cache This allows speeds deployments by keeping a versions checked out on the server in … Continue reading
Capistrano – Email on Deployment
It’s a good practice to send a notification to certain people when a new version is deployed. This process can easily be automated in Capistrano. Add the following file to the ‘lib’ directory with the filename ‘cap_mailer.rb’: 1 2 3 … Continue reading
Sprint Burndown Chart Template
Attached is a spreadsheet template for a Sprint Burndown Chart. Features: Color coding for the time estimate (green when estimate goes down and red when it goes up) Color coding for the status (In Progress, Done, and Impediment) Pace and … Continue reading
