Category Archives: Technology
Twitter Moderators?
Looking at the results from a trending topic in Twitter, I saw the following: Notice the description of the results, “Google Wave was released September 30, 2009. People are discussing it and begging for beta invites.” I tried a few … Continue reading
How to get invited to Google Wave
I got some more invites, if you want one, follow me on Twitter, retweet this post, and DM me your email address. First-come, first-served. Update: 10/10 – I am out of invites. Update: 11/3 – I have 10 more invites, … Continue reading
InvalidAuthenticityToken Error in Rails
Working with a RESTful API in Rails can be a bit challenging at times. One such problem is the ActionController::InvalidAuthenticityToken error. This error is thrown when authenticity token is not present or invalid. (This is how Rails protects itself from … Continue reading
Google Wave
Looks like I got in! If anyone needs an invite, let me know.
Yahoo Search Index Speed
I submitted this blog to Yahoo a while ago. Why? It was more of a test of how fast they spider sites rather than an attempt to drive traffic. After the submission, they stated: Thank you! Your URL has been … Continue reading
Google Updated Their Homepage
It looks like Google updated their home page with minor styling changes on the search box and the buttons below: Before: After:
How to handle security issues
Brian Mastenbrook wrote a great article on the right and wrong way to handle security issues: Brian Mastenbrook: How I cross-site scripted Twitter in 15 minutes, and why you shouldn’t store important data on 37signals’ applications Looks like this was … Continue reading
Screencast Settings
We have been creating screencasts for our newly launched product Community Insights for demo and tutorial purposes. A few people have asked how we achieved such a high quality screencast with such a low file size. During this post I … Continue reading
QuickTime X is not QuickTime Pro
Despite the numerous rumors (here, here, here, and here) about Snow Leopard shipping with a version of QuickTime that included the Pro features, I can sadly say, it does not. Not even close. The power of the Pro features was … Continue reading
Update: Fixing Rails in Snow Leopard
I was too quick to declare success in my update to Snow Leopard earlier this week. As it turns out, much of my recovered space came from Xcode being uninstalled. Easy fix. Grabbed the DVD and installed it in a … Continue reading
