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- Jun 15, 2009:
Busy Week I: Toronto Ruby Job Fair
Last week I attended two interesting developer-related events in Toronto: Employment.nil?: The Toronto Ruby Job Fair, and Microsoft's Make Web Not War conference. This is part I - on the Job Fair.
- Jun 01, 2009:
Employment.nil - the Toronto Ruby Job Fair
This coming Saturday I'm going to have a booth at the First Toronto Ruby Job Fair. Unspace breaks new ground again.
- May 28, 2009:
Code Count: Ruby on Rails vs. C#/ASP.NET
From my presentation in early May, the table comparing line and character counts between the C#/ASP.NET and Ruby on Rails version of the ClearFit application.
- May 26, 2009:
A Brief Note on Twitter
A quick thought on how non-committal Twitter is better than Facebook for conference / event connections.
- May 26, 2009:
The Hub Halifax and Mobile Tech for Social Change
This weekend I spent a beautiful sunny Saturday in Halifax indoors, but it was worth it. I went to the Mobile Tech 4 Social Change unconference.
- May 25, 2009:
Deep Thoughts on Microsoft From The Accordion Guy
Joey deVilla is changing The Evil Empire from the inside, and he's been doing a lot of thinking about it.
- May 14, 2009:
The Two Kinds of Defensive Programming
A side note from last week's presentation: there's the good kind of defensive programming, and then there's the more common 'flinchy' kind. Read on for more details.
- May 12, 2009:
Presentation - Fixing Careerious: From C#/.NET to Ruby on Rails
Here are the slides and details on the talk I gave at last week's Ruby/Rails Project Night. I even managed to get some video. Follow the link to see the presentation
- May 07, 2009:
Enterprise!
My talk went well, and one of the slides I made was pretty popular - follow the link to see the 'Enterprise Software' successories poster.
- May 05, 2009:
Presenting at Ruby on Rails Project Night - May 7th
I'll be presenting at the next Ruby on Rails Project Night this coming Thursday. Free beer!
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Recent News
- May 04, 2009
Andrew Presenting on May 7th 2009
Next Thursday I'll be presenting on the Careerious rewrite at the Ruby / Rails Project Night. It's at the Rich Media Institute in Kensington. Starts at 5:30, and there will be beer.
- Mar 20, 2009
shindigital.com now has SSL
Your transactions and data are now safer. Every application at shindigital.com is now protected by SSL encryption.
- Mar 10, 2009
New SOS Website
The SOS has a new website, including FAQs, screencast tours of the application, and more! Check it out at sos.shindigital.com.
- Feb 19, 2009
New Updates to the SOS
This update is all about Shipping - custom addresses, shipping costs, and improved shipping labels.
- May 10, 2008
Andrew Presenting on May 13th
Andrew Burke will be presenting on "Keeping Your Sanity With the Command Design Pattern" at the Ruby on Rails Project Night on Tuesday May 13th. It's at the TSOT development office at 151 Bloor Street West, Suite 1130 and doors open at 5:45.
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