Arin Sime to speak at AgileCville
Ill be speaking to this Thursdays #agilecville group meeting, about “How to sell a traditional client on an Agile project plan.” I have 11 strategies that I will go…
Attending FutureRuby09
Conference season is on its way, as I am writing this RailsConf09 is taking place in Vegas. And the people who brought us RubyFringe will try to repeat their…
Examples of Charlottesville businesses using Social Media
On March 25th I moderated a panel on the use of social media by businesses, and it was a lot of fun. Many thanks go to all of the…
Arin Sime to moderate CBIC panel on Social Media
This coming Wednesday March 25th, I have the honor of moderating a luncheon panel on the uses of social media in business. The panel is hosted by the Charlottesville…
Recent Teaching Demonstration
Recently I gave a teaching demonstration at a local community college. This was part of the process of becoming an adjunct instructor/professor. If all goes well, Ill start as…
Innovation Awards nominations open – please submit a nomination!
The Charlottesville Business Innovation Council has announced that nominations are open for this years Innovation Awards. I chair the research committee that does the leg work necessary for the…
A new deployment tool for the Rails world?
I think there is an opportunity for an alternative to Capistrano for managing deployments in the Rails world…. Jamis Buck recently blogged that that he was exhausted and done…
Hackathon
We like to get together periodically and hold “Lightning Talks” for an afternoon that focus on what weve been doing and learning. However this time we decided to take…
Celebrating 1234567890 Day!
A couple weeks ago Youssef posted to our team mailing list that 1234567890 day was coming. I emailed my wife that she should Google for “unix epoch + 1234567890″….
Speaking on CI at beTech March 19th
Ill be speaking on CI for the beTech group March 19th: 4:00 PM – 5:00 PM March 19, 2009Location: Clemons Library room 407 Please come hear Eric Pugh of…
Recap of CI presentation at CVREG
Last night I had the privilege of talking about Continous Integration (CI) to the fine folks of CVREG, and had a wonderful time. CVREG had good turnout, and it…
2009: It is a new year, be productive but dump your resolutions.
Every year people tend to spend the first month or two making promises they are going to break a few moments, maybe weeks later. We tend to lack resolve…