Now a little something for our techie readers… we do have a few right? One aspect of Ruby on Rails that I don’t like (surprising, I know) is the bundled Prototype JavaScript library. When Prototype came out, I loved it. The $() selector introduced a novel way of writing JS code. Then other libraries came… Read More
Author: Rich Manalang
a.k.a.: manalang
On Hiring a Web Developer
While looking for a developer to hire into our team, I’ve been particularly focused on looking for someone who has a strong web development background. Just because a programmer has written complex c, c++, java code or knows how to hack linux kernels does not mean they can build a web application. A web developer/engineer… Read More
TwitterCal Lets You Post to Google Calendars from Twitter
IM/SMS as an interface to traditional applications is hot stuff. Think how useful this could be inside the firewall… create/approve expense reports via IM/SMS, look up a contact through IM/SMS, etc.
20 Ways To Aggregate Your Social Networking Profiles
20 competitors in the field! Who’s going to aggregate all these aggregators?
Sales Builder AIR Application Update
"Salesbuilder is a Sales Force Automation application that demonstrates local persistence using the embedded SQLite database, data synchronization, native drag-and-drop, and other features such as direct chart manipulation."
PeopleSoft Search
Hot on the heels of the MetaLink search
Understanding the JVM JIT and helping it along
Some performance updates re: jRuby… more hope that jRuby is going to be the main RoR platform in the enterprise. Check out the perf numbers.
Are you passionate about Ruby on Rails? We’re hiring!
If you love to build Web 2.0 style applications (preferably using Ruby on Rails), we’re interested in you. We’re a small team inside Oracle that’s focused on applying “2.0” style concepts to our apps and possibly building new enterprise applications. We’re looking for someone who has a strong background with Ruby on Rails, JavaScript, HTML,… Read More
Building a Social Enterprise Application in Under 24 Hours
Paul, Jake and I were chatting a few weeks ago wondering how we can establish an ongoing dialog with our peers in product strategy and capture the innovative ideas they have for our future products. We thought of several ways to do this: Having conference calls to exchange ideas on a regular basis Inviting our… Read More
Should we worry about the children?
"I don?t fear a future where life is experienced from behind a screen but one where nobody is comfortable being alone with their thoughts."
Our Future Colleagues have MySpace Accounts
Jake’s post on the Internet Generation Gap is relevant for me. I’m 33. The 20-something MySpace crowd would consider me a dinosaur. I’m sure each young generation criticizes its elders for being slow to adopt new and better ways of doing things. Proof point: I don’t have a MySpace account, I don’t text message much,… Read More
Oracle + Rails How-To’s
"As promised, we have delivered a new salvo of Oracle + Ruby on Rails how-to’s on the OTN Web site" Excellent!
Tech talks at Google
"There are a large number of technical talks at Google. Many of these are videotaped, and some are made available for external viewing."
Getting Social with BEA
"Whoa, bringing RSS feeds, searching Technorati, what’s up at BEA? We see BEA AquaLogic Pages, which lets enterprises get all the latest social stuff including wikis, blogs, and more."
Joyeur: Getting Started with JRuby
Joyent fully backs JRuby — "We?re pleased to be the first infrastructure company to stand firmly behind JRuby, offering it as part of our standard Accelerator packages."
Exploring “JRuby on Rails” as an Alternative to Django Within a Java Environment.
"RoR and JRuby are still young, and I’m confident that performance and scalability will improve over time. With this choice, I am looking at Sun’s commitment to the development of JRuby and the widespread adoption of RoR, and I’m betting on the futu
Exploring ?JRuby on Rails? as an Alternative to Django Within a Java Environment.
"RoR and JRuby are still young, and I?m confident that performance and scalability will improve over time. With this choice, I am looking at Sun?s commitment to the development of JRuby and the widespread adoption of RoR, and I?m betting on the futu
Rendale : A Better Way to Manage PeopleSoft Projects
Will is extracting PeopleCode out of PSFT projects to files then using subversion for version control. Sounds like something the Grey Sparling guys are doing.
Rails’ifying a PeopleSoft database
Wil Bailey’s trying to Rails’ify a PeopleSoft database… should be interesting
Why Enterprise 2.0 Won’t Transform Organizations
A contrarian view. I think he’s wrong. Of course, enterprises won’t change overnight, but it will eventually. A new generation of workers will transform how enterprises work, but it’ll take a few years for it to happen. Companies like Oracle will help.