Ok. First a few facts. AWS has had a data center problem that has been ongoing for a couple of days. AWS has NOT been forthcoming with much useful information. AWS still has many data centers and cloud regions/etc up and live, able to keep their customers up and live. Many people have NOT built... Continue reading →

A few steps when setting up Gemsets with RVM. With a few other commands that can often be helpful. Just a quick Friday night entry… cheers! Functionality by line: Get a list of the current available gemsets. Creates a gemset called theNameOfTheSiteToCreate. Lists the name of the current gemset. Delete the gemset named theNameOfTheSiteToCreate. This... Continue reading →

It has been a long while since I’ve used a Linux + GUI. Ubuntu, I understand probably isn’t the most bleeding edge, but just out of the box it has all the candy of Windows 7 plus lots of 3rd party enhancements and drivers or OS-X with the same. I’m honestly amazed that the OS... Continue reading →

Arrived around 8:20am “ish”. @juliaferraioli & cohort were registering people. The @AWSstartups crew was there including @Jeffbarr, also @shanley, @Alex_donn, @JamesPearce, and others were already getting things put together. I decided to happily plunk down in a chair and get going. I had zero plan, but only a single goal. Make a web app that... Continue reading →

So what’s the #mobileappSEA coders think? What stack is mobile dev on or moving to, where do you think it is going? Continue reading →