Archives - Mar 2009

Present.ly is a WebWare 100 Finalist!

By Michael Bleigh March 31, 2009 in presently, announcement, webware100

Highlights from Philly ETE

By Joe Grossberg March 30, 2009 in testing, tdd, pairprogramming

Present.ly and XMPP

By Pradeep Elankumaran March 25, 2009 in ruby, , xmpp, bosh,

Using Git Submodules for Shared Rails Components

By Michael Bleigh March 25, 2009 in rails, git, rspec, autotest, submodule, sharing

Presently.com: Twitter Meets LinkedIn

By Intridea March 25, 2009 in presently, twitter, yammer, LinkedIn, , professional microblogging, status updates, enterprise social media

Presently.com, launched at this year's SXSW Interactive Conference, is a professional microblogging community, bringing together the best features of Twitter and LinkedIn to provide a more businesslike environment for collaboration and status updates.

TwitterAuth: For Near-Instant Twitter Apps

By Michael Bleigh March 23, 2009 in announcements, twitter, open-source, twitter-auth, oauth

Twitter Could Make Money By Charging Per Follower

By Intridea March 20, 2009 in twitter, strategy, followers, commercial use

Among the many strategies Twitter might use to make money might be to charge commercial users based on their number of followers (subscribers.) This has precedents in both the offline and online worlds.

Git Hooks, Presently, Mice, Sharks, and Zombies

By Adam Bair March 20, 2009 in presently, git

Document Your Models the Easy Way

By Joe Grossberg March 16, 2009 in rails, ruby, documentation

Temporarily disable ActiveRecord callbacks

By Brent Collier March 12, 2009 in ActiveRecord, callbacks

Social Media Noobs, Gurus, and Hard Boiled Egg Recipes

By Intridea March 10, 2009 in social media, noobs, newbies, neophytes, gurus, experts

Some social media “experts” and veterans look down on social media “noobs,” aka newbies, or newcomers. The field is new, and there are so many people who need understanding and a helping hand, that social media experts should reach out and offer to help.

Easily Search on ActiveRecord Attributes

By Raymond Law March 9, 2009 in rails, ruby, plugins, ActiveRecord, rubyonrails, search

The end of free social media? Mar. 10 on BlogTalk Radio

By Intridea March 9, 2009 in Yoshi Maisami, Sumaya Kazi, Joel Postman, Blogtalk Radio, Socially Speaking, Business Models

Join Yoshi Maisami, Sumaya Kazi and me on Blogtalk Radio, Socially Speaking, Tuesday, March 10, 2009, 4:00 P.M. EST as we discuss The end of free social media?

<b>ruby_bosh</b> - an XMPP BOSH session initializer

By Pradeep Elankumaran March 1, 2009 in rails, ruby, plugin, gem, xmpp, , bosh