Archives - Apr 2010

REST isn't what you think it is, and that's OK

By Michael Bleigh April 29, 2010 in opinion, apis, rest

The Future's Pretty Cool, or Why I Love Ruby

By Michael Bleigh April 28, 2010 in ruby, opinion

Integrating Akamai HTTP Downloads to your Rails Application

By Raymond Law April 26, 2010 in rails akamai

Facebook is the Private Beta of the Semantic Web

By Michael Bleigh April 23, 2010 in facebook, semantic web, like, open standards, identity

Intridea Insider: Maggie Lubberts

By Renae Bair April 22, 2010 in insider, maggie lubberts

OAuth2 Gem: Just in Time For Facebook's Graph

By Michael Bleigh April 22, 2010 in open source, facebook, api, announcement, oauth, oauth2

Rack Middleware and Rack Applications: What's the Difference?

By Michael Bleigh April 20, 2010 in ruby, rack, middleware

Ruby Quick Tip: Instant Utility Modules

By Michael Bleigh April 19, 2010 in ruby, quick tip

Intridea Insider: Brendan Lim

By Renae Bair April 16, 2010 in insider, brendan lim

Almost every idea I've come up with has been a result of needing a solution to a problem that wasn't already solved, or because I thought I could accomplish something better.

Intridea Brings Kansas City Barbecue to Ruby Midwest

By Intridea April 15, 2010 in conferences, sponsorship, ruby midwest, omgwtfbbq

SASS & Static Webpages (No Framework, Please!)

By Dave Potsiadlo April 13, 2010 in css, sass, stylesheets

A quick tip for users who like the idea of using SASS-powered stylesheets, but may not want to bother setting up a development framework to do so.

Toggle CSS3 Bookmarklet

By Michael Bleigh April 12, 2010 in javascript, css3, bookmarklet, ie

Intridea Insider: Brent Collier

By Renae Bair April 8, 2010 in insider, brent collier

But his engineering skills were first born and cultivated through building with Legos, long before he ever touched a computer or gaming console. Like many software engineers he had a curiosity for understanding the mechanics of how things worked from a very young age.

iPad Wallpaper Template for Photoshop

By Dave Potsiadlo April 7, 2010 in design, template, ipad, wallpaper

Create iPad wallpapers with this Photoshop template! Easily preview your wallpaper in vertical & horizontal orientations, upon both the lock screen and homescreen of the device.

Ten Keys to Building an Enduring Ruby Users Group

By Joe Grossberg April 6, 2010 in dc dcrug ruby community washington

Finding it hard to get a local group started, or to keep one going? DCRUG has been a big success and here are some of our lessons learned.

Intridea Sponsors RubyNation

By Intridea April 5, 2010 in michael bleigh, rubynation, jeremy mcanally, sponsor

RubyNation has been a leading event in the Washington DC and NoVA Ruby community for the last two years. This year, Intridea is proud to be a Gold Sponsor of the sold-out event.

Intridea Insider: Joe Grossberg

By Renae Bair April 1, 2010 in joe grossberg, insider

We are very excited to announce the “Intridea Insider”, a new blog series that will profile a new Intridean every week. Visit us every Thursday to get a detailed interview with a team member, and discover everything from their favorite gems and productivity apps to their favorite coffee spots and blogs. 

This week’s featured Intridean is Joe Grossberg! 

Like many geeks, Joe grew up liking dinosaurs and computers. It wasn’t until he met the web in 1994 though, that he had a real reason to favor one over the other.