Ben Scofield

13 Sep 2009

So I spent a lovely 30 or so hours in Chicago over the weekend for WindyCityRails (as I mentioned previously), and despite the short stay, I …

10 Sep 2009

Several things have come together over the past week or so, with the result that I've pretty much solidified my speaking engagements for the …

08 Sep 2009

Polyglot programming was everywhere in the (developer-centric) news what, last year? That is the idea that good developers should be …

04 Sep 2009

[[posterous-content:sgnwcAejwckatlhHxfhx]]Developer Day has visited Durham, DC, and Boston so far.... Isn't it about time we left the east …

02 Sep 2009

* I grew up in the South, which means I actually call these "Coke machines," but in the interest of generality I'll refrain from that in …

26 Aug 2009

Whew! In case you didn't know, last weekend was the Rails Rumble - an annual, 48-hour sprint in which teams of 1-4 people build complete, …

24 Aug 2009

[[posterous-content:CEpgEFwlwAwHkECIikda]] http://www.flickr.com/photos/wwworks/ / CC BY 2.0 Practice makes perfect - anonymous When I was …

19 Aug 2009

[[posterous-content:aIhHctacBwkckJrDbqBr]]I've noticed a bit of a trend among some conferences lately - they're outsourcing/crowdsourcing …