Ben Scofield

Ben Scofield

… rarely updated

08 Jun 2011

On This Blog

Oh! I should mention -- this is the fourth, fifth, or twenty-third incarnation of my blog, all told. It's running on Posterous, which …
07 Jun 2011

On Starting

Back in May, I gave a talk at Ignite RailsConf on being awesome. The presentation revolved around three (well, two and a half) rules, of …
03 Jun 2011

On Haml

I've been very happy to see that, for the most part, the evangelism around Haml has died down over the past year or so -- it felt like you …
18 Oct 2010

Rumbled

As I'm just now coming out of the caffeine- and sleep-deprivation-induced haze that was my weekend, I thought it might be interesting to …
07 Jul 2010

Event Updates

Yes, yes, I know I've been gone for a while. What can I say? I've been really busy. That said, I'm rejiggering priorities, and pretty high …
02 Feb 2010

Developer Day Austin wrapup

It's been a few days since we wrapped up Developer Day Austin, and I'm only now able to catch my breath – a few snowmageddon- and …
25 Jan 2010

Job descriptions vs. goals

Raise your hand if you have a job description - a paragraph or eight that describe your role and responsibilities in your current …
21 Jan 2010

Letter-writing

I had a thought the other day... I wonder if the demise of correspondence via letters has resulted in a reduction in significant thought. …