On Gatekeeping, Complicity, and Arrival
The Ruby Rogues Years Tell me if you’ve heard this one: four white guys ask a fifth white guy to join their podcast. Being invited to Ruby Rogues in 2011,…
Some thoughts and feelings on RubyConf 2017
It’s the day after RubyConf 2017, and I’m still a bit raw and porous around the edges. I thought I’d write a few thoughts before I revert to a steady…
A case study on civility and constructive criticism
The other day Gregory Brown posted a remarkable story on Parley. He told how he had given Robert “Uncle Bob” Martin some heated Twitter criticism about one of his recent…
I’m sorry too.
I didn’t say mean things about Heather Arthur’s code. But I could have. I didn’t see the tweets about her “replace” project that started things off. But I do share…
I am my code
Almost five years ago I released my first Rubygem, NullDB. It was based on ideas from a couple of other libraries, namely ARBS and UnitRecord. In the README I said:…
BarCamp Baltimore 2009
I had a fantastic time at BarCamp Baltimore today. I’m so glad I got my butt out the door (with Stacey’s help) early on a Saturday morning to attend. There…
RIP Guy Decoux
[RIP] Guy Decoux. – Ruby Forum I’ll just repeat what I said on Ruby-talk – I’m very sad to hear this. His was one of the names that was, to…
You should be on ruby-talk
Working as I do in the Rails world these days, I’m periodically reminded of the difference between me and most Rails programmers. That is, the fact that I came to…