Introducing Teascript

Teascript is a Rails-based web application I’ve been working on for about a month. It’s targeted towards home school parents and students who need to design a high school transcript with minimum fuss. Traditionally, this process has been quite involved. My own parents and I designed my transcript using an … Continue reading

I’ve gone independent

Yes, I’ve left SAS, the world’s largest privately held software company. What would make me do such a thing? There were many factors involved in the decision, of course, but the primary reason was the opportunity to work full-time with Ruby on Rails from home. This will give me more … Continue reading

RailsConf draws to a close

It’s mid-afternoon here in Chicago and RailsConf has just officially ended. There is a huge line of people out front of the hotel waiting to catch the next shuttle to O’Hare. I’ll need a few more days to properly digest the conference and write a more detailed overview of what … Continue reading

RailsConf ho!

Tomorrow I fly to Chicago for the biggest Ruby bash so far this year: RailsConf 2006! Aside from getting to hear some wonderful keynote speakers and hang out with a herd of fellow Rubyists, many of my buddies from the Raleigh area (and elsewhere) will also be in attendance. It’ll … Continue reading

Introducing Radiant, a Rails-based CMS

An old friend from a project I briefly worked on during my days at RoleModel Software just released a Rails-based open source Content Management System called Radiant this week. It looks pretty snappy! Add to that the fact that the Ruby-Lang web site will soon be using it and you’ve … Continue reading