Dan & George Video: Programming as a Creative Process
Dan and George talk about the essentially creative nature of writing software. Writing software isn’t a mechanistic activity, it’s more like painting with code.
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About Dan Barron
Dan's past in the Web sphere is a convoluted journey from an early exposure to Perl and CGI through PHP's early days and later a firm basis in Java and ActionScript. Years later he discovered Ruby on Rails and learned that he actually can be happy doing Web Development. He gets dangerously excited about new technology and won't shut up about Test Driven Development. He also has a passion for creating engaging User Experiences and Interaction Designs. In his spare time he relentlessly marathon's Top Gear and Doctor Who episodes. He would have a website, but he was too busy playing Mega Man to make one.
Insights from Dan
Dan and George Talk About the End of Flash
Dan Barron and George White talk about the end of Flash and where we’re going moving forward.
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Come to the Meetup: Boston Ruby on Rails Meetup Group – Lightning Round
We’re hosting a night of Ruby and Rails related Lightning Talks. Five minutes, one projector, multiple presenters, anything can happen! Well, I guess only presentations can happen, but with that begets learning and hopefully some good discussions about best-practices, useful gems, and other interesting topics about our favorite [...]
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Where Did HP’s Tablet Go?
In our continuing series of conversations with Dan Barron and George White they discuss the surprising recent announcements from HP, canceling not only the recently launched WebOS HP TouchPad tablet, but their discontinuation of all WebOS devices. Why is it that no one has come close to Apple’s [...]
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Cantina is on Turntable
We love music here at Cantina. We’ve got big speakers set up in our office just to keep the tunes going while we work. Recently we discovered Turntable.fm, an awesome social DJ service that lets everyone participate. So come in and join us in the Cantina room and [...]
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I Awoke With a Vision…
A vision of a world where there is no difference between the technology you use at home, and the technology you use on the go. The difference between a laptop and a desktop; a handheld gaming device and a home console; even the difference between my cell phone [...]
Read MoreForget the Kool-Aid, Let’s Talk SEO
I have an adverse reaction to retail stores, which is strange for me to say considering how long I’ve worked in retail, but as a customer, I have very visceral reactions to almost any store where someone walks up to me at random and asks me if I [...]
Read MoreHonesty is Always the Best Policy: A Lesson in Effective Communication
If you’re at all involved in the gaming community, you’ve probably caught wind of Sony’s latest fiasco, but in case you aren’t up to speed, the Playstation Network, Sony’s online component to their console ecosphere, has been down for seven days and counting. Initial reports began to circulate, [...]
Read MoreCucumber and delayed_job: Together in Less-Than-Perfect Harmony
I love Cucumber. There, I said it. I know I’m not in the minority of Rubyists when I say that either. Cucumber helps me stay focused on the task at hand from the perspective of the people who matter the most, that is to say, the end-user. Cucumber [...]
Read MoreBridging the Gap
It’s a hard sell to say, “Code is art”, especially if the buyer has never written a line of code in their life. I don’t deny that there is a high degree of truth to this assessment, but I just as easily see the disconnect. Art is bound [...]
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