Life in a Startup

Monthly Archives: December 2007

So Your Got a Mac for Christmas…

This time of year there always seems to be a slew of people asking me about what Mac software I’m using, if there’s some quality open source apps to use, etc. Since it’s Christmas/New Years time, I figured I’d put together a list software I use for a variety of tasks. So without further ado, [...]

Mephisto

Mephisto??seems to be hitting the rails community in full wave recently. ??I’ve ran across it about 6 months ago, and have started to use it for various projects I’ve been involved with. ??Besides Typo, this is the first open-source rails application I’ve enjoyed using. ??While there is not a lot of quality themes (yet I [...]

Rails 2.0 Released!!

Rails 2.0 was released on Friday!!?? Thanks to all the hard work from the core developers and the hundreds of contributors.?? Without them we couldn’t have had some features like Active Record: Performance, Active Record: Sexy migrations, Action Pack: HTTP Loving, Action Pack: Resources, and so many many more!!!?? Check out the full blown post [...]

Gmail 2.0 Announces Colored Labels

If you have gotten them yet, you should be. Today Gmail released color-coded labels. I think this is something we’ve been waiting for some time to get. I have been playing around with them a little bit today and think that it’s really cumbersome and easy to use. One thing I wish they would have [...]