OpenBoxOfficetag:blog.openboxoffice.com,2005:TypoTypo2006-05-12T13:28:20-05:00Tim Jonestim@dressfortheweather.comurn:uuid:741cb9fa-4f09-4442-ac48-f2ad596528a72006-05-09T13:23:00-05:002006-05-12T13:28:20-05:00Rails<p>Writing now from the secret underground lair in Lake George, NY, where <a href="http://www.dressfortheweather.com/who/rich">Rich</a> and I have gone into hiding for the week write v1.0 (or maybe v0.1) of <a href="http://www.openboxoffice.org/">OpenBoxOffice</a>, codename OBOe.</p>
<p>Major decisions so far:</p>
<p>1. We’re going to use <a href="http://www.rubyonrails.com/">Ruby On Rails</a>. So far, despite the <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/onlamp/2005/01/20/rails.html">“YOU <span class="caps">WILL DEVELOP TEN TIMES FASTER</span>”</a> claims, this has mainly involved 12 <a href="http://www.ruby-forum.com/topic/65047">frustrating</a> hours of installing, reinstalling, compiling, cursing and recompiling poorly-documented code libraries.</p>
<p>This is only made more frustrating by the breathless and semicondescending tone of the tutorials. Actual quote: “Now, that is way beyond cool—it’s awesome! OK, calm down and enter a test record.” Thank you, Tutorial, for reminding me to <i>calm down</i>, lest the eldrich beyond-awesome power of your code seer my soul.</p>
<p>Anyway, I’ll let you know when we get agile.</p>
<p>2. Theme song for the day: <a href="http://blog.toneland.net/files/Evolove.mp3">Jan Hammer Group’s Evolove</a>. (Picture it as the 70s movie “getting stuff done” montage theme.)</p>
<p>(crossposted from <a href="http://blog.toneland.net/node/179">Toneland</a>)</p><p>Writing now from the secret underground lair in Lake George, NY, where <a href="http://www.dressfortheweather.com/who/rich">Rich</a> and I have gone into hiding for the week write v1.0 (or maybe v0.1) of <a href="http://www.openboxoffice.org/">OpenBoxOffice</a>, codename OBOe.</p>
<p>Major decisions so far:</p>
<p>1. We’re going to use <a href="http://www.rubyonrails.com/">Ruby On Rails</a>. So far, despite the <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/onlamp/2005/01/20/rails.html">“YOU <span class="caps">WILL DEVELOP TEN TIMES FASTER</span>”</a> claims, this has mainly involved 12 <a href="http://www.ruby-forum.com/topic/65047">frustrating</a> hours of installing, reinstalling, compiling, cursing and recompiling poorly-documented code libraries.</p>
<p>This is only made more frustrating by the breathless and semicondescending tone of the tutorials. Actual quote: “Now, that is way beyond cool—it’s awesome! OK, calm down and enter a test record.” Thank you, Tutorial, for reminding me to <i>calm down</i>, lest the eldrich beyond-awesome power of your code seer my soul.</p>
<p>Anyway, I’ll let you know when we get agile.</p>
<p>2. Theme song for the day: <a href="http://blog.toneland.net/files/Evolove.mp3">Jan Hammer Group’s Evolove</a>. (Picture it as the 70s movie “getting stuff done” montage theme.)</p>
<p>(crossposted from <a href="http://blog.toneland.net/node/179">Toneland</a>)</p>Richard Orrisrich@dressfortheweather.comurn:uuid:c8ab971b-3e07-422f-a0f4-2d9fc13272fe2006-05-08T15:43:00-05:002006-05-08T15:51:23-05:00And so it begins.<p>
<a title="LG" href="http://flickr.com/photos/rorris/142942083/"><img alt="LG" src="http://static.flickr.com/48/142942083_3f084e09b2_t.jpg" /></a> That’s right, it’s the beginning of our OpenBoxOffice retreat. After picking Tim Jones at the Albany Airport this morning, we meandered up 87 stopping for a beer and business planning in Saratoga. We’ve finally made it to sunny Lake George and it’s time to get to work…</p>
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<strong>Agenda Item #1: Language </strong>
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<p>
<span class="caps">PHP</span> vs. Ruby vs. Python? Rails vs. Django? I think our mind is already made up, but we’ll keep you in suspense for a little while.<br />
</p><p>
<a title="LG" href="http://flickr.com/photos/rorris/142942083/"><img alt="LG" src="http://static.flickr.com/48/142942083_3f084e09b2_t.jpg" /></a> That’s right, it’s the beginning of our OpenBoxOffice retreat. After picking Tim Jones at the Albany Airport this morning, we meandered up 87 stopping for a beer and business planning in Saratoga. We’ve finally made it to sunny Lake George and it’s time to get to work…</p>
<p>
<strong>Agenda Item #1: Language </strong>
</p>
<p>
<span class="caps">PHP</span> vs. Ruby vs. Python? Rails vs. Django? I think our mind is already made up, but we’ll keep you in suspense for a little while.<br />
</p>Richard Orrisrich@dressfortheweather.comurn:uuid:2945b02a-c72a-4055-af30-6aea48dd2fa92006-05-01T00:44:00-05:002006-05-01T01:11:09-05:00Oboe a-go-go!<p>Welcome to the brand spanking new OpenBoxOffice blog! <a href="http://blog.openboxoffice.com/xml/rss20/feed.xml">Feed us</a> so you can keep tabs on development and other exciting news from the Oboe Labs.</p>
<p>We’ll be hosting our first code sprint May 8 – 12 in Lake George, NY. That’s all we can tell you right now…</p><p>Welcome to the brand spanking new OpenBoxOffice blog! <a href="http://blog.openboxoffice.com/xml/rss20/feed.xml">Feed us</a> so you can keep tabs on development and other exciting news from the Oboe Labs.</p>
<p>We’ll be hosting our first code sprint May 8 – 12 in Lake George, NY. That’s all we can tell you right now…</p>