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On 24 August 2010 15:29, Jenna Fox <[email protected]> wrote: > Yeah Peter. Don't worry about it. He said he'd spend five years working on > bringing coding to kids, and by my best approximation, he did that. Now he's > done. He has a family, a life, and seems he probably has children too. The > intensity with which he worked on ruby projects was never sustainable. I > expect his priorities simply shifted to other things. > > Really though, he's just a man. A man who brought us many great things, sure, > but still a man. The important thing is that we take note of the wonderment > created in his wake, and continue to create things of equivalent or greater > value. It's our job to push ruby forward now. > > It's our job to push computing forward. > > — > Jenna > > On 24/08/2010, at 10:32 PM, Peter Retief wrote: > >> I hope _why is OK, I don't care if he wants to change his career but >> it would be nice if I were to know that nothing bad happened to him >> (Gone camping?) >> Give us a sign :) >> >> On 24 August 2010 14:29, Dave Everitt <[email protected]> wrote: >>> @Jenna: love the bit about 'children had no good way to make their own eBay >>> competitors' :-) >>> >>>>> 2. encourages experimentation with a low entry threshold, >>>> >>>> Did you find the extremely high level of fun interesting obscure ruby >>>> hacks to be offputting at first? I did. >>> >>> I'd been using Ruby and Perl for awhile, so I just found out how to make >>> things do what I wanted (then spent loads of time on the Markaby and CSS :-) >>> >>>>> 3. can also handle serious web development, >>>> >>>> Yup, so long as you don't let anyone know you've turned to the dark side. >>> >>> I have a spare soul for the dark side to purchase, but it still has firm >>> ethics. >>> >>>>> 4. doesn't take itself too seriously. >>>> >>>> Sometimes I wonder about that one, but the spirit of rebellion against >>>> serious business still seems strong. ^_^ >>> >>> I see it more as a spirit of experimentation and a deliberate (cartoon) >>> foxing around to one side of the boring everyday, but yes, _Why's surreal >>> humour got me into Ruby in the first place (although *none* of the 7 >>> students I introduced to the Poignant Guide got it at all, although one did >>> buy Chris Pine's book) and from there... >>> >>>>> The missing part in the tutorial for me is deployment. I have yet to >>>>> deploy anything public! But that's anther post. >>>> >>>> Hope this helps: http://camping.creativepony.com/Book:-Publishing-an-App >>>> :) >>> >>> Yes, it does - thanks, that's great! Now I've just got to set up our VPS >>> accordingly (and document the process as simply as possible)... I might also >>> have a go at adding details for Heroku (tried out Sinatra on it, worked >>> fine) for my 'Oracle of everyday things' Camping project. Unless someone >>> else writes it up first. >>> >>>> Anyone have experience with Heroku or jRuby + App Engine want to fill in >>>> the blanks? >>> >>> @Aria: 'edge-of-zany' - definitely. Or at least, off the beaten path. BTW >>> Nice vegan recipes! With Jenna, Seems Camping might be the framework of >>> choice for vegans (or, like me, totally-lactose-intolerant vegetarians)... >>> >>> Dave E. >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> Camping-list mailing list >>> [email protected] >>> http://rubyforge.org/mailman/listinfo/camping-list >>> >> _______________________________________________ >> Camping-list mailing list >> [email protected] >> http://rubyforge.org/mailman/listinfo/camping-list > > _______________________________________________ > Camping-list mailing list > [email protected] > http://rubyforge.org/mailman/listinfo/camping-list > _______________________________________________ Camping-list mailing list [email protected] http://rubyforge.org/mailman/listinfo/camping-list
