Re: [rails-oceania] No response to job listings

[Clifford Heath]

On 22/12/2009, at 5:54 PM, Dylan Egan wrote:
>  we've got to stop ambushing everyone.

+1

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[rails-oceania] Re: Best laptop to buy for linux?

[Adam Meehan]

> What's the state of Bootcamp? I want to boot into Linux but could keep OSX
> hanging around.

Having recently had the experience with dual booting on the latest MBP
with Ubuntu I can give a bit of input. Disclaimer here is that I have
abandoned Ubuntu for OSX over a month ago and the following info may
be outdated.

You are best to use rEFIt for boot loading. Gives you more options and
can load more OSes if need be.

http://refit.sourceforge.net/

As for general usage it works fairly well. The integrated button on
the touchpad causes some very annoying issues. You will need to do a
fair bit of
tweaking of the settings to get comfortable. The MacTel packages were
not all updated for the latest Ubuntu or the MBP 5 series hardware, so
its a bit mix and match. This seemed to be more the case with the 15in
(5,3).

Observations/Annoyances:
- 15 inch requires you recompile the kernel with a soundcard hack
after any kernel updates
- battery life is poor, ~2hrs, unless you try a raft of power tweaks
that may or may not help.
- most function keys work with the latest package for them (can't
remember name) though I had trouble getting it to load on boot
- light sensor doesn't work
- switch between graphics cards doesn't work. high perf graphics card
is used all the time which sucks power
- sleep mode works from memory
- latest ubuntu boots very slow, though this is observed on all
hardware

Ultimately it worked but for day to day productivity it became
annoying with the touchpad issues and short battery life. Also you
sacrifice the seemless integration between OS and hardware which OSX
gives you, which I have since discovered is rather valuable.

Adam

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[rails-oceania] No response to job listings

[Dylan Egan]

Is this at all possible? I couldn't really care less if someone has posted a
job thread and it's badly worded or buzzword heavy. What annoys me is seeing
responses whinging about them. Maybe the people who have the most input on
how to structure such emails should post a guide on the wiki and pass that
on to them privately. If they don't get any responses and have received the
guide in private hopefully they'll come back with a restructured post, but
for fucks sake we've got to stop ambushing everyone.

Or better yet get rid of the postings all together and have everyone looking
for a job head to Centrelink. Remember, they're "Giving you options".

Someone said we're lucky to be getting job postings and they're right, but I
think we're even lucky enough to have new people still interested in the
community at all.

Cheers,

Dylan.

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Re: [rails-oceania] Recruiting three roles in Melbourne

[Ryan Bigg]

On 22/12/09 4:20 PM, Warren Seen wrote:
> Personally, I couldn't care less the format or the language people use, 
> providing they are genuine. It's not as though every other post on the list 
> is a spammy ad from a recruiter who is just harvesting CVs and doesn't know 
> the target market.
>
> What I am sick of is seeing people jump on job posts, when TBH, after the 
> last 12-18 months, we should all feel pretty lucky about the fact that we are 
> even seeing job posts (increasing!) for Rails work. Just because some people 
> have permanent full time positions doesn't mean they should discourage or try 
> to veto posts here that might help others out.
>
>
>
> On 22/12/2009, at 4:54 PM, Ryan Bigg wrote:
>
>
>> I'm interested as to what you people want to see in a job posting. What are 
>> they supposed to say without giving away state secrets? Do you want an 
>> overview of their entire business operation or what?
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Yeah I love that the Rails job list numbers are increasing. Supposedly 
this means also that the community is increasing which means that it's 
not dying! Fantastic stuff!

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Re: [rails-oceania] Recruiting three roles in Melbourne

[Joshua Partogi]

On Tue, Dec 22, 2009 at 4:54 PM, Ryan Bigg  wrote:
> I'm interested as to what you people want to see in a job posting. What are
> they supposed to say without giving away state secrets? Do you want an
> overview of their entire business operation or what?

I'm interested to see whether the company allows its employees to
drink beer during office hours because for some people they code
better when drinking. Some company does not allow drinking beer during
office hour because of HNS regulation.

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Re: [rails-oceania] Recruiting three roles in Melbourne

[Ryan Bigg]

On 22/12/09 4:17 PM, Daniel N wrote:
> Nice to see some community support for this company.  To me that means
> a whole lot more than the initial email.
>
> Ryan I'm not that interested in what you talk about at standup or when
> you do lunch.  I'm sure it's interesting but that's more culture which
> is an introduction thing. For me I'd be more interested in the tech,
> and loosely the application.  Cms's aren't that inspiring but
> something that's a bit different and using tech in interesting ways
> is worth some extra effort to look into.  Is OSS encouraged? Is it to
> be an assembly project only or is there willingness to look at special
> tech if it's a better fit for certian parts?
>
> That's the kind of info that would attract my attention so that's what
> I'd like to see from job posts.
>
> Just my 0.02
> Daniel
Thanks for your input Daniel. Your points about OSS and the *kind* of 
project are very valid!

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Re: [rails-oceania] Recruiting three roles in Melbourne

[Warren Seen]

Personally, I couldn't care less the format or the language people use, 
providing they are genuine. It's not as though every other post on the list is 
a spammy ad from a recruiter who is just harvesting CVs and doesn't know the 
target market. 

What I am sick of is seeing people jump on job posts, when TBH, after the last 
12-18 months, we should all feel pretty lucky about the fact that we are even 
seeing job posts (increasing!) for Rails work. Just because some people have 
permanent full time positions doesn't mean they should discourage or try to 
veto posts here that might help others out.



On 22/12/2009, at 4:54 PM, Ryan Bigg wrote:

> I'm interested as to what you people want to see in a job posting. What are 
> they supposed to say without giving away state secrets? Do you want an 
> overview of their entire business operation or what?

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Re: [rails-oceania] Recruiting three roles in Melbourne

[Daniel N]

Nice to see some community support for this company.  To me that means
a whole lot more than the initial email.

Ryan I'm not that interested in what you talk about at standup or when
you do lunch.  I'm sure it's interesting but that's more culture which
is an introduction thing. For me I'd be more interested in the tech,
and loosely the application.  Cms's aren't that inspiring but
something that's a bit different and using tech in interesting ways
is worth some extra effort to look into.  Is OSS encouraged? Is it to
be an assembly project only or is there willingness to look at special
tech if it's a better fit for certian parts?

That's the kind of info that would attract my attention so that's what
I'd like to see from job posts.

Just my 0.02
Daniel

On Tuesday, December 22, 2009, Ryan Bigg  wrote:
> As kind of a testimony for this:
>
> We do some work with Alister and he's a top bloke. We're working on one
> of his applications (c3cohesion) at the moment. It's a project workflow
> application which is complex but quite interesting to work on and has
> great potential.
>
> Buzzwords aside, C3 definitely seems like it'd be a good place to work.
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Re: [rails-oceania] Best laptop to buy for linux?

[Nathan de Vries]

On 22/12/2009, at 4:36 PM, Mike Bailey wrote:
> A friend put Ubuntu on his MBP and reported trackpad problems. He  
> decided to switch to OSX. I wonder if I might get better linux  
> support from another vendor.

The Ubuntu wiki [1] indicates that almost everything will work out of  
the box (including the touchpad), with a few things requiring some  
form of manual install (as is often the case with Linux).


Cheers,

Nathan

[1] https://help.ubuntu.com/community/MacBookPro5-5/Karmic

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Re: [rails-oceania] Recruiting three roles in Melbourne

[Ryan Bigg]

As kind of a testimony for this:

We do some work with Alister and he's a top bloke. We're working on one 
of his applications (c3cohesion) at the moment. It's a project workflow 
application which is complex but quite interesting to work on and has 
great potential.

Buzzwords aside, C3 definitely seems like it'd be a good place to work.

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Re: [rails-oceania] Best laptop to buy for linux?

[David Parry]

On 22/12/2009, at 4:36 PM, Mike Bailey wrote:
> What's the state of Bootcamp? I want to boot into Linux but could keep OSX 
> hanging around.

Dunno, but I find it extremely handy for web-testing using Parallels Desktop to 
have multiple VMs running XP + IE6, XP + IE7 and XP + IE8, given that those are 
the browsers where things fall apart the most...

In the past I've also had a VM that ran Solaris in roughly the same 
configuration as our servers, which has proven to be useful occasionally with 
some troublesome binary installs.


> A friend put Ubuntu on his MBP and reported trackpad problems. He decided to 
> switch to OSX. I wonder if I might get better linux support from another 
> vendor.

Good question... from what I've found with Parallels, the virtual machine 
shields you from a lot of these issues. I expect VMWare has similar advantages.

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Re: [rails-oceania] Recruiting three roles in Melbourne

[Ryan Bigg]

I'm interested as to what you people want to see in a job posting. What 
are they supposed to say without giving away state secrets? Do you want 
an overview of their entire business operation or what?

If I were to write one about Mocra:

Monday-Friday.
Start @ 7:30am. Rock up to our office in high class Milton wearing your 
finest casual clothes.
We pair-program. Wear deodorant and brush your teeth. Showering is 
mandatory.
Standup in the morning consists of standard Scrum procedure: What you 
did yesterday, how much ass you're going to kick today, what you screwed 
up (most of the time we skip this section), and something new and shiny 
(kind of like the news)
A witty remark to start the day is a must. Your mum jokes are not witty. 
Nor That's What She Said.
We work on projects using TextMate, a 30" monitor and access to some 
pretty smart people including the infamous Dr Nic.
We have very interesting conversations ranging from the intellectual to 
Ipswichian.
We use RSpec and Cucumber. Rails too.
We type using keyboards. Apple ones.
We have lunch. Sometimes toasted sandwiches are lovingly crafted, other 
times we visit restaurants.
We constantly have new projects that are both exciting and scary 
experiences each time.
We also have internal projects that are secret and shiny and forever 
coming soon.
We oppose the internet filtering.
Finish @ 4:30pm.


On 22/12/09 3:13 PM, Warren Seen wrote:
> Ease up there, I didn't see anyone "leveraging" any "synergies" there 
> or anything... I thought it was fairly buzzword free TBH :)
>
> On 22/12/2009, at 3:59 PM, Daniel N wrote:
>
>> Mate,
>>
>> You need to learn your audience...
>>
>> "We are big enough and committed enough to Rails to need a permanent
>> team to develop our portfolio of three Rails apps, and anchor our
>> current multi-disciplinary team and outsourced development partners."
>>
>> Totally the wrong language.  Tell us what you do without the buzzwords...
>>
>>
>>
>> On Thu, Dec 10, 2009 at 3:52 PM, c3alister 
>> > > wrote:
>>
>> Do you want to champion Rails and agile development in a fast-paced
>> and growing consulting company?
>>
>> We are big enough and committed enough to Rails to need a permanent
>> team to develop our portfolio of three Rails apps, and anchor our
>> current multi-disciplinary team and outsourced development partners.
>>
>> We need three roles of varying levels in Melbourne, and as we are
>> currently doing it all across multiple apps (ie. code, deploy,
>> architecture, sales, support), this is a great opportunity to broaden
>> your base, and/or take control and push up to the next level.
>>
>> If you'd like more information call Alister on 0422 003 598, or just
>> send your resume to i...@c3businesssolutions.com
>>  and we'll get in
>> touch.
>>
>> Thanks
>> Alister Lee.
>>
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Re: [rails-oceania] Best laptop to buy for linux?

[Mike Bailey]

On Tue, Dec 22, 2009 at 3:45 PM, Nathan de Vries  wrote:

> On 22/12/2009, at 3:07 PM, Mike Bailey wrote:
> > I've done 5 years of OSX. It's been nice but I think I'm ready to go
> > back to linux.
>
> A Macbook is the only laptop that will let you run OS X alongside
> Windows, Linux, Solaris, BSD etc., so I'd suggest getting a Macbook
> regardless of whether you want to use OS X at the moment.
>

What's the state of Bootcamp? I want to boot into Linux but could keep OSX
hanging around.

A friend put Ubuntu on his MBP and reported trackpad problems. He decided to
switch to OSX. I wonder if I might get better linux support from another
vendor.

- Mike

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[rails-oceania] Re: rails dev positions available

[don buchanan]

Hey guys, this is my work, come on in for a chat!

On Dec 17, 10:48 am, Matt  wrote:
> Hi,
>
> We're a team of five working full time on a single web app.  The app
> is reasonably mature but not currently in production.  We're after on
> or two quality programmers to join the team.  You don't have to be a
> rails expert but you need to be a quality programmer.  For the right
> person this is a great opportunity to some up to speed with rails in
> the real world.
>
> So, the project is... a ror app (latest version of rails), we use
> mysql and mongo (document database).  The app sends sms, email and
> integrates with social media apps (twitter, facebook etc) and has been
> designed to scale massively.  This is our own app, we don't do
> application development for other companies.  We manage the project on
> assembla and host it on multiple cloud providers (aws, slicehost,
> gogrid, linode).
>
> The team has a lot of experience and we foster a friendly
> collaborative environment.  Development follows the agile model, so
> daily standups, frequent releases, frequent review/refine sessions
> with others in the company.  We're largely insulated from support
> (we're not the only developers in the company).
>
> The company has about 30 people in Melbourne and a few in the UK, so
> we're not a fragile startup.  The office is in South Yarra.
>
> We're looking for permanent people not contractors.
>
> If you're interested shoot me an email with your cv and a brief
> description of who you are and what you've done.
> matt.s.fitzger...@gmail.com
>
> No recruiters - candidates only.
>
> Cheers,
> Matt

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Re: [rails-oceania] Recruiting three roles in Melbourne

[Warren Seen]

Ease up there, I didn't see anyone "leveraging" any "synergies" there or 
anything... I thought it was fairly buzzword free TBH :)

On 22/12/2009, at 3:59 PM, Daniel N wrote:

> Mate,
> 
> You need to learn your audience...
> 
> "We are big enough and committed enough to Rails to need a permanent
> team to develop our portfolio of three Rails apps, and anchor our
> current multi-disciplinary team and outsourced development partners."
> 
> Totally the wrong language.  Tell us what you do without the buzzwords...
> 
> 
> 
> On Thu, Dec 10, 2009 at 3:52 PM, c3alister 
>  wrote:
> Do you want to champion Rails and agile development in a fast-paced
> and growing consulting company?
> 
> We are big enough and committed enough to Rails to need a permanent
> team to develop our portfolio of three Rails apps, and anchor our
> current multi-disciplinary team and outsourced development partners.
> 
> We need three roles of varying levels in Melbourne, and as we are
> currently doing it all across multiple apps (ie. code, deploy,
> architecture, sales, support), this is a great opportunity to broaden
> your base, and/or take control and push up to the next level.
> 
> If you'd like more information call Alister on 0422 003 598, or just
> send your resume to i...@c3businesssolutions.com and we'll get in
> touch.
> 
> Thanks
> Alister Lee.
> 
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Re: [rails-oceania] Recruiting three roles in Melbourne

[Daniel N]

Mate,

You need to learn your audience...

"We are big enough and committed enough to Rails to need a permanent
team to develop our portfolio of three Rails apps, and anchor our
current multi-disciplinary team and outsourced development partners."

Totally the wrong language.  Tell us what you do without the buzzwords...



On Thu, Dec 10, 2009 at 3:52 PM, c3alister <
alister@c3businesssolutions.com> wrote:

> Do you want to champion Rails and agile development in a fast-paced
> and growing consulting company?
>
> We are big enough and committed enough to Rails to need a permanent
> team to develop our portfolio of three Rails apps, and anchor our
> current multi-disciplinary team and outsourced development partners.
>
> We need three roles of varying levels in Melbourne, and as we are
> currently doing it all across multiple apps (ie. code, deploy,
> architecture, sales, support), this is a great opportunity to broaden
> your base, and/or take control and push up to the next level.
>
> If you'd like more information call Alister on 0422 003 598, or just
> send your resume to i...@c3businesssolutions.com and we'll get in
> touch.
>
> Thanks
> Alister Lee.
>
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Re: [rails-oceania] Best laptop to buy for linux?

[Korny Sietsma]

I don't know how they are since ceasing to be branded "IBM", but my
favourite linux laptop was my old Thinkpad X41:
  http://www.thinkwiki.org/wiki/Category:X41

It had a huge battery life (8 to 11 hours, depending on how much I tweaked
it)
And a decent hard disk (for the day - 80G!)
And a good Intel graphics card, no compatibility issues at all
And a reasonable range of hardware you could add - it took an attachable
base plate, which you could use to swap in the external CD/DVD burner, or an
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Sadly, it went to my girlfriend to write her PhD on, when work gave me a
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I don't know if Lenovo have maintained their quality standards - and their
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On Tue, Dec 22, 2009 at 12:08 PM, Mike Bailey  wrote:

> It's laptop buying time and I think it's time I move back to linux.
>
> I want small/lightweight as I plan to use external keyboard, mouse,
> monitor.
>
> Does anyone have an suggestions for what I should get?
>
> - Mike
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Re: [rails-oceania] Best laptop to buy for linux?

[Nathan de Vries]

On 22/12/2009, at 3:07 PM, Mike Bailey wrote:
> I've done 5 years of OSX. It's been nice but I think I'm ready to go  
> back to linux.

A Macbook is the only laptop that will let you run OS X alongside  
Windows, Linux, Solaris, BSD etc., so I'd suggest getting a Macbook  
regardless of whether you want to use OS X at the moment. Unless  
you're willing to live with shit, flimsy hardware, a decent non-Apple  
laptop is going to cost the same amount as a Macbook anyway.

Also, it helps to have OS X around for if you ever need to do things  
like plug your laptop into a projector, share files, join a WPA-802.1X  
network etc. and have it *just work*. Fumbling over some esoteric X  
configuration issue might get some laughs at a tech. meetup, but it's  
likely to loose you jobs if you try it in client meetings.


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Re: [rails-oceania] Best laptop to buy for linux?

[b...@bensand.com]

I use linux, mac and windows all the time, (or would, if the macbook
hadn't died). been sitting on the bench for six months waiting for a
new hdd, but I just don't need it enough to do anything about it.

For email and web app use on the road:
linux: resumes from suspend in <3 seconds and connects to 3g fast and
easy (2 clicks, for either my "3" or Telstra connections)
mac: resumes really fast (1-2 seconds), Load of stuffing about for 3g
- 10 clicks over 1 minute or so.
windows: slow to resume, just as much fiddling for 3g as mac

For using web and email on the road, especially public transport,
linux wins by far. 3g configuration is much more responsive.

For desktop use, lack of easy MS Office is a pain, but I have a remote
session to spare Windows box whenever I need it. Small time penalty
there, but I survive it well enough. The ease of keeping linux up to
date saves me time over mac and windows.

I'd setup a virtual machine of windows on my netbook if I really
needed office on the road, but I just don't
Linux used to be a pain for connecting to projectors, but now it's fine.

So all in all, I tend to absorb the productivity gain, as the customer
doesn't care what I'm using and just wants the job done at a
reasonable rate vs. the rest of the market.

Ben

2009/12/22 Lachie :
> Do you linux laptop guys pass on the cost of the productivity loss to
> your customers, or absorb it yourself as an overhead?
>
> :lachie, using a wooden spoon
>
>
> On Tue, Dec 22, 2009 at 2:44 PM, Mike Bailey  wrote:
>> I ran linux on a new Dell laptop every year from 2000-2004. Sounds like
>> they're still good.
>>
>> - Mike
>>
>> On Tue, Dec 22, 2009 at 2:40 PM, Anthony Richardson
>>  wrote:
>>>
>>> My full time work machine is a Dell E6400 with the Intel graphics +
>>> wireless and 128GB SSD. Awesome laptop running Ubuntu 9.04 and now 9.10,
>>> both flawlessly. (Although in 9.04 couldn't use 3d desktop effects with
>>> external monitor connected).
>>>
>>> Really happy with it. Dell are an awesome provider for Linux compatible
>>> laptops.
>>>
>>> I run dual screen with a 23" 1080p HD screen and docking station,
>>> everything works great including suspend resume, dynamic handling of
>>> external monitors hot connections etc.
>>>
>>> Cheers,
>>>
>>> Anthony Richardson
>>>
>>>
>>> On Tue, Dec 22, 2009 at 11:38 AM, Mike Bailey  wrote:

 It's laptop buying time and I think it's time I move back to linux.

 I want small/lightweight as I plan to use external keyboard, mouse,
 monitor.

 Does anyone have an suggestions for what I should get?

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Re: [rails-oceania] Best laptop to buy for linux?

[Lachie]

Hey I only asked a tax/small business question and you guys are
getting all defensive about lunix.

:lachie


On Tue, Dec 22, 2009 at 3:08 PM, Jared Fraser  wrote:
> No, but my netbook does apple
>
> On Tue, Dec 22, 2009 at 3:07 PM, Mike Bailey  wrote:
>>
>> I've done 5 years of OSX. It's been nice but I think I'm ready to go back
>> to linux.
>>
>> There's a lot of exciting stuff going on in the linux world (and it's
>> really not that hard Lachie!)
>>
>> - Mike
>>
>> On Tue, Dec 22, 2009 at 2:59 PM, Shane Mingins 
>> wrote:
>>>
>>> Get a macbook ... enjoy the unix base ... stability ... great apps ..
>>> plus it runs windows if you need to
>>>
>>> On Tue, Dec 22, 2009 at 2:08 PM, Mike Bailey  wrote:
>>> > It's laptop buying time and I think it's time I move back to linux.
>>> >
>>> > I want small/lightweight as I plan to use external keyboard, mouse,
>>> > monitor.
>>> >
>>> > Does anyone have an suggestions for what I should get?
>>> >
>>> > - Mike
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Re: [rails-oceania] Best laptop to buy for linux?

[Jared Fraser]

No, but my netbook does apple

On Tue, Dec 22, 2009 at 3:07 PM, Mike Bailey  wrote:

> I've done 5 years of OSX. It's been nice but I think I'm ready to go back
> to linux.
>
> There's a lot of exciting stuff going on in the linux world (and it's
> really not that hard Lachie!)
>
> - Mike
>
>
> On Tue, Dec 22, 2009 at 2:59 PM, Shane Mingins wrote:
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>> Get a macbook ... enjoy the unix base ... stability ... great apps ..
>> plus it runs windows if you need to
>>
>> On Tue, Dec 22, 2009 at 2:08 PM, Mike Bailey  wrote:
>> > It's laptop buying time and I think it's time I move back to linux.
>> >
>> > I want small/lightweight as I plan to use external keyboard, mouse,
>> monitor.
>> >
>> > Does anyone have an suggestions for what I should get?
>> >
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Re: [rails-oceania] Best laptop to buy for linux?

[Mike Bailey]

I've done 5 years of OSX. It's been nice but I think I'm ready to go back to
linux.

There's a lot of exciting stuff going on in the linux world (and it's really
not that hard Lachie!)

- Mike

On Tue, Dec 22, 2009 at 2:59 PM, Shane Mingins wrote:

> Get a macbook ... enjoy the unix base ... stability ... great apps ..
> plus it runs windows if you need to
>
> On Tue, Dec 22, 2009 at 2:08 PM, Mike Bailey  wrote:
> > It's laptop buying time and I think it's time I move back to linux.
> >
> > I want small/lightweight as I plan to use external keyboard, mouse,
> monitor.
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> >
> > - Mike
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Re: [rails-oceania] Best laptop to buy for linux?

[Andrew Grimm]

Does Apple currently do netbooks?

Andrew

On Tue, Dec 22, 2009 at 3:01 PM, Jonathan Clarke
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> @Shane, you forgot to hand over the soul of your first born child to Apple
> first.
>
> 2009/12/22 Shane Mingins 
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>> Get a macbook ... enjoy the unix base ... stability ... great apps ..
>> plus it runs windows if you need to
>>
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>> >
>> > I want small/lightweight as I plan to use external keyboard, mouse,
>> > monitor.
>> >
>> > Does anyone have an suggestions for what I should get?
>> >
>> > - Mike
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Re: [rails-oceania] Re: Best laptop to buy for linux?

[Daniel Bush]

2009/12/22 Duncan Bayne 

> > It's laptop buying time and I think it's time I move back to linux.
> >
> > I want small/lightweight as I plan to use external keyboard, mouse,
> monitor.
> >
> > Does anyone have an suggestions for what I should get?
>
> My wife's running Ubuntu 9.04 on her Dell XPS M1210 - very good
> performance and just plain works out of the box with Linux.  On the
> _very_ small scale I just installed 9.04 Netbook Remix on a friend's
> MSI Wind netbook, and that worked like a charm as well.
>
> A word of warning: don't touch Ubuntu 9.10 (Karmic Koala) with a 50'
> crappy stick.  There are a tonne of regressions (DVD playback broken
> in the default media player for Gnome, FFMPEG busted for encoding
> DVDs, etc.).  I've had filesystem corruption on my Compaq C700 with
> EXT4 too.
>
> Stick with 9.04 (Jaunty Jackalope).  Much better.
>
>
>
Yeah, when I upgraded from 8.04 to 9.04 (ubuntu) on my little dell vostro
1400 I got some pretty laggy graphics and some sound issues running intel
integrated graphics, intel wireless etc so the "intel hardware is always
safe" didn't apply at that point - hopefully an exception to the rule.
I reverted to debian testing rather than going back to 8.04 or 8.10.  Seems
like ubuntu are making lots of changes all the time so if you're laptopping
don't jump on a just-released version or at least be prepared for
possibility of some problems if you do.  (I guess it's not like switching to
debian sid where you hear (old) stories of broken versions of  pam being
checked in  :) )
(ubuntu is definitely the one I'd recommend for someone making the switch to
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Re: [rails-oceania] Best laptop to buy for linux?

[Jonathan Clarke]

@Shane, you forgot to hand over the soul of your first born child to Apple
first.

2009/12/22 Shane Mingins 

> Get a macbook ... enjoy the unix base ... stability ... great apps ..
> plus it runs windows if you need to
>
> On Tue, Dec 22, 2009 at 2:08 PM, Mike Bailey  wrote:
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> >
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Re: [rails-oceania] Best laptop to buy for linux?

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On Tue, Dec 22, 2009 at 2:58 PM, Lachie  wrote:
> Do you linux laptop guys pass on the cost of the productivity loss to
> your customers, or absorb it yourself as an overhead?

Who says you lose productivity in linux? For many situations, I can be
more productive running linux with a good tiling window manager.

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Re: [rails-oceania] Best laptop to buy for linux?

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Get a macbook ... enjoy the unix base ... stability ... great apps ..
plus it runs windows if you need to

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Re: [rails-oceania] Best laptop to buy for linux?

[Lachie]

Do you linux laptop guys pass on the cost of the productivity loss to
your customers, or absorb it yourself as an overhead?

:lachie, using a wooden spoon


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> I ran linux on a new Dell laptop every year from 2000-2004. Sounds like
> they're still good.
>
> - Mike
>
> On Tue, Dec 22, 2009 at 2:40 PM, Anthony Richardson
>  wrote:
>>
>> My full time work machine is a Dell E6400 with the Intel graphics +
>> wireless and 128GB SSD. Awesome laptop running Ubuntu 9.04 and now 9.10,
>> both flawlessly. (Although in 9.04 couldn't use 3d desktop effects with
>> external monitor connected).
>>
>> Really happy with it. Dell are an awesome provider for Linux compatible
>> laptops.
>>
>> I run dual screen with a 23" 1080p HD screen and docking station,
>> everything works great including suspend resume, dynamic handling of
>> external monitors hot connections etc.
>>
>> Cheers,
>>
>> Anthony Richardson
>>
>>
>> On Tue, Dec 22, 2009 at 11:38 AM, Mike Bailey  wrote:
>>>
>>> It's laptop buying time and I think it's time I move back to linux.
>>>
>>> I want small/lightweight as I plan to use external keyboard, mouse,
>>> monitor.
>>>
>>> Does anyone have an suggestions for what I should get?
>>>
>>> - Mike
>>>
>>>
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Re: [rails-oceania] Best laptop to buy for linux?

[Mike Bailey]

I ran linux on a new Dell laptop every year from 2000-2004. Sounds like
they're still good.

- Mike

On Tue, Dec 22, 2009 at 2:40 PM, Anthony Richardson <
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> My full time work machine is a Dell E6400 with the Intel graphics +
> wireless and 128GB SSD. Awesome laptop running Ubuntu 9.04 and now 9.10,
> both flawlessly. (Although in 9.04 couldn't use 3d desktop effects with
> external monitor connected).
>
> Really happy with it. Dell are an awesome provider for Linux compatible
> laptops.
>
> I run dual screen with a 23" 1080p HD screen and docking station,
> everything works great including suspend resume, dynamic handling of
> external monitors hot connections etc.
>
> Cheers,
>
> Anthony Richardson
>
>
> On Tue, Dec 22, 2009 at 11:38 AM, Mike Bailey  wrote:
>
>> It's laptop buying time and I think it's time I move back to linux.
>>
>> I want small/lightweight as I plan to use external keyboard, mouse,
>> monitor.
>>
>> Does anyone have an suggestions for what I should get?
>>
>> - Mike
>>
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Re: [rails-oceania] Best laptop to buy for linux?

[Anthony Richardson]

My full time work machine is a Dell E6400 with the Intel graphics + wireless
and 128GB SSD. Awesome laptop running Ubuntu 9.04 and now 9.10, both
flawlessly. (Although in 9.04 couldn't use 3d desktop effects with external
monitor connected).

Really happy with it. Dell are an awesome provider for Linux compatible
laptops.

I run dual screen with a 23" 1080p HD screen and docking station, everything
works great including suspend resume, dynamic handling of external monitors
hot connections etc.

Cheers,

Anthony Richardson


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> It's laptop buying time and I think it's time I move back to linux.
>
> I want small/lightweight as I plan to use external keyboard, mouse,
> monitor.
>
> Does anyone have an suggestions for what I should get?
>
> - Mike
>
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Re: [rails-oceania] The things I don't know about ruby could fill the oceans (if they weren't already full)

[James Sadler]

Here are few more examples of principals of most surprise:

http://www.engineyard.com/blog/2009/3-ruby-quirks-you-have-to-love/

2009/12/22 Lachie :
> On Tue, Dec 22, 2009 at 1:56 PM, James Sadler  wrote:
>> Anyone care to offer an explanation as to why it doesn't work for
>> local variables?
>>
>> e.g. the following doesn't work:
>>
>> name="James"
>> puts "hello #name, nice to meet you!"
>>
>> but the following does:
>>
>> @name="James"
>> puts "hello #...@name, nice to meet you!"
>>
>> On the face of it, it seems like an arbitrary distinction but there's
>> probably a logical reason.
>
> Its the principle of most surprise. Which is what we get from being
> spoilt with the principle of *least* surprise most of the time :)
>
>>
>> -- James.
>>
>> 2009/12/22 Lachie :
>>> Just discovered one more Thing:
>>>
>>> @foo = "bar"
>>> "hey: #...@foo quux" # => "hey: bar quux"
>>>
>>> "hey: #...@fooquux" # => "hey: "
>>>
>>> "pid:#$$wow" # => "pid:1234wow"
>>>
>>> $global = "evil"
>>> "globals are #$global" #=> "globals are evil"
>>>
>>> useless, but good to know I guess :D
>>>
>>> :lachie
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Re: [rails-oceania] The things I don't know about ruby could fill the oceans (if they weren't already full)

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On 22/12/2009, at 1:56 PM, James Sadler wrote:
> Anyone care to offer an explanation as to why it doesn't work for
> local variables?

I believe it's a legacy feature, added to an early version of Ruby
before Matz realised it would be cool to be able to interpolate the
results of any expression, which needed {...}.

There's a fair argument to be made that the old syntax should
have been removed, but I guess it's understandable; when you
have a small community around a tool, you don't want to alienate
them.

Clifford Heath.

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[rails-oceania] Re: Best laptop to buy for linux?

[Duncan Bayne]

> It's laptop buying time and I think it's time I move back to linux.
>
> I want small/lightweight as I plan to use external keyboard, mouse, monitor.
>
> Does anyone have an suggestions for what I should get?

My wife's running Ubuntu 9.04 on her Dell XPS M1210 - very good
performance and just plain works out of the box with Linux.  On the
_very_ small scale I just installed 9.04 Netbook Remix on a friend's
MSI Wind netbook, and that worked like a charm as well.

A word of warning: don't touch Ubuntu 9.10 (Karmic Koala) with a 50'
crappy stick.  There are a tonne of regressions (DVD playback broken
in the default media player for Gnome, FFMPEG busted for encoding
DVDs, etc.).  I've had filesystem corruption on my Compaq C700 with
EXT4 too.

Stick with 9.04 (Jaunty Jackalope).  Much better.

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Re: [rails-oceania] The things I don't know about ruby could fill the oceans (if they weren't already full)

[Julio Cesar Ody]

You just shattered my world now. Interpolation is what we all do 90%
of the time!!! Now this... damn.



On Tue, Dec 22, 2009 at 2:06 PM, Lachie  wrote:
> wow, it literally tests for #$, #@ and #{ in the grammar:
>
> from parse.y:
>
> newtok();
> if ((func & STR_FUNC_EXPAND) && c == '#') {
>  switch (c = nextc()) {
>          case '$':
>          case '@':
>            pushback(c);
>            return tSTRING_DVAR;
>          case '{':
>            return tSTRING_DBEG;
>        }
>
> I thought it might be some kind of side effect of... something.
>
> Seriously tho, I thought it was an interesting oddity, not something
> you should use day to day.
>
> :lachie
> http://plus2.com.au
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>
>
> On Tue, Dec 22, 2009 at 1:59 PM, Lachie  wrote:
>> On Tue, Dec 22, 2009 at 1:56 PM, James Sadler  wrote:
>>> Anyone care to offer an explanation as to why it doesn't work for
>>> local variables?
>>>
>>> e.g. the following doesn't work:
>>>
>>> name="James"
>>> puts "hello #name, nice to meet you!"
>>>
>>> but the following does:
>>>
>>> @name="James"
>>> puts "hello #...@name, nice to meet you!"
>>>
>>> On the face of it, it seems like an arbitrary distinction but there's
>>> probably a logical reason.
>>
>> Its the principle of most surprise. Which is what we get from being
>> spoilt with the principle of *least* surprise most of the time :)
>>
>>>
>>> -- James.
>>>
>>> 2009/12/22 Lachie :
 Just discovered one more Thing:

 @foo = "bar"
 "hey: #...@foo quux" # => "hey: bar quux"

 "hey: #...@fooquux" # => "hey: "

 "pid:#$$wow" # => "pid:1234wow"

 $global = "evil"
 "globals are #$global" #=> "globals are evil"

 useless, but good to know I guess :D

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Re: [rails-oceania] The things I don't know about ruby could fill the oceans (if they weren't already full)

[Lachie]

wow, it literally tests for #$, #@ and #{ in the grammar:

from parse.y:

newtok();
if ((func & STR_FUNC_EXPAND) && c == '#') {
  switch (c = nextc()) {
  case '$':
  case '@':
pushback(c);
return tSTRING_DVAR;
  case '{':
return tSTRING_DBEG;
}

I thought it might be some kind of side effect of... something.

Seriously tho, I thought it was an interesting oddity, not something
you should use day to day.

:lachie
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On Tue, Dec 22, 2009 at 1:59 PM, Lachie  wrote:
> On Tue, Dec 22, 2009 at 1:56 PM, James Sadler  wrote:
>> Anyone care to offer an explanation as to why it doesn't work for
>> local variables?
>>
>> e.g. the following doesn't work:
>>
>> name="James"
>> puts "hello #name, nice to meet you!"
>>
>> but the following does:
>>
>> @name="James"
>> puts "hello #...@name, nice to meet you!"
>>
>> On the face of it, it seems like an arbitrary distinction but there's
>> probably a logical reason.
>
> Its the principle of most surprise. Which is what we get from being
> spoilt with the principle of *least* surprise most of the time :)
>
>>
>> -- James.
>>
>> 2009/12/22 Lachie :
>>> Just discovered one more Thing:
>>>
>>> @foo = "bar"
>>> "hey: #...@foo quux" # => "hey: bar quux"
>>>
>>> "hey: #...@fooquux" # => "hey: "
>>>
>>> "pid:#$$wow" # => "pid:1234wow"
>>>
>>> $global = "evil"
>>> "globals are #$global" #=> "globals are evil"
>>>
>>> useless, but good to know I guess :D
>>>
>>> :lachie
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>>> http://smartbomb.com.au
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Re: [rails-oceania] The things I don't know about ruby could fill the oceans (if they weren't already full)

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On Tue, Dec 22, 2009 at 1:56 PM, James Sadler  wrote:
> Anyone care to offer an explanation as to why it doesn't work for
> local variables?
>
> e.g. the following doesn't work:
>
> name="James"
> puts "hello #name, nice to meet you!"
>
> but the following does:
>
> @name="James"
> puts "hello #...@name, nice to meet you!"
>
> On the face of it, it seems like an arbitrary distinction but there's
> probably a logical reason.

Its the principle of most surprise. Which is what we get from being
spoilt with the principle of *least* surprise most of the time :)

>
> -- James.
>
> 2009/12/22 Lachie :
>> Just discovered one more Thing:
>>
>> @foo = "bar"
>> "hey: #...@foo quux" # => "hey: bar quux"
>>
>> "hey: #...@fooquux" # => "hey: "
>>
>> "pid:#$$wow" # => "pid:1234wow"
>>
>> $global = "evil"
>> "globals are #$global" #=> "globals are evil"
>>
>> useless, but good to know I guess :D
>>
>> :lachie
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Re: [rails-oceania] The things I don't know about ruby could fill the oceans (if they weren't already full)

[James Sadler]

Anyone care to offer an explanation as to why it doesn't work for
local variables?

e.g. the following doesn't work:

name="James"
puts "hello #name, nice to meet you!"

but the following does:

@name="James"
puts "hello #...@name, nice to meet you!"

On the face of it, it seems like an arbitrary distinction but there's
probably a logical reason.

-- James.

2009/12/22 Lachie :
> Just discovered one more Thing:
>
> @foo = "bar"
> "hey: #...@foo quux" # => "hey: bar quux"
>
> "hey: #...@fooquux" # => "hey: "
>
> "pid:#$$wow" # => "pid:1234wow"
>
> $global = "evil"
> "globals are #$global" #=> "globals are evil"
>
> useless, but good to know I guess :D
>
> :lachie
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[rails-oceania] The things I don't know about ruby could fill the oceans (if they weren't already full)

[Lachie]

Just discovered one more Thing:

@foo = "bar"
"hey: #...@foo quux" # => "hey: bar quux"

"hey: #...@fooquux" # => "hey: "

"pid:#$$wow" # => "pid:1234wow"

$global = "evil"
"globals are #$global" #=> "globals are evil"

useless, but good to know I guess :D

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Re: [rails-oceania] Best laptop to buy for linux?

[b...@bensand.com]

I've been using a Kogan Agora for some time.
They're very cheap and have the nicest screens for travelling of
anything I've seen - bright and no mirror finish glare issues.

http://www.kogan.com.au/shop/kogan-agora-netbook-pro/

Pricing for $400-$500 including shipping depending on the discounts at the time.

Pros:
Cheap
Awesome screen
Runs Ubuntu Netbook Remix very nicely - follow guide at:
http://agoranetbook.kayno.net/
  (installing is a bit of a pain, the simplest way out was to take out
the HDD and load the OS in a desktop PC, and then put it back)
suspend/resume works fine
webcam works
no windows tax (if you care about that sort of thing)

Cons:
OS installation is fiddly (only boots off 1GB USB drives), so you need
to find one, or put HDD in desktop
screen close doesn't always detect, so safest to disable and rely on
key combination for suspend
WiFi is unreliable (I use 3G, so I don't care)
bluetooth is by tiny dongle, but i never got it working anyway.
external monitor is 1024x768 max, (driver can go to 1400x? under
Windows, but not under Linux yet).

output to projector is fairly straight forward, plug in the DSUB, and
then activate the external monitor at the same time as you disable the
internal one. it's only when you try to run the two at the same time
that you have problems. to go back, just follow the procedure in
reverse. there's a system tray icon to manage all of it, so you don't
need to go hunting through menus.


MSI Wind u100 is meant to be pretty decent, the screen isn't as bright
as the Agora, but it's a bit more mainstream and can be forced to run
Mac OS. 
http://apcmag.com/the_cheapest_mini_macbook_youll_see_this_year_msi_wind_with_os_x.htm

I'll probably buy a u100 soon to try it out first hand, and then get
either a u100 or an Agora as a spare depending on what I like most.

just realised you probably don't want to run a netbook os for a
desktop PC... although to be fair, it's very clean and efficient and
might not be such a bad idea anyway.

Ben


2009/12/22 Mike Bailey :
> It's laptop buying time and I think it's time I move back to linux.
>
> I want small/lightweight as I plan to use external keyboard, mouse, monitor.
>
> Does anyone have an suggestions for what I should get?
>
> - Mike
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Re: [rails-oceania] Best laptop to buy for linux?

[Andrew Grimm]

I'm actually doing the opposite - I'm replacing my aged Windows/Linux
home desktop with a 15" MacBook Pro (which'll probably stay home most
of the time as well)

Anyway, my small laptop is an Acer Aspire One. I'm able to use it to
and from work, which I couldn't do with a full-sized laptop. It has
had the following issues:
* The rubber grips at the bottom of the laptop have all fallen off.
* There was a stage where it wouldn't boot up at all, and just had a
blinking cursor at the top left hand corner. Tech support informed me
that I had to upgrade my BIOS by downloading something onto a USB
stick and booting up using it under Windows, and that fixed it.
* The computer suffers from occasional narcolepsy - it sometimes goes
blank, but pressing the "any" button makes it wake up as if nothing's
happened (no need to enter passwords or the like). I've only noticed
it when it's being used by itself, rather than when connected to power
and external hardware, so probably a non-issue.
* It doesn't have the battery life of a MacBook Pro. If you use it on
your way to and from work, you may be tempted to buy a second power
cord so you can recharge it at work.
* Under Fedora Linux, I usually reboot or logoff-logon if it needs to
switch from laptop screen only to laptop screen and external monitor,
but that's probably software rather than hardware
* You have to press the "Function" key to use "Home" and "End" on its
keyboard (sounds like a non-issue in your scenario though).
* The manual wireless switch is unintuitive - you pull it to the right
and it goes back to the left by itself, and this is for both turning
wireless on and off (I'm not sure if this switch works under Linux as
well as under Windows)

But other than those glitches it's great.

Andrew

On Tue, Dec 22, 2009 at 12:08 PM, Mike Bailey  wrote:
> It's laptop buying time and I think it's time I move back to linux.
>
> I want small/lightweight as I plan to use external keyboard, mouse, monitor.
>
> Does anyone have an suggestions for what I should get?
>
> - Mike
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Re: [rails-oceania] Best laptop to buy for linux?

[James Healy]

Mike Bailey wrote:
> It's laptop buying time and I think it's time I move back to linux.
> 
> I want small/lightweight as I plan to use external keyboard, mouse, monitor.
> 
> Does anyone have an suggestions for what I should get?

Putting aside the brand name question, make sure you get a model with
Intel wireless+graphics. Their drivers are all in the mainline kernel
and you *should* find everything will *just work*.

I recently purchased a Dell Latitude E4300 and have been really happy
with it. With the intel drivers mean previously problematic tasks like
hot plugging a monitor/projector and suspend/hibernate have worked
perfectly.

-- James Healy   Tue, 22 Dec 2009 12:13:30 +1100

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[rails-oceania] Best laptop to buy for linux?

[Mike Bailey]

It's laptop buying time and I think it's time I move back to linux.

I want small/lightweight as I plan to use external keyboard, mouse, monitor.

Does anyone have an suggestions for what I should get?

- Mike

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Re: [rails-oceania] Weekend Coding Brunches...

[b...@bensand.com]

I'm keen

2009/12/10 Jonathan Clarke 

> Anyone up for some coding brunches over the Christmas holidays?  Meet
> up in the morning on a weekend, grab a bite to eat, and hack away for
> a few hours?
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Re: [rails-oceania] DB professional development

[Karthik Reddy]

I am liking the sound of this.

1. Thumbs up to the topics. Particularly interested in transactional
vs reporting design and performance.
2. Format sounds good; a full day could be good too. I prefer weekdays.
3. I am sure you will be good mate!
4. Yes, I can bring my old beat-up MBP. Hopefully I get a new one for
Christmas.. might need to forward this to my wife!
5. Sydney

2009/12/16 Xavier Shay :
> Hello!
>
> There was bit of twitter interest in this today so here I am fleshing
> out the concept.
>
> I'm thinking about running some professional training on database
> related topics, specifically aimed towards rails programmers. I don't
> see these issues talked about much in the ecosphere, probably because
> they can be hard, which is a shame because it's really important stuff
> for any commercial site.
>
> Aside from my personal interest in the topic, I've dealt (and continue
> to deal!) with this topic a lot in industry, and feel it's stuff you
> really need to know as a professional developer.
>
> In my experience the hairier topics can be difficult to grasp just from
> a lecture, so the format would be a combination of theory matched with
> practical rails examples, run over a couple of nights early in 2010,
> with notes and exercises and all that jazz to take home. I'd charge a
> couple hundred bucks, money back if you don't find it valuable.
>
> Of course this is only worthwhile if people are interested in it. If
> that's you, please reply (privately if you wish) and I'll keep you in
> the loop. A few questions, if you'd be so kind:
>
> 1) How do these topics sound? Anything missing? Anything too mundane?
> Data Integrity
> - DB level constraints
> - Key design
> - App level concerns
>
> Concurrency
> - Locking
> - optimistic vs pessimistic
> - Isolation levels
>
> DB Design
> - Transactional vs Reporting DBs
> - Performance considerations
> - Data warehouses
> - How to evaluate tech? MySQL? Postgresql? Oracle? CouchDB? Cognos?
>
> 2) Format OK? Would a weekend be better?
> 3) Would you prefer a different presenter? Am I too boring?
> 4) Could you bring your own laptop?
> 5) What city are you in?
>
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[rails-oceania] Recruiting a rails developer in Brisbane

[Mark Gandolfo]

Hey Guys,

We're looking for a senior or junior rails developer for a full time
perm role in Brisbane.
We are a well funded start up, with a few rails developers and a
graphic designer already working here.

Recently we completed a prototype, and presented it to a select few
clients. All of which are over the moon.
Therefore we're now ramping up our efforts in the progress of creating
a final app which will be built from scratch, with lessons learnt from
our prototype.

Testing mentality essential, with experience in rspec and related
testing frameworks a plus.
Salary will depend on experience.

This is an exciting time!


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[rails-oceania] rails dev positions available

[Matt]

Hi,

We're a team of five working full time on a single web app.  The app
is reasonably mature but not currently in production.  We're after on
or two quality programmers to join the team.  You don't have to be a
rails expert but you need to be a quality programmer.  For the right
person this is a great opportunity to some up to speed with rails in
the real world.

So, the project is... a ror app (latest version of rails), we use
mysql and mongo (document database).  The app sends sms, email and
integrates with social media apps (twitter, facebook etc) and has been
designed to scale massively.  This is our own app, we don't do
application development for other companies.  We manage the project on
assembla and host it on multiple cloud providers (aws, slicehost,
gogrid, linode).

The team has a lot of experience and we foster a friendly
collaborative environment.  Development follows the agile model, so
daily standups, frequent releases, frequent review/refine sessions
with others in the company.  We're largely insulated from support
(we're not the only developers in the company).

The company has about 30 people in Melbourne and a few in the UK, so
we're not a fragile startup.  The office is in South Yarra.

We're looking for permanent people not contractors.

If you're interested shoot me an email with your cv and a brief
description of who you are and what you've done.
matt.s.fitzger...@gmail.com

No recruiters - candidates only.

Cheers,
Matt

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[rails-oceania] Re: Seeking Ruby on Rails Web Developer - Sydney

[Peter S]

Hi,

We're still looking to put on additional developers. Please contact me
on pshar...@gmail.com to discuss the opportunity.

On Nov 30, 11:04 am, Peter S  wrote:
> We are looking for you, a Ruby of Rails Developer who is versatile,
> creative and up for a challenge. Working in an experienced development
> team you will be creating custom online software, integrating a
> powerful CMS and building custom control modules.
>
> You’ll be working on BIG ideas for BIG brands with BIG creative
> challenges. You will need to be a motivated person who is able to work
> to a deadline and produce quality work. We are looking for someone who
> is in it long term and looking to work with the best.
>
> Responsibilities of the position:
>
> # Write large database-driven web applications
> # Maintain and deliver to our high standards
> # Complete small development tasks, improvements and bug fixes
> # Integrate HTML/CSS with custom RoR software
>
> Skills and experience required for this position:
>
> # Proven Ruby on Rails development experience
> # A strong understanding of xHTML and CSS
> # Javascript/jQuery Knowledge
> # Experience with source control software
> # Linux/Unix Command Line + Scripting,
> # Server Admin Experience
> # Experience using Apache
> # Excellent Problem Solving Skills
> # Excellent Communication Skills
> # Ability to listen, interpret and thrive off feedback
> # PHP/MySQL Development Experience desirable
>
> Performance Measures:
>
> # Ability to meet project deadlines
> # Contribution to company innovation
> # Value contribution to development team.
>
> About Us
>
> Two young guys sat in their underpants on computers, in an arms race
> to take over the internet one online business at a time. That race
> ended with a treaty and, the joining of forces between two great
> Sharks. Sharkey Media was born.
>
> Today, Sharkey Media is an Australian leader in the creation of
> sustainable online businesses. Drawing on a team of experts, Sharkey
> provide a “digital swiss army knife”. From marketing, to web
> development, design to media production, it’s all in the kit.
>
> We are a digital agency that thinks long term and provides proven
> online strategy. Working with some of Australia’s and the world’s best
> names our projects are successful, talked about and best of all get
> real results.
>
> Lifestyle:
>
> # A coffee machine - unlimited coffee, hot chocolate and chicken soup
> (if you dare)
> # Snack and drinks - we look after you and provide snacks and drinks
> to keep you going
> # Beautiful office - comfortable, beautiful views and heaps of space
> # King St, Newtown location - close to transport and plenty of places
> to eat
> # No big company attitude - no sweat shop.
>
> How to Apply:
>
> Email: pshar...@gmail.com
>
> To be considered for this position you will need to submit a resume
> and examples of projects you have been previously involved in - and
> we’d like to know how. Applications without examples of work will not
> be considered. We are looking for talent, and we will recognise and
> nurture ability.
>
> Recruitment for this position is being handled internally, we will not
> accept calls or emails from recruiters. Recruiters who do make contact
> will be reported.

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