New RVM Behavior With .ruby-version and .ruby-gemset

I trust RVM to manage my Ruby versions and my gemsets. So when I saw an unexpected change in RVM’s behavior, I was concerned about a possible disruption in my workflow.

Elegant Code

This quote is too long to tweet, but too good to pass up:

Ugly programs are like ugly suspension bridges: they’re much more liable to collapse than pretty ones, because the way humans (especially engineer-humans) perceive beauty is intimately related to our ability to process and understand complexity. A language that makes it hard to write elegant code makes it hard to write good code.

~Eric S. Raymond, Author of The Cathedral and the Bazaar

Challenges Make Us Stronger

A man found a cocoon of an emperor moth. He took it home so that he could watch the moth come out of the cocoon. On the day a small opening appeared, he sat and watched the moth for several hours as the moth struggled to force its body through that little hole.

Then it seemed to stop making any progress. It appeared as if it had gotten as far as it could and it could go no farther. It just seemed to be stuck.

How to Take a Raspberry Pi Screenshot

After you get a Raspberry Pi up and running, you may want to take a few screenshots so you can share the experience with others. Here’s how.

You Can Do It Now

If you are fortunate enough to work in the technology industry, you do not need permission to move forward. So do it now.

Yes, you will have to define it for yourself.

ChiPMA – Product Management

A few years ago I had the pleasure of hearing Suneel Gupta speak at a Chicago Product Management Association meeting hosted by Pathfinder Development. Three points raised during Gupta’s talk:

• Conditions are never perfect. So start now.
• What does start mean? Figure that out, and draw out the plan.
• If you suck at first, keep going.
• Conditions are never perfect.