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The Chuck ToddCastThe Chuck ToddCastTrump CHOOSES War With Iran + Too OLD For Office w/ Jake TapperChuck Todd begins by reacting to President Donald Trump’s decision to order airstrikes on Iran’s nuclear facilities. He explains that diplomacy was still on the table, that Israel backed him into a corner, and why he believes that Kamala Harris would have made the same decision if she was president. He highlights the potential ways Iran could strike back, and debates whether this move actually will make the world safer. He also examines the state of the New York mayoral primary and why the Democratic establishment is scared of one particular candidate.Then CNN's Jake Tapp...2025-06-231h 58The Chuck ToddCastThe Chuck ToddCastJohn Kasich On Trump's Disastrous Tariffs And Biden's FailureChuck opens with an analysis of growing global tensions, including armed conflict between India and Pakistan, and the power vacuum created by America's retreat from its traditional leadership role. He discusses Joe Biden's recent BBC comments on foreign affairs and the potential for Vladimir Putin to test NATO's Article 5 commitment in the Baltics, suggesting that increased global conflict may be on the horizon as China and Russia fill the void left by the United States.Then he’s joined by the author of the new book "Heaven Help Us" and former Ohio Governor John Kasich, who offers ca...2025-05-081h 33The Chuck ToddCastThe Chuck ToddCastReacting To The JFK Files & Conspiracy TheoriesChuck Todd takes a deep dive into the JFK assassination conspiracy and the latest document release with Jeff Morley, founder of JFK Facts.He opens the episode by exploring how the government’s lack of transparency and honesty has fueled public distrust—and why that environment often breeds conspiratorial thinking.Chuck and Jeff then examine the government's decades-long effort to keep a tight lid on records related to President John F. Kennedy’s assassination, and how skepticism from high-ranking officials at the time continues to cast doubt on the CIA’s official account.They bre...2025-04-171h 25Dave & Chuck the Freak: Full ShowDave & Chuck the Freak: Full ShowThursday, November 7th 2024 Dave & Chuck the Freak Full ShowDave and Chuck the Freak talk about Sexy or Serious ad selling mirror, what’s something that is so simple but you’re horrible at it?, update on hero cop who shot himself, update on P’Nut the Squirrel, butter bandits of Canada, Travis Kelce defending his brother for smashing fan’s phone, X account hacked, Raygun retiring from competition, 95-year-old Pickleball player, DA who was pushing for Menendez re-sentencing was not re-elected, States that love true crime the most, celebs spotted in Boston, bad reviews of new The Rock movie, ruby slippers from Wizard of Oz going up for auct...2024-11-073h 16Ruby RoguesRuby RoguesThe Sounds of Silence: Lessons From an API Outage with Paul Zaich - RUBY 652Paul Zaich from Checkr tells us about a critical outage that occurred, what caused it and how they tracked down and fixed the issue. The conversation ranges through troubleshooting complex systems, building team culture, blameless post-mortems, and monitoring the right things to make sure your applications don't fail or alert you when they do.LinksPaul's TwitterPaul's LinkedInPicksBlood Pressure Monitor - Daveeft - LukeRuby one-liners cookbook - PaulPodcast Growth Summit - ChuckMost Valuable Dev - ChuckMost Valuable Dev Summit - ChuckMushroom Wars - ChuckGmelius - ChuckBecome a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podc...2024-09-2346 minRuby RoguesRuby RoguesInnovations in Ruby Concurrency: Tips and Tools - RUBY 648In this episode, they dive deep into the world of Ruby concurrency and explore the nuances of optimizing performance in web applications. Join our Chuck and Valentino together with special guest JP Camara as they share insights on the tools and techniques that can transform your Ruby projects.JP kicks things off with a discussion on their new Wave 3 microphone purchase, which has dramatically improved their audio quality for podcasts and meetings. They also share their experiences at the Boston Ruby meetup, where they connected with prominent figures like Jason Sweat and Kevin Newton.Our special guest, JP...2024-08-141h 13Ruby RoguesRuby RoguesRuby Reactivity: Navigating Front-end Solutions and Innovations - RUBY 638In this episode, they dive into a wide range of topics related to application development and the choices developers face when it comes to using third-party libraries, building from scratch, and evaluating the trade-offs involved. They share their insights on showcasing skills through public projects, the development of their Rails and Hotwire book, and the importance of building everything from scratch instead of relying on third-party gems. Moreover, they share their experiences using Vite Ruby and Vite Rails gems, as well as their frustrations with the stimulus documentation.Throughout the episode, the conversation touches on vital elements of application...2024-05-291h 18Daniel T. BourneDaniel T. BourneMental Illness as Myth and Psychiatric Informed Consent with Chuck Ruby, PhDTo donate to my PayPal (thank you): https://paypal.me/danieru22?country.x=US&locale.x=en_US VIDEO NOTES Dr. Ruby was trained as a psychologist at the Florida State University clinical psychology program in Tallahassee, Florida, receiving his Ph.D. in 1995. He has been licensed to practice psychology in Maryland for 25 years. He has also been granted approval from the Psychology Interjurisdictional Compact (PSYPACT) to practice telepsychology with residents of several other states. You can find him here: https://www.chuckruby.com/about-me.html Purchase his book, Smoke and...2024-05-101h 11Ruby RoguesRuby RoguesBuilding Skills and Connections with Nathan Bellow - RUBY 629Nathan Bellow is a Ruby software developer at Illuxi. They explore the premium benefits of membership, including exclusive access to Ruby Rogues without ads and personalized assistance with job hunts and deployment issues. They share their experiences in the Ruby community, from learning the language to securing professional opportunities. Join them as they discuss the value of personal connections at conferences and meetups, the impact of mentorship, and the crucial role of networking in career development. This promises to be an enlightening and thought-provoking episode for developers and enthusiasts alike.SponsorsChuck's Resume TemplateDeveloper Book ClubBecome a Top 1% Dev with...2024-03-201h 01Ruby RoguesRuby RoguesRevolutionizing Ruby Deployment with Falcon Web Server and Async Concurrency Framework - RUBY 627Samuel Williams is a Ruby Core Committer and the creator of Async & Falcon. They delve deep into the technical intricacies of Falcon, a cutting-edge application container that leverages the Async gem for event-driven concurrency. Additionally, they discuss the challenges and triumphs of deploying Ruby applications with Falcon and share insights into the evolution of async programming in Ruby. From the nitty-gritty of platform internals to the fascinating integration of async job execution in Rails, this episode is a must-listen for developers seeking to unravel the complexities of modern software deployment and concurrency.SponsorsChuck's Resume TemplateDeveloper Book ClubBecome a Top 1...2024-02-291h 14Cult Film Showdown: Enter the Octagon Archives - We Talk PodcastsCult Film Showdown: Enter the Octagon Archives - We Talk PodcastsCFS: Controversial Saturday Morning Cartoons Episode Seven – Chuck Norris Karate Kommandos!The animated hosts of the Cult Film Showdown explore the strangest time in human history - the late 20th century. Chuck Norris is so incredible as a voice actor that his voice alone made sections of Karate Kommandos live action! Watch along at https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLRkso3AeKZUk2kT_iXfXP8PCb6iaufS48&si=7nKxhyHpiA2z0QQm Episode 7 "Chuck Norris Karate Kommandos" Chuck Norris is an operative for the United States government who has a team consisting of Pepper, a technological genius, Kimo, a Samurai warrior, Reed, his apprentice, Tabe, a Sumo warrior, and Too Much, the young ward. ...2024-02-1727 minRuby RoguesRuby RoguesThe Future of Ruby's CommunityCharles Wood takes an in-depth look at the future of Ruby's community, examining the recent revival of energy at conferences and the resurgence of local events. Chuck discusses the impactful contributions to the Ruby and Rails communities, as well as the initiatives of organizations like Ruby on Rails Foundation and Ruby Central. Tune in for insights from Ruby experts and compelling discussions on the evolving landscape of the Ruby community.Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brandsPrivacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacyBecome a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/ruby-rogues--6102073...2024-02-1510 minDave & Chuck the Freak: Full ShowDave & Chuck the Freak: Full ShowMonday, January 22nd 2024 Dave & Chuck the Freak Full ShowDave and Chuck the Freak talk about unexplained road closures, SNL’s Alaskan Airlines parody, getting quality sleep, unspoken office rules, CEO falls to death after elaborate entrance, Martha Vineyard’s Fire Chief in trouble, DoorDasher saves the day, the Detroit Lions’ historic win, underwear stolen from luggage, Samantha Fox kicked off plane, David Lee Roth’s strange comments on Sammy Hagar, thieves knock down radio tower, Canadian restaurant makes guy sign a waiver before eating, what weird thing is going on in your body?, lots of trouble with chicken wings, man buried by an avalanche, kid bitten by shark at...2024-01-223h 18Ruby RoguesRuby RoguesUnveiling Open-Source Ruby Projects - RUBY 620Pete Matsyburka is a Ruby developer and the mind behind DocuSeal. They delve into the world of Ruby development, with a special focus on different open-source projects. Together, they uncover the journey of creating an open-source document signing tool and the challenges and triumphs of commercializing an open-source project. From parsing HTML tags to handling PDFs, the conversation delves into the technical aspects of the project and also touches on the broader themes of open-source development and the Ruby ecosystem. SponsorsChuck's Resume TemplateDeveloper Book ClubBecome a Top 1% Dev with a Top End Devs MembershipLinksmotor-adminDocuSealSocialsGitHub: Pete...2024-01-101h 00Ruby RoguesRuby RoguesUnraveling Ruby's AI Journey with Alex Rudall - RUBY 619Alex Rudall is the creator of the ruby-openai gem. They explore the latest developments in the world of technology. They dive into the fascinating world of Ruby development and artificial intelligence. Join them as they delve into conversations about utilizing large language models for Rails apps, navigating the challenges and opportunities within the Ruby community, and the potential of Ruby in the context of AI and machine learning. From the renaming of Rails AI to the Peaceterms project to discussions about the future of Ruby and AI, this episode offers insights into the cutting-edge intersection of technology and programming.Spo...2024-01-0355 minRuby RoguesRuby RoguesEnhancing Ruby on Rails with Hotwire: Turbo, Stimulus, and Strata for Efficiency - RUBY 615Yaroslav Shmarov is a senior Ruby on Rails engineer. They explore all things Ruby on Rails and hot topics in the tech world. They delve into the intricacies of Hotwire, the latest server-side rendering technology, and its integration with Ruby on Rails. Moreover, they share their insights on Turbo, Stimulus, and Strata, discussing their use cases, advantages, and challenges. Join us as we discuss the potential impact of Hotwire on front-end development and the dynamic landscape of content creation in the tech industry.SponsorsChuck's Resume TemplateDeveloper Book ClubBecome a Top 1% Dev with a Top End Devs MembershipLinksSupeRails...2023-11-291h 03Bust A Move With Pam ReeceBust A Move With Pam ReeceAUTHOR SPOTLIGHT: Chuck RichardsonABOUT CHUCK RICHARDSON: Chuck Richardson was born and raised in Rome, New York. He currently resides in Louisville, Kentucky with Ruby, his wife. They have two adult daughters, Brittany and Jillian. He has served as an elder, deacon, and teacher in the churches of Christ for more than thirty five years. Chuck enjoys teaching adult Bible classes and especially likes helping teachers become better teachers. Visit www.chuckrichardsonstories.com to learn more. Chuck, author of the newly published book, True Status, joined the show to share about his journey of becoming an author, the inspiration behind his...2023-11-1059 minRuby RoguesRuby RoguesMetaprogramming with Jordan Hudgens - RUBY 610Today's Ruby Rogues podcast features Metaprogramming with Jordan Hudgens. We have panelists Jerome Hardaway, Brian Hogan, Dave Kimura and Charles Max Wood. Tune in and learn more about metaprogramming!SponsorsChuck's Resume TemplateRaygun - Application Monitoring For Web & Mobile AppsDeveloper Book Club starting PicksJerome HardawayDon’t Know Metaprogramming in Ruby? By Gavin MorriceDave KimuraSherlock TV Series on BBCBrian HoganiOS application: WorkflowOverwatchCharles Max WoodRuby Dev SummitAngular Dev SummitFocusterJordan HudgensPetergateComprehensive Ruby Programming by Jordan HudgensTwitter @jordanhudgensInstagram @jordanhudgensBlog crondose.comAdvertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brandsPrivacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacyBecome a supporter of thi...2023-10-0442 minRuby RoguesRuby RoguesCan you do AI /Machine Learning in Ruby? - RUBY 603Landon Gray is a Compassionate Consultant, an AI/ML Enthusiast, and a conference speaker. He joins the show to further talk about his conference topic, "AI in Ruby". He begins by explaining how he landed with the idea of using AI or ML in the native Ruby. Additionally, they dive into other Ruby projects that used AI or ML. SponsorsChuck's Resume TemplateRaygun - Application Monitoring For Web & Mobile AppsBecome a Top 1% Dev with a Top End Devs MembershipLinksankane.orgarbox/machine-learning-with-rubythedayisntgray/ForcastingTheFutureyoshoku/rumalemrkn/pycall.rbSciRuby/daruHugging FaceSocialsLinkedIn: Landon GrayPicksLandon - Test DoubleValentino - ComMarker B4 2...2023-08-031h 12Radically Genuine Podcast with Dr. Roger McFillinRadically Genuine Podcast with Dr. Roger McFillin89. Myths of Mental Illness w/ Chuck Ruby PhD: Part 2Dr. Chuck Ruby is the Executive Director of the International Society for Ethical Psychology and Psychiatry (ISEPP), a non-profit organization of professionals and consumers of the psychiatric industry. The focus of ISEPP is to challenge the traditional notion of "mental illness" and "mental health," and to call for alternative and humane ways to assess and help those who suffer from emotional distress. He is the author of Smoke and Mirrors: How You Are Being Fooled About Mental Illness - An Insider's Warning To Consumers.Smoke and Mirrors: How You Are Being Fooled About Mental...2023-06-1559 minRadically Genuine Podcast with Dr. Roger McFillinRadically Genuine Podcast with Dr. Roger McFillin88. Myths of Mental Illness w/ Chuck Ruby PhD: Part 1Dr. Chuck Ruby is the Executive Director of the International Society for Ethical Psychology and Psychiatry (ISEPP), a non-profit organization of professionals and consumers of the psychiatric industry. The focus of ISEPP is to challenge the traditional notion of "mental illness" and "mental health," and to call for alternative and humane ways to assess and help those who suffer from emotional distress. He is the author of Smoke and Mirrors: How You Are Being Fooled About Mental Illness - An Insider's Warning To Consumers.Smoke and Mirrors: How You Are Being Fooled About Mental...2023-06-0856 minLast Night’s Coffee with Chuck and JonLast Night’s Coffee with Chuck and JonS3 Ep15 Ruby Falls is FakeYep… you read the title correctly! North Carolina recently calls out Georgia for faking the water fall at Ruby Falls. Chuck watches an MLB game with the new rule set, Jon goes off the deep end with Ancient Egyptians in America and this week in history! Thanks for tuning in!2023-04-1756 minRuby RoguesRuby RoguesRuby Packs, Gems and Modularization with Alex Evanczuk - RUBY 589Alex Evanczuk is a Software Engineer at Gusto. He joins the show alongside Chuck and Valentino to discuss, "A How-to Guide to Ruby Packs, Gusto’s Gem Ecosystem for Modularizing Ruby Applications". He begins by explaining what Ruby Packs, Gems, and Modularization are and how it impacts Ruby applications. On YouTubeRuby Packs, Gems and Modularization with Alex Evanczuk - RUBY 589SponsorsChuck's Resume TemplateRaygun - Application Monitoring For Web & Mobile AppsBecome a Top 1% Dev with a Top End Devs MembershipLinksA How-to Guide to Ruby Packs, Gusto’s Gem Ecosystem for Modularizing Ruby ApplicationsGitHub - Shopify/packwerk: Good thing...2023-04-0658 minRuby RoguesRuby RoguesOrganizing Local Ruby Conferences (like Blue Ridge Ruby Conference) - Ruby 588Jeremy Smith is a Designer & Rails Developer and Mark Locklear is a Web Developer at the eXtension Foundation. They join the show alongside Chuck to talk about the Blue Ridge Ruby Conference. They go into detail about their conference-attending experiences and what motivated them to plan their own event. Additionally, they talk about their preparations for making the event successful (finding a venue, looking for speakers and sponsors, and others)SponsorsChuck's Resume TemplateDeveloper Book ClubBecome a Top 1% Dev with a Top End Devs MembershipLinksBlue Ridge RubySocialsMark LocklearTwitter: @jeremysmithcoTwitter: @marklocklearPicksChuck - Ark NovaChuck - 75 Har...2023-03-291h 14Ruby RoguesRuby RoguesPitchfork, Falcon, and Performant HTTP Servers - RUBY 587Jean Boussier is a Staff Engineer on Shopify's Ruby and Rails infrastructure team. He joins the show to talk about pitchfork. He begins by defining the pitchfork and describing how the application concept works. Moreover, he explains the reason why he wrote it and tackles some of its useful features. SponsorsChuck's Resume TemplateDeveloper Book ClubBecome a Top 1% Dev with a Top End Devs MembershipEducational LinksGitHub - Shopify/pitchforkTo Thread or Not to Thread: An In-Depth Look at Ruby’s Execution ModelsHeap Profiler: Measure memory allocations and retentions of a Ruby code snippetRails’ eager_load_namespacesThe Deadline patternCircuit Breaker...2023-03-2245 minRuby RoguesRuby RoguesDeveloping Video Games with Ruby and DragonRuby - RUBY 585Brett Chalupa is a hobbyist game maker, creative dabbler, and professional software developer. He joins the show alongside the Rogues to talk about creating video games. He dives into how he got started with DragonRuby, the games he created, and his experience as a game developer. Moreover, he talks about his book, " Building Games with DragonRuby". SponsorsChuck's Resume TemplateDeveloper Book ClubBecome a Top 1% Dev with a Top End Devs MembershipLinksBuilding Games with DragonRubymrubySimple DirectMedia LayerOpenGameArtSmaugGitHub - DragonRidersUnite/scale: Framework with conventions and utils for DragonRuby Game ToolkitDragonRuby Game ToolkitExquisite corpse - WikipediaBrett Chalupa - itch.ioBrett ChalupaBrett Chalupa...2023-03-081h 15Ruby RoguesRuby RoguesRuby 3.2 - WASM, Performance, and More... - RUBY 584Chuck and Valentino join this week's panelist episode to discuss Ruby 3.2. Valentino takes the lead as he talks about its exciting new features and performance improvements. They also share their insights and opinions about Ruby 3.2 and if these features help optimize web application performance.SponsorsChuck's Resume TemplateDeveloper Book ClubBecome a Top 1% Dev with a Top End Devs MembershipLinksRuby 3.2.0 ReleasedRuby WeeklyWhat's new in Ruby 3.2's IRB?huginn/huginnYear in Review 2022: Tenderlove's Ruby and Rails Reflections and PredictionsTHE BENCHMARK SETUPBenchmarking Ruby 3.2 with YJIT💎 Ruby 3.2.0 Is From Another DimensionYJIT: Building a New JIT Compiler for CRubyIt is not what you exp...2023-03-011h 02Ruby RoguesRuby RoguesLinguistic Antipatterns With Jimmy Koppel - RUBY 583Jimmy Koppel is the founder of Mirdin. He also has a Ph. D. in programming languages from MIT. He joins the show alongside Chuck to talk about "Linguistic Antipatterns". It is a persistently bad practice in the name and documentation which could make it more difficult to understand programs. He begins by sharing some of its examples, how to identify them, and how to avoid them. SponsorsChuck's Resume TemplateDeveloper Book ClubBecome a Top 1% Dev with a Top End Devs MembershipLinksAdvanced Software Design Web Course - MirdinDropbox - rubocop.md - Simplify your lifetwo Ruby case studiesLinguistic AntipatternsMirdinJimmy K...2023-02-2258 minRuby RoguesRuby RoguesKeeping Up With The Currents - RUBY 582Zachary Schroeder returns to the show to talk about the latest trends and frameworks in the community. Chuck starts off by sharing his own experience of staying on top of his podcast and current projects. They also discuss the significance of working on "side projects" in their field. Additionally, they discuss their perspective on using social media platforms in connecting with people.SponsorsChuck's Resume TemplateDeveloper Book ClubBecome a Top 1% Dev with a Top End Devs MembershipLinksFramework reimagined for the edge! - QwikHTML Over The Wire | HotwireGitHub - arbox/machine-learning-with-rubyGitHub - arbox/data-science-with-rubyPlease follow: Top End Devs in T...2023-02-151h 16Ruby RoguesRuby RoguesThe Evolution of Opal With Elia Schito - RUBY 581Elia Schito works at Nebulab. He is a Ruby enthusiast and move to a more supporting role for Opal development, mainly reviewing and merging PRs, handling releases, and so on. He returns to the show to talk about Opal and its new features. It is a Ruby to JavaScript source-to-source compiler. They also talk about the difference between Opal and ruby-wasm. Additionally, they discuss the e-commerce platform, "Solidus".Features recently added to Opalfreezingparallel compilationasync/await supportnative promisesio (gets/puts)bundle size reductionreadability of compiled JSruby 3.2 support (coming around Christmas 2022)binding.irbSponsorsChuck's Resume TemplateDeveloper Book ClubBecome a Top 1% D...2023-02-0954 minRuby RoguesRuby RoguesOptimizing Ruby User Experience With Ivo Anjo - RUBY 574Ivo Anjo is a Software Engineer at Datadog. His main focus is the Ruby Language. He is currently working on building a Ruby profiler and was a speaker at RubyKaigi 2022. He returns to the show with Chuck and Valentino to discuss the gvl-tracing gem, a Ruby gem that he recently created. It is a Ruby gem for getting a timeline view of Global VM Lock usage in your Ruby app. Additionally, he describes how this may be applied to improve performance and speed up Ruby Apps.About this EpisodeFeatures of gvl-tracing GemApplying Global VM Lock to Ruby ApplicationsHow Ruby...2022-12-221h 12Ruby RoguesRuby RoguesMJIT, YJIT, and HAML with Takashi Kokubun - RUBY 573Takashi Kokubun is a staff developer at Shopify. He has been working with Ruby’s MJIT compiler for over 5 years but has been recently maintaining YJIT as well.  JIT compilation is a method of running computer code that involves compilation after a program has begun running rather than before. He joins the show to talk about these topics alongside Chuck and Valentino. He also explains their importance as this contributes to running Ruby applications smoothly. He also shares his experience working with rust and creating HAML 6.0.0. About this EpisodeUnderstanding JIT CompilerDifference between YJIT and MJITTools used to keep track of t...2022-12-141h 10Designed To Heal Podcast: Your Body\'s Amazing Healing PowerDesigned To Heal Podcast: Your Body's Amazing Healing PowerSmoke & Mirrors: A Critical Review Of The American Mental Health System (ft. Chuck Ruby, Ph.D.)In this episode Dr. Ben welcomes Chuck Ruby, Ph.D., a trained psychologist who studied at the Florida State University clinical psychology program in Tallahassee, Florida, receiving his Ph.D. in 1995. Chuck has been licensed to practice psychology in Maryland for 25 years and has helped hundreds of people with a variety of emotional and behavioral problems using an unconventional style that rejects the traditional notion of "mental illness."  Connect with Chuck's work at https://www.chuckruby.com Weekly Newsletter: https://clinic.us14.list-manage.com/subscribe?u=2f823d609f65aa0f...2022-10-2756 minRuby RoguesRuby RoguesTurbo with Rails Creates Happiness ft. Alexandre Ruban - RUBY 567The Rogues discuss Turbo and Hotwire with Alexandre Ruban, who created a course on Hotwire and Turbo for Rails at Hotrails.dev. The dive into its origins with TurboLinks and then discuss the various options and tools that come with Hotwire development in Rails and compare it to other front-end frameworks and solutions they've used. Links:Hotrails.devHotwireReactBootstrapTailwindAlexandre's TwitterPicks:DaveDaisyUIValentinoNeo4JRuby KaigiChuckIrish GaugeKajabiChuck's Coaching OfferingsDev Book ClubAdvertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brandsPrivacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacyBecome a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast...2022-10-2558 minSmart People PodcastSmart People Podcast405 – Chuck Ruby – Is Mental Illness A Myth – Part 2 Chuck Ruby, author of, Smoke and Mirrors: How You Are Being Fooled About Mental Illness – An Insider’s Warning to Consumers Dr. Chuck Ruby earned his Ph.D. in 1995 at Florida State University. He is a retired U.S. Air Force Lieutenant Colonel with 20 years of military service as a criminal, counterintelligence, counterespionage special agent, and investigative psychologist in many capacities across the globe. Following his military career, Dr. Ruby has been a psychologist and coach in private practice.  Chuck’s newest book is Smoke and Mirrors: How You Are Being Fooled About Mental Illness – An Insider’s Warning to...2022-05-241h 19Smart People PodcastSmart People PodcastChuck Ruby - Is Mental Illness A Myth - Part 2 Dr. Chuck Ruby earned his Ph.D. in 1995 at Florida State University. He is a retired U.S. Air Force Lieutenant Colonel with 20 years of military service as a criminal, counterintelligence, counterespionage special agent, and investigative psychologist in many capacities across the globe. Following his military career, Dr. Ruby has been a psychologist and coach in private practice. Chuck's newest book is Smoke and Mirrors: How You Are Being Fooled About Mental Illness - An Insider's Warning to Consumers, which is available now!Learn more about Chuck at chuckruby.com and about ISEPP at psychintegrity.or...2022-05-241h 20Blunt Force TruthBlunt Force TruthUnnatural Blood Clots Found in Dead Bodies of Vaccinated - An Interview With Dr. Jane RubyToday’s show rundown:  Every time this show has Doctors on, Chuck feels like he can't smoke freely. But he is a week away from his 81'st birthday, according to Mark, Chuck has invented the Chuck Woolery "smoke your way to health" plan. Mark says we are going to expand on the last show while talking to Dr. Ruby. The Russian / Ukraine war is sucking all the air out of ALL other stories, and this is paramount for the Biden Administration. So now, we are going to see 5 and 6 dollar gasoline. Biden sanctioned the US wit...2022-03-141h 05raisetherank\'s podcastraisetherank's podcastThe Power of Google ReviewsOkay. Today's video is all about reviews. Responding to reviews and what reviews will do for your business. You know, I've said it for years, you can build a great roofing company, remodel company off the backbone of Google reviews. And today what we're going to do is go over the bright local. And let me just give you a quick background, who bride locally as they're one of the top sources for reviews and they have a ranking tool. On the planet. So they keep their nose in it and give a ton of information out...2022-02-0108 minraisetherank\'s podcastraisetherank's podcastBuilding A Roofing Business with Google ReviewsWelcome to raise the rank digital marketing podcast, just for roofers, get marketing tips and strategies from Chuck Magee, digital marketer and roofing company owner. Let's start leveling up your roofing company with entrepreneurs that practice what they preach and live, what they teach. All right, Brandon, this is going to wrap up our series that we started to do series because we're talking about things that are really important to phone furrows reviews and things like that, lead nurturing. Um, and it meant it was, there's been some good stuff going on for the last handful...2021-10-0611 minRuby RoguesRuby RoguesEpisode 500 - RUBY 500Chuck, Luke, and Dave are joined by Eric Berry for a roundtable chat and celebration of 500 episodes and 10 years of Ruby Rogues. They start out discussing where each of them are at these days. Then talk about their favorite episodes of the show. They talk about what they see for the future of Ruby and then discuss the future of the show and where they go from here. Panel Charles Max WoodDave KimuraLuke Stutters Guest Eric Berry Sponsors Dev Influencers AcceleratorRaygun | Click here to get started on your free 14-day trial  Links RR 428: Arming the Rebels with Rails 6 Featuring David H...2021-06-021h 09Chuck Shute PodcastChuck Shute PodcastDr. Lee Mellor (author & criminologist)Episode 122 - Author & Criminologist Dr Lee Mellor! This was a fun one. We examine two of his books- one on the true stories that inspired horror movies and another on conspiracy theories. Movies discussed include Jaws, Psycho, Texas Chainsaw Massacre, Amityville Horror, Poltergeist and the Conjuring. We also talk about Area 51, aliens, MK Ultra, JFK assassination, chem trails and more. 0:00:00 - Intro0:01:40 - Getting Interested in True Crime & Horror0:03:30 - Jaws & Shark Attacks 0:08:25 - Ed Gein, Psycho & Texas Chainsaw Massacre 0:21:55 - Exorcist & Trickery0:26:20 - Amityville Horror & Fake Story 0:30:30 - The Town The...2021-04-081h 13Ruby RoguesRuby RoguesRUBY 488: The Road to Ruby 3 - Part 1 - Ruby 2.6 to Ruby 2.7In this episode, John, Luke, and Chuck begin the discussion on Ruby 3.0's release by discussing the differences and enhancements in Ruby 2.7 over version 2.6. Luke leads the charge in providing a list of the differences and the Rogues debate the merits of the various changes in the last minor release of Ruby 2 before releasing Ruby 3.0. Panel Charles Max WoodJohn EppersonLuke Stutters Sponsors Dev Heroes AcceleratorRaygun | Click here to get started on your free 14-day trial Picks Charles- Wrist BraceCharles- Logitech ERGO K860 Wireless Split KeyboardJohn- Having someone to help you take care of a babyJohn- S'well Stainless Steel Roamer Bottle-64...2021-03-0258 minRuby RoguesRuby RoguesRUBY 486: Authorization HacksChuck has been fighting an authorization system in an application he's building in his spare time. John, Dave, and Chuck dive into the current authorization gems and talk about their strengths and weaknesses and discuss how and when to use or build alternatives to them.PanelCharles WoodDave KimuraJohn EppersonSponsorsNext Level Mastermind Raygun | Click here to get started on your free 14-day trialLinksDynamic Role Management | Drifting RubyGitHub- varvet/punditPicksCharles- Blackout CurtainsCharles- Devchat.tv | The Dev RevDave- SleepDave- Ruby on Rails Screencasts for Web Developers | Drifting RubyJohn- Logitech C920x Pro HD WebcamAdvertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands2021-02-021h 06Ruby RoguesRuby RoguesRUBY 480: The Sounds of Silence: Lessons From an API Outage with Paul ZaichPaul Zaich from Checkr tells us about a critical outage that occurred, what caused it and how they tracked down and fixed the issue. The conversation ranges through troubleshooting complex systems, building team culture, blameless post-mortems, and monitoring the right things to make sure your applications don't fail or alert you when they do.PanelCharles Max WoodDave KimuraLuke StuttersGuestPaul ZaichLinksPaul's TwitterPaul's LinkedInPicksBlood Pressure Monitor - Daveeft - LukeRuby one-liners cookbook - PaulPodcast Growth Summit - ChuckMost Valuable Dev - ChuckMost Valuable Dev Summit - ChuckMushroom Wars - ChuckGmelius - ChuckSpecial Guest: Paul Zaich. Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com...2020-12-0147 minAbove The Basement - Boston Music and ConversationAbove The Basement - Boston Music and ConversationEpisode 165 - Ruby MackWe had an opportunity to sit with Abby (Abs) Kahler and Zoe Young - two of the members of the feminist folk foursome from Western, MA in the Pioneer Valley, Ruby Mack. We were sad to miss their bandmates Emma Ayres and Abbie Duquette, but during the time of COVID, we are always happy to sit face to face albeit 10 feet away and masked to chat with talented musicians. We got heavy into their songwriting and their debut album Devil Told Me, which they just released in late October. Like so many musicians, they were un...2020-11-1249 minCHUCK SCHADEN\'S MEMORY LANECHUCK SCHADEN'S MEMORY LANEChuck Schadens Memory Lane March 2020 Program 45REMEMBERING FAVORITE MOVIE SCENES from the Silver Screen with records and recollections of show-stopping moments with Dick Powell and Ruby Keeler, Bing Crosby and Frank Sinatra, Danny Kaye and Louis Armstrong, Fred Astaire and Judy Garland, and more.2020-02-291h 01Atlanta Film ChatAtlanta Film ChatEpisode 267 - Tod Lending (Sal and Ruby, To Life!) & Kenny Blank (Executive Director of the Atlanta Jewish Film Festival)Tod Lending (Saul and Ruby, To Life!) and Kenny Blank (Executive Director of the Atlanta Jewish Film Festival) discuss the making of the film and the closing night of the festival!2020-02-241h 04Smart People PodcastSmart People Podcast332 – Dr. Chuck Ruby – Is Mental Illness a Myth? Dr. Chuck Ruby, Executive Director of ISEPP Dr. Ruby earned his Ph.D. in 1995 at Florida State University. He is a retired U.S. Air Force Lieutenant Colonel with 20 years of military service as a criminal, counterintelligence, and counterespionage special agent and investigative psychologist in many capacities across the globe. Following his military career, Dr. Ruby has been a psychologist and coach in private practice.  We discuss: Why does Dr. Ruby believe calling mental illness an ‘illness’ is a problem?What advice does Dr. Ruby give those who are dealing with depression and anxiety? Become a Patr...2019-09-101h 37Smart People PodcastSmart People PodcastDr. Chuck Ruby - Is Mental Illness a Myth? Dr. Ruby earned his Ph.D. in 1995 at Florida State University. He is a retired U.S. Air Force Lieutenant Colonel with 20 years of military service as a criminal, counterintelligence, and counterespionage special agent and investigative psychologist in many capacities across the globe. Following his military career, Dr. Ruby has been a psychologist and coach in private practice. We discuss: Why does Dr. Ruby believe calling mental illness an 'illness' is a problem? What advice does Dr. Ruby give those who are dealing with depression and anxiety? Become a Patron!He...2019-09-101h 39Ruby RoguesRuby RoguesRR 394: Cables, Concurrency, and Ruby 3x3 with Vladimir DemPanel: Eric BerryDave KimuraNate HopkinsCharles Max Wood Special Guest: Vladimir Dem In this episode of Ruby Rogues, the panel talks with Vladimir Dem who is a Ruby developer and currently lives in Brooklyn, New York. Today, the panelists and guest talk about cables, concurrency, and Ruby. Check it out!Show Topics:0:00 – Advertisement: Sentry.io 1:02 – Chuck: Hello! The panel today is Eric, Dave, Nate, and myself! Our guest is Vlad!1:30 – Guest: My name is Vladimir, but people call me Vlad. I have been writing Ruby since 2013 for about 4.5 years. Before that I was a PHP, JavaScript developer among other languages. I am most...2018-12-251h 01Ruby RoguesRuby RoguesRR 387: Ruby Performance Profiling with Dan MayerPanel: - Dave Kimura- Charles Max Wood- David Richards Special Guest: https://www.mayerdan.com In this episode of Ruby Rogues, the panel talks with https://twitter.com/danmayer?lang=en who believes that small distributed software teams can make a large impact. Dan loves Ruby, distributed systems, OSS, and making development easier. The panel and Dan talk about performance and benchmarking. Check out today’s episode to learn more!Show Topics:0:00 – https://sentry.io/welcome/ 1:07 – Chuck: Our panel is Dave, David, myself, and our guest is https://twitter.com/danmayer?lang=en. Say “Hi”!1:24...2018-11-0648 minRuby RoguesRuby RoguesRR 383: “Rbspy: A New(ish) Ruby Profiler!” with Julia EvansPanel: - https://twitter.com/cmaxw?lang=en- https://www.linkedin.com/in/kobaltz- David Richards Special Guests: Julia EvansIn this episode of Ruby Rogues, the panel talks with Julia Evans who is a software engineer at Stripe and lives in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. The panel talks with Julia about her tool Ruby Spy among other topics. Check it out!Show Topics:1:34 – Julia gives her background.1:52 – Chuck: You’ve been on the show before. Listeners, go check it out!2:30 – What is Ruby Spy?2:09 – Julia: I wanted to know WHY my computer was doing what it was doin...2018-10-0949 minRuby RoguesRuby RoguesRR 381: “Ruby GUI Development” with Saverio MiroddiPanel: Charles Max WoodDave KimuraEric Berry Special Guests: Saverio Miroddi In this episode of Ruby Rogues, the panel talks to Saverio Miroddi who is an engineer among other things. Saverio has written articles, and a link to two of his articles is found below. The panel and Saverio talk about Ruby, Ruby Motion, Shoes, Hackety Hack, and much more! Check out the episode!Show Topics:2:05 – Chuck asks a question.2:42 – Chuck: What do you recommend for the listeners?2:49 – Saverio: At the time I recommended an underdog. Now, making a recommendation is kind of hard. It depends on what they need. It’s fascina...2018-09-2539 minRuby RoguesRuby RoguesRR 380: "Deploying Ruby on Rails application using HAProxy Ingress with unicorn/puma and websockets‌" with Rahul MahalePanel: - Charles Max Wood- Dave Kimura- Eric Berry Special Guests: Rahul MahaleIn this episode of Ruby Rogues, the panel talks to Rahul Mahale. Rahul is a Senior DevOps Engineer at BigBinary in India. He has also worked with SecureDB Inc., Tiny Owl, Winjit Technologies among others. In addition, he attended the University of Pune. The panel and the guest talk about https://kubernetes.io.Show Topics:1:25 – https://www.teepublic.com/t-shirt/3074500-ruby-rogues?store_id=172938 1:49 – Chuck: Why are you famous?1:57 – Guest’s background.4:35 – Chuck: https://kubernetes.io – Anyone play with this?4:49 – Panelist: Yes. Funny situation, I wa...2018-09-181h 01Travel Radio PodcastTravel Radio PodcastUkulele Cruise on Ruby Princess with Hawaiian Ambassadors Brian and Rowena Vasquez Earlier this year, Chuck, cruised to Hawaii, where he took Ukulele lessons aboard his Princess ship. He purchased a ukulele on the ship and hasn't put it down since. Now, along with his original instructors, Brian and Rowen Vasquez, they have planned a Ukulele cruise to help players reach higher proficiences on their Ukuleles. At the moment Brian finally gets to introduce himself it's by way of passed down family melodies on his ukulele. It is nothing short of magical. Rowena gives the couple's history as Hawaiian embassadors on cruise ships and future plans. Chuck...2018-07-2349 minRuby RoguesRuby RoguesRR 363: Fir - The Friendly Interactive Ruby REPL with Dean NasseriPanel: Dave KimuraEric BerryCatherine Meyers Special Guests: Dean NasseriIn this episode of Ruby Rogues, the panelists talk to Dean Nasseri about Fir. Fir is the friendly interactive Ruby REPL that Dean created when he was inspired by the REPL Fish. Dean is a software engineer at VTS, which is a commercial real estate software platform that uses Ruby on Rails. They talk about why he created Fir, how he approached creating it, how long it took him to build, and much more!In particular, we dive pretty deep on:Dean introWhat is Fir?Inspired by Fish REPLInteractive approachDoes that work w...2018-05-2240 minIT Career EnergizerIT Career EnergizerWhat People Really Need with Chuck WoodChuck Wood is a developer, podcaster, speaker and the CEO of Devchat.tv. He’s host of several popular tech podcasts including Javascript Jabber and Ruby Rogues as well as being an independent software consultant with a focus on Ruby, Ruby on Rails, JQuery, Prototype.js and other web technologies. In this episode Chuck Wood talks about working freelance within the I.T. industry and why relationships are key to the success of projects and teams. Chuck also tells us that we need to be true to who we are and what we care about. To...2018-03-0726 minRuby RoguesRuby RoguesRR 346: Ruby Debuggers with Daniel AzumaPanel:Charles Max WoodDave KimuraBrian HoganEric BerrySpecial Guest: Daniel AzumaIn this episode, the Ruby Rogues speaks with Daniel Azuma, Daniel is has being a “Rubyist", and has been developing for over 20 years, and currently works at Google apart of the Cloud team with programming language support specialist. Daniel leads the Ruby and Elixir team at Google.Daniel is on the show to discuss Ruby debuggers with the Ruby Rogues panel. Topics cover ruby support, cloud debugger, projects, processes for debuggers and much more. This is a great episode to understand more about Ruby debuggers and processes.In particular, we dive pr...2018-01-231h 04Ruby RoguesRuby RoguesRR 334: Is Elixir the Next Ruby? with Hal FultonPanel:Charles Max WoodDave KimuraSpecial Guest: Hal FultonIn this episode, the Ruby Rouges speak with Hal Fulton. Hal is one of the first few people to learn the Ruby language in the beginning from the Japanese. Hal describes the history Ruby and his journey to before an author of the book The Ruby Way. This book was one of the few foundational elements Ruby developers of today.Hal has recently presented at the Ruby Dev Summit, on Is Elixir the new Ruby? The panel asks questions about, how or if, Elixir is possibly out there to replace Ruby. Hal talks a...2017-10-3156 minRuby RoguesRuby RoguesRR 333: RubyMotion and the Aesthetic of Ruby with Amir RajanPanel:Charles Max WoodDave KimuraSpecial Guest: Amir RajanIn this episode, the Ruby Rouges speak with Amir Rajan. Amir is a game developer and is the most successful Ruby game developer. Amir is also the owner/CEO of RubyMotion. RubyMotion allows you to write Ruby for the Mac platform. Amir will be speaking at Ruby Dev Summit this fall.Amir talks about being apart of not web part of Ruby and the innovation including mobile. The panel discusses building application for mobile in Ruby Motion and the OS platform. The panel also discusses the easy of building with RubyMotion and how t...2017-10-251h 09Ruby RoguesRuby RoguesRR 332: Exploring Connections Between Your Apps and the Web with Justin WeissPanel:Charles Max WoodEric BerrySpecial Guest: Justin WeissIn this episode, the Ruby Rouges speak with Justin Weiss. Justin is a software developer for aha.io, blogs at justinweiss.com, and is also the book author of Practicing Rails: Learn Rails without being overwhelmed.Justin gives a preview of his presentation at Ruby Dev Summit , which is about exploring connections between your apps and the web. Ruby Rogues and Justin dive deep into questions about testing apps with an array of tools to see how that information is relevant in exploring connectivity and working parts of apps.In particular, we dive p...2017-10-1746 minRuby RoguesRuby RoguesRR 331: 30 days to Elixir then Crystal and back again to Ruby with Fabio AkitaPanel:Charles Max WoodDave KimuraEric BerryBrian HoganSpecial Guest: Fabio AkitaThe Ruby Rouges speak with Fabio Akita, a return guess. Fabio is a blogger at AkitaOnRails.com and is an organizer and speaker at Ruby Dev. Conf. Brazil. Fabio mentions have minor open source projects. Fabio talks revolve around “How do you as a Ruby Developer, dive into new languages,” such as Crystal and Elixir. Fabio will be speaking on the upcoming Ruby Dev Summit.In particular, we dive pretty deep on:Should we just all just go to Elixir?Problems with choosing and staying with one language?Ruby is a ZPE l...2017-10-101h 03Ruby RoguesRuby RoguesRR 330: Functions vs Methods with Devon EstesPanel:Charles Max WoodDave KimuraEric BerrySpecial Guest: Devon EstesThe Ruby Rouges speak with Devon Estes, a return guess and Ruby developer who currently lives in Berlin, Germany. The topic of discussion is about Function vs. Methods, and talk about blocks and its functions. Also, some further digging into the behaviors of functions and designs. Devon explains that this topic will be of discussion at Ruby Dev Conf.Devon dives into the object orientation and the interactions between functions, editing or changing functions. The Ruby Rogues ask questions about, service functions, subsections of applications, application logic, and understanding the parts.In p...2017-10-031h 02Above The Basement - Boston Music and ConversationAbove The Basement - Boston Music and ConversationEpisode 051 - Ruby Rose FoxThis award winning singer-songwriter, actor and artist is a force to be reckoned with. Ruby's deep, unique voice is surprising at first, but she soon pulls you into her resonant sound with powerful lyrics and amazing vocal range. Ruby pays homage to Leonard Cohen, Andy Warhol and Roy Orbison in our conversation about singing, acting, writing, learning and growing. 2017-08-3050 minRuby RoguesRuby Rogues272 RR Game Development and RubyMotion with Amir Rajan01:42 - Amir RajanTwitterGitHubBlogA Noble CircleSurviving The App Store: How to Make It as an Indie Game Developer by Amir Rajan02:24 - A Dark Room (ADR); Revenue and DownloadsRevenue Updates for A Dark Room et al09:16 - Quality, Heart and Soul, and Putting Yourself Into a ProductiPhreaks Show Episode #161: Successful Indie iOS Game Development with Amir Rajan14:31 - Choosing RubyMotionAlbacoreNeXTSTEP17:43 - Objective-C vs RubyHipByte/Flow21:51 - Cross-platform Availability23:53 - ADR => Watch/TV Capability with RubyMotion26:17 - The Ecosystem in iOS and RubyMotion28:11 - Code Structure29:58 - Testing; UI Automationmac_bacon  31:29 - Open Source and Proprietary33:15 - Other ComponentsUIkitSpriteKitmotion-gameCocos2d-xCocoaPods34:07 - Going o...2016-08-1059 minRuby RoguesRuby Rogues260 RR Training with Reuven LernerWant to be a Ruby Rogue? Apply at https://rubyrogues.com/ruby-nuby   01:47 - Reuven Lerner IntroductionTwitterGitHubBlogThe Freelancers’ Show PodcastPractice Makes Python by Reuven LernerPractice Makes Regexp by Reuven LernerDaily Tech Video03:49 - TrainingPedagogy07:54 - Approaching TeachingMental Model09:33 - Pairing People UpMetacognition10:57 - Example: Reuven’s Training Sessions19:59 - Moving Up The Ladder24:06 - Company Goals25:56 - Hostile Learners28:00 - Breaking Into the Big Company MarketLinkedInDevchat.tv Interest Survey35:03 - Offerings37:53 - Cultural Differences  PicksSociety Of Mind By Marvin Minsky (Reuven)Peter Hessler's Books (Reuven)Regexp Crash Course (Reuven)rspec-given (Sam)Katrina Owen on Confreaks (Sam)github-shoutouts (Coraline)Ruby Together (Coraline)Ruby R...2016-05-1852 minRuby RoguesRuby Rogues251 RR Automating Code Reviews with Mindaugas Mozūras02:04 - Mindaugas Mozūras IntroductionTwitter GitHub BlogVintedpronto 02:36 - Automating Code Reviews03:17 - What is a code review and why do it?03:39 - Styles of Code Reviews: What parts should be automated?    06:04 - pronto vs rubocopflay Brakemanmetric_fu flog 08:26 - Workflow10:14 - Runners11:42 - Feedback13:21 - Use Cases for Pronto14:28 - How has pronto changed your codebase?15:34 - Feelings and Code Reviews; Agreeing on Standards as a Team17:38 - Return ValuesRuby Rogues Episode #248: The Crystal Programming Language with Erik Michaels-Ober19:43 - Reviewing Pull Requests and Code Review Ethics 25:56 - Feature FlagsMartin Fowler: Feature Toggles iPhreaks Episode #136: Efficient Engineering Practices for Software Projects wit...2016-03-1641 minRuby RoguesRuby Rogues246 RR Clearwater with Jamie Gaskins02:00 -  IntroductionTwitter GitHub BlogOrderUpreadthesource: Clearwater with Jamie Gaskins 02:23 - ClearwaterClearwater Gitter ChannelOpalroda03:51 - How an App is Typically StructuredReactTodoMVC CodeTodoMVC Demo05:39 - Persistence and Wiring Up to the Backendgrand_central 06:49 - Why Clearwater Was Created08:26 - How does it compare to prevalent JavaScript frameworks?Clearwater — Ruby on the front end outperforms React.jsVirtual DOM ImplementationsRoadmap to 1.011:23 - What problem is Clearwater aiming to solve?14:30 - Debugging16:39 - Use Cases20:33 - The Future of Clearwater21:59 - Maintaining Clearwater24:39 - What is success?25:23 - Using Clearwater with a System Like Volt Picks Contributor Covenant (Coraline) Kaleidoscope (Coraline) LEGO Ideas - Lovelac...2016-02-1037 minRuby RoguesRuby Rogues240 RR What Makes a Good Manager with Marcus Blankenship02:05 - Marcus Blankenship IntroductionTwitter Blog02:52 - Pain and Difficulties of Moving From Programming to ManagementIdentityCredibility10:50 - Image and Identity (Cont’d)ExpectationsRole Models19:16 - Management; Making the Move to ManagementAikido“Everybody deserves a good manager.”23:37 - How do you know if you have a bad manager?27:13 - Feedback; Tone of Communication33:54 - What should you do when you get promoted to a management position?Nix Production Code TasksMeet with Your People (Give Feedback)    One-on-one Meetings with Team MembersZero Surprises Evaluation PolicyEvaluation FormsGoals and IncentivesReviews for Self-ReflectionGet Your Own Feedback48:25 - How do you know you are doing a good job?Skip-Level...2015-12-301h 02Ruby RoguesRuby Rogues235 RR Processing Textual Data with Ruby with Rob MillerCheck out JS Remote Conf! 02:07 - Rob Miller IntroductionTwitter GitHub BlogBig Fish MarketingText Processing with Ruby: Extracting Value from the Data That Surrounds You with Rob Miller 03:11 - Why does text processing matter?07:32 - One-off Data Processing, Core CompetencyThe Perl Programming Language10:36 - Processing Less-structured, Unstructured Data12:45 - The Command Line Ruby's -e, -n and -p switchesAntipatternsClass: IO 29:15 - Abstractions and Refactoring35:12 - Munging: Tools and Practicestransproc 40:57 - Text Processing for Textual Visual ThingsConway's Game of Life42:57 - Parallelization 45:45 - Fanning DatajoinPicks Text Processing with Ruby: Extracting Value from the Data That Surrounds You with Rob Miller (Avdi) Data Is Plura...2015-11-2553 minRuby RoguesRuby Rogues224 RR Ruby Together with André Arko02:05 - André Arko Introduction + BundlerTwitter GitHub Blog04:28 - Ruby TogetherTrade Association​Brian Mikulencak10:52 - Ruby Central501(c) Organization14:23 - Ruby Together Timeline16:01 - Open Source People Depend on vs Open Source as a Hobby17:03 - Corporate Member Rights / The Structure of Ruby TogetherMonthly Contributions20:19 - How the Board Makes DecisionsSlack23:00 - Membership Numbers24:03 - How Voting Works26:58 - How much work is involved in maintaining these projects?30:08 - How is work doled out?Eric Hodel (@drbrain)Aaron Patterson (@tenderlove)33:41 - Future Plans and Community ImpactFastly40:28 - Getting People Involved43:34 - Lessons Learned45:23 - Code of Conducts / Community ValuesPicks Boundaries: A talk...2015-09-0954 minAdventures in AngularAdventures in Angular045 AiA Performance with Gleb BahmutovCheck out Ruby Remote Conf! 02:19 - Gleb Bahmutov IntroductionTwitter GitHub Blog03:21 - Perceptual PerformancePaul Irish: "Delivering the goods" Fluent 2014 Keynote Gleb Bahmutov: Improving Angular web app performance example. [YouTube] Gleb Bahmutov: Profile and Optimize Your JavaScript Like a Ninja07:09 - Getting User Feedback 12:15 - Profiling, Tools and Techniquescode-snippets 16:45 - Performance OptimizationThe Pareto PrincipleChrome DevTools20:38 - Benchmarks22:20 - Extracting Value from Profilingangular-vs-repeat 26:11 - Top Performance ProblemsTwo-Way BindingKeeping Up-to-Date with VersionsMinimize the Number of Expressions in Template Elements28:44 - Performance LessonsNg-webworkerDave Smith: Angular + React = Speed @ ng-conf 201534:30 - Public Opinion on Performance in Angular40:57 - Drive-by Optimizations42:26 - Angular 2 Performance Predictions Minko Gechev: Bringing...2015-06-0454 minAdventures in AngularAdventures in Angular045 AiA Performance with Gleb BahmutovCheck out Ruby Remote Conf! 02:19 - Gleb Bahmutov IntroductionTwitter GitHub Blog03:21 - Perceptual PerformancePaul Irish: "Delivering the goods" Fluent 2014 Keynote Gleb Bahmutov: Improving Angular web app performance example. [YouTube] Gleb Bahmutov: Profile and Optimize Your JavaScript Like a Ninja07:09 - Getting User Feedback 12:15 - Profiling, Tools and Techniquescode-snippets 16:45 - Performance OptimizationThe Pareto PrincipleChrome DevTools20:38 - Benchmarks22:20 - Extracting Value from Profilingangular-vs-repeat 26:11 - Top Performance ProblemsTwo-Way BindingKeeping Up-to-Date with VersionsMinimize the Number of Expressions in Template Elements28:44 - Performance LessonsNg-webworkerDave Smith: Angular + React = Speed @ ng-conf 201534:30 - Public Opinion on Performance in Angular40:57 - Drive-by Optimizations42:26 - Angular 2 Performance Predictions Minko Gechev: Bringing...2015-06-0454 minThe iPhreaks ShowThe iPhreaks Show094 iPS ConferencesCheck out RailsClips on Kickstarter!! 02:16 - Conference WiFi 03:31 - Conferences WWDC @WWDCGlobalPR CocoaConf @cocoaconf 360iDev @360iDev RWDevCon @RWDevCon Ray Wenderlich That Conference @ThatConference RubyConf @rubyconf RailsConf @railsconf MountainWest JavaScript @mtnwestjs ng-conf @ngconf MountainWest RubyConf @mtnwestrubyconf DevNexus @devnexus Podcast Movement @PodcastMovement NSNorth @nsnorth 10:23 - Budget, Content, and Social Aspects => Value Hallway Conversations Evolution of Attending Conferences “Slam Dunk Sessions” 14:38 - Panelist Plans for 2015 WWDC Experiences AltConf @altconf 19:57 - Size: Smaller, Regional, International Conferences ÇINGLETON @cingleton Úll @ullconf    Aloha Ruby @AlohaRubyConf 21:29...2015-02-2600 minThe Freelancers\' ShowThe Freelancers' ShowThe Ruby Freelancers Show 058 – Convincing Clients of the Value of Testing, Refactoring, Documentation, etc.Panel Eric Davis (twitter github blog) Charles Max Wood (twitter github Teach Me To Code Rails Ramp Up) Discussion 01:13 - Is there value in testing and refactoring? Client Value vs Developer Value Unit Tests Acceptance Tests 09:22 - Saving time and money Better Code Maintainability 13:45 - When not doing tests hurts 14:39 - Refactoring “Changing Shit”/Restructuring 19:48 - Approaching restructuring “Leave it better than you found it” Use metrics Coding “taste” and style 30:36 - Software exists to provide value 32:33 - Documentation 34:45 - Getting clients to see the value in tests Characterization Tests 41:04 - Deployment 42:57 - Client Dictatorship Using specif...2013-04-2556 minThe Freelancers\' ShowThe Freelancers' ShowThe Ruby Freelancers Show 057 – Fixed BidsPanel Ashe Dryden (twitter github blog) Eric Davis (twitter github blog) Jeff Schoolcraft (twitter github blog) Charles Max Wood (twitter github Teach Me To Code Rails Ramp Up) Discussion 00:39 - Experience working with fixed bids 04:08 - Risks Value 06:45 - Collecting Payment Working in phases and milestones 08:56 - Are fixed bid projects fair? 16:57 - Nailing down specifics 19:51 - Dealing with scope creep Contract clauses/additional contracts 26:15 - Getting clients to agree with your fixed bid or hourly preference 28:29 - Estimates Prioritizing Point estimation 37:11 - Transitioning from fixed bid to hourly work 38:42 - Figuring out what...2013-04-1851 minThe Freelancers\' ShowThe Freelancers' ShowThe Ruby Freelancers Show 056 – Learning on the JobPanel Ashe Dryden (twitter github blog) Jim Gay (twitter github blog) Eric Davis (twitter github blog) Evan Light (twitter github blog) Charles Max Wood (twitter github Teach Me To Code Rails Ramp Up) Discussion 01:20 - Finding Projects 04:50 - Being up front with clients about what you do and don’t know 06:14 - People who don’t know as much as they think they do Dunning-Kruger effect 08:21 - “Fake it til you make it” Honesty 11:23 - Offering a technology before you know it can be done Referring someone else instead Contract Specifics 15:59 - Lowering your rate to take a projec...2013-04-1147 minThe Freelancers\' ShowThe Freelancers' ShowThe Ruby Freelancers Show 054 – Red Flags with Potential or Current Clients with Ashe DrydenPanel Ashe Dryden (twitter github blog) Eric Davis (twitter github blog) Evan Light (twitter github blog) Jeff Schoolcraft (twitter github blog) Charles Max Wood (twitter github Teach Me To Code Rails Ramp Up) Discussion 00:48 - Ashe Dryden Introduction Indie Developer and Conference Organizer from Madison, Wisconsin 02:39 - Contracts Signing yours vs theirs Having a contract The Ruby Freelancers Show 049 - Contracts with Attorney Jared Richards 09:08 - Working with Down Payments and Deposits 10:35 - Clients asking you to reduce your hourly rate or paying you in something other than money 13:26 - Discovery (DaaS - Discovery as a Service)2013-03-281h 10The Freelancers\' ShowThe Freelancers' ShowThe Ruby Freelancers Show 053 – Building and Marketing Products with Farnoosh BrockPanel Farnoosh Brock (twitter facebook Prolific Living Prolific Living Podcast The Healthy Juicer’s Bible) Eric Davis (twitter github blog) Evan Light (twitter github blog) Charles Max Wood (twitter github Teach Me To Code Rails Ramp Up) Discussion 00:37 - Farnoosh Brock Introduction Prolific Living New Media Expo 01:41 - Marketing 04:00 - Marketing Coaching Services Book Yourself Solid: The Fastest, Easiest, and Most Reliable System for Getting More Clients Than You Can Handle Even if You Hate Marketing and Selling by Michael Port Target Audience 06:05 - Giving away products vs time and services The Ruby Freelancers Show: 006 - Setting Your Rate 08:32...2013-03-211h 15The Freelancers\' ShowThe Freelancers' ShowThe Ruby Freelancers Show 050 – Better Prospecting for Freelancers with Steve KloydaPanel Steve Kloyda (twitter facebook linkedin youtube The Prospecting Expert) Eric Davis (twitter github blog) Charles Max Wood (twitter github Teach Me To Code Rails Ramp Up) Discussion 01:03 - Steve Kloyda Introduction The Prospecting Expert The Prospecting Minute 02:38 - Being a good prospector Never stop prospecting Passion 04:42 - Prospecting and Selling To Sell Is Human: The Surprising Truth about Moving Others by Daniel H. Pink 08:10 - Marketing and Sales Cliff Ravenscraft 12:05 - Prospecting Tools Email Text Messaging Video Social Media The Icarus Deception: How High Will You Fly? by Seth Godin The Thank You Economy by Gary Vaynerchuk 19:25...2013-02-2858 minThe Freelancers\' ShowThe Freelancers' ShowThe Ruby Freelancers Show 049 – Contracts with Attorney Jared RichardsPanel Jared Richards (twitter jrichards@btjd.com 801-438-2040) Eric Davis (twitter github blog) Evan Light (twitter github blog) Charles Max Wood (twitter github Teach Me To Code Rails Ramp Up) Discussion 01:21 - Attorney Jared Richards Introduction Bennett-Tueller Johnson & Deere of Salt Lake City, UT @UTStartupLawyer 03:37 - Things you should have in a contract Who owns what Work for hire/licensing 10:40 - Prospective Liability and Disclaimers of Liability 13:07 - Risk Management Tools Warranty and protection against data loss Limitations on liability 16:25 - Copyright & Patent Infringement 19:57 - Getting paid for your work Cash up front On-going retainers Escrows Credit card au...2013-02-211h 11The Freelancers\' ShowThe Freelancers' ShowThe Ruby Freelancers Show 048 – Outsourcing to ODesk with Jonathan ShankPanel Jonathan Shank (twitter Your First Virtual Assistant) Eric Davis (twitter github blog) Charles Max Wood (twitter github Teach Me To Code Rails Ramp Up) Discussion 01:03 - Jonathan Shank Introduction Your First Virtual Assistant 02:13 - Odesk Witmart 03:45 - Types of jobs you can outsource Translation Research Transcription 08:35 - Picking the right people 11:18 - Figuring out what to outsource 13:39 - Hiring domestic vs overseas workers 16:52 - Sampling groups vs hiring regulars 21:05 - Improving delegation skills 23:27 - Mistakes people make when getting started outsourcing Be Specific 26:11 - Letting strangers into your business Training 31:19 - Fiverr Crowdsourcing 99 Designs 34:29 - U.S.-based VA fi...2013-02-1443 minThe Freelancers\' ShowThe Freelancers' ShowThe Ruby Freelancers Show 047 – Full-Time Contracts and ProjectsPanel Eric Davis (twitter github blog) Jim Gay (twitter github blog) Charles Max Wood (twitter github Teach Me To Code Rails Ramp Up) Discussion 03:45 - Long-Term Contracts 07:14 - Marketing while under contract 10:01 - Working on other projects while working full-time 16:10 - Energy 17:01 - Money Emergency funds 21:41 - Lone developer vs team projects 28:05 - Full-time contract pros and cons Renewing Flexibility Meetings Routine 40:50 - Finding full-time contracts Picks ruby-orgs (Jim) dtao / safe_yaml (Jim) Freebook Sifter (Eric) Discomfort Zone: How to Master the Universe (Eric) Doctor Who Sonic Screwdriver of the 10th Doctor (Chuck) Contactually (Chuck) Dropbox App (Chuck) Next We...2013-02-0752 minThe Freelancers\' ShowThe Freelancers' ShowThe Ruby Freelancers Show 046 – Working LocationsPanel Eric Davis (twitter github blog) Evan Light (twitter github blog) Charles Max Wood (twitter github Teach Me To Code Rails Ramp Up) Discussion 01:28 - Working From Home Distractions Environment 07:35 - Pros of Working From Home Animals Purr Programming 2.0: Lance Gleason Schedule/Flexibility Naps Deliveries/Home Repairs Commute 11:57 - Focus & Productivity Renting an Office 14:22 - Cons of Working From Home Office Neighbors/Noise Pollution Furnishing an Office Cabin Fever 22:37 - Working in an Office Social Outlet Others’ Opinions 25:31 - Overcoming Distractions Family Comes First Making up Time 29:54 - Staying on Task Shifting your Work Set Hours Pomodor...2013-01-3106 minThe Freelancers\' ShowThe Freelancers' ShowThe Ruby Freelancers Show 045 – Employment Vs FreelancingPanel Eric Davis (twitter github blog) Charles Max Wood (twitter github Teach Me To Code Rails Ramp Up) Discussion 01:41 - Employment History 06:58 - Perks of Being a Freelancer Variety of Job Areas Choose Your Work Flexibility & Freedom 15:22 - Paycheck Security Unemployment Contractors Vs Employees 20:54 - Coast-Along Employees 21:50 - Health Benefits 23:34 - Marketing & Selling Providing Value to a Company 27:27 - Business Skills 29:37 - Self-Direction & Motivation 32:48 - Loans 34:51 - Going Back to Work (after freelancing) Picks Free Agent Nation: The Future of Working for Yourself by Daniel H. Pink (Eric) Powermat Home & Office Mat (Chuck) Une Bobine (Chuck) Transcript ER...2013-01-2442 minThe Freelancers\' ShowThe Freelancers' ShowThe Ruby Freelancers Show 043 – Improving TeamsPanel Eric Davis (twitter github blog) Jim Gay (twitter github blog) Charles Max Wood (twitter github Teach Me To Code Rails Ramp Up) Discussion 01:39 - Addressing Team Issues Implementing Change Stand-Up Meetings 04:44 - Stand-Up Meeting Issues 07:37 - Organization Politics Expetise Experience 11:21 - Idea Resistence People Problems Control 18:16 - Problematic Coworkers 20:26 - Team Communication Internet Relay Chat (IRC) Skype Hubot Campfire GoToMeeting Adobe Connect Google+ Hangouts tmux 28:10 - Assigning Tickets & Stories 36:22 - Finding Solutions to Problems You Don’t Understand 38:04 - When Change Doesn’t Happen Satisfaction Level 40:01 - Management Issues/Changes 42:43 - Team Planning Planning Poker Estimations 48:17 - Ideas for...2013-01-1052 minThe Freelancers\' ShowThe Freelancers' ShowThe Ruby Freelancers Show 040 – Grab BagPanel Eric Davis (twitter github blog) Evan Light (twitter github blog) Charles Max Wood (twitter github Teach Me To Code) Discussion 01:28 - What do you do when prospective clients only want to hire you full-time? Employees vs Contractors On-site work 08:35 - How to get clients from a different country or timezone Enforcing contracts Marketing 13:49 - Do people hire you because you’re specifically a “Ruby” freelancer? 21:02 - What types of jobs do you accept and what types do you refuse? Will the project be successful? 30:35 - What types of jobs are you getting from Ruby on Rails? 33:35 - How do you...2012-12-201h 02The Freelancers\' ShowThe Freelancers' ShowThe Ruby Freelancers Show 039 – What Should I Have On My Website?Panel Eric Davis (twitter github blog) Charles Max Wood (twitter github Teach Me To Code) Discussion 01:47 - Static sites vs Wordpress Jekyll 03:33 - Important parts of a Website Placeholder sites Contact information 04:27 - Getting contacted Wufoo 07:43 - Blog Posts theAdmin.org 08:45 - Portfolios Eric’s Portfolio Landing Pages 11:05 - Testimonials 11:55 - Mailing Lists/Newsletters Trustbuilding Waiting list of clients 14:13 - Landing Pages Small pages Guide people to their goal 16:33 - Social Media 17:22 - Logos LogoWorks 19:22 - Static Site Generators 21:07 - What do you want people to do when they visit your site? Welcome Gate: LeadBrite Contact Me littlestreamsoftware.com (Eric...2012-12-1345 minThe Freelancers\' ShowThe Freelancers' ShowThe Ruby Freelancers Show 038 – Optimizing PipelinesPanel Eric Davis (twitter github blog) Evan Light (twitter github blog) Jim Gay (twitter github blog) Charles Max Wood (twitter github Teach Me To Code Intro to CoffeeScript) Discussion 01:11 - Optimizing your sales and marketing pipeline Lead generation (marketing) Lead conversion Project delivery 08:54 - Follow ups 11:24 - Lead categories Want to work right now Trying to decide Decide against you 12:26 - Closing a client (sales) Not just going for wallets Leads who take advantage/getting something for nothing “Velvet Roping” Book Yourself Solid by Michael Port 15:57 - Client fit Qualifying 17:36 - Marketing Mailing lists Open-source contribution Being active in communities...2012-12-061h 01The Freelancers\' ShowThe Freelancers' ShowThe Ruby Freelancers Show 037 – Overcoming IsolationPanel Eric Davis (twitter github blog) Evan Light (twitter github blog) Charles Max Wood (twitter github Teach Me To Code Intro to CoffeeScript) Dicussion 02:50 - Overcoming Isolation Working from coffeehouses Lunch dates 06:25 - Recruiting others with similar interests 07:40 - Talk on Twitter 07:46 - Evan’s Apprentice 09:46 - Pairing Remote vs Physical 11:19 - Personality Types 12:13 - Coworking Spaces Creative Work Busy Work 14:51 - Walking and Driving 15:33 - Meetups and User Groups 17:53 - Commiserating and Ranting 19:08 - Attending Conferences 23:26 - Working Onsite for Clients Picks Strong VPN (Eric) Cloak (Evan) OS X Server (Evan) The Ruby Object Model and Metaprogramming by Dave...2012-11-2232 minThe Freelancers\' ShowThe Freelancers' ShowThe Ruby Freelancers Show 036 – Speaking at ConferencesPanel Eric Davis (twitter github blog) Evan Light (twitter github blog) Charles Max Wood (twitter github Teach Me To Code Intro to CoffeeScript) Discussion 02:02 - Picking topics Passion Frustration Driven Development: Evan’s WindyCityRails Talk 2012 Listener questions/interest Lynchpin by Seth Godin “Doing what you love and sharing with other people” 07:08 - Speaking at User Groups vs Conferences Practice runs Keydown 09:46 - Twitter inquiries 10:16 - Topic proposals Marketing Abstracts 13:28 - Marketing to conference owners/marketing to the audience Making memorable talks 16:32 - How speakers are chosen Individual merit/”Hero Worship” Keynotes by invitation Past experience 20:56 - Preparing for a talk Pract...2012-11-1555 minThe Freelancers\' ShowThe Freelancers' ShowThe Ruby Freelancers Show 035 – Book PicksPanel Eric Davis (twitter github blog) Charles Max Wood (twitter github Teach Me To Code Intro to CoffeeScript) Discussion 01:36 - Duct Tape Marketing by John Jantsch (Eric) 04:51 - Getting Things Done: The Art of Stress-Free Productivity by David Allen (Chuck) David Allen Company Podcast 06:30 - Time Management for System Administrators by Tom Limoncelli (Eric) 08:47 - The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People by Stephen R. Covey (Chuck) 12:26 - Get Clients Now!: A 28-Day Marketing Program for Professionals, Consultants, and Coaches by C.J. Hayden (Eric) 15:08 - Book Yourself Solid: The Fastest, Easiest, and Most Reliable System for Getting More Clients...2012-11-0152 minThe Freelancers\' ShowThe Freelancers' ShowThe Ruby Freelancers Show 034 – BrownfieldPanel Eric Davis (twitter github blog) Evan Light (twitter github blog) Jim Gay (twitter github blog) Charles Max Wood (twitter github Teach Me To Code Intro to CoffeeScript) Discussion 01:58 - Brownfield Projects Contrast to Greenfield Legacy Code 06:50 - Labeling and defining a Brownfield Project Age Decrepitude 08:37 - How to handle Brownfield Projects Upgrading Modernizing Tree (Unix) The First Step of Refactoring a Rails Application Socratic Method 15:48 - Rescue Project versus Brownfield Project State of the Client versus State of the Project Urgent Need 20:02 - Technical Problems     Business Leadership Problems Conway’s Law Working Effectively with Legacy Code: Michael Feathers 26:56 - Ref...2012-10-2546 minThe Freelancers\' ShowThe Freelancers' ShowThe Ruby Freelancers Show 032 – Pivoting to New TechnologyPanel Eric Davis (twitter github blog) Jim Gay (twitter github blog) Charles Max Wood (twitter github Teach Me To Code Intro to CoffeeScript) Discussion 01:26 - Topic: Pivoting Into New Development Areas 02:00 - Taking time off as a freelancer 02:39 - Business of Freelancing: Eric Davis & Brennan Dunn 03:52 - Podcast Answer Man: Cliff Ravenscraft 04:14 - Chuck’s Intro to CoffeeScript Webinar 04:58 - Pivoting from one technology to another 05:12 - Jim’s experience with ‘pivoting’ 08:20 - Clojure 08:39 - Partial pivoting Learning new skills Trying new programming languages Satisfaction & what works best for you 12:08 - Eric’s experience with ‘pivoting’ 14:47 - Chuck’s experience with...2012-10-1556 minThe Freelancers\' ShowThe Freelancers' ShowThe Ruby Freelancers Show 031 – InsurancePanel Eric Davis (twitter github blog) Charles Max Wood (twitter github Teach Me To Code Intro to CoffeeScript) Jim Gay (twitter github blog) Discussion 01:07 - Jim Gay is a new member of the Ruby Freelancer’s regular panel! Author of (upcoming) Clean Ruby Cofounder of Arlington Ruby Co-organizer of DC RUG 02:03 - Freelancing and Experience 03:48 - Radiant CMS 05:34 - Liability Insurance 07:52 - Kinds of liability insurance Professional/errors in omissions General liability Umbrella policy 10:15 - Disclaimer: The Ruby Freelancers are not insurance agents, attorneys or financial advisors 10:45 - Putting liability back on the client 11:47 - Seeking advisors and professionals who...2012-10-0459 minThe Freelancers\' ShowThe Freelancers' ShowThe Ruby Freelancers Show 029 – Learning and Staying CurrentPanel Charles Max Wood (twitter github Teach Me To Code Rails Summer Camp) Eric Davis (twitter github blog) Discussion Requires Time and Effort No Time vs. Not A Priority Learning Takes Energy Make a list of things to learn, set a schedule. Learning GNU Emacs Books vs. Screencasts IRC Mailing Lists The Third Tribe The Podcast Mastermind Evan's Cat The Main Modes of Learning The Learning Pyramid Picks The Learning Pyramid (Eric) Pragmatic Thinking and Learning (Eric) Downcast (Eric) Ruby Rogues - DHH (Eric) Evening on Backbone.js/Views w/ Q&A with David Heinemeier Hansson (Eric) ViewSonic VA2431WM (Chuck...2012-09-2450 minThe Freelancers\' ShowThe Freelancers' ShowThe Ruby Freelancers Show 012 – Getting Starting as a FreelancerPanel Charles Max Wood (twitter github Teach Me To Code Rails Summer Camp) Eric Davis (twitter github blog) Evan Light (twitter github blog) Jeff Schoolcraft (twitter github blog) Discussion All you need is a client Business entity Startups for the Rest of Us Business Insurance iamindependent.com LegalZoom Get a Contract Health Insurance Dave Ramsey ELP's Aflac Group policies for companies SERP 401k Find a CPA and talk to them INGDirect Pay Down Debt Get some savings Disability Insurance The Freelancer's Guide to Money Bob Walsh The Total Money Makeover Financial Peace The Richest Man in Babylon Marketing Start a Blog Pay...2012-04-1357 minThe Freelancers\' ShowThe Freelancers' ShowThe Ruby Freelancers Show 009 – The “Ruby” in Ruby FreelancersPanel Charles Max Wood (twitter github Teach Me To Code Rails Summer Camp) Eric Davis (twitter github blog) Evan Light (twitter github blog) Jeff Schoolcraft (twitter github blog) Discussion Ruby Java .NET JavaScript Ruby on Rails Rescue Projects Redmine Chili Project Legacy Code Sinatra Rack Spree Ryan Bigg Radiant rails_admin Padrino Plugins attachment_fu Upgrading around customized plugins acts_as_commentable_with_threading Twitter API Facebook API Email LDAP authentication Single Signon authentication "Ruby is the glue that doesn't set" Facebook Connect ACH gateway OmniAuth Facebook Graph API Minitest Minitest-spec RSpec Cucumber Spinach Coulda "I want something like except it does...2012-04-0458 minThe Freelancers\' ShowThe Freelancers' ShowThe Ruby Freelancers Show 005 – Work/Life BalancePanel Charles Max Wood (twitter github Teach Me To Code Rails Summer Camp) Eric Davis (twitter github blog) Evan Light (twitter github blog) Jeff Schoolcraft (twitter github blog) Discussion Separate things out by day Set a fixed schedule The downside of being hourly Flexibility Ebb and Flow with balance Get help Hire a VA Subcontractors Contracting out Design Work Cut back Batch up the work Food delivery services (frozen pre-cooked/pre-made meals) Cleaning services Batch dinners Every Sunday pay bills/expenses Balance the checkbooks Build systems Earth Class Mail Concentrate FitBit Exercise & Sleep Recumbent bike Build it into your routine Picks Ha...2012-02-2447 minThe Freelancers\' ShowThe Freelancers' ShowThe Ruby Freelancers Show 004 – Fixed Bids vs Hourly WorkPanel Charles Max Wood (twitter github Teach Me To Code Rails Summer Camp) Eric Davis (twitter github blog) Evan Light (twitter github blog) Jeff Schoolcraft (twitter github blog) Discussion Fixed bid Time and materials Give a budget to the client Scope creep Do you renegotiate the contract on scope creep? Short fixed bids can help manage costs and risk Customer management Fixed vs. Hourly is a discussion of risk Provide options for a fixed bid Multipliers for each unknown Risk is added for each new technology added to the stack Alan Weiss Start up with a courting period and then renegotia...2012-02-171h 00