OffTheGrid recap
Posted by Richard White Thu, 17 Aug 2006 04:59:12 GMT
The Geek TV crew was at OffTheGrid and I was lucky enough to even be included in some of the footage (I’m about 2/3 of the way through if you want to skip all those other jokers). I had a great time and was able to both sterotype myself and make friends at the same time, so mission accomplished. I want to give some shout outs to my new friends: John, Robert, Wayne, Aaron, Heather, Michael and Christian.
Hopefully the impassioned and zealtrous on film argument about PHP v Python v Ruby between John, Michael and myself will see the light of day (If not I’d like it for the home videos to show the grandkids one day). In it I sound like a total 37signals zealot talking about constraints and conventions but that’s what you get when you mix beer, geek egos and a camera. The oh so predictable developer argument began with the simple question “How does Rails help you write more maintainable software?”. I have had a lot of thoughts on the subject lately and started a manifesto of sorts of the subject of software maintainability for web applications. I’ll try and post that sometime soon.
I’m always happy to ask a thought provoking question.
I’m also quite interested in reading your manifesto. I hear that Montana is a good place fro writing such things.
Richard—Man oh man oh man when did I wake up and end up falling down the rabbit hole into the inter-workings of Ruby on Rails and other Geek-manifestos? I’m on very slim footing in the land of coding, so forgive me for being impish. But strangely, even if I hadn’t had the pleasure of having met you in Montana, hearing your impassioned plea for the demise of both Python and Pearl (and whatever else happens with the shift-8 key), I’m strangely impressed by your blog…and more importanly your writing style. Good stuff. Flattered to have been mentioned in your post-off-the-grid posting; thanks! The new site will go live sometime soon but thanks for the hard link back to DesignShare. The re-branding gods will be in full effect within weeks. In the meantime, be well, and expect an email back on the one you sent recently; work has been intense lately and the baby is due in 2 weeks; personal emails are on the back-burner. Somehow, commenting/blogging isn’t. Go figure! Cheers, Christian