Assimilating Contributed Code
This year I authored several RubyGems and just this week finally learned how to work with a contributor. continue reading
posted December 30, 2011 by Hoyt
This year I authored several RubyGems and just this week finally learned how to work with a contributor. continue reading
posted December 30, 2011 by Hoyt
Today I hacked together an easy to use gem for accessing the Gauges API. continue reading
posted December 9, 2011 by Hoyt
Today the whole crew from Ordered List joins GitHub! continue reading
posted December 5, 2011 by Hoyt
I've been working at Ordered List for almost a year now and wanted to share some observations on how we work. continue reading
posted November 29, 2011 by Hoyt
While I initially had issues with the concept of Finish Weekend, I'm really glad I participated and believe everyone involved is better off for it. continue reading
posted November 12, 2011 by Hoyt
Ok, so now you've got your shiny new hubot up and ready to listen to your every command. But what should we tell him to do with our nonsense! continue reading
posted October 28, 2011 by Hoyt
How you can give Siri her very own robot brother with some help from Heroku and HipChat. continue reading
posted October 28, 2011 by Hoyt
We need more mentors. Mentors help us avoid mistakes and give us guidance on how to be better at our jobs and at life. continue reading
posted October 20, 2011 by Hoyt
Like many people around the world today I received my iPhone 4S in the mail and was unable to activate it. I have a theory as to why. continue reading
posted October 14, 2011 by Hoyt
Building a career as a programmer requires a lot of hard work, determination, and in my opinion a lot of writing. continue reading
posted October 14, 2011 by Hoyt
Looking back at the last two weeks since launching Speaker Deck. continue reading
posted October 10, 2011 by Hoyt
We recently ran into issues with certain versions of GhostScript not being able to convert PDF's into images. Here's how we solved the problem. continue reading
posted October 6, 2011 by Hoyt
When did you start using a Mac? Just wanted to share my story and how Steve Jobs and Apple changed my life. continue reading
posted October 5, 2011 by Hoyt
How a product was born, from inception to implementation, and distractions to launch. continue reading
posted October 3, 2011 by Hoyt
I struggle with remembering great ideas, not so great ideas, things I want to accomplish, and so much more. Lets talk about the easiest way to hack our lives so we can be more productive. continue reading
posted October 3, 2011 by Hoyt
What do you do when your app on Heroku is dropping requests like your dad does puns? Let me show you! continue reading
posted September 12, 2011 by Hoyt
Grim is a simple gem for extracting (reaping) a page from a pdf and converting it to an image as well as extract the text from the page as a string. continue reading
posted September 6, 2011 by Hoyt
Want to be a better programmer and a better person? Ditch your coworkers, go out and meet other peers, ask questions, and most importantly, listen. continue reading
posted September 3, 2011 by Hoyt
While in San Francisco on our long overdue honeymoon I learned a valuable lesson from our waiter at the Farallon restaurant. While the food was amazing, his confidence and pride in their product was the thing that intrigued me. continue reading
posted August 4, 2011 by Hoyt
Ever curious about what the software stack for programs you use looks like? I am, so I thought I'd share what Speaker Deck's technology stack looks like right now, and then I can look back a year from now and see how much it has changed. continue reading
posted July 29, 2011 by Hoyt
Are you using Heroku and want to run a program not included in the Heroku environment? I'm going to show you how. continue reading
posted July 28, 2011 by Hoyt
While at RailsConf earlier this year we decided that it would be wise to move Speaker Deck to Heroku and S3, and we finally made it happen. continue reading
posted July 27, 2011 by Hoyt
Today was an awesome day at work. continue reading
posted July 1, 2011 by Hoyt
Changing the way you live your life sounds weird, and drastic, but I have to admit that I'm really starting to enjoy it. continue reading
posted June 30, 2011 by Hoyt
I've been emotionally up and down a lot the past few months and a lot of it has had to do with work. Don't get me wrong, I love my job, and therein lies the problem. continue reading
posted June 29, 2011 by Hoyt
If you use the older Mephisto blogging app for your website and need something to replace it that _just works_, check out "Harmony":http://get.harmonyapp.com. continue reading
posted June 22, 2011 by Hoyt
Recognizing someone's hard hard work and thanking them for it is always worth it. continue reading
posted June 8, 2011 by Hoyt
This is a wee tale about my journey building a BBQ smoker. continue reading
posted May 31, 2011 by Hoyt
I've been planning on building a 55 gallon smoker for almost a year and a half now, but the time and resources just haven't been there. Today marked the first day of real progress! continue reading
posted May 12, 2011 by Hoyt
Almost two years ago I broke my wrist. That August I had surgery to repair the fracture and during the surgery my median nerve was severely damaged. I lost feeling in most of my right hand, went thru excruciating pain for several months, and had to learn how to work around my disability. continue reading
posted May 3, 2011 by Hoyt
This was my first SXSW Interactive and while the people, parties, and talks were amazing, I feel like I made one huge mistake the entire conference. continue reading
posted March 21, 2011 by Hoyt
Balancing your home and work life can be terribly difficult, especially when you love your job. continue reading
posted March 5, 2011 by Hoyt
Sharing in the vision and energy of your team is a key factor to success and happiness at work. continue reading
posted March 3, 2011 by Hoyt
Being the new guy in your work place can be intimidating. It can cause anxiety, frustration, and hamper your productivity. Sometimes its your coworkers not making it easy for you, sometimes its just you, your mindset, willingness to stretch your limits. continue reading
posted March 2, 2011 by Hoyt