Comments on: My Railsconf Talk http://metaatem.net/2008/05/30/my-railsconf-talk its a mirror - get it? Erik Kastner's blog. Tue, 06 Jan 2009 06:54:51 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.2 By: PJ Cabrera http://metaatem.net/2008/05/30/my-railsconf-talk#comment-32748 PJ Cabrera Thu, 03 Jul 2008 00:01:43 +0000 http://metaatem.net/2008/05/30/my-railsconf-talk#comment-32748 Erik, the slides are no longer on Slideshare. Could you edit the post and add a link to the PDF somewhere permanent? I'd really like to see the slides. :-) Erik, the slides are no longer on Slideshare. Could you edit the post and add a link to the PDF somewhere permanent? I’d really like to see the slides. :-)

]]> By: AW http://metaatem.net/2008/05/30/my-railsconf-talk#comment-32615 AW Mon, 09 Jun 2008 07:34:00 +0000 http://metaatem.net/2008/05/30/my-railsconf-talk#comment-32615 Late late late, but @cory: DreamHost has mod_rails support, which means it's just upload-and-go. They're also not down / offline as everyone says they are. Only been down ~15 minutes this month. :3 Rails hosting there has been pretty good to me so far for the price. Perfect for small, not-resource-intensive apps. Use this promo code and you'll get 2 free domain registrations to get you up and running. The code is: easy_microapp Late late late, but @cory: DreamHost has mod_rails support, which means it’s just upload-and-go.

They’re also not down / offline as everyone says they are. Only been down ~15 minutes this month. :3 Rails hosting there has been pretty good to me so far for the price. Perfect for small, not-resource-intensive apps.

Use this promo code and you’ll get 2 free domain registrations to get you up and running. The code is: easy_microapp

]]> By: Kastner http://metaatem.net/2008/05/30/my-railsconf-talk#comment-32591 Kastner Wed, 04 Jun 2008 19:20:54 +0000 http://metaatem.net/2008/05/30/my-railsconf-talk#comment-32591 Woah... check out my blog with the awesome comments! A few things * I'm really glad it went short and was so informal. I often feel like presenters are presenting the "One True Way". I'm hoping I just presented "One possible way". * Hosting microapps currently sucks. I'm thinking of a possible way to rectify that. Stay tuned :) And to those that said it was one of, or possibly their main favorite of the conf THANK YOU... you're too kind Woah… check out my blog with the awesome comments!

A few things
* I’m really glad it went short and was so informal. I often feel like presenters are presenting the “One True Way”. I’m hoping I just presented “One possible way”.
* Hosting microapps currently sucks. I’m thinking of a possible way to rectify that. Stay tuned :)

And to those that said it was one of, or possibly their main favorite of the conf
THANK YOU… you’re too kind

]]> By: cory http://metaatem.net/2008/05/30/my-railsconf-talk#comment-32588 cory Wed, 04 Jun 2008 17:17:22 +0000 http://metaatem.net/2008/05/30/my-railsconf-talk#comment-32588 Any suggestions for where to host these apps? Finding places to host ruby or rails stuff isn't always easy, and managing your own server can be kind of hard (and seems anithetical to the micro-apps spirit) and/or expensive. Any suggestions for where to host these apps? Finding places to host ruby or rails stuff isn’t always easy, and managing your own server can be kind of hard (and seems anithetical to the micro-apps spirit) and/or expensive.

]]> By: Microapps Encourage Hacking | McKinney Station http://metaatem.net/2008/05/30/my-railsconf-talk#comment-32575 Microapps Encourage Hacking | McKinney Station Tue, 03 Jun 2008 14:54:16 +0000 http://metaatem.net/2008/05/30/my-railsconf-talk#comment-32575 [...] am back from RailsConf 2008 and two of my favorite talks were “Microapps for Fun and Profit” by Erik Kastner and “23 Hacks” by Nathaniel Talbott. I have recently been toying [...] [...] am back from RailsConf 2008 and two of my favorite talks were “Microapps for Fun and Profit” by Erik Kastner and “23 Hacks” by Nathaniel Talbott. I have recently been toying [...]

]]> By: Eric Davis http://metaatem.net/2008/05/30/my-railsconf-talk#comment-32568 Eric Davis Mon, 02 Jun 2008 23:36:43 +0000 http://metaatem.net/2008/05/30/my-railsconf-talk#comment-32568 Your talk was great. I liked it the most because it was very laid back, it felt more like one hacker showing other hackers something really cool. After the talk, I went home and downloaded Sinatra and started to play around with it and git-wiki (written in Sinatra). I'm planning on taking a day this month to hack up my own microapp in Sinatra and then maybe another one in Merb. Your talk was great. I liked it the most because it was very laid back, it felt more like one hacker showing other hackers something really cool. After the talk, I went home and downloaded Sinatra and started to play around with it and git-wiki (written in Sinatra). I’m planning on taking a day this month to hack up my own microapp in Sinatra and then maybe another one in Merb.

]]> By: The Mega RailsConf 2008 Round Up http://metaatem.net/2008/05/30/my-railsconf-talk#comment-32552 The Mega RailsConf 2008 Round Up Mon, 02 Jun 2008 15:29:20 +0000 http://metaatem.net/2008/05/30/my-railsconf-talk#comment-32552 [...] for Fun and Profit: Erik Kastner talked about developing very small “microapps” using [...] [...] for Fun and Profit: Erik Kastner talked about developing very small “microapps” using [...]

]]> By: Dustin Anderson http://metaatem.net/2008/05/30/my-railsconf-talk#comment-32542 Dustin Anderson Mon, 02 Jun 2008 00:00:03 +0000 http://metaatem.net/2008/05/30/my-railsconf-talk#comment-32542 Dood - your talk was my favorite talk of the whole conference... Seriously. I really like how you define microapps (basically get it done in one sitting)... I've been jacking around with sinatra and flickr api and have already learned a bunch... This was one talk that was not only interesting, but more importantly, one that I walk away and can do something with. THank You! Dood - your talk was my favorite talk of the whole conference… Seriously. I really like how you define microapps (basically get it done in one sitting)… I’ve been jacking around with sinatra and flickr api and have already learned a bunch…

This was one talk that was not only interesting, but more importantly, one that I walk away and can do something with.

THank You!

]]> By: Ryan L Cross http://metaatem.net/2008/05/30/my-railsconf-talk#comment-32534 Ryan L Cross Sun, 01 Jun 2008 00:05:31 +0000 http://metaatem.net/2008/05/30/my-railsconf-talk#comment-32534 Firstly, I saw the running 15 minutes short as a good thing, far from a bad thing. It was about perfect, providing time for people to ask you questions... which they did. Secondly, if the crowd of people who came up to speak with you afterward was any indication of how much interest you generated by the talk, then I'd say you did pretty well. Firstly, I saw the running 15 minutes short as a good thing, far from a bad thing. It was about perfect, providing time for people to ask you questions… which they did. Secondly, if the crowd of people who came up to speak with you afterward was any indication of how much interest you generated by the talk, then I’d say you did pretty well.

]]> By: Barry Hess http://metaatem.net/2008/05/30/my-railsconf-talk#comment-32526 Barry Hess Sat, 31 May 2008 07:04:50 +0000 http://metaatem.net/2008/05/30/my-railsconf-talk#comment-32526 I actually thought it was refreshing that you didn't fill all the time. Maybe lasting a bit longer would be better, but I was a little tired of sessions that claimed they would allow time for questions and then kind of prattle on and on and on repeating the same the same things. Heck, your talk was starting to feel a bit like a BarCamp talk. I like BarCamp! I actually thought it was refreshing that you didn’t fill all the time. Maybe lasting a bit longer would be better, but I was a little tired of sessions that claimed they would allow time for questions and then kind of prattle on and on and on repeating the same the same things. Heck, your talk was starting to feel a bit like a BarCamp talk. I like BarCamp!

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