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  • Ruby coding dojo

    I’ve learned a lot from the first Ruby coding dojo we organized last thursday. First, this dojo reinforced some strong convictions of mine: – practice is the essence of art. Whether you are a musician, an illustrator, a surgeon, or a sportsman, it is indeed by practicing everyday the same gestures (and by learning more [...]

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    Ode to a tech team

    Some people just never get credited for the amazing work they do. I’ve been thinking for a while now about writing a ‘thank you’ note to the people that really made my work-life smooth, easy and fun in the last 3 years. To Benoit, Vincent, Mathieu, Didier, Mikhail, Daniel, Richard : Thank you for your [...]

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    New Rails magazine at MagCloud’s

    Magcloud’s catalog is growing solidely and new interesting publications join everyday. Here comes Rails Magazine, a newbie in the print-on-demand platform. I had already found “The Rubyist” on Magcloud, and their second issue is now available… If you’re lucky enough to live in a country where Magcloud delivers and if you’ve read either Rails Magazine [...]

    Links w#14

    Practical sorcery with irb Some practical tips and tricks to get the most out of your Ryby console The Impossible Project They have 12 months to invent a new sort of integral film for vintage Polaroid cameras. I love you guys! The ultimate guide for everything Twitter What a great post with tons of useful [...]

    XP from the trenches

    Next week, I’ll be speaking at the first session of the brand new Agile Grafotech Forum about my 2 years of XP coaching at Eyeka. Considering the hard time I had convincing my boss to set those practices up, I was thinking of “XP from the trenches” as a title for my slideshow but it [...]