Well Grounded Rubyist part 1

I had a lot of fun preparing some slide for the WGR book club I am hosting. It is definitely helping me understand the material by forcing my self to discuss via hangout.

For those insterested the slides and vide are below.




Next hangout is in 2 weeks.

CatchUpConf2014

I have recently figured out that you can listen to Youtube videos at 2x without added extensions or downloading them locally. This is a great discovery for me since I have been collecting conference talks for a while but find I never finish them due to lack of time.

When I first starting learning Ruby, I watched youtube videos at 4am while holding my newborn son. We had a great system, but he has now sleeps in and I have gotten lazy too.

I am now collecting more conference videos to watch now at 2x and open for suggestions. I have created a public Youtube playlist called CatchUpConf of videos I have had on my list already, but also some I would like to rewatch and hopefully learn some new info on Ruby and other languages.

If you have not watched the Advi Grimm talk on Confident Code, I highly recommend it.

Jumped on the TED bandwagon

I have recently got back into the TED talk bandwagon. Below are some inspirational talks that are relevant to what I am trying to do.