http://www.robbyonrails.com/articles/tag/news en-us 40 thoughts.sort_by{|t| t[:topic]}.collect <p>My fiance keeps pointing out how annoying it is to see science grouped with technology on the Google News site. (see <a href="http://news.google.com/?ned=us&#38;topic=t">Sci/Tech</a>)</p> <p>Why is this annoying? Well&#8230; take a look at the following screenshot.</p> <p><a href="http://www.planetargon.com/files/~robby/google_sci_tech.jpg"><img src="http://www.planetargon.com/files/~robby/google_sci_tech_small.jpg" alt="" /></a></p> <p>What doesn&#8217;t seem like it belongs in this list?</p> <p>If you guessed, &#8220;Dwarf dinosaur fossil found in Germany&#8221;... you guessed right!</p> <p>I wish that they had just a Science category as I hardly see how this needs to be grouped with news about Nintendo or new voip phone applications.</p> Sat, 10 Jun 2006 13:12:00 -0500 urn:uuid:fcf80e9d-7710-454e-8227-f7eee55dbbce Robby Russell http://www.robbyonrails.com/articles/2006/06/10/science-technology Off-Topic science news <p>Oh my! It seems that <a href="http://www.rubyonrails.org">Ruby on Rails</a> is getting more and more press&#8230;</p> <ul> <li><a href="http://www.computerworld.com/developmenttopics/development/story/0,10801,109953,00.html">Java facing pressures from dynamic languages</a>, Computer World</li> <li><a href="http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/technology/4842498.stm">Learning to love Web 2.0</a>, <span class="caps">BBC</span> News</li> <li><a href="http://www.crn.com/showArticle.jhtml?articleID=181502261">Riding The Ruby Rails In A New Direction</a>, <span class="caps">CRN</span></li> </ul> <p>With Rails getting so much attention, it&#8217;s becoming insanely difficult, albeit fun, to keep up with the wave of interest in our <a href="http://www.planetargon.com/development.html">Ruby on Rails development services</a>.</p> <p>I got really excited when I saw this <a href="http://www.robsanheim.com/2006/03/23/ruby-and-ruby-on-rails-book-roundup/">list of Ruby and Rails related books</a> that are coming out this year&#8230; <a href="http://www.programmingrails.com">including mine</a>. This is <em>excellent</em> news as we move further into 2006.</p> <p>Andy Budd <a href="http://www.andybudd.com/archives/2005/12/web_design_and_development_trends_for_2006/">saw this coming</a> in early December&#8230;</p> <blockquote><em>&#8220;2006 is going to see Ruby on Rails development take off in a big way, with Rails developers never short of work. There will be an increasing number of hosts offering Rails support, as well as a slew of new books on the subject.&#8221;</em> <p>- <a href="http://www.andybudd.com/">Andy Budd</a></blockquote></p> <p>...and regardless of the <a href="http://slash7.com/pages/vampires">Help Vampires</a> out there&#8230; I love <a href="http://wiki.rubyonrails.com/rails/pages/WorkingProfessionallyWithRails">this community</a>.</p> <p><strong>Related Post(s):</strong></p> <ul> <li><a href="http://www.robbyonrails.com/articles/2006/01/02/rails-development-in-2006">Rails Development in 2006</a></li> <li><a href="http://www.robbyonrails.com/articles/2006/02/12/ruby-on-rails-development-party-like-its-1999">Ruby on Rails Development: Party like it&#8217;s 1999!</a></li> </ul> Mon, 27 Mar 2006 17:12:00 -0600 urn:uuid:81e62713-5d5f-46c3-a52b-f17e5e7e4172 Robby Russell http://www.robbyonrails.com/articles/2006/03/27/links-ruby-on-rails-in-the-news-and-its-still-rolling-along rant rails news