Brent Sordyl’s blog

2009 Rubyist’s guide to a Mac OS X development environment
(Link: Indepth Mac OS X Ruby development setup guide)

web2.0 osx, ruby, rubyonrails

Good rundown of free libraries for creating PDF documents from AjaxLine
(Link: 10 Best Libraries for generating PDF Files)

web2.0 library, pdf, programming

KideoPlayer is a youtube player with a handcurated list of videos that are appropriate for children.
(Link: KideoPlayer – kid safe video player)

web2.0 kids

BuildBot is a system to automate the compile/test cycle required by most software projects to validate code changes.
(Link: Buildbot – continuous integration server)

web2.0 continuousintegration, testing

Follow an event stream and Tinker will show you relevant real-time conversations from twitter. Seems like #hashtags for the masses.
(Link: Tinker – follow an event stream on twitter)

web2.0 twittertools

A great alphabetized glossary of twitter concepts, apps, tools and articles. A great list of popular Twitter applications and instructions for incorporating Twitter into your website and blogs.
(Link: The Ultimate Guide for Everything Twitter)

web2.0 reference, tweet, twitter, twittertools

we announce the release of the ActionScript 3.0 Client Library for Facebook Platform API. This library, a joint effort between Adobe and Facebook, allows developers to create rich social web applications using Flash, Flex and AIR.
(Link: FoF: Flash on Facebook – Making the Web More Social)

web2.0 adobe, facebook, flash, ria, tweet

In this video, Daniel Dura shows you how to use Flex Builder to develop your first Flash application on the Facebook Platform using the ActionScript 3.0 Client Library for Facebook Platform API.
(Link: Build your first Flash Facebook application | ADC)

web2.0 facebook, flash, ria

The new ActionScript 3.0 Client Library for Facebook Platform API, fully supported by Facebook and Adobe, makes it easy to build applications that combine the strengths of the Flash Platform and Facebook Platform.
(Link: FoF: facebook-actionscript-api – Google Code)

web2.0 facebook, flash, ria

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Uncategorized hosting

Directory of E-Learning Tools: Course Authoring Tools
These tools can be used to create courses and tutorials. [See also Interactivity tools for specific tools that provide interactive elements that can be used within courses]

Uncategorized authoring, e-learning

F*** the Real World: A video of DHH’s talk at FOWA Dublin

Uncategorized 37signals, dhh, startups, tweet

INeedAPencil.com – Free SAT Prep
INeedAPencil.com is an innovative site that raises students SAT scores through a strategic preparation program that uses SAT questions, lessons and student tools. Learn more about INeedAPencil.com in the About Us section.

Uncategorized e-learning, testprep

Ruby script to generate weekly Twitter links – Alex Miller
First, I wanted to hit the Twitter Search API to grab all of my tweets with links in the last week. You can pretty quickly figure this out by using the Twitter advanced search screen and looking at the resulting search, something like: “from:puredanger filter:links since:2009-03-23″ should do the trick.

Uncategorized ruby, twitter

Ruby Sequel – The Database Toolkit for Ruby
# Sequel provides thread safety, connection pooling and a concise DSL for constructing database queries and table schemas.
# Sequel also includes a lightweight but comprehensive ORM layer for mapping records to Ruby objects and handling associated records.
# Sequel makes it easy to deal with multiple records without having to break your teeth on SQL.
# Sequel currently has adapters for ADO, DB2, DBI, Informix, JDBC, MySQL, ODBC, OpenBase, Oracle, PostgreSQL and SQLite3.

Uncategorized activerecord, database, dbi, ruby