Archive for September, 2009

Sunday, September 20th, 2009

I like Tomatos. I like time.

In my constant battle to get stuff done and feel good about what I did, I am finding the Pomodoro Method very handy.
Basically you set a timer for 25 mins, work unhindered for that time, then take a 5 minute break. Repeat 3 more times, then take a 15-20 min break. This has helped me [...]

1 Comment » - Posted in life, time management by nola

Sunday, September 13th, 2009

WindyCityRails2009 was a blast!!

Even though I don’t do ruby at work, I do it for fun on weekends. I paid for my own self to go to the WindyCityRails conference and tutorial on Cucumber, RSpec Testing. It was well worth the money!! Not many things can get me to go up to Chicago early in the morning and [...]

No Comments » - Posted in Fun, Ruby, Ruby On Rails, devchix by nola

Thursday, September 10th, 2009

Cool Toys: GMail

I haven’t had a cool toys post about something web related in awhile. I got the idea for this kind post from a friend whom I told him something cool, and he said “HEY you need to share your cool toys!”
It used to be it was cool to have @my-awesome-website.com email addresses. Having your own [...]

1 Comment » - Posted in cool toys by nola

Tuesday, September 8th, 2009

How to get better at programming?

Sometime ago a co-worker asked me what my github name was. I had forgotten..I hadn’t used it in so long! He was surprised that I didn’t have any open source code out there! I said, umm..i haven’t written anything I think someone would want!
I tend to start projects, work a bit on them and [...]

2 Comments » - Posted in android, devchix, java, open source by nola