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I am an eco geek.
My interests include mentoring ecopreneurs, technology coaching, programming, web hosting, and sustainable marketing.
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- I finally found an easy way to get my tweets on to my facebook page (not my personal profile) http://apps.facebook.com/smarttwitterpages/ 1 week ago
- WTH East Coast peeps emailing txting calling while driving? Still legal there, everyone seems to do it. Glad it's not on West Coast. 2 weeks ago
- I just voted for 'bring back rss feeds for clip…' what do you think? http://uservoice.com/a/25VOv #NetNewsWireMac #feedback 2 weeks ago
- No dogs on the dock so Bru-Tang and I are in the park. (@ Ivar's Salmon House w/ 3 others) http://4sq.com/5sQvww 2 weeks ago
- I just unlocked the "I'm on a boat!" badge on @foursquare! http://4sq.com/bNucMq 2 weeks ago
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Author Archives: ivanoats
The Simplest Possible Cucumber Test
I’m not really that good at testing. So what, so are a lot of people. Having some tests is better than none! And, the way testing tutorials are written can seem really complex and scary. Today I started thinking about … Continue reading
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Tagged cucumber, rails, ruby, ruby on rails, rubyonrails, testing, webdesign, webdevelopment
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Real Direct Democracy
We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty, and the pursuit of Happiness. That to secure these rights, … Continue reading
Tired of Time Machine Running All the Time?
If you have a Mac laptop, and use an external drive for a backup, you may have noticed it seems like Time Machine is calculating changes almost all the time, or at least way too often. This is probably because … Continue reading
Rails Rescue Handbook, an ebook by Mike Gunderloy
Rails is a powerful development tool for web applications – but that power can lead inexperienced developers astray. If you're working on a Rails project gone bad, the targeted advice in this ebook will get you back on track quickly. Continue reading
Ruby on Rails Tutorial: Learn Rails by Example | by Michael Hartl
Rails Tutorial contains integrated tutorials not only for Rails, but also for the underlying Ruby language,4 as well as for HTML, CSS, some JavaScript, and even a little SQL. This means that, no matter where you currently are in your knowledge of web development, by the time you finish this tutorial you will be ready for more advanced Rails resources, as well as for the more systematic treatments of the other subjects mentioned. A book-in-progress—drafts currently available for chapters 1–7. Continue reading
New Report: Green Marketing Brings in the Dough – The Green Inkwell
How effective is Green marketing, really?
That’s what the authors of Green Marketing: What Works; What Doesn’t – A Marketing Study Of Practitioners asked in a recent study by Watershed Publishing. The report summarizes the real-life results of Green marketing by the audiences of five industry publications. Continue reading
WHM/cPanel Manual Site Removal – The Planet Forums
How to remove a corrupted cpanel account via command line Continue reading
What’s My DNS? – Global DNS Propagation Checker
A great tool for checking what your DNS name servers are from around the world – to see how propagation is going when transferring web hosts. Continue reading
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WebNotions: How to Avoid Getting Screwed by New Clients (fishers and wolves)
One consultant's process for weeding out troublesome clients up front. Includes a discovery phase, which I like. This is for new potential clients, not for existing clients that you are having trouble with. Continue reading
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Sustainability Posters: Change Observer: Design Observer
Great looking sustainability posters Continue reading
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