Just finished doing the majority of the initial setup on my Ubuntu slice at Slicehost. Pretty simple with their very well written docs.
Software Development
Interested in a Minneapolis WordCamp?
I’m conducting a quick test to see how much interest there would be in hosting a Minneapolis WordCamp. WordCamp is an unconference focused on WordPress users and developers, including general topics on blogging as well. I’ve put a wiki page up at where you can read more and link …
Keep reading · 1 minute: Interested in a Minneapolis WordCamp?Wishing there was a WordPress user group in Minneapolis. And yes, I realize I could start one.
Trying out Coda for the first time and thinking that it may be perfect!
Confluence Case Study
A case study was just posted at the Atlassian website on the use of the Confluence wiki solution at work. Some nice quotes from me in it, and the story on how we’ve been using Wiki’s. It leaves out some of the longer history though. The Wiki use really started in MarketWatch long …
Keep reading · 1 minute: Confluence Case StudyTufte Returning to Minneapolis June 23 & 24
I was checking out Edward Tufte’s site the other day and I noted that he is going to be returning to Minneapolis again for his seminar. I’ve been to his seminar twice and would consider going a third time but I’ll be out of town. If you haven’t been to his seminar before I really …
Keep reading · 1 minute: Tufte Returning to Minneapolis June 23 & 24Registered for RailsConf 2008
Registration just opened up for RailsConf 2008 in Portland, Oregon. I’m heading out to my first RailsConf!
Open Thread: Presenting at Code Freeze 2008
I’m presenting at Code Freeze 2008 in January. The title of my presentation is Innovation in Product Development. Everyone wants to have the next hot product. We are constantly “pushing the envelope” and “thinking out of the box”. We have the aspiration, but in many cases it …
Keep reading · 1 minute: Open Thread: Presenting at Code Freeze 2008Website Updates (Nov 2007)
I just finished a pretty long session or upgrades and improvements to thingelstad.com. Here are some new things to check out. Gravatars I actually implemented Gravatars a while back, when Automattic bought them. But it deserves a special highlight and I improved the …
Keep reading · 2 minutes: Website Updates (Nov 2007)Intrigued by CouchDB.