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[ANN] flickr_cli version 0.1.5 - "A command line interface to a photo sharing website is surely an abomination in the eyes of God." A command line interface to explore your contact's photos by converting them to ASCII art. For (an outd	Stephen Schor	Feb 22, 2012 4:24 PM
stub_shell - a gem for stubbing shell environments - Hi folks, I presented a gem for stubbing shell commands in an rspec test suite at the last meetup. Based on some feedback that I received at the meetup, I've polished it up and have used it in one library as a test. I'd like	Justin S. Leitgeb	Feb 21, 2012 9:00 PM
[ANN] flickr_cli version 0.1.1 - "A command line interface to a photo sharing website is surely an abomination in the eyes of God."	Stephen Schor	Feb 17, 2012 3:48 PM
Re: [NYC-rb] [JOB] Rails Engineer at Acquaintable - Hi Casey, I am a front end developer & UI/graphic designer looking to work with a sharp startup, let me know if you like my work. http://romyromy.com Romy On Wed,	romy	Feb 15, 2012 6:58 PM
[JOB] Rails Engineer at Acquaintable - Preview not available	Casey Gibbons	Feb 15, 2012 3:15 PM
Reminder: No nyc.rb presentation tonight - Reminder that tonight's nyc.rb presentation has been canceled due to conflicts with Valentines day. See you in March!	Josh Knowles	Feb 14, 2012 9:37 AM
Re: [NYC-rb] Good cafes in manhattan for hacking? - When I lived in Manhattan a few years ago I had reasonable success with hotspotr: http://hotspotr.com/wifi/map/115-new-york-ny And while it does have some entries for Paris, the inte	Steven Deobald	Feb 14, 2012 1:06 AM
Re: [NYC-rb] [JOB] Bike + Code = Free Bike + Code - This sounds really awesome. Paat On Feb 13, 2012, at 3:42 PM, Will Denni wrote:	Paat Sinsuwan	Feb 13, 2012 4:11 PM
Re: [NYC-rb] [JOB] Bike + Code = Free Bike + Code - Hey Nicholas, It's like airbnb for bikes, but we allow bike rental companies to list as well, so sort of a hybrid. Thanks for the feedback! Will On Mon, Feb 1	Will Denni	Feb 13, 2012 3:37 PM
Re: [NYC-rb] [JOB] Bike + Code = Free Bike + Code - Is this like airbnb for bikes, or zip car for bikes? Either way, awesome idea! On Monday, February 13, 2012, Will Denni < [address removed] > wrote: > Hey guys, > We'	Nicholas Butterworth	Feb 13, 2012 3:28 PM
[JOB] Bike + Code = Free Bike + Code - Hey guys, We're working on Spinlister, an angel-funded bike rental start up, and are looking to hire someone to join our CTO. We plan on building a huge business and are looking for someone to come on the ride with us (pun!).	Will Denni	Feb 13, 2012 2:38 PM
Re: [NYC-rb] Good cafes in manhattan for hacking? - I've been using this map to get some work done and also contributing with my favorites. I was wondering if anyone knows of a similar map for Paris. On Mon, Oct 24, 2011 at 2:0	Ilya	Feb 12, 2012 8:48 PM
[JOB] Rails Developer at LocalBonus - Preview not available	Derek Webster	Feb 11, 2012 2:05 PM
[JOB] Agile Developer at Cyrus Innovation - Hi all,	Debbie Madden	Feb 10, 2012 5:34 PM
[JOB] Looking for an AMAZING RoR Developer for a 3 Week + project - Biogrify is almost ready to launch, and we're looking for a talented Ruby on Rails developer with experience in web apps to take the l	Kristen Larkin	Feb 10, 2012 2:36 PM
[JOB] Full-time Rails developer needed at PipelineDeals! (Philly/DC/NYC) - Preview not available	Grant Ammons	Feb 10, 2012 1:56 PM
Ruby and Rails training for team in Stamford, CT - Preview not available	Jim Menard	Feb 8, 2012 11:42 AM
[JOB] Rails Freelancer - Hi, Our company, Timegen Consulting, is a NY-based services company building technology for web, mobile and social media. We have two ongoing, technically challenging Ruby projects that need additional resource(s) and we're looking for contract / fr	Bob Visnov	Feb 7, 2012 8:38 PM
Re: [NYC-rb] 3rd Part Auth through native OS X app backed by webservice - So I did some research, it seems like having the OS X app get the access token from facebook and then POST'ing that back to the web service to be used with like fb_graph is the best solution.	Avi Flombaum	Feb 7, 2012 7:32 AM
Re: [NYC-rb] 3rd Part Auth through native OS X app backed by webservice - These are the official tools. https://developers.facebook.com/docs/sdks/ If you're doing the auth in the app, then no, there's no consideration for informing the	Matthew Schulkind	Feb 6, 2012 6:13 PM
Re: [NYC-rb] 3rd Part Auth through native OS X app backed by webservice - Facebook's SDK handles also somehow informing the webservice, not just the OSX app, of the user authentication? Any links? Ya, it's sort of a pain in the ass... Avi Flombaum -------------------------------------- Desi	Avi Flombaum	Feb 6, 2012 3:44 PM
Re: [NYC-rb] 3rd Part Auth through native OS X app backed by webservice - For facebook on iOS, you'd never take this approach. Facebook provides an SDK to handle all of this for you. There's also a phonegap plugin to use that SDK. Does this SDK, or something like it not exist for OS X?	Matthew Schulkind	Feb 6, 2012 2:09 PM
Re: [NYC-rb] 3rd Part Auth through native OS X app backed by webservice - Preview not available	Kliment Mamykin	Feb 6, 2012 1:56 PM
Re: [NYC-rb] 3rd Part Auth through native OS X app backed by webservice - Hey Avi, The best approach in my opinion is to let the web service control the auth to the third party services (and store the tokens). Your OSX app can then just display a web view for the auth flow between your service and the third party. -Jak	Jake Howerton	Feb 6, 2012 1:05 PM
Re: [NYC-rb] 3rd Part Auth through native OS X app backed by webservice - Right, service is built in Rails, using omniauth-facebook/twitter - the issue is I'm not sure how the OSX App plugs into the equation. Avi Flombaum -------------------------------------- Designer Pages, co-founder	Avi Flombaum	Feb 6, 2012 1:04 PM
Re: [NYC-rb] 3rd Part Auth through native OS X app backed by webservice - Assuming your webapp is in Rails, you might want to checkout Devise + OmniAuth	BJK	Feb 6, 2012 12:57 PM
3rd Part Auth through native OS X app backed by webservice - Hi NYC.rb, I'm working on an OSX application that is powered by a webservice I built. I need the OSX app to provide Twitter/Facebook auth but I' unsure as how to integrate the OSX App -> Facebook/Twitter -> WebS	Avi Flombaum	Feb 6, 2012 12:52 PM
[JOB] Founding Engineer / Lead Developer - Hi, I'm Jeremy, a fellow ruby hacker and co-founder of Centzy. We're a team of two that just closed funding and is looking to bring on another ruby hacker. As our first hire, we would consider you a late co-founder and expect as much. You&#	Jeremy Clemenson	Jan 30, 2012 2:25 PM
Membase, Memcached & CouchDB + Scaling MySQL + MS SQL Server tuning - Last 2 Database Month events this Mon & Tue! - MONDAY: Bazaarvoice VP of	Linda Cooper	Jan 27, 2012 5:06 PM
[JOB] Looking for a Tech Co-Founder, TwoCoupon Inc. - TwoCoupon Inc. is looking for a Tech Co-founder for our new startup in NYC (nearby Korea Town). As you can see from the name of the company, we're in the e-commerce/online-to-offline market, a fierce market for sure. However, we feel that the market	KJ Park	Jan 24, 2012 9:24 PM
Database Month! New events added: MS SQL Server tuning + 2-more MySQL scaling/high-availability + all from top-tier tech-execs - Thu. Jan. 26 - NEW DAT	Linda Cooper	Jan 23, 2012 4:25 PM
Re: [NYC-rb] Documenting Web Services - Like http://developer.wordnik.com/ - Check out https://github.com/mmcnierney14/API-Sandbox , which gives you an API sandbox and explorer for your API docs. This works with just about any RESTful API. And	dB.	Jan 17, 2012 5:26 PM
[ JOB ] Ruby on Rails Full-time Contractor Needed -	Adam King	Jan 17, 2012 4:17 PM
Re: [NYC-rb] Documenting Web Services - Like http://developer.wordnik.com/ - Another interesting option is https://github.com/defunkt/hurl ... It's no so much documentation as giving the user the ability to play with the API. I believe part of https://dev.twitter.com is based off it. On Mon, Jan 16, 2012 at 3:28 PM, Jake Howe	Dan Croak	Jan 16, 2012 5:36 PM
Re: [NYC-rb] Documenting Web Services - Like http://developer.wordnik.com/ - Preview not available	John	Jan 16, 2012 3:36 PM
Re: [NYC-rb] sopa - http://sopatrack.com/ On Mon, Jan 16, 2012 at 3:11 PM, BJK < [address removed] > wrote:	Christopher Swasey	Jan 16, 2012 3:27 PM
Re: [NYC-rb] Documenting Web Services - Like http://developer.wordnik.com/ - If you are using rspec, you might want to check out a little project we put together: https://github.com/zipmark/rspec_api_documentation It is still early/docs are rough but there is an example project, API docs are generated from acceptance specs t	Jake Howerton	Jan 16, 2012 3:18 PM
Documenting Web Services - Like http://developer.wordnik.com/ - There was a thread a couple of months back about how best to create documentation for your API/service - someone pointed to http://developer.wordnik.com/ and talked about releasing that CMS as a gem. Was wonderi	Avi Flombaum	Jan 16, 2012 3:02 PM
sopa - In on of the flash presentation last week, someone demo'd a simple mobile app which did determined congressional representatives based on geo-location, and provided basic data (including phone numbers), is there a URL for this app? Would love to actually	BJK	Jan 16, 2012 11:21 AM
Database Month! Loads of MongoDB, MySQL & Couchbase/CouchDB events starting this week! - T	Linda Cooper	Jan 15, 2012 10:16 AM
NYC Cleanweb Hackathon - Hello all, The NYC Cleanweb Hackathon is next weekend (Jan 20-22) at NYU ITP. While this event isn't Ruby specific, I thought it may be of interest to our members. Here's the announcement from Jean Barmash, one of the organizers of the event. If	Bryan Helmkamp	Jan 14, 2012 9:49 PM
JOB - Manager Application Developement @ Regeneron apply to job #3221 - If you are looking for an uncommon opportunity -- a chance to join an organization known for its scientific excellence in the research and development of pharmaceuticals -- it's time to consider Regeneron. Founded on the principle that strong scien	Puneet Kaur	Jan 13, 2012 1:33 PM
[JOB] Senior Software Technology Lead (Contractor) - RoR - Preview not available	Todd Outten	Jan 13, 2012 11:03 AM
[JOB] Speed dating for back-end jobs via video chat - Hirelite introduces developers to a series of companies for face-to-face interviews over video chat. We have an event for back-end development jobs near NYC or on a purely remote basis next week.	Nathan Hurst	Jan 12, 2012 5:31 PM
[JOB] Gowatchit.com hiring ruby developer - Some of you may have seen my presentation last night on gowatchit.com , and I wanted to menti	BJK	Jan 11, 2012 6:28 PM
[ANN] flickr_cli 0.0.3 - A command line interface to a photo sharing website is surely an abomination in the eyes of God. A command line interface to explore your contact's photos by converting them to ASCII art. For example:	Stephen Schor	Jan 11, 2012 11:35 AM
RubyConf India 2012 - Hello NYC.rb,	Srushti	Jan 11, 2012 9:10 AM
Re: [NYC-rb] January talk suggestion - Looks like everyone is still recovering from the holidays... Sounds like this month will be lightening talks. Please come prepared with a 5 - 10 min piece of code or demo that you'd like to share with the group.	Josh Knowles	Jan 8, 2012 9:43 PM
January talk suggestion - The holidays & new year have us running a bit behind and unfortunately we don't have a talk in place for next week's nyc.rb yet. Any volunteers and/or suggestions on what people want to hear? If we can't come up with something by e	Josh Knowles	Jan 4, 2012 12:41 PM
Re: [NYC-rb] follow up on that RoR class for developers @ GA in January ... - I should note that when I said I charge a pretty penny for MY services, I was not referring to the class in question. You folks would be AMAZED at what I was able to charge as a daily rate in 1995 for an overseas job. The best part is	N. Richard Solis	Dec 30, 2011 6:36 PM
Re: [NYC-rb] follow up on that RoR class for developers @ GA in January ... - David, My comment was directed to Mr. Kfir Shay who seemed surprised that his comments found their way into a news story that went beyond the members of this list. What I (personally) found distasteful was the v	N. Richard Solis	Dec 30, 2011 6:33 PM
Re: [NYC-rb] follow up on that RoR class for developers @ GA in January ... - Preview not available	Mark Coates	Dec 30, 2011 5:31 PM
Re: [NYC-rb] follow up on that RoR class for developers @ GA in January ... - Well I dont see why anyone should be ashamed about any comments that have been made. Many in our society will pay a high price for a pill which promises something for little effort. Classes have their place but it is a very valid point (especially in a co	David Kahn	Dec 30, 2011 4:22 PM
Re: [NYC-rb] follow up on that RoR class for developers @ GA in January ... - I think it bears mentioning that anything you post on a public/semi-public email list might find a wider audience than you might have originally expected. Never say/do anything that might be embarrassing to you if published on the front	N. Richard Solis	Dec 30, 2011 12:55 PM
Re: [NYC-rb] follow up on that RoR class for developers @ GA in January ... - In addition, there are sites like http://answerpot.com that archive lists and make them publicly available. I had a friend who was asked to resign her job due to a posting that went against her company's policies.	Mark Nyon	Dec 30, 2011 10:27 AM
Re: [NYC-rb] follow up on that RoR class for developers @ GA in January ... - Kfir, as a public email list (that a Betabeat journalist is probably subscribed to) they don't have to ask your permission. Actually even if it was private they wouldn't need to either, although then they might actually try and reach out to	Thomas Wunderlich	Dec 30, 2011 9:37 AM
Re: Re: [NYC-rb] follow up on that RoR class for developers @ GA in January ... - Now a 2800$ course in journalism is something I could definitely get behind ;- ).	Akshay Kumar	Dec 30, 2011 8:05 AM
Re: [NYC-rb] follow up on that RoR class for developers @ GA in January ... - We have a mole. On Thu, Dec 29, 2011 at 10:04 PM, Francesca Krihely wrote: > How did they get those quotes? Did they hack into our mailing list? > > Hope this doesn't get in the next article. > > #Rupert #Newsoftheworld > >	Mark	Dec 29, 2011 11:34 PM
Re: [NYC-rb] follow up on that RoR class for developers @ GA in January ... - How did they get those quotes? Did they hack into our mailing list? Hope this doesn't get in the next article. #Rupert #Newsoftheworld On Thu, Dec 29, 2011 at 9:55 PM, Victo	Francesca Krihely	Dec 29, 2011 10:02 PM
Re: [NYC-rb] follow up on that RoR class for developers @ GA in January ... - Not bad as a quick and easy way to become famous. I bet this new thread also stands a good change to get its own article. On Thu, Dec 29, 2011 at 3:57 PM, Alex Kahn <	Victor Olteanu	Dec 29, 2011 9:43 PM
Re: [NYC-rb] follow up on that RoR class for developers @ GA in January ... - Preview not available	Kfir Shay	Dec 29, 2011 8:57 PM
Re: [NYC-rb] follow up on that RoR class for developers @ GA in January ... - Preview not available	Alex Kahn	Dec 29, 2011 3:46 PM
follow up on that RoR class for developers @ GA in January ... - Remember that lengthy exchange on this list concerning the price of a Rails class? Turns out someone thought the debate was news-worthy: ht	Trevor Stow	Dec 29, 2011 3:13 PM
Boston's attempts at creating more Rails developers - I came across your recent thread about the $2,800 Rails class from Francis Hwang's post: http://fhwang.net/2011/12/28/That-2800-Rails-class My guess is the class exists in large part for one of the reasons Francis mentioned: "Have you heard me	Dan Croak	Dec 28, 2011 2:37 PM
Re: [NYC-rb] Re: a RoR class for developers @ GA in January - Sorry, typing from my phone. No need to be sorry. What's that saying again? Oh yeah opinions are like a***oles everyone has one. I run a few online forums, these things happen all the time. The last thing you need to do is apologize.	John Burmeister	Dec 23, 2011 9:08 PM
Re: [NYC-rb] Re: a RoR class for developers @ GA in January - Thanks for your comments Akshay. Everyone, I am sorry I started this thread. I should know better. On Fri, Dec 23, 2011 at 10:23 AM, Akshay Kumar < ak	dB.	Dec 23, 2011 4:16 PM
Re: [NYC-rb] Re: a RoR class for developers @ GA in January - +1 On Dec 23, 2011, at 10:46 AM, Victor Olteanu wrote: > Personally I found this debate quite interesting and educational. I > really don't get why some people got upset over it. Why does every > discussion have to be "politically correct"? Oh my	James Thullbery	Dec 23, 2011 10:54 AM
Re: [NYC-rb] Re: a RoR class for developers @ GA in January - Personally I found this debate quite interesting and educational. I really don't get why some people got upset over it. Why does every discussion have to be "politically correct"? Oh my God you have to be so nice and don't say that and that. If we are	Victor Olteanu	Dec 23, 2011 10:40 AM
Re: [NYC-rb] Re: a RoR class for developers @ GA in January - On Dec 23, 2011, at 10:23 AM, Akshay Kumar wrote:	Peter Bell	Dec 23, 2011 10:38 AM
Re: [NYC-rb] Re: a RoR class for developers @ GA in January - I have been a lurker on the list for a while and this was the one time I thought I had something to add which might benefit someone like me staring up. So I'd like to respond, defend my postion but more importantly be more constructive in this discuss	Akshay Kumar	Dec 23, 2011 3:57 AM
Re: [NYC-rb] Re: a RoR class for developers @ GA in January - And now I unsubscribe. This is a travesty to a real tech board. Matthew On Dec 22, 2	Matthew Bergman	Dec 22, 2011 11:45 PM
Re: [NYC-rb] Re: a RoR class for developers @ GA in January - On Thu, Dec 22, 2011 at 6:16 PM, Marcin Cebula <	Rick M.	Dec 22, 2011 10:31 PM
Re: [NYC-rb] Re: a RoR class for developers @ GA in January - I love how we have one of these every month or so. Going back to cucumber lessons and stuff before that. Btw, Dave should ask the creator of Rails what he thinks of his degree XD DHH, my hero!!!	Marcin Cebula	Dec 22, 2011 4:00 PM
Re: [NYC-rb] Re: a RoR class for developers @ GA in January - Preview not available	Kfir Shay	Dec 22, 2011 3:32 PM
Re: [NYC-rb] Re: a RoR class for developers @ GA in January - Thanks Luke. Summed it up nicely. Dave - Don't let it be ruined. BS Comp Sci, MS Software Engineering,	PatrickTulskie	Dec 22, 2011 3:20 PM
Re: [NYC-rb] Re: a RoR class for developers @ GA in January - On Thu, Dec 22, 2011 at 3:10 PM, Dave Newton < [address removed] > wrote:	Josh Knowles	Dec 22, 2011 3:17 PM
Re: [NYC-rb] Re: a RoR class for developers @ GA in January - Preview not available	Luke Melia	Dec 22, 2011 3:17 PM
Re: [NYC-rb] Re: a RoR class for developers @ GA in January - On Thu, Dec 22, 2011 at 3:01 PM, Kfir Shay < [address removed] > wrote:	Dave Newton	Dec 22, 2011 3:07 PM
Re: [NYC-rb] Re: a RoR class for developers @ GA in January - Preview not available	Kfir Shay	Dec 22, 2011 2:49 PM
Re: [NYC-rb] Re: a RoR class for developers @ GA in January - On Thu, Dec 22, 2011 at 2:20 PM, Kfir Shay < [address removed] > wrote:	Dave Newton	Dec 22, 2011 2:29 PM
Re: [NYC-rb] Re: a RoR class for developers @ GA in January - Can we please end this conversation? It really is very nasty and not particularly constructive.	David Michael	Dec 22, 2011 2:25 PM
Re: [NYC-rb] Re: a RoR class for developers @ GA in January - Preview not available	Kfir Shay	Dec 22, 2011 1:28 PM
Re: Re: [NYC-rb] a RoR class for developers @ GA in January - Preview not available	Alex Kahn	Dec 22, 2011 12:05 PM
Re: Re: [NYC-rb] a RoR class for developers @ GA in January - I didn't say that was a sufficient condition but it definitely is a necessary condition. I don't see how you can be insulted by that. Anyway sure I look forward to it.	Akshay Kumar	Dec 22, 2011 12:02 PM
Re: [NYC-rb] a RoR class for developers @ GA in January - Preview not available	Omar Johnson	Dec 22, 2011 12:02 PM
Re: Re: [NYC-rb] a RoR class for developers @ GA in January - On Thu, Dec 22, 2011 at 11:28 AM, Akshay Kumar < [address removed] > wrote:	Dave Newton	Dec 22, 2011 11:34 AM
Re: a RoR class for developers @ GA in January - Apparently Akshay won't pay $2800 for a training class. That's fine. But many will. I'm not one of them since I have an engineering degree and feel that a big part of my professional skills is the ability to learn new technologies	Larry Kluger	Dec 22, 2011 11:31 AM
Re: Re: [NYC-rb] a RoR class for developers @ GA in January -	Akshay Kumar	Dec 22, 2011 11:26 AM
Re: [NYC-rb] a RoR class for developers @ GA in January - On Thu, Dec 22, 2011 at 10:42 AM, Peter Bell < [address removed] > wrote:	Dave Newton	Dec 22, 2011 10:58 AM
[JOB] VP of Engineering at fashion analytics startup Stylitics - Preview not available	Marina	Dec 22, 2011 10:49 AM
Re: [NYC-rb] a RoR class for developers @ GA in January - On Dec 22, 2011, at 9:54 AM, Dave Newton wrote:	Peter Bell	Dec 22, 2011 10:02 AM
Re: Re: [NYC-rb] a RoR class for developers @ GA in January - On Thu, Dec 22, 2011 at 9:02 AM, Akshay Kumar < [address removed] > wrote:	Dave Newton	Dec 22, 2011 9:25 AM
Re: Re: [NYC-rb] a RoR class for developers @ GA in January - Sorry boys but this is a complete ripoff no matter who is paying or how you slice it. If you are going to be "shamelessly advertising" on the list then it's __fair_play if you get some blowback from the list. I have nothing against paying mo	Akshay Kumar	Dec 22, 2011 7:06 AM
JOBS - Senior Ruby Developer - Headliner.fm - Brooklyn, NY - Hiring Now - [address removed] - Senior Ruby Developer	jorge	Dec 21, 2011 1:15 PM
Re: [NYC-rb] a RoR class for developers @ GA in January - Plus it's all about the quality of the instructors. I'd pay a lot more to learn from Jeff Casimir than from some random guy at a loca	Peter Bell	Dec 21, 2011 12:14 PM
Re: [NYC-rb] a RoR class for developers @ GA in January - Thanks guys, I appreciate both the sides of the argument. I am a self-taught Rubyist myself. Here's an anecdote. I was talking to a job candidate yesterday who is doing quite well with RoR, got several solid projects, etc. I mention	dB.	Dec 21, 2011 11:29 AM
Last minute gift idea...feel free to forward. - Preview not available	Charles Keinath	Dec 19, 2011 4:41 PM
NYC-rb [JOB] ROR Team Lead - Preview not available	Charles Keinath	Dec 19, 2011 3:34 PM
Re: [NYC-rb] a RoR class for developers @ GA in January - Sorry, I have to way in here. I do not think that the OP is a "jerk". I personally learned RoR on my own using those excellent resources you mentioned, but I can see others that would gain a lot our of those classes. Some people just like bei	Eric Koslow	Dec 19, 2011 3:26 PM
Re: [NYC-rb] a RoR class for developers @ GA in January - It's a pretty great thing if a company wants to cultivate it's talent and pay for people to get trained in new technologies. I'm sure all or most of the people on this list can, will and have taken their spare time to learn new things, but it&	zack	Dec 19, 2011 3:26 PM

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