AJ Morris
Product Coach and Consultant
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Todo list application with Rails 2.0!
I’ve recently taken a new position doing Rails applications full time (which I’m definitely excited about) however, between myself and the other developer, we’ve decided to go right up to Rails 2.0.2. This of course did not fit with me very well because I haven’t done rails development full time yet, and what rails apps…
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Ruby on Rails Instructions Released for Leopard
Dan over at Hivelogic released an updated guide for installing Ruby, Rails Gems, Rails, and MySQL. Check out the article here. If there’s anything else that you need to install (like RSpec, Capistrano, SVN) you can do that with the following commands. To install RSpec just type: $ gem install rspec To install Capistrano, type:…
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Switching Hosts
Recently I started a quest for looking for some sort of a dedicated hosting or at least something I could rely on for Rails hosting. I was hosting my projects and sites on DreamHost, but got tired of the shared hosting and the minimal support from them so it was clearly time to start the…
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So Your Got a Mac for Christmas…
This time of year there always seems to be a slew of people asking me about what Mac software I’m using, if there’s some quality open source apps to use, etc. Since it’s Christmas/New Years time, I figured I’d put together a list software I use for a variety of tasks. So without further ado,…
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Rails 2.0 Released!!
Rails 2.0 was released on Friday!!?? Thanks to all the hard work from the core developers and the hundreds of contributors.?? Without them we couldn’t have had some features like Active Record: Performance, Active Record: Sexy migrations, Action Pack: HTTP Loving, Action Pack: Resources, and so many many more!!!?? Check out the full blown post…
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Gmail 2.0 Announces Colored Labels
If you have gotten them yet, you should be. Today Gmail released color-coded labels. I think this is something we’ve been waiting for some time to get. I have been playing around with them a little bit today and think that it’s really cumbersome and easy to use. One thing I wish they would have…
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Agile Web Development at Startup Weekend
Today I thought I would talk about agile web development with ruby on rails and how we implemented it during Startup Weekend. This past weekend I went to my first Startup Weekends (hope it’s not the last) and had a group of about 10-20 developers work together for a weekend to create a product in…
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DC Startup Weekend Wrapup
So I’m sure most of you by now have seen that DC Startup Weekend and come and gone. We are the third weekend in a row to have a working product in BETA form by Midnight Sunday night. It was an awesome feeling! We had uStreamed the moment that we went live and was glad…
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DC Startup Weekend Here I Come!
Well it’s Thursday night and I’m getting ready to head out to the airport so I can make my way to DC and get ready for the weekend.?? Our final 3 ideas for the weekend are: Restaurant-Customer Matchup System Job Posting Site Condo Buildings Social Network There’s two that I’m voting on happening.?? One thing…
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DC Startupweekend
Uploaded with Skitch! So I just wanted to remind people that I’m still planning on going to the DC Startup Weekend. There’s some great ideas so I’m really looking forward to what other ideas get added. Check out the list of already growing cities that have committed to hosting a Startup Weekend.
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5 Tips for Professional Growth: Essential Steps to Take for Professional Coaching
As a leader, you are always looking for ways to improve yourself as well as your team. In this digital age where knowledge is abundant and easily accessible, staying ahead of the curve and learning new skills is easier than ever. I want to share with you how you can identify areas of your career…
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Finding the Right Executive Coach For You
Thinking of hiring an executive coach? It’s natural to feel a bit daunted at the thought. After all, coaching is about personal development, and it can be challenging to put yourself on the line in front of someone you don’t know very well. How much do you trust this person to keep your secrets? Do…
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Building a Startup Marketing Team: A 10 Step Guide to Hiring Your Dream Team
In the early days of a startup, you may have to wear many different hats. Depending on your company’s size and needs, marketing tasks may fall on one person or a small group. Whether you’re leading the effort alone or with others, hiring great team members will make your work more efficient and effective. That…
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My Everyday Carry Tech
I wrote previously about my attempt at finding the perfect setup and after I’ve been using this a few days, I am feeling more confident that this was the right choice. It may not be the right choice for everyone, but for me, 99% of my time, I can complete my work whether it’s traveling…
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5 Tips for Setting Goals that Get Achieved
Setting goals is never more true, than in a startup. In our fast-paced, high-pressure world, it can seem like everyone is setting goals and resolutions. And while that’s great, what isn’t so great is that so many of those goals go unachieved. But you don’t have to be a statistic; you can set measurable, achievable…
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Deploying Your WordPress Theme with Github Actions
I’ve been on a couple of quests recently to use my iPad as my daily driver and to explore FSE theme building.. Both of those quests collided for me as I’ve been having trouble using the code editor apps that are available for iPadOS. Thankfully, the folks over at VSCode/Microsoft/GitHub have made a way for…
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Failing To Get Started with the Theme.json
Alright.. Honest truth time. I failed at about everything I tried today to get started with the Theme.json file. So much so, that you wouldn’t want to watch a video of me fumbling through documentation, etc. I think that says a lot about the level of documentation that’s still needed for the average user. At…
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Creating a Full-Site Editing Theme
Today is the day.. I’m chronicling my journey through creating a full-site editing theme. I’m going to be writing out my experience here, but if you’d rather go through it on video, I’m going through that way as well. I’m really excited about this. I think WordPress theme building is going to be a lot…
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WordPress Theme Development is Changing
When I first started bufilding WordPress themes, was fairly simple. As long as you had some basic HTML and CSS skills, you could quickly transfer that into PHP and you could have a theme in no time. I remember building my first theme. I used the WordPress theme hierarchy as my digital map of what…
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The Daily Routine
Do you ever wake up feeling like you just don’t get enough done in the day? Are you tried by mid-afternoon only feeling like your list is as long as it was when you first started the day?? I’ve been there. I even wrote about how I plan my week. But let’s talk about each…