How to Deploy a Rails 4 App With Git and Capistrano
Setup your local Rails app to deploy to your production server using Capistrano and Git so your deployment process is automated, fast, and your brain hurts less.
A High-level Online Business Rollout Strategy
Get your priorities straight and rollout onto the web when you're ready and only to further enhance your already functioning core business strategies.
I made an HTML5 game in 3 days called "Cancer Bird"
I attended a local 3-day game jam with my friend Ilya Schwarz at which I made an HTML5 game while learning the ImpactJS Engine.
Balance Social Media to Enhance Your Product, Not Distract From It
I don't think social media is a predominant source of traffic or a great generator of sales, but I do think it can be a good extension to already-solid customer service. Social media is icing on the cake; you need to have a tasty cake first.
Spring Breeeeeeeeeak
I just saw Harmony Korine's Spring Breakers, and I liked it. I can see how many people would think it was overly gratuitous or voyeuristic, but I think it needed to be. It showed how our dreams are tangled with our lives by our desires.
How to Setup a Production Server for Rails 4
This blog is the first app I've made with Rails 4/Ruby 2 and this article explains how I installed it in production from a bare-bones virtual-dedicated server running Ubuntu, Apache, Passenger, and MySQL.
Give Me the Movie I Want, In the Format I Want, Right Now!
I have certain expectations from the movies I purchase and they're not being satisfied by existing products. I think there's an opportunity for sellers of movie wares to satisfy my whiny consumer demands in new ways that will earn them new money.
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My name's Rob. I live in Toronto. I make stuff on the interwebs. I believe in the free and open exchange of information. This is my blog.