One of my favorite quotes by Ruby on Rails founder David Heinemeier Hanson was at Minnebar 2007 when somebody asked him if Ruby on Rails was ready for the “Enterprise.” His response was something like, “To me ‘Enterprise’ is just steak dinners, strip clubs, and expense accounts.” (Anybody have the exact quote?) Whether you hold [...]
Read MoreMatt’s recent posting on the 37 Signals blog about going rogue inside a big company put a smile on my face. Cali and Jody’s ROWE revolution and Gary and Steve’s social web movement have one interesting thing in common: they are both clients of Bust Out Solutions. We’ve been working with Cali and Jody of [...]
Read MoreBest Buy announced their Remix platform that provides open APIs. Outside Web developers can now draw on any information from the Best Buy Web site – product specs, prices, photos, user reviews &ndash and port it over to their own sites. Pretty big news for a large retailer, but hopefully an indicator of the direction [...]
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Read MoreAccording to a study by PCWorld, the fastest Windows Vista laptop is the MacBook Pro. That’s not a misprint, but it is pretty damn funny. I may be biased since I use a MacBook Pro for all my needs, including running Windows applications via Parallels. I’m a big fan of using the right machine/technology/platform/etc. for [...]
Read MoreHere’s what you get when you combine 8,000 people, LAN bandwidth of 40 gigabits per second, a Cisco CRS-1 router capable of handling 1 billion simultaneous gamers, and one giant arena: DreamHack 2007. Good times. Photo from nytimes.com
Read MoreTime Magazine prematurely posted a list of the 50 best websites for 2007. I say prematurely for two reasons: 2007 is far from over Bust Out Solutions is still developing our niche social networking website that will launch later this year Either way, cast your vote. There are some good ones in the list for [...]
Read MoreWhat?! You’re doing what? Yup, I’m writing about a Microsoft product. Today Microsoft unveiled Surface, a computer that uses the tabletop as its high-resolution display, recognizes objects placed on the surface and skips the traditional keyboard and mouse in favor of fingers on the screen. It offers a new way for humans to interact with [...]
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