yabb

Rails developer based in London.

Author of Practical Rails Social Networking Sites by Apress.
Creator of http://phlog.net, occasional blogger at http://alanbradburne.com
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  • • ISPs responsible for tracking illegal P2P downloads. Insanity?

    Apparently the UK govmnt is considering making ISPs responsible for tracking illegal P2P file sharing and reporting this data to The Man. Get…  more

  • • Sharia Law in Britain?

    Is it just a ploy to try and get more weight behind adopting religious beliefs into secular law? Is the bish just crazy?…  more

  • • Web 2.0 - what can/should it give us?

    Open standards, open interfaces and free movement of data across services.

  • • Hillary or Obama?

    Hillary scares me. A lot. Therefore, Obama.

  • • Can Internet companies successfully license their brands to real world products?

    skype handsets are the first thing that springs to my mind!

  • • Does the iPhone mark the first mobile platorm really worth developing for?

    even with the limited bandwidth of edge, it's still the best mobile data device I've ever used. Although i've developed many mobile-centric sites,…  more

  • • id cards. which side of the fence are you on?

    Is anybody on 'their' side?

  • • networking in london

    There seems to be quite an abundance of networking events happening at the moment. Pizza on Rails and Second Chance Tuesday are events…  more

  • • Which will be the best tech conferences and events to go to in 2008?

    Reboot is always stimulating. Ruby Fools could be a nice alternative to Euro Rails Con.

  • • books

    going through a bit of a Haruki Murakami phase at the moment. Great stuff. 'Hard Boiled Wonderland and The End Of The World'…  more

  • • Who is behind the Storm worm?

    we'll find out one day... one day too late.

  • • design patterns for social software

  • • How to create a topic on yabb that lots of people then join?

  • • Dogs or cats?

    Dogs, obviously!

  • • My password hell

    Everyone should support http://openid.net :)

  • • why it took an outsider like Apple to make a decent phone interface

  • • new features for Yabb..

    As one of the developers, I'm very interested to hear what people think, too.

  • • flexiscale.com hosting

    Brightbox seem good (I was part of their beta), but pretty pricey. Engine Yard are good but REALLY pricey. Slicehost have been a…  more

  • • Was facebook a better user experience before it introduced "applications "?

    The amount of fb application spam I get in my inbox is rapidly driving me away. 'Fred has installed superwall'... why do I…  more

  • • Is JRuby the way forward?

    It's an interesting concept. There is so much effort on optimizing the JVM, why not leverage it for Ruby? Could help solve the…  more

  • • The McCanns: Guilty as sin?

    it'll make a damn good film if they did do it.

  • • why javascript is the most underrated language of all time

    didn't get off to the best start, did it? Netscape did good in creating it, but who is to blame for it going…  more

  • • What can be done to speed up the adoption of Ruby on Rails?

    Slow, but steady growth. I think Rails got over-hyped and as a result, a lot of people dismissed it as a fad. But…  more

  • • When will I be able to buy a decent burrito in Soho?

    More Mexican food. Please!! Looks like there's a new wrap place opening a few blocks over... worth trying, I reckon.

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