Episode 29: 47: Jack Dorsey and Alex Payne of Twitter

April 6th, 2009  |  9 mins 24 secs

This episode was originally published on April 6, 2007.

The creator of Twitter talks about developing the popular messaging site.

Also mentioned:

• Jack Dorsey
• Alex Payne

Episode 28: 46: Michael Buffington and Stikkit

March 29th, 2009  |  16 mins 12 secs

This episode was originally published on March 29, 2007.

The serial entrepreneur

talks about his latest startup.

Also mentioned:

• Stikkit
• [Michael Buffington](http://www.michaelbu

Episode 27: 100: Highgroove Studios

March 28th, 2009  |  25 mins 6 secs

This episode was originally published on March 28, 2008.

Derek Haynes and Andre Lewis on consulting and their side projects Scout and Placeshout.

Episode 26: 134: Highgroove and Scout

March 27th, 2009  |  19 mins 16 secs

This episode was originally published on March 27, 2009.

The members of Highgroove Studios talk about the technical details behind an update to their Rails-based server monitoring application.

Also mentioned

• [Highgroove Studios](http://hig

Episode 25: 99: John Chaffee of BusyMac

March 21st, 2009  |  5 mins 40 secs

This episode was originally published on March 21, 2008.

John Chaffee of BusyMac talks about how Rails helps their 2-man Mac development shop handle customer service easily. BusyMac received a MacWorld Best of Show award and rece

Episode 24: 98: Ian Mcfarland of Pivotal Labs

March 17th, 2009  |  24 mins 39 secs

This episode was originally published on March 17, 2008.

Ian Mcfarland of Pivotal Labs in San Francisco talks about their internal project management app, pair programming, and company culture.

Episode 23: 45: Dan Webb

March 16th, 2009  |  26 mins 4 secs

This episode was originally published on March 16, 2007.

The stylishly sneakered leading proponent of unobtrusive Javascript gives advice about Rails freelancing and

Episode 22: 19: SXSWi Why the Lucky Stiff

March 14th, 2009  |  39 mins 52 secs

This episode was originally published on March 14, 2006.

A bootleg of the Why the Lucky Stiff concert at the South by Southwest Interactive Festival.

Episode 21: 133: Jacob Harris of the New York Times

March 13th, 2009  |  28 mins 24 secs

This episode was originally published on March 13, 2009.

The Senior Software Architect in the Interactive Newsroom Technologies group talks about deploying time-sensitive news applications with Rails.

Sites mentioned

• [NYTimes Open Blog](ht

Episode 20: 18: SXSWi Shaun Inman

March 12th, 2009  |  16 mins 23 secs

This episode was originally published on March 12, 2006.

Popular designer and PHP developer Shaun Inman tries Ruby and talks about developing Mint.

See him in Boston next month at a [Carson Workshops]

Episode 19: 17: Bruce Tate

March 10th, 2009  |  28 mins 45 secs

This episode was originally published on March 10, 2006.

Bruce Tate has created a stir in the Java community by promoting Ruby.

His books include Beyond Java and the

Episode 18: 44: The Camping Episode II

March 10th, 2009  |  23 mins 49 secs

This episode was originally published on March 10, 2007.

After a month, Camping Episode II!

• Chris van Pelt on his cropper and presenter apps.
• [Manfred Stienstra](http://www.fngt

Episode 17: 97: John Medina (Conclusion)

March 8th, 2009  |  27 mins 17 secs

This episode was originally published on March 8, 2008.

We follow Part I with a discussion of the brain in relation to sleep and gender.

Somewhere, I remember a mailing list post wher

Episode 16: 96: John Medina

March 1st, 2009  |  28 mins 37 secs

This episode was originally published on February 29, 2008.

Developmental molecular biologist Dr. John Medina talks about his new book, Brain Rules. Learn about the need for exercise, attention-grabbing events, and our inability to multitask.

• [Bra

Episode 15: 132: Ryan Bates of RailsCasts

February 28th, 2009  |  18 mins 56 secs

This episode was originally published on February 28, 2009.

Ryan Bates of RailsCasts on his day job, bowling, and the Rails Activism team.

Episode 14: 16: Jim Weirich

February 24th, 2009  |  37 mins 35 secs

This episode was originally published on February 24, 2006.

The Ruby pioneer on rake task automation and good code design.