Archive | October, 2006

ruby in portuguese is live

After a gruesome weekend with lots of coffee and snacks I’ve managed to finish the design and look of ruby in portuguese,

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WeBreakStuff won at RailsDay 2006

WeBreakStuff won the first place for best user interface award at RailsDay 2006. RailsDay 2006 was a 24 hour event in which anyone could participate with a team and create a web application in Rails, there were prizes and it was a great opportunity to show off your great skills in,well, whatever your keen at. [...]

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37Signals use Macs

Well, it’s no surprise that the company behind Ruby On Rails and Basecamp are doing their stuff in Apple’s hardware but now it’s recorded on video and on Apple’s Education site for everyone to see. The video also provides a quick profile of 37Signals, their goals, philosophy (no bloated software, small is beautifull, etc, etc) [...]

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think outside the box

Once in a while someone decides to break all conventions and think “outside the box”, in other words, forget what is done so far and assumed as “normal” and create something new, beautifull and usefull. Designer Julia Burke did this and won a silver medal from Idea Awards, with her Plug-In design which avoids you [...]

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Pokemon personality test

I never thought I would *ever* write about Pokemons in my journal, oh well, there’s always a first time. Nintendo (europe) created a site where you can check what Pokemon are you based on your personality! You just have to answer a few questions and off you go. It seems I’m a MudKip, anyway I [...]

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