It has been a long, long time...

It has been several months since I last blogged, so i guess I should get off my ass and put something up. Not that anyone is waiting on pins and needles for a new post from BearBlu. As the saying goes, "the only thing constant is change". So currently I am working two contracts; the bigger of the two is with AgileMind in SF. AgileMind is doing some very interesting work in the area of web based education using the SCORM statndard for Learning Management Systems. Working with them is like a re-union of sorts. The VP is Andy Felong, with whom I worked with at Walmart.com; the Sr. Architect is Dorothy Gantenbien; we crossed paths at Profluent, a start-up that never reached a full start. By the way, Dorothy is an aspiring photographer, check out her work here. Finally, the configuration and build master is Trudy Reese; Trudy and I have worked together three times previously, Calico, Profluent and MS2.

I am also busy developing a small Rails app for a long-time friend who is starting her own accounting business with two other partners. I am not sure how much I can say at this time so I won't say anything more other than it is a great project to develop in Rails 2.0 and I am thoroughly enjoying it.

Speaking of Rails, I have to give a plug to Ryan Bates; he produces Railscasts and I think they are terrific. In a 3-5 minute podcast he shows me more than I could hope to learn in an hour of trial and error. If you are like me and trying to ramp-up on technique, I would most definitely recommend giving Ryan a listen.

Well back to getting my web site cleaned up and working on the Rails project. I'll try not to take so long before my next post.