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Resources to help you get started on learning Ruby

Sep07
by on September 7, 2014 at 1:06 pm
Posted In: Around the Web, Design & Dev

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This post originally appeared on Code-love. In an online chat session between Yukihiro Matsumoto and Keiju Ishitsuka in early 1993, a discussion ensued about the name of a programming language that Matsumoto was going to write. He wanted to satisfy his desire to have an object-oriented scripting language, something that would craft virtual objects composed of data, and help them interact with one another. The alternatives at the time, Python and Perl, didn’t appeal to him; Python was too object-oriented and Perl having “the smell of a toy language.” Between “Coral” and “Ruby”, Matsumoto decided to go with the latter because it…

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4 ways and 14 tactics to drive more revenue with the power of community

Sep07
by on September 7, 2014 at 10:00 am
Posted In: Analysis and Opinion, Around the Web, Social Media

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Shannon is Mention’s Content & PR Manager, where she crafts words, creates strategies, and recruits loyal advocates. This post originally appeared on the Mention blog. Knowing what your customers think about you and your brand is clearly invaluable information, but you’d be surprised by how many companies build for themselves rather than for their customers’ needs. Yes, we all like to work on projects we’re passionate about, but a business needs to be profitable (eventually), or at least break even for now. Here’s how listening to what current and potential customers are saying will help you build and grow revenue for your…

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Windows 9 is nearly here, but Microsoft needs a touch-first version of Office much more urgently

Sep06
by on September 6, 2014 at 11:38 pm
Posted In: Around the Web, Insider

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It’s been almost two years since Microsoft made Windows 8 available for the world, but now, two major updates on and we’ve still not seen any hint of the company bringing its Office suite into the future. Younger generations are growing up in a world where they don’t need to use Office products; can Microsoft win them back? Microsoft’s foray into touch screen computing hasn’t been smooth sailing; slow adoption, poor app store quality and lack of ‘killer’ apps has stymied adoption, despite claims to the contrary. The poor state of the app store can be evidenced by the fact that…

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