31fps by Sam Purtill » Rails http://www.31fps.com A blog about business, technology, and life Tue, 15 Sep 2009 14:06:59 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 en hourly 1 What I did this weekend – simplebucket.com http://www.31fps.com/2007/09/09/what-i-did-this-weekend-simplebucketcom/ http://www.31fps.com/2007/09/09/what-i-did-this-weekend-simplebucketcom/#comments Mon, 10 Sep 2007 05:59:53 +0000 sdpurtill http://www.31fps.com/2007/09/09/what-i-did-this-weekend-simplebucketcom/ So we just finished RailsRumble, and our site is up and running at simplebucket.com.

checks it out!

I uploaded a picture of my good friend Ben, best drummer in the world. His show last night was awesome too.

48 hours - Rails Rumble annual competition
4 guys from Vacaville, Denver, Indiana, and Houston who have never met in person
Skype
Beer [just kidding]
Ruby on Rails
My brother's show and pizza from Pizza Pucks during a 2 hr break
Alayna's bday party
4 Rockstars and only 3 meals
and a TON of Cheez-Its.

Voting for our application opens up on Wednesday, so I will post the link there.

Yay!! Fun weekend.

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]]> http://www.31fps.com/2007/09/07/48-hour-ruby-on-rails-hackathon/feed/ 0 DHH is a great leader http://www.31fps.com/2007/02/26/dhh-is-a-great-leader/ http://www.31fps.com/2007/02/26/dhh-is-a-great-leader/#comments Mon, 26 Feb 2007 08:01:23 +0000 sdpurtill http://www.31fps.com/?p=177 If you don't know who David Heinemeier Hansson is then stop reading this post right now. He's the mastermind behind Rails, the most popular Web 2.0 framework in the world. I came across this picture whiel reading some blogs tonight: http://www.flickr.com/photos/planetargon/127984254/

This slide was for all of the people that wanted to add certain features to Rails that he didn't want. This also was a message to all the people that didn't agree with Rapid Development, Web 2.0, and, in a broader sense, the future. This is what makes David a great leader. I have a cousin that likes to say "better to be hated for who you are than loved for who you're not", and DHH understands this.

A great leader is a person that can stand alone and say "f*** you" to all the people that don't agree with him. I don't think you have to use an explicitive, but it definitely helps convey a powerful message to everyone. Here is a quote from, you guessed it, Ayn Rand

 Men have been taught that it is a virtue to agree with others. But the creator is the man who disagrees. Men have been taught that it is a virtue to swim with the current. But the creator is the man who goes against the current. Men have been taught that it is a virtue to stand together. But the creator is the man who stands alone.

DHH embodies this "creator" persona, and I love him for that. I hope one day to follow suit...

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