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Teaching Classes @ 804RVA

Starting May 2, I will be teaching several paid classes at 804RVA for the Richmond WordPress group. Click the header to see my EventBrite page.
CarrierWave SecureFile

Gem for Ruby on Rails to encrypt and decrypt file uploads and downloads using a Blowfish cypher.
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Some of my web design work

Recent ramblings by Doug (or at least some guy that looks a heck of a lot like him)

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iPhone Feeling Sluggish? Battery Life Bites? Here’s A New Suggestion.

May 14, 2012

A few weeks ago, I was talking with my girlfriend. Something came up, and I tried to pull up a text message from months and months ago. However, we text. A lot. Not 15-year old girl-a-lot, or college student with ADHD-a-lot, but… a pretty fair amount. As I kept hitting that “Show Previous Messages” button, [...]
RubyMotion – A Great Idea With Poor Execution

May 6, 2012

There’s been a lot of buzz in the Ruby world about RubyMotion this week. After looking at their getting started tutorials, documentation (what little there is), and more, and reading up on what it is and where is comes from, i’ve come to the conclusion that it’s a great idea, but it’s truly poorly executed. [...]
Upcoming Classes At 804RVA!

May 2, 2012

I will be teaching a series of paid classes at 804RVA in Richmond, VA on WordPress – taking your site from the planning stage up to a production site. For this 8-class series, we will be developing the RVA WordPress Meetup site, and if you participate, you get to be part of the discussion and [...]