http://blog.anderstoxboe.com A frequent spill from the world of Anders Toxboe Tue, 19 Feb 2008 22:44:31 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en I recently switched to a new job as a C# developer at cBrain. While I have respect for what they do at cBrain, the place just wasn't for me. It would have been a great place to work for me, if I had agreed and could identify myself with their ... http://blog.anderstoxboe.com/archives/im-now-a-full-time-rails-developer/ I have worked for Ad Pepper media for the last 10 months. I've had a great time and some great colleagues, from whom I've learned much and had shared some goot times with. But now, it's time to move on. This means that I will be taking a long break from ... http://blog.anderstoxboe.com/archives/job-change/ Wow. I think I've been dugg - or del.icoi.us'ed! Something happened to "ui-patterns.com":http://ui-patterns.com, that from yesterday has -30- 60 doubled its traffic! Here's a screenshot from my google analytics account: Crazy! The traffic is coming in from mostly "del.icio.us":http://del.icio.us and "digg.com":http://digg.com - but also from "popurls.com":http://popurls.com and a "Japanese blog":http://www.ideaxidea.com/archives/2007/11/ui_patterns.html I'm stunned! http://blog.anderstoxboe.com/archives/enourmous-traffic-boost-on-ui-patternscom/ I have learned plenty by working for my current employer, Ad Pepper: both as a programmer, but also in regards to how many ways you can earn money on the internet. Delivering online ads really is a big business. So in my quest to be better at programming in rails, I ... http://blog.anderstoxboe.com/archives/more-website-launches/ UI-patterns.com have actually been online for a few weeks now and traffic has started coming in. So before the site gets too popular, I thought I might announce it here first. UI-patterns.com is my first public Ruby on Rails project to go live. It's basically a wiki (although all wiki functionality ... http://blog.anderstoxboe.com/archives/ui-patternscom-launched/ Together with a colleague, I just launched "morgenmadslisten.dk":http://morgenmadslisten.dk. The idea was incepted by my colleague, and the concept evolved by the both of us. He got me so convinced about the coolness about the project, that I ended up doing all of the programming. It has been fun - and ... http://blog.anderstoxboe.com/archives/morgenmadslistendk-launched-in-beta/ Today, we launched the "motigo calendar":http://motigo.com/about/calendars over on "motigo.com":http://motigo.com. As I have been the primary developer on the project (which took only two weeks plus another week that was spent on bug fixing, adding 5 languages, and other smaller corrections) I am proud of my little baby. The motigo calendar is ... http://blog.anderstoxboe.com/archives/motigo-calendar-launched/ I just came across these two cartogram maps that show the world's countries in distorted in size representing two different statistics: military spending and war and death. Both per capita. *Military Spending* *War and death* The comparison of the two pictures conveys a very powerful message in itself, why I will refrain from ... http://blog.anderstoxboe.com/archives/military-spending-vs-warzones/ It has been more than a few months since I wrote a post in this blog. I am about to change that lousy habit. My lack of writing does not have its roots in lack of events. The last half year has been more hectic for me than any other ... http://blog.anderstoxboe.com/archives/almost-have-masters-degree/ After two years of subscribing to the 3G telephony company "3":http://3.dk, I finally made the move to quit the subscription in order to move to a company that provided better coverage and lower pricing. Today, around 14 days after I annulled my subscription with 3, I got a letter with the ... http://blog.anderstoxboe.com/archives/it-pays-to-quit/