Projects

I like to keep busy, so I try to keep a few projects going on most of the time. Here is a list of some of the personal projects that I’m working on currently, in no particular order.

CatchTheBest
A web-based application to help hiring managers catch the best candidates. Arriving in the first half of 2007

ConferenceMeetup
ConferenceMeetup provides a private community site for conference attendees to interact with each other and the presenters before, during, and after the conference. I was inspired to build this application while attending RailsConf 2006. I thought it would be useful for every conference to have a site where the attendees could find out information about each other, get in touch with each other in order to arrange meetings, and also ask questions of and provide feedback to the presenters about their presentation topics. Since I figured other people might find it useful as well, I launched ConferenceMeetup.
The Money Train: Building e-commerce sites using Ruby on Rails
This is a book I’m writing, based on my experiences building a custom e-commerce platform for my day job, with tips and hints on how to build an online store using Rails. Available as an e-book, it’s my first foray as an author, and it’s been a fun experience. Through building a storefront, writing the book, and answering questions about the book and e-commerce in general, I’ve found I really enjoy the realm of e-commerce.
Immortal Records Store
This is the first deployment of the development effort that resulted in my e-commerce book. One of the fun things about this store is that it supports purchases of MP3s (both single tracks and albums) that are then associated with your account and can be downloaded at any time.
Tesly
Tesly is a hosted web service that helps small development teams document, plan, and track their testing activities. Targeted at web developers and testers, it helps you keep track of and collaborate on your testing activities.
Tesly Jr.
A spin-off from Tesly, Tesly Jr. is one-trick pony: provide an HTML reporting interface for unit test results. Well, maybe it does two tricks, since it provides an RSS feed for your test run results as well. At any rate, it’s a fun tool to use to see pretty green bars for all your tests. You can even use it to brag. :)
AgileWebDevelopment.com
This is a community site for Rails developers. Here I link to various resources in the Rails community and host the Rails plugin directory.