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Adding gmail task to sidebar

This is how to fix this issue (close this window to resume using Tasks in Gmail.) when your trying to add Google Task to your Firefox sidebar using a bookmark.

To do it, first create a bookmark and go to it’s properties. Then select the check box that says “Load this in sidebar”. Next type this in the url field http://mail.google.com/tasks/ig. That’s all it takes
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Five things I love and hate about ruby on rails

Love

1. How easy it is to transition from any other object oriented language.

2. The RESTFul architecture.

3. The plugins and gems.

4. The unit testing tools Shoulda, Coulda, Cucumber and even Test:Unit.

5. The user community and their passion for development.

Hate

1. The scattered array of documentation that is mostly outdated.

2. The complicated deployment process

3. The constant upgrades that break all of my previous apps (I have to say freezing was a great idea)

4. The constant debate over the best IDE

5. How most of the books are outdated by the time they are released. We need to make more of these books living documents.

Overall rails is a the best application framework I have ever used for various reason but there are some kinks that need to be worked out as the community matures.  Thank you to all of the developers in the community for keeping the fire burning.

Building a high traffic blog

Creating a blog is hard work period. I think hard is actually an understatement. To be honest when I first started blogging I thought it would be as easy as just writing a few paragraphs every now and then. Then one day I actually started doing it. I was like this is a whole new world of complexity.

I’ve been doing some research on the topic and following other popular bloggers like Tim Ferris, Seth Godin, Mark Cuban and even Perez Hilton. Some things that they all have in common is that they write about interesting things and already had a fan base from other ventures except for Perez. If your interested in finding out more about the concept watch this video by Tim Ferris one of the decades most exciting authors. He pretty much summed up everything that I use and would use.

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