Dan Ahern

In the recent past there have been a ton of applications that I’ve followed almost religiously.  I’d read forum posts about how their software or service was coming along great, then they disappear off the face of the planet for months of a time, with no updates.  Lynn Wallenstein and I were talking last night [...]

With the recent change over to my Mac, I’ve started to really take a look at the differences between SVN and GIT.  I’m still in the process of learning how to use both bundles for TextMate so when I’m actually in “work mode” I’ll usually forego playing around and just use the command line and [...]

Recently I was asked to look into doing some customizations for the Mephisto blog for a customer.  I figured “well it’s Rails, and I know rails, so sure I could do it”.  However, thirty minutes after opening up the code I decided that Mephisto is no longer really a Rails application.  I know I’m going [...]

I’ve become a fanboy.  I keep telling myself no, but slowly I’m coming to terms.  Last week I picked up an iPhone (bought off ebay so I wouldn’t have to extend my ATT contract).  So I’m going to list some thoughts, and I’m going to compare it to my steallar little Nokia E70 that I [...]

Starting with this post I’m going to try a new format for my writing style as recommended by Lynn.  Focus more on bullet points and logical breaks, less on writing what comes to mind.

Why I do it?
What I do?
How do I do it?
What I’ve learned?

Why I do it?
Lately, due to an abundance of free time, [...]

This app was tricky in two ways. First it was the first real Facebook app I have done, which meant there was a large learning curve as things that work just fine with a regular Rails site some times just don’t work with Facebook. Ajax and JavaScript in particular are completely different, and require [...]

So after a good long while in development and being kept under wraps I’m finally able to write about the newest big project I’ve been a part of, Kiobo.  Kiobo’s goal is:
Kiobo helps users enrich their browsing experience by making browsing a more social activity. We enable users to explore and leverage their social graph’s [...]

This week, after running into one RubyGem too many that was required to be compiled, I’ve switched over to the Mac for development. For the last 4 months (since I bought the 17inch MBP) I’ve been flirting with development on it. Until now it’s been the trophy wife that has been trotted out [...]