[Boulder Ruby Group] I need serious help!

[Dan Fitzpatrick]

Tim,

As far as a ruby-specific search, I think a Google custom search would 
work. You give it a list of domains to include and it only searches 
those. I can set this up if needed.

Dan

Dan Fitzpatrick
ePark Labs - www.eparklabs.com
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Tim Pease wrote:
> On 7/16/07, Peter Booth <pbooth at nocoincidences.com> wrote:
>   
>> I'd encourage anyone who hasn't read Amy Hoy's perceptive
>> blog entry to do it ASAP and save themselves some frustration:
>>
>> http://slash7.com/articles/2006/12/22/vampires
>>
>>     
>
> The above is a little post from the ruby-talk mailing list. It was in
> response to a long, drawn out thread that diverged significantly from
> the original topic. But Peter Booth did post a great link to Amy Hoy's
> blog, and the issue is something I'd like to address in the Ruby
> community.
>
> I'd like to get some thoughts and feedback from our little group
> before venturing out to the Ruby community at large.
>
>
> Step #1 for fixing the problem: "Creating Resources"
>
> What resources do we have in the Ruby community?
>   * http://ruby-lang.org
>   * http://ruby-doc.org
>   * http://rubygarden.org  (can't connect to it right now)
>   * http://blade.nagaokaut.ac.jp/ruby/ruby-talk/index.shtml (Et al.)
>   * http://www.rubyinside.com
>   * and I'm sure there are many others that I don't know about
>
> What resources do we need in the Ruby community?
>   * FAQ -- data mine the ruby-talk mailing list for the frequently
> asked questions, condense them down into a good, searchable FAQ page
> with coherent and authoritative answers.
>   * Ruby specific search engine (Rollyo?)
>
> Any other resources that would be good to have? How do we go about
> creating these resources?
>
> Here are the two questions I'd like to talk about.
>
> 1) What Ruby resources would you point a "help vampire" to? (and don't
> just say Google)
> 2) What resource would you create to help someone learn Ruby -- i.e.
> the ultimate Ruby answer machine?
>
> For a start, it would be great to throw together a little page on the
> BDRG website that provides a "rules of the road" for asking questions
> and providing answers on the ruby-talk mailing list. Any thoughts on
> this one?
>
> That's it!
>
> I'd bring this up at tomorrow's meeting, but I'm heading off for a
> fishing trip. Thought I'd get everyone's little grey cells working on
> some creative solutions, in the mean time.
>
> Blessings,
> TwP
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