Ryan Joy (atxryan)

My development environment consists of a Dell PC (with dual flat panel displays) and my Macbook Pro. I’d LOVE to add a third monitor to the PC to be dedicated to the stack trace, diagnostic outputs, and console logs, but that’s another story. On these machines I have IDEs, an SQL analyzer, and text editors [...]

I recently helped a coworker’s wife set up a WordPress site for her new Austin-based business: Language Buddies, An Immersion Language Program for KIDS. I’ve witnessed very young children pick up a second or even third language just from their nanny, so I can attest to the power of this type of learning. Right now [...]

Wondering why the local Austin paper doesn’t have a Twitter account so I can get updates like NYT. Ryan, thoughts? Paul Menard via Twitter Well, it’s true that you can find Twitter accounts for the New York Times, CNN, BBC, TechCrunch, et al. However, it’s not clear how many of those are actually official branding [...]

Today we launched the first version of a project started in mid-January: StatesmanShopping I might write more on this later…

Last week Statesman.com won the 2007 Digital Edge Award for Best Design and Site Architecture from the Newspaper Association of America. The Statesman.com was also a finalist in the Most Innovative Multimedia Storytelling category. > > > NAA HONORS TOP NEWSPAPER SITES WITH DIGITAL EDGE AWARDS Each year the ‘Edgies‘, founded in 1996, recognize online [...]