I’m in a train going through fields and fields in the middle of nowhere (some people call it La Mancha) returning to Valencia from a quick trip to Madrid and I’d like to take this opportunity in order to update the blog, because even it’s a bit shaming the number of drafts has exceeded the number of published posts and I have to do something about that now.
Furthermore in the last days some people have warned me that I should not give up posting and write more frequently. It’s a bit difficult because right now I’m so immersed in my Industrial Engineering exams and all the work I do as a freelance web designer that I simply can’t spend my time writing. Anyway, once I read “there’s always time for the things you really like”, so I think I don’t really have an excuse.
Talking about university, one of the subjects I had this year was Industrial Economy; I have become more and more interested in this field for some time now. This interest mostly comes in terms of my field – if I really have a field where I grow and develop – from the preoccupation of not only provide users with tools so they can kick ass, but also make it in the most efficient way; i.e. do great shit.
Anyway, it usually doesn’t work like that. And this conflict is what Economy is all about.
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I guess I could choose some other song for this kind of occasion; there are so many I’ve already listened that comes to my mind that quote from one of my favorite movies.
Anyway, I wanted to pick one of her songs. I’ve spent such a great time beside her that it’s the least I can do.
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That’s what I’ve been up to in the last month or so besides the usual studying. And I know I must write more frequently… I have more than 10 posts in drafts waiting to be finished and published.
Anyway, I wanted to share with you that I’m immersed in the organisation team of three very interesting events in the Valencian area that will be hold soon in the next days.
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Some of the usual people in the Valencian tech meetings — GUM Valencia, Twittche… — are considering the possibility of organizing a BarCamp in our city; this has been one of the recurrent conversations for some time now, besides the new gadget acquisitions, and the measurement of our penises camera lenses.
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These days I am trying to accomplish one of my 2009 New Year’s resolutions: Learn Ruby on Rails and be able to prototype, code and design one functional web application (you know, I’m in exams time…)
I have already worked with Ruby on Rails before, but only from the designer’s point of view: being able to implement my designs without the application to crash. Anyway the workflow with RoR, the philosophy behind and its singularities definitely definitely hooked me. Furthermore I must say to my own shame that I have only coded in C programming language in order to pass my practical lessons at the University.
To gain an insight into what I am talking about let’s face a real problem with which I had to deal while I am building this application.
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