Leftbrained is the online presence of Gavin Montague, a software developer working in Glasgow, Scotland.
A conduit from TextExpander to the Faker gem for generating realistic user data
A Snippet and supporting Ruby scripts for generating sequences in TextExpander on OS X.
A gem to make ActionMailer HTML emails a little more user-friendly.
An article on the Guardian about the morality of file-sharing has annoyed me. Not the article itself, more the attitude of some of the commenters.
@fraserspeirs Are the kids going to have any install rights on the machine? Plenty of apps have embedded 'browsers' without history.
12:09, March 10th, 2010
The English-language forum for discussing Nabaztags, Mir:rors & everything relating to smart objects.
NabaztalkEasy management of different Ruby binaries and gems. Very useful for managing the transition to Rails 3.0 and Ruby 1.9
"A cognitive bias is a pattern of deviation in judgment that occurs in particular situations". This could form the basis of a new kind of Bingo game in meetings.
Customizable bookmarklet from arc90 that reformats webpages for increased legibility. Especially well suited for any site who's name ends in 'crunch'.
Clever ideas for incentivising people to do the 'right' thing by making it fun. For example, using the stairs as a giant piano over the lazy escalator, or a litter bin that makes fun noises when you drop things in it.
A surprisingly accurate and lucid guide to web usability from the UK Government for its content authors - via bunnyfoot