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Deployment Monoculture

Presented by Dan Grigsby on Sep 13, 2008 Length 00:29:25
Sections
Architecture & Design,
Development,
Enterprise Architecture
Topics
Stories & Case Studies ,
Business ,
Ruby on Rails ,
Ruby
Tags
RubyFringe ,
Rails ,
Business Models
 

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Summary
In this talk from RubyFringe, Dan Grigsby talks about trying out many different ideas before turning one into a startup.

Bio
Dan is the founder of Merchant Planet, an early e-commerce provider ultimately acquired by Microsoft. Then he was the founder and initial developer of payMe.com, a successful early-days competitor to PayPal. Lately, he's been working with startups and as a turn around CTO.

About the conference
RubyFringe is an avant-garde conference for developers that are excited about emerging Ruby projects and technologies. They're mounting a unique and eccentric gathering of the people and projects that are driving things forward in our community.
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    Fascinating

    by Dr Nic Williams

    I think this was the most interesting 30 minutes of my day/week.

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    Re: Fascinating

    by Roman Heinrich

    Yea, right! Really a fun talk! What is the name of the book Dan talks about on 28:30 min.?

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    Re: Fascinating

    by Roman Heinrich

    Figured the name out, it's "Fast Food Nation".

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    Re: Fascinating

    by Dan Grigsby

    Roman: Glad you enjoyed the talk! The book was probably "Reefer Madness." Same author as "Fast Food Nation."

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