Millarian

Musings of a startup junkie and Ruby on Rails nerd.

Building a Strong Company Culture

Netflix describes their current approach to company culture.

Growing a Small Business, One Person at a Time

A recent discussion at Phoenix OpenCoffee Club Meetup revolved around concerns and tips when growing a small business.

Using Named Scopes in a Rails Plugin

After extracting common functionality with named scopes into a Rails plugin, I was seeing some strange behavior. I describe the cause and solution.

Using Foursquare to Discover Phoenix

Thoughts on using Foursquare, a location-based application, to discover the Phoenix community, support local businesses and have fun!

Quick Tip: Override Rails Generated URLs

Override the default Ruby on Rails generated URLs for a resource. It is a quick and simple way to change your URLs without changing your code.

Enable Secure Admin for Wordpress

Secure your Wordpress administration area using a self-signed certificate and Nginx webserver.

Discover Events in Phoenix with Eventification

An event site geared toward technology and business events in Phoenix, AZ.

SEO Resources for Dummies (i.e., me)

My experiences with learning search engine optimization (SEO) to help the ranking of Millarian.

Phoenix Artist Offers a Chance to Live with Art

Phoenix artist and photographer Tyson Crosbie is hosting a contest to exhibit one of his rare, signed, 1 of 1 works in your home. Enter before July 17th!

Igniting Phoenix Developers

An Ignite-style event for developers hosted by Intel.