Mobilcast.com

Monty Williams of Gemstone recounts the history of the MagLev Ruby interpreter project. From RubyConf 2008 in Orlando. Sponsor

Conversations from RubyConf 2008. With Matt Aimonetti of Merb, Blake Mizerany of Sinatra, and Josh Peek of Rails. Sponsor

Jacqui Maher talks about the technical challenges involved in writing Rails apps for a medical team in Malawi. Pat Allan encourages Rails developers to volunteer their time and skills. Developers from Intridea discuss hacking Rails internals, UI design, and mid-end development. From RailsConf 2008 in Berlin. Also mentioned: Baobab Health h4. Sponsor PeepCode Thinking Sphinx PDF by Pat Allan PeepCode CouchDB Screencast

Wilson Bilkovich explains the recent rewrite of Rubinius. Lars Pind discusses Coach TV, his new video blog on happiness and personal development for geeks. Also mentioned PeepCode CouchDB Screencast

Charles Nutter of JRuby, from erubycon. Sponsor

Jim Weirich, from erubycon. Sponsor

Ian Dees talks about his new book on testing GUI applications. His company uses Ruby to test handheld devices. Sponsor

In person with Hampton Catlin, Anita Kuno, Wayne Seguin, and Nathan Weizenbaum, plus a cameo appearance by Jay Phillips. From the RubyFringe conference in Toronto. Sponsor

Consulting firm Contrast talks about their upcoming app, Exceptional. Mike Gilbert of XLCRS talks about using Rails to solve everyday problems. From Dublin, Ireland. Sponsor

Interviews with the developers of Apricado, New Relic RPM and Phusion Passenger. Sponsor

Adam Keys interviews Geoffrey Grosenbach about his blog, PeepCode, and the bass. We also introduce the term for 2008: show the whale. Sponsor

Developers from GitHub and Powerset with a short appearance by photographer James Duncan Davidson. For even more about GitHub, check out their Gitsplosion! podcast. Sponsor

Garrett Dimon talks about his new company Next Update and their bug tracker Sifter. From RailsConf at the Heroku booth. Sponsor

Ryan Singer of 37signals talks about Rails, design, and “touching the magic wand.” From RailsConf at the Heroku booth. Sponsor

The founders of Biznik talk about business networking, their BizJam Conference, and Rails. Sponsor

A Seattle-based entrepreneur and developer talks about starting businesses. Also mentioned: Ben Curtis blog Catch the Best RailsKits Agile Web Development directory Sponsor

Consultant Ryan Norbauer talks about outsourcing vs. offshoring, social networks, and his RubyRags t-shirt site. Also mentioned: Ryan’s article on social networks at Vitamin Sponsor

Nathan Sobo of Pivotal Labs talks about Treetop, a cutting-edge parser written in Ruby. Sponsor

Derek Haynes and Andre Lewis on consulting and their side projects Scout and Placeshout. Sponsor

John Chaffee of BusyMac talks about how Rails helps their 2-man Mac development shop handle customer service easily. BusyMac received a MacWorld Best of Show award and recently passed the 10,000 sale mark. Sponsor

Ian Mcfarland of Pivotal Labs in San Francisco talks about their internal project management app, pair programming, and company culture. Sponsor

We follow Part I with a discussion of the brain in relation to sleep and gender. Somewhere, I remember a mailing list post where Why the Lucky Stiff claimed to have a dream and subsequently changed the implementation of Shoes. Does anyone have the link to that? Brain Rules website (Contains references and video samples from the DVD) Brain Rules book (Amazon affiliate link) Sponsor

Developmental molecular biologist Dr. John Medina talks about his new book, Brain Rules. Learn about the need for exercise, attention-grabbing events, and our inability to multitask. Brain Rules website (Contains references and video samples from the DVD) Brain Rules book (Amazon affiliate link) Sponsor

An eBay-funded microfinance company connects small investors with entrepreneurs in the developing world, powered by Rails. MicroPlace Muhammad Yunus Pierre Omidyar