Comments for Mike Doel http://www.mikedoel.com/blog Thoughts and pictures from central Ohio Thu, 24 Dec 2009 16:14:55 -0800 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.1 hourly 1 Comment on Regarding Edgecase by Adam McCrea http://www.mikedoel.com/blog/regarding-edgecase/comment-page-1#comment-8299 Adam McCrea Thu, 24 Dec 2009 16:14:55 +0000 http://www.mikedoel.com/blog/?p=134#comment-8299 Mike, thanks so much for the kind words. Working on VacationTrade was truly a pleasure for me. You've put together an amazing team - passionate, talented, and tons of fun. I'll miss working with you. Mike, thanks so much for the kind words. Working on VacationTrade was truly a pleasure for me. You’ve put together an amazing team – passionate, talented, and tons of fun. I’ll miss working with you.

]]> Comment on A year (or more) in the life by bendycode http://www.mikedoel.com/blog/a-year-or-more-in-the-life/comment-page-1#comment-8297 bendycode Thu, 24 Dec 2009 14:24:28 +0000 http://www.mikedoel.com/blog/?p=131#comment-8297 Very awesome Mike! Congrats! Very awesome Mike!

Congrats!

]]> Comment on About Last Tweet by Austin http://www.mikedoel.com/blog/about-last-tweet/comment-page-1#comment-8174 Austin Wed, 09 Dec 2009 13:41:32 +0000 http://www.mikedoel.com/blog/?p=125#comment-8174 Thanks for sharing your thoughts Mike. Sounds like an interesting situation. I had not imagined getting a merchant account could be such a barrier. Austin Thanks for sharing your thoughts Mike. Sounds like an interesting situation. I had not imagined getting a merchant account could be such a barrier.

Austin

]]> Comment on About Last Tweet by mike http://www.mikedoel.com/blog/about-last-tweet/comment-page-1#comment-8170 mike Wed, 09 Dec 2009 03:35:59 +0000 http://www.mikedoel.com/blog/?p=125#comment-8170 Bryan, No problem. Hope for better days for both of us soon. Mike Bryan,

No problem. Hope for better days for both of us soon.

Mike

]]> Comment on About Last Tweet by Bryan Johnson http://www.mikedoel.com/blog/about-last-tweet/comment-page-1#comment-8168 Bryan Johnson Wed, 09 Dec 2009 03:24:41 +0000 http://www.mikedoel.com/blog/?p=125#comment-8168 Mike, Thank you for posting this follow-up. There is nothing more important to us than doing things right and taking care of our customers. Immediately after I saw your tweet, I called the sales rep that was working with you to gain context of the situation. I then called your partner Mike Blackwell to better understand what happened. After listening to both sides, I can see where the disconnect and miscommunication happened on both sides. The rep and I discussed the things we can do to prevent this from happening again. To his credit, the rep you were working with does an unbelievably good job working with merchants in this very complicated industry. He was sick to his stomach that this happened and wanted to do whatever he could to fix it. I apologize that this happened and appreciate your measured follow up response. Bryan Johnson CEO Braintree Mike,

Thank you for posting this follow-up. There is nothing more important to us than doing things right and taking care of our customers. Immediately after I saw your tweet, I called the sales rep that was working with you to gain context of the situation. I then called your partner Mike Blackwell to better understand what happened. After listening to both sides, I can see where the disconnect and miscommunication happened on both sides. The rep and I discussed the things we can do to prevent this from happening again. To his credit, the rep you were working with does an unbelievably good job working with merchants in this very complicated industry. He was sick to his stomach that this happened and wanted to do whatever he could to fix it. I apologize that this happened and appreciate your measured follow up response.

Bryan Johnson
CEO
Braintree

]]> Comment on Two machine workflow with git by mike http://www.mikedoel.com/blog/two-machine-workflow-with-git/comment-page-1#comment-7112 mike Mon, 27 Jul 2009 22:23:02 +0000 http://www.mikedoel.com/blog/?p=108#comment-7112 You could do that too, but that also comes with other side effects. For example, we have a post-commit hook setup on git to notify a Campfire room every time a shared commit is made. The intent is for us to use that to notify each other when "new and interesting stuff is available". If I'm pushing my personal work through github, it adds some noise to that signal. You could do that too, but that also comes with other side effects. For example, we have a post-commit hook setup on git to notify a Campfire room every time a shared commit is made. The intent is for us to use that to notify each other when “new and interesting stuff is available”. If I’m pushing my personal work through github, it adds some noise to that signal.

]]> Comment on Two machine workflow with git by Mike Enriquez http://www.mikedoel.com/blog/two-machine-workflow-with-git/comment-page-1#comment-7111 Mike Enriquez Mon, 27 Jul 2009 22:16:49 +0000 http://www.mikedoel.com/blog/?p=108#comment-7111 Is there any reason why you couldn't create your own branch on origin, and tell your team "don't touch!"? Is there any reason why you couldn’t create your own branch on origin, and tell your team “don’t touch!”?

]]> Comment on MetricFu at CRB by Jake Scruggs http://www.mikedoel.com/blog/metricfu-at-crb/comment-page-1#comment-6982 Jake Scruggs Tue, 16 Jun 2009 04:35:48 +0000 http://www.mikedoel.com/blog/?p=105#comment-6982 Looks like a pretty cool presentation -- thanks for taking the time to explain metric_fu to others. If anyone is interested in the future of metric_fu or just want to get some help, the metric_fu google group is at: http://groups.google.com/group/metric_fu. I just posted directions how to take a look at the release candidate with some hot new features. Hmm. This comment has become bit self-promotional when I really just meant it to be a thank you. Oh well. Looks like a pretty cool presentation — thanks for taking the time to explain metric_fu to others. If anyone is interested in the future of metric_fu or just want to get some help, the metric_fu google group is at: http://groups.google.com/group/metric_fu. I just posted directions how to take a look at the release candidate with some hot new features.

Hmm. This comment has become bit self-promotional when I really just meant it to be a thank you. Oh well.

]]> Comment on Adding to webrat_steps with cukesteps by Aslak Hellesøy http://www.mikedoel.com/blog/adding-to-webrat_steps-with-cukesteps/comment-page-1#comment-6956 Aslak Hellesøy Wed, 03 Jun 2009 18:10:14 +0000 http://www.mikedoel.com/blog/?p=99#comment-6956 I recommend you don't pollute the toplevel namespace with a toplevel include: include CukeAssociationHelpers Instead, extend the world as described here: http://wiki.github.com/aslakhellesoy/cucumber/a-whole-new-world I also think it's gem sources --add http://gems.github.com I recommend you don’t pollute the toplevel namespace with a toplevel include:

include CukeAssociationHelpers

Instead, extend the world as described here:
http://wiki.github.com/aslakhellesoy/cucumber/a-whole-new-world

I also think it’s gem sources –add http://gems.github.com

]]> Comment on How to make a spooky Halloween picture by Mike Doel’s Weblog :: Adding color to enhance the effect http://www.mikedoel.com/blog/how-to-make-a-spooky-halloween-picture/comment-page-1#comment-3383 Mike Doel’s Weblog :: Adding color to enhance the effect Mon, 27 Oct 2008 02:25:30 +0000 http://www.mikedoel.com/blog/?p=55#comment-3383 [...] an addition to the technique I talked about in my last post, consider also adding color gels (basically covered pieces of plastic) over the flash head to [...] [...] an addition to the technique I talked about in my last post, consider also adding color gels (basically covered pieces of plastic) over the flash head to [...]

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