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  • Stikkit I have to admit that I’m getting a little over web apps these days, there are just too many popping up to keep up with and so when I saw posts about Stikkit appear in my feed reader this morning I didn’t pay much attention. As I saw the name appear across many of the feeds that I read I decided to check it out out of sheer curiousity and I’m glad I did. If you want to read more in depth reviews on Stikkit you can go here I just want to add that Stikkit’s UI is beautiful. As a designer, the first thing I look for when playing with a new web application is the design and Stikkit doesn’t disappoint. It really does say a lot when you see a site or application that has been designed beautifully, it tells you that the people running the show actually care and that’s big in my opinion, it also just makes the whole experience of using the application fun and enjoyable. Stikkit is way more than a simple notepad for the web, it combines bookmarks, notes, to-do’s and calendar all in one. Now I currently use a variety of services for all of these funcitions, but Stikkit is the first “all-in-one” application I would actually consider using full time if they continue to develop the product. I’ve always really wanted this type of “all-in-one” type service but past attempts that I’ve used just really didn’t execute things properly. Definetly check this application out.

Rails Gaining Steam

“Rails is used internally by some of the world’s largest companies
including Google (it’s really picking up steam there). The approval
process of about 60% of all home loans in the US includes processing
through a Rails app.”

Althought I haven’t been able to really work with Rails since moving to the new job, I still like to keep tabs on where it’s going, etc. The above quote was taken from one of Jason Fried’s comments on a post from D. Keith Robinson’s site. a couple of weeks ago, definetly interesting to hear about larger companies picking up on Ruby and Rails the typical excuses you hear about adopting the language/platform just aren’t going to be holding up anymore.