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Skeet: A Twitter Client for Chrome

For users of Google Chrome there are a number of useful extensions that enhance your browser in a myriad of ways. Skeet for Chrome is a new Chrome extension that provides a lightweight, simple, and usable Twitter client right inside your browser.

Redfinger: A Ruby WebFinger Gem

Just yesterday, Google turned on webfinger for all GMail accounts. Today, we’re releasing a RubyGem to help you use the new protocol!

Present.ly Chrome Extension

We’re always looking for ways to make it easier to keep up to date with your co-workers using Present.ly. Recently I’ve been using the Mac Beta of Chrome and thought a Chrome Extension could be a great way to use Present.ly throughout the day. As of today it is available on Google’s Chrome Extension Directory.

Present.ly Chrome

Official VOA PNN Application Released for iPhone and Android

On the heels of U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton’s Net Freedom speech, Intridea was delighted to receive notification Apple had approved the official iPhone application we developed for Voice of America’s (VOA) Persian News Network (PNN).

Simple Mustache JSON Serialization

If you’ve taken a look at Mustache, the “stupid in a good way” templating engine, you might know that there are also Javascript Mustache renderers such as Mustache.js. Today we’ve released a small library called mustache_json that allows you to compile your Mustache view objects into JSON, allowing them to be interpreted by Javascript Mustache rendering engines.

Presently Now Available for Palm webOS Devices

Coming hot off the heels of the Presently 2.0 release for the iPhone, comes Presently for Palm webOS. Presently for Palm brings most of the same great features from the iPhone version to any Palm webOS device, such as the Pixi or the Pre, with the unique look and feel of Palm webOS applications.

Presently v2.0 Released for iPhone

A new version of the Presently application has just been released for iPhone and is now available on the App Store. Presently for the iPhone is the best way to keep in touch with your co-workers where you're not in front of your computer. The new version of Presently brings a completely new application, developed using Appcelerator's Titanium Mobile platform, that is packed with many more features than the previous.

Hashie: The Hash Toolkit

One of my earliest gems was Mash, a useful tool for creating mocking objects as a Hash. One of the most common problems people had with Mash was a simple one: it conflicted with another class of the same name in extlib! To address this problem as well as give the project some room to grow, Mash is now part of a new toolkit called Hashie. Hashie is available now via Gemcutter and the source, as always, is available on GitHub.

Car Finder Becomes a Hit Application for iPhone

We released Car Finder just over a week ago and the amount of attention we’ve received is much more than we could have ever anticipated. For those of you who don’t know, Car Finder is an iPhone application that utilizes augmented reality to help you find where you parked your car.

Quick Tip: Readable Conditional Validations in Rails

This is something that many may already use as a best practice, but if not it’s something simple and convenient to add to your repertoire. Sometimes you may have a model that requires additional information if a certain condition is met. For example, I may require a user to add more information about themselves if they wish to be listed publicly, whereas I would not if they do not wish to be listed.