April 2007 Archives

Freebase invites

Update: no more invites left, sorry.

I have some freebase alpha invitations that I'd be happy to share. If you're interested in trying out Freebase, send me an email. Include something in your email to show me that you have some idea what Freebase is. I'd prefer to give invitations to coders who want to use the Freebase API to create applications. To do that you've got to understand JSON-based web APIs. But if you just want to poke around the freebase.com front end, I'll consider invitations for that, too.

Books

Comprehensive coverage of Ruby 1.8 and 1.9

"The New Most Important Ruby Book"
Peter Cooper,
rubyinside.com

Completely updated for Ajax and Web 2.0

"A must-have reference"
Brendan Eich,
creator of JavaScript

The classic Java quick-reference