7 Things You Can Do With Ruby

So you want to do something with Ruby but think there’s not much you can do? Rubbish!

Below is a list of just 7 things you can do with Ruby.

  1. Name your daughter or puppy Ruby - Peter Cooper reports that Ruby has become the 4th most popular name in the UK! Dan Kubb named his puppy Ruby.
  2. Draw Cartoons for Ruby - whytheluckstiff popularized Ruby with his excellent cartooning ability in his book Why’s (Poignant) Guide to Ruby.
  3. Become Famous using Ruby - Build a ‘killer’ application using Ruby like David Hansson did with ‘Ruby on Rails’.
  4. Write a book on Ruby - Bruce Tate, David Black, Hal Fulton, James Edward Gray II, Peter Cooper to name a few, have done it. If you have the knack and the knowledge, write one.
  5. Build a business around Ruby - Peerant amongst hundreds of other companies are doing it. Why not you?
  6. Have fun - My RubyLearning.com site’s motto is - ‘Ruby helps programmers have more fun…’ Why not?
  7. Blog about Ruby - And finally like me, if you have nothing better to do, blog about Ruby!

In conclusion: I could go on and on (and I probably will)…

Update: The 7 Things can easily become 10 or 25 or 50 Things -

  1. Teach Ruby - Like I do at the University level.
  2. Start a RUG - I started a Ruby User Group - PuneRuby. The experience has been satisfying.
  3. Monetize your Ruby site/blog - I use Google Adsense. Atleast it covers my domain and hosting costs!

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Posted by Satish Talim





2 Responses to '7 Things You Can Do With Ruby'

  1. Stephan - May 22nd, 2007 at 1:37 pm

    Well, I’m already doing 6 and 7 (over at http://phvalues.wordpress.com). And given that I’m using Ruby in the job there’s also some 5.
    And since I’m planning 4 as well, there’s a reasonable coverage. :-)

  2. Benedict Herold - May 22nd, 2007 at 7:37 pm

    Didn’t know there is this much you can do with Ruby..!!! I’m also gonna try few!


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