Colin Kelley

CTO/co-founder - Invoca; co-author/founder - Gnuplot; rubyist, juggler, unicyclist

[Colin Kelley @colindkelley]

@eileencodes Great post!
"When patching code, try to inherit from the original class and use super where possible."
Agreed. But often it's not practical to introduce a superclass. In that case, use Module prepend to insert your code at the top of the ancestors chain; you still call super.

[Colin Kelley @colindkelley]

Nice! FastCompany just published this article adapted from a presentation I gave at an all-company kickoff meeting at @invoca last year.

As companies grow, they tend to become risk-averse. How can you counter that?

https://t.co/zOYKjBrrVF

[Colin Kelley @colindkelley]

@SenSchumer Stay strong! DO NOT CAVE.

[Colin Kelley @colindkelley]

@johnmoe Dire Straits: Making Movies

[Colin Kelley @colindkelley]

@JetstarAirways getting errors like this today (including when following a Google Flights referral):
Access Denied
You don't have permission to access "https://t.co/adEDPZWLFk?" on this server.
Reference #18.3d34dfad.1541010257.6ed13d8

[Colin Kelley @colindkelley]

@rubious_dan Sadly, Ruby's dig operator is useless since it can raise exceptions. Might as well just use `[][][]... rescue nil`.

[Invoca @Invoca]

We are excited to announce, the #CallIntelligence Summit will be Oct 18-20 in Santa Barbara. Learn more: https://t.co/XjZveuWu4G

[Colin Kelley @colindkelley]

Starting Sunday we will also hear from misinformed people across the nation suggesting we eliminate time zones and XET[DST] and just use UTC

[Colin Kelley @colindkelley]

Sunday we get to enjoy an extra hour of daylight! I propose we call it eXtended Evening Time so that it's marketed on its primary benefit.

[Invoca @Invoca]

Our CTO @colindkelley shares how @IBMWatson turns phone calls into invaluable marketing data via @IBM https://t.co/ysWobH0CLi #IBMWatson #AI

[IBM watsonx @IBMwatsonx]

IBM Watson Speech to Text turns phone calls into invaluable marketing data: https://t.co/srOctPgJeL

[Colin Kelley @colindkelley]

Choosing a favorite pizza topping does not count as 2FA! Read the Wikipedia article! https://t.co/mx6fHPBtbs

[Andreas (aantonop Team) @aantonop]

It’s time to publicly shame United Airlines’ so-called online security https://t.co/vvBiVTG6DK via @techcrunch

[Colin Kelley @colindkelley]

@SlackHQ Yet another channel was accidentally created "private". We need to convert it to public, including history. "Private" != "Secret"!

[Ed Hawkins @ed_hawkins]

Spiralling global temperatures from 1850-2016 (full animation) https://t.co/YETC5HkmTr

[Colin Kelley @colindkelley]

Thanks for the kind words @joshuacook!

[Hillary Clinton @HillaryClinton]

It's 2016. Every student should have access to computer science classes.

[Colin Kelley @colindkelley]

Daylight Saving Time suffers from a branding problem; that name doesn't sell its benefits. I propose we call it XET: eXtended Evening Time.

[Elliot Winkler @mcmire]

@bascule Wish Ruby core would switch to tools that the rest of the community is using. Ignoring the community drives people away.

[Colin Kelley @colindkelley]

I'd like to add to this list: "It is what it is". https://t.co/gEmepoIVNJ

[John Greathouse @johngreathouse]

10 Bus Buzzwords We Need to Ban Immediately (embarrassed to admit using some of these...) https://t.co/Hnk9U1X3dW

[Colin Kelley @colindkelley]

@j3 a local company https://t.co/vQAXPOzPqT offers that service. DM me if you'd like an intro.