My Little Corner of the Web

The Moleskin is the personal web site of Kelsey Ruger and is a collection of creative work, thoughts and lessons.

Archive for the 'Web Profession' Category

How to create a newsworthy blog post

One of the questions I get from clients or peers who are beginning their journey into blogging is “how do I create interesting posts”? The first nugget I give them is be yourself. Readers will embrace bloggers they can relate to. Trying to be everything to everyone won’t work. The next thing I tell them […]

11 days and counting

OK, as you can probably tell I have been extremely busy the last couple of weeks. I am supposed to be rebooting three different sites on May 1st, only one of which I am 100% sure will be ready. Unfortunately that site is not The Moleskin. I am just starting to get the design for […]

Official BarCamp Location and Date Change

We will now officially be having BarCamp Houston at the Houston Technology Center. The Houston Technology Center (HTC) is Houston’s business accelerator and the largest technology business incubator in Texas. HTC accelerates the commercialization of emerging technology companies in Houston by providing in-depth business guidance, access to capital and service providers, and entrepreneurial education. One […]

Putting Refresh & Rails on the map literally

It’s always cool to see a really neat (yet simple) idea put together with Rails. Justin Perkins from Refresh Austin put together a map application that combine Google maps and a small Rails application to visually show the location of the Refreshing Cities. Very simple and useful - the cornerstone of Rails. It […]

BarCamp Houston Shaping Up

Looks like I will be going another couple of months without any true sleep. BarCamp Houston appears to be shaping up nicely. Here are some of the session ideas that have been floating around. I suggested some of these, so I will probably end up doing those sessions. What would you like to see at […]