Something is happening here and the twittersphere knows what it is.
What’s Hot
Top-Ten lists are passé—ours goes to 11. These are the top titles that folks are interested in currently, along with their rank from last month. This is based solely on direct sales from our online store.
| 1^ | NEW | CoffeeScript |
| 2v | 1 | Agile Web Development with Rails |
| 3 | 3 | Crafting Rails Applications |
| 4 | 4 | Programming Ruby 1.9 |
| 5 | 5 | The RSpec Book |
| 6^ | NEW | HTML5 and CSS3 |
| 7^ | NEW | Metaprogramming Ruby |
| 8^ | NEW | Rails Test Prescriptions |
| 9v | 2 | iOS Recipes |
| 10^ | NEW | Continuous Testing |
| 11^ | NEW | Exceptional Ruby |
The Stuff We Have to Put Up With
Holy crap, Internet. STOP SHOWING ME ADS FOR SHOES. I bought ONE PAIR from you MONTHS ago. Don’t make me kick you with them! — @SaraMG
Dear LinkedIn, I don’t need a reminder; I know you exist. Sending me this many mails about people I don’t know makes me wish you didn’t. — @terriko
Check out how I am sick of my clojure feed being filled up with how I solved 4Clojure problem n #clojure. — @abedra
This Coding Life
The talent agent that shares the floor with my office is still on AOL. I hear “you’ve got mail!” throughout the day. It’s not ironic. — @snipeyhead
Going to an ironic cocktail party themed party tonight and a costume party 12k race tomorrow morning. Ah, SF. — @harthvader
It’s said that 10,000 hours makes you an expert at something, and I just realized I’m at 10,000 tweets. Does that make me an expert tweeter? — @pamelafox
Flickr notified me that I was tagged in a photo but my name was spelled wrong. How did it know it was me? — @yardi
I find your lack of pants disturbing. #replaceawordinastarwarslinewithpants — @darthvader
Funniest thing I’ve heard RE: C++ —When the only hammer you have is C++ every problem looks like your thumb. — @bdudney
Haven’t written this in a while: public static void main (String[] arrrImAPirate) { } — @invalidname
A simple regex can make life so much better. — @cdwarren
Entropy as a Service. #eaas #thankmelater — @abedra
On a bus going to a secret location! Might not be secret, maybe they told us and I wasn’t listening. #zeitgeistym yfrog.com/h0xsoifj — @anna_debenham
I know induction works because it has worked reliably in the past. — @stuarthalloway
Oh Randall. :) One for the geek feminists! http://xkcd.com/896/ - Marie Curie — @ginatrapani
Bears and Other Thirsty Things
Thirsty Bear was mobbed, watching 3d YouTube with 2 color glasses fun. Dinner at Mel’s now. #io2011 — @eburnette
My review is coming up at work. My boss just informed me that he is going to rate me a "2-needs development" on drink ordering. — @snipeyhead
Looking up the nutritional content of Rum during an office discussion on Scurvy. — @Poshy
...& many folks report that drinking makes it easier for them to not be shy. But, people, you can’t just get drunk every day. Doesn’t scale. — @pamelafox
Also, free beer to anyone who can distract Ward Cunningham long enough to make sure he doesn’t attend my session. #intimidated #osbridge — @ElizabethN
What It Is
Clojure; It’s the new Ruby! http://t.co/2LXDglL — @slagyr
“It’s in Dropbox” is the new “It’s on the wiki.” — @anildash
Planking—it’s the new vogueing. — @BXGD
Whiskey wine—it’s the new pear cider!! yfrog.com/hscymwcj — @liammcguire
Popular in Canada, it’s the new big in Japan. #eurovision — @bowendesign
Amish. it’s the new hipster. RT @Holl_x: Amish twerker party — @Liz_Money
I’m pretty sure this bus is fueled by desperation. It’s the new bio-fuel, I’m told. — @sketchset
People had better get used to gas prices at around $4/gallon. It’s the New Normal. — @RockDots
And yes, Alabama is wearing camo hats. It’s the new houndstooth. — @WarBlogle
This month we followed Chris Adamson, Heather Arthur, Aaron Bedra, Benedict Bowen, Ed Burnette, Anil Dash, Anna Debenham, Röck Döts, Bill Dudney, Pamela Fox, Sara Golemon, Stuart Halloway, Jason the commenter, Lynn, Liam McGuire, Micah Martin, Liz Money, Elizabeth Naramore, Terri O, Jamie Orz, snipe, Gina Trapani, Darth Vader, WarBlogle.com, Christopher Warren, and Sarita Yardi. You can follow us at www.twitter.com/pragpub.

