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The untold millions - (37signals).

Almost immediately after launch we started getting heaps of requests from people who wanted to be able to scrobble the music they were playing on Spotify to Last.fm (Last.fm is a cool music recommendation site for those of you who don’t know). The demand was so high that people started creating their own solutions to scrobble, which were cool but a little hard to install and run for the average user.

So today we are really excited to announce that we’ve added scobbling support directly

UIQ går i konkurs - IDG.se.

The new Fog Creek office - Joel on Software.

Freedom is an application that disables networking on an Apple computer for up to eight hours at a time. Freedom will free you from the distractions of the internet, allowing you time to code, write, or create. At the end of your selected offline period, Freedom re-enables your network, restoring everything as normal.

I demand Freedom! | Wildbit.

Topsify top hits playlists for Spotify.

A good thing to have if you feel lost after starting Spotify.

It’s even snowing in Uppsala!

On to the news: beginning today, the Merb team will be working with the Rails core team on a joint project. The plan is to merge in the things that made Merb different. This will make it possible to use Rails 3 for the same sorts of use-cases that were compelling for Merb users. Effectively, Merb 2 is Rails 3.

Katz Got Your Tongue? » Rails and Merb Merge.

Great news!

has_many :through - Agile git and the story branch pattern.

An always releasable trunk (in whatever version control software you choose to use) is an invaluable thing to strive for.