boston-ruby
This tool lets you look up recent activity by BostonRB members from the command line.
Usage: boston-ruby [command]
Commands:
m Show recent BostonRB mailing list posts
t Show recent tweets by BostonRB members
g Show recent github activity by BostonRB members
b Show recent blog posts
e Show next BostonRB event
w Show current Boston weather
Install
gem install boston-ruby
If you want to save a few keystrokes when you invoke the command, put something like
alias brb=boston-ruby
in your ~/.bash_profile and use your alias.
Sample output
BostonRB mailing list activity:
$ boston-ruby m
Re: [boston.rb] tethering/hotspot/mifi suggestions
--------------------------------------------------
http://groups.google.com/group/boston-rubygroup/browse_thread/thread/59bb3867e9924ac6
John Norman : Just out of curiosity: Did putting this:
07:49PM 03/14 : ServerAliveInterval 60 (or a smaller interval.) in your
: .ssh/config help at all? (E.g.:
: [http://www.kehlet.cx/articles/129.html])
Daniel Choi : No I haven't. I didn't even know about that option. Thanks,
07:50PM 03/14 : I'll try it!
Dan Pickett : If you have an android device, I highly recommend PDANet -
07:52PM 03/14 : it has made this surburbanite's ride on the commuter rail
: very efficient!
[...]
BostonRB member tweets:
$ boston-ruby t
jayroh : Another beautiful site from the friendly people at : 04:09PM 03/20
: @the47th - http://t.co/HA1qqIQx :
kbedell : The latest Browser market shares: http://t.co/Uu5cTGyQ : 04:57PM 03/20
kbedell : Found an annoying javascript bug that only occurs in : 04:58PM 03/20
: Firefox 3.6. Crap. Who's still supporting that version? :
im_a_muppet : You know you have been pairing a little too much when tmux : 05:05PM 03/20
: makes it into a pun! #ALittleTooMux :
wpeterson : From my amazing coworkers: The Devops Dark Knight - : 05:08PM 03/20
: http://t.co/awWxeEbi #in :
dwhsix : @WorkBarBoston so you're "torqued", but are you still : 05:09PM 03/20
: hosting @sqoot 's event? :
bcardarella : @jayroh btw we haven't gotten a drink in a while. We : 06:00PM 03/20
: should fix that :
jayroh : @bcardarella no shit dude. Been a while! : 06:05PM 03/20
wpeterson : @teflonted can't do it in Gemfile. Bundle config. : 06:55PM 03/20
dwhsix : Ha, never looked at headers in a Facebook email: : 07:13PM 03/20
: X-Facebook: from zuckmail ([MTI3LjAuMC4x]) by :
: http://t.co/xFrkqvTy with HTTP (ZuckMail); :
doctorzaius : Lots of new movies that I want to see, but someone might : 07:23PM 03/20
: call me a "sheeple" so I better not. :
[...]
BostonRB member github activity:
$ boston-ruby g
cldwalker : cldwalker pushed to master at cldwalker/bacon : 05:49PM 03/20
berkmancenter : berkmancenter created repository brkmn : 05:53PM 03/20
sbisker : sbisker started watching Kicksend/mailcheck : 05:55PM 03/20
techiferous : techiferous pushed to master at techiferous/tabulous : 05:58PM 03/20
techiferous : techiferous created tag v1.3.0 at techiferous/tabulous : 05:58PM 03/20
techiferous : techiferous commented on pull request 14 on : 06:02PM 03/20
: techiferous/tabulous :
techiferous : techiferous commented on issue 13 on techiferous/tabulous : 06:04PM 03/20
techiferous : techiferous closed issue 13 on techiferous/tabulous : 06:04PM 03/20
robbfitzsimmons : robbfitzsimmons pushed to master at : 06:08PM 03/20
: robbfitzsimmons/sample_app :
cldwalker : cldwalker created branch fix_change_tests at : 06:10PM 03/20
: cldwalker/bacon :
cldwalker : cldwalker pushed to fix_change_tests at cldwalker/bacon : 06:19PM 03/20
cldwalker : cldwalker opened pull request 11 on chneukirchen/bacon : 06:25PM 03/20
cldwalker : cldwalker commented on pull request 10 on : 06:26PM 03/20
: chneukirchen/bacon :
croaky : croaky opened issue 9 on copycopter/style-guide : 06:37PM 03/20
jferris : jferris created repository jferris.github.com : 06:38PM 03/20
jferris : jferris created branch master at : 06:39PM 03/20
: jferris/jferris.github.com :
jferris : jferris pushed to master at jferris/jferris.github.com : 06:44PM 03/20
[...]
Not seeing yourself in the output?
To get your tweets included in the output, go to this BostonRB wiki page and add your name and Twitter handle:
https://github.com/bostonrb/bostonrb/wiki/All-Rubyists
If your GitHub activity is not showing, try updating your GitHub user location to one of these locations. It's case-insensitive.
- cambridge, ma
- boston
- boston, ma
- somerville, ma
- salem, ma
- providence, ri
- salem, ma
- portsmouth, nh
- portland, me
If your location is not shown but ought to be included in the BostonRB community, please post an issue.