Rant Said Zed: I’m Too Sexy for My Rails

by Joey deVilla on January 6, 2008

Fred Fairbrass and Zed Shaw, side by side. The resemblance is uncanny!
The resemblance is uncanny, isn’t it?

By now, most Rails developers — and even a number of people who couldn’t care less about Rails — have read Zed Shaw’s infamous rant titled Rails is a Ghetto. It’s given me a lot to think about, and as a result, I’m changing my presentation topic at Tuesday’s TSOT Ruby/Rails Project Night to Rant Said Zed: I’m Too Sexy for my Rails (or: Lessons and Challenges from Zed Shaw’s Rant). I promise that it’ll be both informing and entertaining.

  • Want to know more about Tuesday’s TSOT Ruby/Rails Project Night, which takes place this Tuesday, January 8th? See this entry.
  • Want to sign up? Email me!

Aside: A Quick Trip Down Memory Lane

How can I reference Right Said Fred without showing you the video for their one hit?

[This article was cross-posted to Global Nerdy.]

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1 Ryan Waddell January 7, 2008 at 4:33 pm

Come on now… no blog entry that shows the I’m Too Sexy video can be complete without the commercial that RSF did for Daz (a UK laundry detergent) last year (or was it the year before? I can’t remember, but it’s recent!):

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_4Usf7ZtBeg

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