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- acts_as_follower
  
  A Gem to add Follow functionality for models
  
  1 fork / Pushed Oct 29, 12
- ruby-youtube-dl
  
  Gem wrapper for the Python youtube-dl file
  
  3 forks / 4 watchers / Pushed Oct 11, 12
- render_csv
  
  CSV renderer for Rails 3
  
  1 watcher / Pushed Jul 27, 12
- soundcloud-ruby
  
  Official SoundCloud API Wrapper for Ruby.
  
  1 watcher / Pushed Jul 20, 12
- soundmanager-rails
  
  SoundManager2 JavaScript Library for Rails >= 3.1
  
  1 watcher / Pushed Jul 20, 12
- rspec-rails
  
  Rspec-2 for Rails-3
  
  1 watcher / Pushed Jun 21, 12
- kickstarter
  
  Simple scraping API for kickstarter.com
  
  1 fork / 1 watcher / Pushed Mar 17, 12
- mobylette
  
  Mobile request handling for Ruby on Rails
  
  1 watcher / Pushed Mar 01, 12
- rdio_api
  
  A Ruby wrapper for the Rdio API
  
  2 forks / 3 watchers / Pushed Feb 21, 12
- acts_as_tenant
  
  Easy multi-tenancy for Rails in a shared database setup
  
  1 watcher / Pushed Feb 07, 12
- backbone-fundamentals
  
  A creative-commons book on Backbone.js for beginners and advanced users alike
  
  1 watcher / Pushed Jan 10, 12
- runkeeper-api
  
  Unofficial API of Runkeeper
  
  5 forks / 19 watchers / Pushed Jan 02, 12
- swearjar
  
  Put another nickel in the swearjar. Simple profanity detection with content analysis.
  
  1 watcher / Pushed Nov 16, 11
- backbone-rails
  
  Easily use backbone.js with rails 3.1
  
  1 watcher / Pushed Nov 13, 11
- rails-settings
  
  Settings is a plugin that makes managing a table of key/value pairs easy. Think of it like a Hash stored in you database, that uses simple ActiveRecord like methods for manipulation. Keep track of any setting that you don't want to hard code into your rails app. You can store any kind of object: Strings, numbers, arrays, or any object which can be noted as YAML.
  
  1 watcher / Pushed Nov 05, 11
- dotfiles
  
  Personal dotfiles for various tools
  
  1 watcher / Pushed Aug 24, 11
- omniauth
  
  OmniAuth is a flexible authentication system utilizing Rack middleware.
  
  1 watcher / Pushed Jun 03, 11
- jquery-ui
  
  The official jQuery user interface library.
  
  1 watcher / Pushed Apr 07, 11
- Dashboard.js
  
  1 watcher / Pushed Mar 08, 11
- node-xmpp
  
  XMPP library for node.js
  
  1 watcher / Pushed Feb 10, 11
- ShutUpNaman
  
  Shut Up Naman
  
  2 forks / 5 watchers / Pushed Dec 18, 10
- How-Many-Dans
  
  How many @dannomatics are you on Twitter?
  
  2 watchers / Pushed Dec 13, 10
- PhoneTap
  
  Project repo for Django Dash 2010.
  
  1 fork / 7 watchers / Pushed Sep 05, 10
- django-twilio-utils
  
  A set of utilities for interacting with Twilio from within Django
  
  1 fork / 5 watchers / Pushed Sep 04, 10
- doctrine2
  
  Doctrine 2 Object Relational Mapper
  
  1 fork / 1 watcher / Pushed Aug 24, 10
- NunMotion
  
  NunMotion is an Arduino library for interacting with a WiiMotionPlus and NunChuk
  
  1 watcher / Pushed Jul 23, 10
- OpenVBX
  
  OpenVBX is a web-based open source phone system for business.
  
  1 fork / 1 watcher / Pushed Jun 15, 10
- HexBugNc
  
  Network Controlled HexBug
  
  1 watcher / Pushed Mar 29, 10
- php-growl
  
  An interface for sending growl notifications to multiple servers via php
  
  1 watcher / Pushed Dec 08, 09
- sfPrototypeGrowlNotifierPlugin
  
  A symfony plugin to provide growl style user notifications
  
  1 watcher / Pushed Nov 26, 09
- backbone-fundamentals
  
  A creative-commons book on Backbone.js for beginners and advanced users alike
  
  751 forks / 6274 watchers / Pushed May 17, 13
- beautiful-web-type
  
  A showcase of the best typefaces from the Google web fonts directory.
  
  107 forks / 2677 watchers / Pushed May 09, 13
- ruby-style-guide
  
  A community-driven Ruby coding style guide
  
  660 forks / 3093 watchers / Pushed May 08, 13
- mobylette
  
  Mobile request handling for Ruby on Rails
  
  20 forks / 157 watchers / Pushed May 06, 13
- dot-files
  
  My dot files
  
  2 watchers / Pushed Apr 24, 13
- rails-style-guide
  
  A community-driven Rails 3 style guide
  
  273 forks / 1813 watchers / Pushed Apr 12, 13
- acts_as_tenant
  
  Easy multi-tenancy for Rails in a shared database setup
  
  46 forks / 288 watchers / Pushed Apr 01, 13
- soundmanager-rails
  
  SoundManager2 JavaScript Library for Rails >= 3.1
  
  9 forks / 8 watchers / Pushed Mar 26, 13
- fnordmetric
  
  FnordMetric is a redis/ruby-based realtime Event-Tracking app
  
  248 forks / 2953 watchers / Pushed Mar 13, 13
- property_scraper
  
  Scrape ALL the properties
  
  1 watcher / Pushed Feb 12, 13
- foreverfm
  
  Your infinite DJ. An endless stream of beatmatched music from SoundCloud.
  
  4 forks / 41 watchers / Pushed Feb 06, 13
- rdio_api
  
  A Ruby wrapper for the Rdio API
  
  14 forks / 25 watchers / Pushed Feb 05, 13
- ruby-youtube-dl
  
  Gem wrapper for the Python youtube-dl file
  
  3 forks / 4 watchers / Pushed Oct 11, 12
- transitions
  
  State machine extracted from ActiveModel
  
  1 fork / 1 watcher / Pushed Oct 01, 12
- render_csv
  
  CSV renderer for Rails 3
  
  4 forks / 7 watchers / Pushed Jul 31, 12
- render_csv
  
  CSV renderer for Rails 3
  
  1 watcher / Pushed Jul 27, 12
- soundcloud-ruby
  
  Official SoundCloud API Wrapper for Ruby.
  
  1 watcher / Pushed Jul 20, 12
- soundmanager-rails
  
  SoundManager2 JavaScript Library for Rails >= 3.1
  
  1 watcher / Pushed Jul 20, 12
- rspec-rails
  
  Rspec-2 for Rails-3
  
  1 watcher / Pushed Jun 21, 12
- kickstarter
  
  Simple scraping API for kickstarter.com
  
  1 fork / 1 watcher / Pushed Mar 17, 12
- mobylette
  
  Mobile request handling for Ruby on Rails
  
  1 watcher / Pushed Mar 01, 12
- rdio_api
  
  A Ruby wrapper for the Rdio API
  
  2 forks / 3 watchers / Pushed Feb 21, 12
- acts_as_tenant
  
  Easy multi-tenancy for Rails in a shared database setup
  
  1 watcher / Pushed Feb 07, 12
- backbone-fundamentals
  
  A creative-commons book on Backbone.js for beginners and advanced users alike
  
  1 watcher / Pushed Jan 10, 12
- swearjar
  
  Put another nickel in the swearjar. Simple profanity detection with content analysis.
  
  1 watcher / Pushed Nov 16, 11
- backbone-rails
  
  Easily use backbone.js with rails 3.1
  
  1 watcher / Pushed Nov 13, 11
- rails-settings
  
  Settings is a plugin that makes managing a table of key/value pairs easy. Think of it like a Hash stored in you database, that uses simple ActiveRecord like methods for manipulation. Keep track of any setting that you don't want to hard code into your rails app. You can store any kind of object: Strings, numbers, arrays, or any object which can be noted as YAML.
  
  1 watcher / Pushed Nov 05, 11
- omniauth
  
  OmniAuth is a flexible authentication system utilizing Rack middleware.
  
  1 watcher / Pushed Jun 03, 11
- VinnyCalc
  
  I spent HOW much at Vincenzo's?!?!?!
  
  1 watcher / Pushed Jun 01, 11
- jquery-ui
  
  The official jQuery user interface library.
  
  1 watcher / Pushed Apr 07, 11
Tweets

Tweets

Profile
- Attempting to make margaritas. That.. Kinda worked http://t.co/32BjRVeL1O
  
  May 18, 13 from Instagram Reply, Retweet, Favorite
- I'm at Stoney's Bread Company (Oakville, ON) http://t.co/oiMbnBAh6w
  
  May 18, 13 from foursquare Reply, Retweet, Favorite
- The purchase experience on TicketFly is awesome. So much better than LiveNation or TicketMaster.
  
  May 17, 13 from Twitter for Mac Reply, Retweet, Favorite
- I'm at McMullan's (Waterloo, ON) http://t.co/08sxYVlPz9
  
  May 17, 13 from foursquare Reply, Retweet, Favorite
- Beer and popcorn time at Demeure http://t.co/KxhYZCgE1y
  
  May 17, 13 from Instagram Reply, Retweet, Favorite
- @dannomatic @jomsie :'(
  
  May 17, 13 from Twitter for Mac in reply to dannomatic Reply, Retweet, Favorite
- @G_Mali ahhh neat. ArtBarn is in Bauer but Demeure has moved to Erb and Regina
  
  May 17, 13 from Twitter for Mac in reply to G_Mali Reply, Retweet, Favorite
- @G_Mali You're in town now?
  
  May 17, 13 from Twitter for Mac in reply to G_Mali Reply, Retweet, Favorite
- @G_Mali not at the moment. Out for awhile
  
  May 17, 13 from Twitter for iPhone in reply to G_Mali Reply, Retweet, Favorite
- I'm at The Huether Hotel (Waterloo, ON) http://t.co/6RgG4hyxba
  
  May 17, 13 from foursquare Reply, Retweet, Favorite
- @singpolyma WELCOME HOME
  
  May 17, 13 from Twitter for Mac in reply to singpolyma Reply, Retweet, Favorite
- @jomsie I am not worthy to be in your presence. You either @dannomatic
  
  May 16, 13 from Twitter for Mac in reply to jomsie Reply, Retweet, Favorite
- @jomsie :O :O :O
  
  May 16, 13 from Twitter for Mac in reply to jomsie Reply, Retweet, Favorite
- @jomsie I bet he could bring some good party favours :D
  
  May 16, 13 from Twitter for Mac in reply to jomsie Reply, Retweet, Favorite
- @jomsie Or unstable
  
  May 16, 13 from Twitter for Mac in reply to jomsie Reply, Retweet, Favorite
- @jomsie Definitely not crazy
  
  May 16, 13 from Twitter for Mac in reply to jomsie Reply, Retweet, Favorite
- @jomsie Seems like a nice young man
  
  May 16, 13 from Twitter for Mac in reply to jomsie Reply, Retweet, Favorite
- @EyeBeerHolder Have fun!
  
  May 16, 13 from Twitter for Mac in reply to EyeBeerHolder Reply, Retweet, Favorite
- Leftover Indian buffet hot dog chunks? #fofree #probablywontkillyou #fingerscrossed #livetheworld http://t.co/Xj6ynKW0wQ
  
  May 16, 13 from Instagram Reply, Retweet, Favorite
- @amandahwood haha that's a big benefit for sure. I'm bad for keeping track of holidays, just found out it actually is one haha
  
  May 16, 13 from Twitter for Mac in reply to amandahwood Reply, Retweet, Favorite
Info

Info

Profile
- Ben Morris
  
  Partner at ArtBarn Partners
  
  Computer Software | Kitchener, Canada Area, CA
  
  Experience
  - Jan 2013 - Present
    Dood / ArtBarn Labs
  - May 2011 - Present
    Partner / ArtBarn Partners
    
    ArtBarn is a boutique venture services group that goes beyond typical passive investment models. We’re a collective of seasoned entrepreneurs who help other entrepreneurs take their business across “threshold opportunities”, or moments of distinct evolution. Examples may include raising investment capital, developing your technology, redesigning your product or service, changing business models, preparing a marketing strategy, or growing your team. ArtBarn partners roll up our sleeves and work with you side by side to achieve your goals. And as entrepreneurs ourselves, we make sure you get maximum benefit while sacrificing the minimum possible equity.
  - Sept 2010 - Present
    Software Engineer / Demeure
  - Jan 2004 - Jun 2011
    Basketball Official / Kitchener-Waterloo Basketball Officials Association
  - Jan 2010 - Jul 2010
    Software Developer - Contract / Northland Fulfillment
  - Jul 2008 - Jan 2010
    Software Developer / Trans-Lucent Markets
  - Mar 2006 - Jul 2008
    Software Developer / Popinphresh Design/Development
  Additional Information
  - Websites:
    
    Personal Website, Portfolio
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- Stoney's Bread Company
  325 Kerr Street
  
  May 18, 13
- The Bauer Bakery & Cafe
  187 King St. S. Unit 102
  
  May 18, 13
- McMullan's
  56 King St. N.
  
  May 17, 13
- The Huether Hotel
  59 King St N
  
  May 17, 13
- Canadian Tire
  400 Weber St. N.
  
  May 11, 13
- ArtBarn
  187 King Street South, 4th Floor
  
  May 08, 13
- The Great Hall
  1087 Queen St. W
  
  May 07, 13
- CORE Sports And Recreation Facility
  
  May 06, 13
- Ethel's Lounge
  114 King St N
  
  Apr 30, 13
- Beertown Public House
  75 King St S
  
  Apr 20, 13
- The Cloak and Dagger
  394 College St
  
  Apr 19, 13
- Death Valley's Little Brother
  84 King Street North
  
  Apr 19, 13
- Demeure
  
  Apr 15, 13
- Waterloo Park
  100 Westmount Road N
  
  Apr 14, 13
- Starbucks
  428 King St. N.
  
  Apr 14, 13
- The Works Gourmet Burger Bistro
  92 King St. S
  
  Apr 12, 13
- ebar Guelph
  41 Quebec St
  
  Apr 10, 13
- Virgin Mobile Mod Club
  722 College St
  
  Apr 05, 13
- St. Lawrence Centre for the Arts
  27 Front St. E.
  
  Apr 05, 13
- Phoenix Concert Theatre
  410 Sherbourne St.
  
  Mar 31, 13
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