Yeah, exactly. Cute overload. nature does it better.

Yeah, sell something. It is not only a great way to fund operations, you also learn what people really need. How cool is that?

word on the street is it is going live at 9pm PST, but I have also seen 10pm, so we'll see.

Why Gears hasn't caught on:

From the Gears Developer FAQ: Q: How do I deploy an application that uses Google Gears? A: You should not do so at all.

http://code.google.com/support/bin/answer.py?answer=69221...

Here here. Learning a new language can be fun - opportunity cost be damned.

Learning RoR is fun because I like personal challenges. If it were easy, it would be boring. It's like a new way of thinking, not just programming. And like jjburka said, it's like taking a vacation from the land of Java.

I don't want to pretend that I am not learning RoR to be more marketable, and it's a joy to learn RoR, to build little RoR apps that I can use from my iPhone that make my life less stressful/easier.

Because I don't have 2-3 years of experience, I realize that I won't be able to pass a rigorous RoR interview. Especially those at interesting startups. My workaround to this might be by developing one or two Ruby GEMS that add value to the ecosystem (going to RailsConf '08 will help me get my bearings)