Choice Bits A Smattering of Nattering We follow Twitter so you don’t have to. What’s Hot Top-Ten lists are passé—ours goes to 11. These are the top titles that folks are interested in currently, along with their rank from last month. This is based solely on direct sales from our online store. RubyMotion NEW 1 Async JavaScript NEW 2 Agile Web Development with Rails 3 3 Sublime Text 2 NEW 4 Practical Vim 2 5 Programming Ruby 1.9 6 6 The Pragmatic Programmer 11 7 Programming Groovy NEW 8 Seven Databases in Seven Weeks 7 9 iOS SDK Development 1 10 The Definitive ANTLR 4 Reference NEW 11 End of Year Nostalgia, Wishes, and Prognostications • Childhood toy flashback: Capsela! I just loved Capsela, as much as Lego and Lite Brite. Haven’t seen it in years. Not a thing anymore? — @ginatrapani • Even more nostalgic magic. You can download the ORIGINAL VINTAGE release of Rails 0.5.0 from Rubyforge [U1] So slim. — @dhh • I know, first world problem, but... I wish Xbox had an “update all” mechanism. — @marczak • Watching people talk about how validating HTML isn’t important makes me wish I was their boss so I could fire them. — @bphogan • I’m waiting for the Cars prequel which shows the cars gain sentience, rise up, and destroy humanity. — @Its_Death • I guess Ada 2012 will be the new standard that all US Govt contractors get a waiver from using. — @mtnygard • Apple working on 50” wrist-worn HDTV. — @BodyofBreen • Apple working on its Bogart impression. — @BodyofBreen • My grandkids will have jobs whose titles didn’t even exist for my generation. Like drill press operator, farmer, and assembly line worker. — @mtnygard • Can it please to stop snowing now. — @jeff_lamarche PragPub January 2013 2