Multiple file gist improvements

We've always had the ability to embed multiple file gists:

But today we added the ability to embed specific files in a multi-file gist!

We also added permalinks next to each file name so you can hard link to specific files like so

Enjoy!

GitHub Meetup SF: RubyConf Edition

In SF for RubyConf? Join us this Thursday the 19th at Zeitgeist (map) starting at 9pm!

Zeitgeist has pitchers and ample outside seating, so bring a jacket.

GitHub Meetup London

It’s the last stop on our Europe tour and we’re capping things off with an evening at the Royal George near Soho in London at 19:00 on Monday the 16th.

GitHub Meetup Oslo, Norway

Continuing our tour of Europe, PJ, and Scott, and I will be in Oslo on Friday the 13th and we’d like to invite you to join us at Gloria Flames at 20:30 for drinks and good times.

GitHub Rebase #30

This is the second of many themed Rebases to come…our first was the book edition. In related news, the column has also been going on for over a year now! If you’ve got ideas for projects to feature or themes, don’t be afraid to message me.

Recent UI updates to GitHub

On my first day at GitHub, I asked the crew what they wanted to me to do around here. Their response was something along the lines of "make GitHub sexy" Now that we've been rolling out steady UI updates for about a month, I thought I'd take some time and go over what all I've been working on.

New Resque Web UI

Behold the power of open source! adamcooke has reskinned Resque’s web UI.

Also now includes live updating:

Thanks Adam!

Introducing Resque

Resque is our Redis-backed library for creating background jobs, placing those jobs on multiple queues, and processing them later.

Commons Based Peer Production

ab5tract has a great post looking at GitHub “through the lens of the ethics of commons-based peer production.