<p>In this episode I’m joined by <a href="http://alexmaccaw.co.uk">Alex MacCaw</a>. Alex is a <a href="https://github.com/maccman">prolific</a> Ruby and JavaScript developer. With an entrepreneurial spirit he’s also the creator of <a href="http://www.taskforceapp.com/">Taskforce</a> and has spent time in the San Francisco start-up community.</p> <p>In this episode we talk about all of these things as well as the state of Ruby on the desktop and the future of web applications.</p> <p>If you enjoyed this episode of the LRUG podcast, I’d love to hear your opinions. Please contact me, <a href="http://www.chrislowis.co.uk/">Chris Lowis</a> via Twitter (<a href="http://twitter.com/chrislowis">@chrislowis</a>) with your comments. You can also help the podcast by <a href="http://itunes.apple.com/gb/podcast/lrug-podcast/id366276525">leaving a rating</a> on iTunes.</p>