Since the open source release of Refinery CMS in mid-2009 word has been slowly spreading in the Rails community. And now, just in time for Christmas, Ruby Toolbox has ranked Refinery as the top Rails CMS.

We're very excited about that, and very grateful to the 70-plus contributors who've made it better and more powerful. In honor of you all, Phil Arndt created this awesome video (thanks also to Gource). It's 125 MB, so you've been warned. But it really is worth checking out. 

Google Inc. selected Portland OR to begin marketing Hotpot, a new consumer-driven business rating and recommendations service.

They asked Resolve Digital to create the Hotpot Jackpot site and gave us a challenge: Design, build, test and launch a micro site for this major Google promotion— in 48 hours.

We got the brief on Tuesday morning: Create a campaign landing page for residents of the Portland metro area to register for the Hotpot Jackpot contest and submit their “Best Ever” review;...