Jason Porritt on Atomic Spin

First Contact to Offer – Atomic’s Developer Interview Process

An interview is a balancing act—specific questions vs. open-ended conversations, getting to know each other vs. respecting everyone's time, etc.

Ember.js

Improving UI Stability with Ember Data and ArrayProxy

Use Ember's ArrayProxy to improve the user experience on pages that include a list from a hasMany Ember Data relationship.

Ember.js

Ember Actions by Example

A few brief points and examples to help clarify Ember's action bubbling behavior in a few of those less-obvious cases.

Project & Team Management

Zooming Out

Effective problem solving means opening your mind to a broader context surrounding the details of your present focus.

Growing as Makers

Growing Developers and Designers into Leaders

It takes much more than technical skill to bring a complex project to fruition. But what does "leadership" really mean at a place with little hierarchy?

Project & Team Management

Visualizing Project Scale, Risk, and Options

We discuss scale, risk, and alternatives continually throughout a project. Having a visual representation of the conversation points can be very useful.

Personal Optimization

Worry; Don’t Stress

Don't let worry turn into stress and bog you down. Here are 7 ways to keep your worries and concerns a positive force in your life.

Developer Tools

A Month with the Atom Editor

GitHub's Atom editor is solid with few drawbacks. It's my new favorite editor, and I'm optimistic that this is more than a fling.

Project & Team Management

Evolution of a Burn Chart

Helping the client better understand burn chart data with intermediate milestones and a stacked bar chart.

Business Practices

Words Worth Working For

There are a lot of reasons to work hard. Let's add "nice words" to the list.

Personal Optimization

Ready to Disconnect on Vacation? 6 To-Dos Before Leaving the Office

Disconnecting from work can be difficult, even on vacation. Here are a few things I do before leaving to make it easier.

Ember.js

Client-side File Processing in Ember.js

Following is an example illustrating how we handled the file upload in our Ember.js app, and how we could make this work with a few other file formats.

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