Atomic Spin

During September 2015 I wrote a thank you note to a different person each day. Here I discuss what it is like to express gratitude for thirty days straight.

Web Apps • Oct 09, 2015

Creating Scroll Animations with Waypoints and Animate.css, Part 2

How to reverse your animations and hide content as the user scrolls back up the page, using Waypoints and Animate.css.

Web Apps, Ember.js • Oct 08, 2015

Implementing an Offscreen Menu in Ember.js

The “reveal” style keeps the menu in the background, uncovering it as the main page content slides off the screen.

Project & Team Management • Oct 07, 2015

A Better Approach to Collaborative Problem Solving

We can overcome team dysfunction during collaborative problem solving with a better working agenda and a few simple social protocols.

DevOps & System Admin. • Oct 06, 2015

Recovering from Corrupt Revisions in an SVN Repository

Corrupt revisions in a SVN repository is bad news. However, data loss may be able to be minimized, or at least better defined, using svnadmin tools.

Personal Optimization • Oct 04, 2015

Get Things Done with GTD

A summary of the Getting Things Done (GTD) approach to reducing stress and improving productivity, and some tools for implementation.

Web Apps • Oct 03, 2015

Serving Remote PDF Files with Node.js and Express

A tutorial on loading and serving PDF files from a remote source with NodeJS and Express

Development Practices • Oct 02, 2015

What I Learned in 10 Years at a Software Consultancy

What is it like to work at a software consultancy like Atomic Object? I look back at my first 10 years at AO and discuss why it's such a good fit for me.