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Personal Optimization • Oct 10, 2015

Thirty Days of Gratitude – An Experiment

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.

DevOps & System Admin. • Oct 01, 2015

Configuring Per-Locale Font Selection with FontConfig

During a recent project, one of my primary goals was to enable good localization across the globe.

Developer Tools • Sep 30, 2015

Sublime Text Plugins I’d Hate to Work Without

One of the things that sets Sublime Text apart from the competition is its rich plugin ecosystem. Here are 6 of the plugins that I'd hate to work without.

Business Practices • Sep 29, 2015

How Atomic Evaluates New Project Opportunities

The ideal project will fall in the sweet spot between business health, employee satisfaction, and customer success.

Ruby • Sep 28, 2015

Windows Socket Functions in Ruby Extensions

On using Windows socket functions (such as WSARecv, and WSASend) inside Ruby extensions on Windows.