Personal Optimization • Jul 26, 2015 Dwight D. Eisenhower, Productivity Specialist Eisenhower's rules for categorizing tasks has me focusing on getting the right things done in a timely way, but also has me thinking about my goals.
Development Practices • Jul 25, 2015 Script Away Your Annoyances – Removing Manual Project Setup Tasks Using automation to make project setup as brain-dead as possible.
Extracurricular Activities • Jul 24, 2015 Atoms from Bits: Programming OpenSCAD for Laser Cutting Creating fully parametric wheel designs in OpenSCAD is much quicker and easier than if I tried to use a 2D drawing program.
Ember.js • Jul 23, 2015 Testing Asynchronous Behavior with Ember Integrate asynchronous behavior into the Ember test run loop so that your tests can deterministically wait for animations or other async tasks.
Growing as Makers • Jul 22, 2015 The Practice of Practice Deliberate practice is the key to developing true mastery in anything.
Developer Tools • Jul 21, 2015 Adding an iOS Container View in Xcode An iOS container view allows you to create a reusable component that all of your view controllers can share.
UX/Design Techniques • Jul 20, 2015 Pricing & Membership Models: Part Two – Value Propositions Carefully analyze user tests results and feedback. If you identify a newer, stronger value proposition, pivot towards it.
News & Events • Jul 19, 2015 The SoftwareGR Alliance – Supporting Local User Groups The Software GR Alliance is a collection of user groups that leverage SGR's existing business structure as a financial fiduciary.
Developer Tools • Jul 17, 2015 Using Vagrant to Deploy to a Remote Hyper-V Host My Vagrant/Hyper-V combo worked well, but had two problems: wifi going out, and the large footprint of Vangrant/Chef on a Windows OS.
iOS / OS X • Jul 16, 2015 Tall Trucks, Low Bridges, and iOS Geofences Adding geofencing to an iOS app — permissions, implementation, and entries/exits with Objective-C.
Development Practices • Jul 15, 2015 It’s Not About the Syntax – Why Language Doesn’t Matter Don't just be a C++ programmer, a Lisp programmer, or a Ruby programmer. Be a good programmer.
Web Apps • Jul 14, 2015 How to Create a Responsive Square with CSS I needed to create a square element that would maintain its square shape as it responsively resized to a changing window size.
