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Growing as Makers • Oct 23, 2014

“Progressive F# Tutorials” |> Reflections

Reflections on the Progressive F# Tutorials event and learning in groups / with examples versus presentations.

Ruby • Oct 22, 2014

Dependency Management with Rubygems & Cocoapods

Just because your dependency doesn't contain Ruby or Objective-C doesn't mean you can't use Rubygems or Cocoapods to manage shared code.

UX/Design Tools • Oct 21, 2014

6 Helpful Sketch Shortcuts

Useful Sketch keyboard shortcuts: presentation mode, view all artboards, group layers, view/hide layout, move layers back/front, and color picker.

Web Apps • Oct 20, 2014

What You Should Already Know about JavaScript Scope

The basics of JavaScript Scope — lexical scoping, closures, and ways to control the context through call(), apply(), and bind().

Growing as Makers • Oct 19, 2014

7 Nuggets of Inspiration from BoSC 2014

Mike Marsiglia's top 7 nuggets of inspiration from BoSC 2014.

News & Events • Oct 17, 2014

3 Atoms Join Ann Arbor & Detroit Teams

Welcoming Kaitlin, Matt, and Mel to the Atomic team!

DevOps & System Admin. • Oct 16, 2014

Shellshock – CVEs, Patches, Updates, & Other Resources

Shellshock endangers un-patched web servers and Linux devices. So what is it? How can you tell if you’re vulnerable? And how can it be addressed?

C & C++ • Oct 15, 2014

Google Protocol Buffers Libraries for C

Thanks to open-source, a couple of Protocol Buffers Libraries exist for C. Choosing the right one depends complexity and memory/performance requirements.

UX/Design Techniques • Oct 14, 2014

9 Lessons Learned from a Year of Usability Tests

After doing usability tests for a year, this is the advice I would give my past self — prepare, practice, work with a pair, and above all, stay flexible.

Development Practices • Oct 13, 2014

Keeping a Development Journal

A development journal is a great way to keep track of work done, tasks outstanding, and the learning that happens in projects. You should keep one!

Embedded Systems • Oct 12, 2014

Using the Raspberry Pi as a Simple Current and Power Meter

I needed to fairly accurately measure current and power consumption of a handful of parts in real time. I found a solution using a Raspberry Pi.

Web Apps, Java • Oct 11, 2014

Serving Static Assets with DropWizard

How to serve a small single-page JavaScript app on the root of my DropWizard application, while having the DropWizard REST endpoints available at API.