News & Events • Nov 19, 2014 Atomic Object Named one of Michigan’s “Cool Places to Work” Atomic is honored to be named of 75 "Cool Places to Work" in Michigan by Crain's Detroit Business.
Ember.js • Nov 18, 2014 Flexure: A Lightweight Model Framework for Ember.js A lightweight Ember Data alternative that makes fewer assumptions.
Business Practices • Nov 17, 2014 Clients Aren’t Customers – They’re Teammates Working closely with a client, forming one client/maker team, will always get the best results.
Culture • Nov 15, 2014 A Day in the Life of an Atom – Project Kickoff I’m going to walk you through an Atomic day at the start of a project — the initial kickoff and start of a Research, Design, and Planning (RDP) engagement.
Culture • Nov 14, 2014 A Day in the Life of an Atom – Development I don’t know if there’s anything as a “typical day,” but I’m going to walk you through a development-heavy day on my current project.
Mobile Apps • Nov 13, 2014 Using Ember CLI with PhoneGap’s CLI Tools A guide to getting ember-cli cooperating with PhoneGap to generate your mobile application.
Web Apps • Nov 12, 2014 Debugging Memory-Related Errors on a Jetty Web Server Sometimes the Jetty web server runs out of memory, but you can't find the cause. Here are some Jetty tools and services for in-depth analysis.
Planning Your Project • Nov 11, 2014 Charting our Features & Priorities with a Story Map A story map helps us wrap our minds around everything we want our product to do, then prioritize and create implementation phases.
Web Apps • Nov 10, 2014 Validating & Formatting Credit Cards in AngularJS Understanding the algorithms behind credit card validation, plus how to implement them for a web front-end using AngularJS.
Exploratory Testing • Nov 08, 2014 Spilling Cheques – On the Limitations of Testing Tools I can use tools to help me write this blog post, but I also need to be aware of the limitations of those tools.
Platforms & Languages • Nov 07, 2014 Trying out Rust – Packages, Upgrades, & Security I've been getting started learning the Rust language and thought I'd share some my initial take-aways.
Project & Team Management • Nov 06, 2014 Answering Client Questions – 5 Alternatives to “I Don’t Know” Consulting time is expensive, and clients expect an answer. Here's how to always answer a client's question, even if you don't know the answer.