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News & Events • Jun 16, 2014

Balanced Team is Coming to Grand Rapids in 2015

Help us create better, stronger, smarter multi-disciplinary teams at the 2015 Balanced Team summit in Grand Rapids.

Development Practices • Jun 16, 2014

Putting the Science back in Computer Science

Five scientific tools/techniques that can improve your software development and put the Science back in Computer Science.

Web Apps • Jun 15, 2014

Testing Web Apps Developed via Vagrant Using Capybara

Tips to for developing and testing web apps over Vagrant using the Capybara testing framework.

Extracurricular Activities • Jun 14, 2014

Talking SPI on Raspberry Pi

Two ways to communicate using SPI on the Raspberry Pi.

iOS / OS X • Jun 13, 2014

6 Ways Swift Improves On Objective-C

Swift fixes a lot of the things that bother me about Objective-C. This post discusses 6 Swift features that will make iOS development more efficient.

Communities • Jun 12, 2014

The Regional Economic Impact of Technology Jobs

Technology jobs are beneficial to regional economic health. West Michigan has a wealth of tech talent and is poised to grow the local technology sector.

Evolving the Industry • Jun 11, 2014

Why Workplace Gender Diversity Matters

Workplace diversity is important for understanding our clients, creating innovative products, and improving our bottom line.

iOS / OS X • Jun 10, 2014

First Impressions of Swift

A non-Apple programmer takes a look at some of his favorite features of Swift, plus a few misses.

Growing as Makers • Jun 08, 2014

A Talk with Richard Saul Wurman

Fear having an uninteresting life. Fear not being able to answer the question. Comfort is not your friend.

Communities • Jun 07, 2014

Good Eats in Uptown Grand Rapids

The Uptown neighborhoods of Grand Rapids offer a wealth of restaurants, coffee shops, bakeries, breweries and bars, etc. Lucky us.

Functional Programming • Jun 06, 2014

Running F# Using Mono and Unix

A chronicle of my efforts and the challenges I faced, while writing an F# program on OSX using Mono.

Evolving the Industry • Jun 05, 2014

What the Industry Wants: Preparing Design Students for Employment Success

We rarely find design graduates who are prepared to take on the design challenges of today's interconnected digital world. Here's how schools can improve.