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Growing as Makers • Aug 01, 2014

The Value of Getting Involved

By joining the local design community, I've learned, I've grown, and I've gotten to know some of the best and most talented folks working in my field.

Planning Your Project • Jul 31, 2014

3 Ways Software Products are Different from Physical Products

If you're familiar with selling physical products and want to get into the software product space, there are a few subtle differences you should understand.

News & Events • Jul 30, 2014

Hiring Developers in Grand Rapids, Ann Arbor & Detroit

Atomic object is hiring two developers — junior or senior — in our Grand Rapids office. We're also hiring designers and developers in Ann Arbor and Detroit.

Web Apps • Jul 29, 2014

Eliminating Multiple-Style Classes with @extend and SCSS

SCSS has numerous beneficial features, include one that I really came to love during my last project. The @extend feature really took the cake.

UX/Design Techniques • Jul 28, 2014

Creating Responsive Email Templates – Tips & Tools

Five ways to make your responsive email template easy-to-read and engaging.

Developer Tools • Jul 27, 2014

Taking a Screenshot on Mac OS X

Can't remember how to take a screenshot on a Mac? These keyboard shortcuts and applications that will do the trick.

Ember.js • Jul 26, 2014

Breadcrumbs in Ember.js

A simple and flexible component for easily adding breadcrumbs to your Ember.js app.

Evolving the Industry • Jul 25, 2014

Hey Kids – Embedded Dev Is Fun Too!

I found electronics mysterious, exciting, and almost magical as a kid. Today, I can look at a circuit board and understand what all the components do.

Culture • Jul 24, 2014

Atomic Culture Pairs – Teaching to Learn

Unless new knowledge is put into practice, you'll never fully understand what you've learned, nor will you know how to apply it.

Functional Programming • Jul 23, 2014

Funkify and Pattern-Proc: Messing with Ruby for Fun (but probably not profit)

Making Ruby work with partial applications and first-class functions using the funkify and pattern-proc gems.

Growing as Makers • Jul 22, 2014

Agile Leadership with the Leadership Agility Compass

Using Joiner and Josephs' Leadership Agility Compass to understand the many facets of leadership.

Android Development • Jul 21, 2014

Evil Android Styling

This post walks through the basics of styling Android widgets, along with some tricks to polish your styles.