Atomic Spin

Personal Optimization • Mar 15, 2014

The 4 Phases of Project and Culture Shock

The first days/weeks of a new project can buzz with excitement and anticipation. But the honeymoon phase doesn't last forever.

.NET / WPF • Mar 14, 2014

Ninject Tips: Some Binding Magic & Kernel Cleanup

How to make Ninject automatically bind certain types of classes, and how to make it fully reset the Kernel between tests.

Developer Tools • Mar 13, 2014

Editing the Future – Light Table, and Atom, and Then What?

A look at what recent programming editor projects (Light Table, Atom, etc.) are trying to deliver and what I'd like to see from them in the future.

Personal Optimization • Mar 12, 2014

What Exactly Is “Experience”?

Experience mostly affects us in ways that we aren’t conscious of. The more we have, the easier it is to intuit the relationship between patterns and outcomes — to make a correct sn

Development Practices • Mar 11, 2014

How to Avoid Stupid Programming Mistakes

I immediately took a step back and thought about how I’ve approached being stuck in the past and what I could do differently next time.

Business Practices • Mar 10, 2014

5 Characteristics of a Thriving Design Culture

Adding a few Nerf guns and trendy posters won't cut it — a company that's truly supportive of design will experience a culture shift from the inside out.

Extracurricular Activities • Mar 09, 2014

Script Away your Annoyances: Creating Word Groupings from Anki’s Database

Manually clicking through the Anki browser to pick out words reviewed today is annoying. Let's create a script to do this for us automatically.

Evolving the Industry • Mar 08, 2014

A Scratch-Based Elementary School Computer Club Curriculum

I present an 8 week curriculum for 4th and 5th grade students to learn computer programming basics using the Scratch programming language.

Growing as Makers • Mar 07, 2014

Learning & Presenting at SCaLE 12x

Last weekend, I lead a workshop on game development at the 12th installment of the Southern California Linux Expo (SCaLE).

iOS / OS X • Mar 06, 2014

Easier Multiple Storyboards in iOS with Custom Segues

Using Xcode's custom segues to manage multiple storyboards in iOS development.

iOS / OS X • Mar 05, 2014

Using UIScrollView with Auto Layout in iOS

How to set up a UIScrollView with AutoLayout with support for portrait and landscape changes and auto content scrolling when the keyboard pops up.

Project & Team Management • Mar 04, 2014

Considering a New Methodology? First, Understand the Question

We often fall into the trap of implementing solutions before understanding the question we are trying to answer.