Atomic Spin

Workplace • Sep 26, 2012

Is Your Chair Your Enemy?

Being sedentary for long periods can have serious negative effects on your health. Standing while working can help you be healthier and more productive.

UX/Design Tools • Sep 25, 2012

Getting Around Internet Explorer’s 4,096 CSS Rule Limit

I recently found out that IE can't handle more than 4,095 selectors in a single CSS file. Here's my work-around.

Ruby on Rails • Sep 21, 2012

Using ActiveRecord to Abstract “Greatest N Per Group” Queries

My approach allowed me to specify the group based on a set of columns and to abstract the required join logic behind an ActiveRecord scope.

Web Apps • Sep 20, 2012

Working with Compass Sprites — Lessons Learned

An introduction to Compass Sprites and its benefits, plus a setup overview and some tips and workarounds.

Web Apps • Sep 18, 2012

A Few Quick Tips for qtip2

Tips for handling unusual cases in the qtip2 jQuery library—like using qtip2 to make a tooltip appear on a user-triggered event and then disappear.

Growing as Makers • Sep 18, 2012

What Makes a Great Audience

As an audience participates, they invest in and engage with the talk, adding energy, nuance, and richness that makes the whole experience better for everyone.

UX/Design Tools • Sep 17, 2012

Using HTML5 Form Validation to Improve User Experience

An introduction to using HTML5 form validation features. Improve the user experience of your web forms and increase user speed and success rates.

DevOps & System Admin. • Sep 13, 2012

From Imperative to Declarative System Configuration with Puppet

Start transitioning from imperative to declarative thinking through the use of Puppet's Exec resource type.

jRuby • Sep 13, 2012

Migrating Your JRuby Rails App Using warbler-exec

Using warbler-exec, we can use the .war file itself to run the migrations without needing to transfer another copy of the rails app for this purpose.

Developer Tools • Sep 12, 2012

Why IDEs are Wrong for Embedded Developers

Embedded system developers should not use IDEs. They are feature-lacking and slow down the development process.

Ruby • Sep 11, 2012

PiecePipe Examples: Map, Aggregation, & Group-By

PiecePipe allows you to focus on the flow of data without worrying about the iteration and glue code. Here's how to use it for map, aggregation, and group-by.

Culture • Sep 11, 2012

I Am Not a Resource!

Developers are dramatically more productive when you treat them like creative individuals who work in teams, rather than inputs to a production process.