UX/Design Practices • Jan 08, 2013 Innovation through Brainstorming with the F.I.T. Technique Mid-project brainstorming sessions are a great way to maintain perspective and test your assumptions.
Business Practices • Jan 07, 2013 Four Reasons It’s Better to Work from the Office Telecommuting has benefits, but I prefer to work in the office. It helps me focus, learn, share artifacts, and become closer to my team.
Ruby • Jan 06, 2013 RubyFlux – Statically Compile Ruby to Java RubyFlux statically compiles Ruby into Java. It has awesome performance and runs everywhere Java does with no runtime dependencies, but it isn't done yet.
Personal Optimization • Jan 04, 2013 Protecting Your Apple Power Adapter with sugru Afraid of snapping the wire going into your apple power adapter? Check out this simple and quick hack for reinforcing the strain relief.
DevOps & System Admin. • Jan 03, 2013 BERKS! – Simplifying Chef Solo Cookbook Management with Berkshelf Berks is a new tool we've started using to keep repositories simple, even as the requirements grow.
Development Practices • Jan 01, 2013 Tricky Code: Taking Steps to Reduce Brittleness Avoid "tricky code" whenever possible. If you must, test against changes.
News & Events • Dec 31, 2012 2012 Fun Facts It was another enjoyable and productive year at Atomic Object. I thought it would be fun to reflect on 2012 and compile a few fun facts to share.
Ruby • Dec 30, 2012 Easier Debugging with capybara-screenshot How I've used capybara-screenshot to work through some perplexing test failures.
Extracurricular Activities • Dec 29, 2012 Game Programming in Boo with the Unity Engine, Part 1: Not All Who Wander Are Lost A review of my attempts to begin developing a game with Boo, especially my attempts to create a test-friendly coding environment.
Web Apps • Dec 28, 2012 Using Marionette.js with Backbone Marionette has saved me a bunch of time I would've spent writing boilerplate to manage my views and compose nested structures.
jRuby • Dec 27, 2012 JrSerialPort: Connect to a Serial Port in JRuby via RXTX Simple but effective JRuby code that simplifies the use of RXTX for basic serial port communications, with sample terminal.
Personal Optimization • Dec 26, 2012 Inspiration from Sherlock Holmes Meditation, even for short periods of time, can increase our powers of concentration and effectiveness as we push the daily limits of multi-tasking.
