Atomic Spin

Embedded Systems • Oct 15, 2011

Taking the Training Wheels off the Arduino

The Arduino C Scaffold is a project environment for stepping outside the Arduino IDE and into the land of embedded C programming.

Ruby on Rails • Oct 13, 2011

Testing wrap_parameters in a Rails Controller

Currently, in Rails 3.1 the @wrap_parameters@ controller method works great, but is untestable. Here's how I've worked to resolve this issue.

Objective-C • Oct 13, 2011

GCD Dispatcher: A Small Objective-C Wrapper around GCD

Objective-C • Oct 04, 2011

Instance Variables in Objective-C

How Objective-C stores instance variables, and how the new runtime has improved this.

Business Practices • Oct 04, 2011

Interns and Apprentices at Atomic Object

A post about the internship and apprenticeship programs at Atomic Object, their history, and some fun statistics.

Web Apps • Oct 03, 2011

Rails Routes in Javascript with js-routes

Workplace • Sep 29, 2011

Workplaces: Designing for Interaction

According to research discussed in a recent hbr.org article, "a space may or may not encourage interaction depending on how it balances three dimensions, or “affordances,” that hav

Project & Team Management • Sep 28, 2011

Agile at Scale – The Small Scale

At first glance, it may seem like projects that have a team of one (or less) don't warrant or benefit from Agile techniques. However, it is still valuable.

Developer Tools • Sep 27, 2011

Run Tests From MacVim via Terminal.app or iTerm.app

AppleScript and Vimscript for running Ruby tests being edited in MacVim in either Terminal.app or iTerm.app. Works with Rspec, Cucumber, and Test::Unit tests.

UX/Design Tools • Sep 26, 2011

Serving Fonts in Rails 3.1

With Rails 3.1 now here, how do you serve up all the assets for your web apps? This is a brief start to finish on serving up fonts via the asset pipeline.

Web Apps • Sep 23, 2011

Optimize Page Speed with jQuery Waypoints

jQuery Waypoints provide a great way to optimize page speed by deferring initialization of complex components until they become visible to the user.

Web Apps • Sep 22, 2011

Protecting Your Intellectual Property: the New XXX Top-Level Domain

The new .xxx TLD raises intellectual property and branding concerns for organizations. A domain name can be reserved to protect trademarks and names.