Atomic Spin

Web Apps • Jul 10, 2011

jquery.expand Examples

A list of examples using jquery.expand's many directives.

Web Apps • Jul 08, 2011

IE 8: Lost Without a Map

IE 8 does not support array extensions from Javascript 1.6, be careful to wrap calls correctly using a library like underscore.js

Ruby • Jul 06, 2011

Converting Binary Data to Hex Strings with HexString in Ruby

HexString provides String extension methods in Ruby to enable simple conversion between binary data and its human readable hex equivalent, and back.

jRuby • Jul 05, 2011

Be Aware of jruby.launch.inproc

Heads up for those not aware: it's not hard to get burned when you're executing other Ruby processes from within a JRuby process.

Creating a Lean Startup • Jul 05, 2011

A Venture Capital Cheat Sheet

An overview the stages of venture capital financing and its main sources.

Web Apps • Jul 01, 2011

Simple Grid jQuery Plugin

Simple Grid is a jQuery plugin intended to be a no-fuss way to "replicate" your Photoshop grid on top of your development site.

Web Apps • Jun 28, 2011

Finding an Element Using jQuery’s andSelf() Function

An example using jQuery's andSelf, filter, and find functions to locate an element starting with the element itself instead of only looking at its descendants.

Embedded Systems • Jun 26, 2011

The Case for Open Source Embedded Development Tools

Perhaps we should spend more time and money on developing open source tools for more platforms.

Platforms & Languages • Jun 21, 2011

Character Encoding Tricks for Vim

Vim provides several features helpful for working with character encodings; both legacy encodings, such as Latin-1, and modern Unicode encodings, such as UTF-8.

UX/Design Practices • Jun 17, 2011

Tips for Creating Great Wireframes

In this post, I want to discuss some concrete ideas about how a wireframe should be built in order for it to be useful.

Objective-C • Jun 16, 2011

Objective-C KeyPath Bindings

Key Path Bindings is a library that simplifies and reduces the complexity of binding properties to a key path on another object.

Culture • Jun 15, 2011

You Will Know when Your Culture Is Strong

perspectives on the power of culture in building strong companies