iOS / OS X • Dec 19, 2013 Bundler Hangs when Building Native Extensions on OS X The bottom line: don't try to build OS X C libraries on a FAT file system. Here are the gory details.
Developer Tools • Dec 07, 2013 Script Away your Annoyances: Employing Automator in a Pinch OS X's Automator is a handy tool for quickly scripting annoying workflows.
Developer Tools • Dec 06, 2013 Adventures in Pair Programming – 2 Devs, 3 Computers Using tools that get out of our way makes a big difference. Synergy is a nice addition to our pair programming toolkit.
Ember.js • Dec 02, 2013 Practical Abstraction in Ember.js Ember provides powerful abstractions to amplify your expressive abilities. Computed properties, modules, and beyond. Here are a few examples.
Developer Tools • Nov 21, 2013 Refreshing Team Provisioning Profiles in Xcode 5 A quick how-to on refreshing team provisioning profiles managed by Xcode in Xcode 5.
Development Practices • Oct 22, 2013 4 Pitfalls of Developing with APIs If you are the first or sole consumer of an API or some data outside of your organization, you can very easily run into trouble.
Project & Team Management • Oct 21, 2013 Working with Remote Software Teams To make sure remote software teams get and stay on the same page, we've created an approach for effective collaboration and communication.
Embedded Systems • Oct 20, 2013 4 Reasons Clang Is Becoming My Go-To Compiler Over the last year, I've begun to use Clang for more of my day-to-day work, using it to compile my tests instead of GCC.
Development Practices • Oct 18, 2013 The Value of Code Review – Why, When, & How Formal code review doesn't cost much, but it can greatly increase the quality of code in your project.
Planning Your Project • Oct 15, 2013 2 Essentials of Planning a Software Rewrite Rewriting software has to start with a clear understanding of "what is," and your existing application probably needs and does far more than you think.
UX/Design Tools • Oct 14, 2013 Prepping Illustrator’s Settings for App Design Here are a few lessons I've learned trying to use a native vector tool to design application UI.
UX/Design Tools • Oct 08, 2013 Novel Image Compression Using Bit Plane Slicing An implementation of a novel image compression algorithm using bit plane slicing with python's SimpleCV library.
