Feedback Phases and Personas
Getting valuable feedback is a delicate and very important thing. A little bit of thoughtfulness and planning can go a long way.
Learning New Tricks
One of the biggest advantages of having expertise is understanding and implementing best practices, but they’re often the biggest hindrance in learning something new. Getting yourself back into “beginner mode” is essential.
Cross-Platform Frameworks in Xcode
Xcode 6 introduced an important, yet under-promoted, feature for developers: the ability to create custom frameworks for iOS and Mac. Here’s a walkthrough of how to create a framework that can be shared between iOS apps, Mac apps, and extensions on any platform.
Cross-Platform Frameworks in Xcode
Xcode 6 introduced an important, yet under-promoted, feature for developers: the ability to create custom frameworks for iOS and Mac. I’ll be showing off how to create and implement cross-platform frameworks for use across multiple targets and projects.
Context Makes Our Devices
New device categories often start out by doing the same tasks as existing devices, but history has shown that successful categories are those that bring an entirely new context and fundamentally change the way we use technology.
Dick is the Vessel
We talk about the Patriot Act, the French Patriot Act, China's Great Cannon, and the challenges of technologically illiterate legislators vying to control the Internet — all through a dick PRISM.
2015 Hall of Fame Week
I was lucky enough to be invited down to Orlando, Florida to participate in some events surrounding the 2015 Full Sail University Hall of Fame inductions. I’ll be on three panels, covering responsive design, mobile development, and Swift.
Refactoring Asteroids
Refactoring code is a lot like saving the Earth from an asteroid impact. Except way less heroic and incredible.
Brevity vs. Clarity
A lot of commonly-accepted abbreviations exist only because a critical mass of people use them. Is the loss of clarity outweighed by the benefits of a shorter name?
The Open Loophole
We talk about the challenges of net neutrality, the definition of lawful content, the importance of encryption-enforced privacy, and the unlikely champion of reason and individual rights.
A Wolf in Sheep’s Clothing
I’m incredibly uncomfortable with the guiding principles of net neutrality. The proposed rules are insidious and will undermine some of the most sacred pieces of the Internet.
General Porpoise
We talk about inconsistent, disappointing and sometimes positively surprising tools.
Thoughtful Modularity
Most of our projects operate on a smaller scale than a mission to Mars, but there’s a lot we can learn from NASA’s approach to boldly going where none have gone before. NASA is thinking modularly down to the core components of a system, and we should, too.
It's Like a Zoo in Here
Today's Topic: Laundry. In Part 2, Patrick tells the secret behind his jeans, and Aura and Anthony workshop failed methods for closet organization.
Big Cartel for iOS
As part of the small-but-mighty team at Big Cartel, my work focused on the iOS ecosystem.
Excitedly Terrified
Sad, excited, and terrified to say that after 3 years, I’m leaving Happy Cog. In 2015, I’ll be joining Big Cartel as an iOS developer!
Papa John’s
I worked primarily as a front-end developer on this project, and was focused on building a flexible, modular system that could be implemented by the Papa John’s internal team to cover all of their needs across all of their markets. In addition, I spent a lot of time working directly with the team to improve their performance optimization workflow and increase the speed of experiences.
I Thought I Had Moths
Today's Topic: Laundry. In Part 1 of a two-part episode, the hosts discuss when and how they perform this mundane activity and share where their clothes reside once clean.
Knowledge vs. Intelligence
The difference between knowledge and intelligence is an extremely important one. Knowledge is the collection of skills and information a person has acquired through experience. Intelligence is the ability to apply knowledge.
Beyond You
In client work, it’s our responsibility to ensure that our work lives beyond ourselves—our work’s future is the indicator of its success.