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John Daub

Author Big Nerd Ranch

John “Hsoi” Daub is a Director of Technology (and former Principal Architect) at Big Nerd Ranch. He’s been an avid computer nerd since childhood, with a special love for Apple platforms. Helping people through their journey is what brings him the greatest satisfaction. If he’s not at the computer, he’s probably at the gym lifting things up and putting them down.

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You Want Faster Meetings – Here’s How

Digital Product Development Leveling Up

We don’t necessarily like meetings, but they are core to doing business. How well a meeting is run affects meeting quality, and quality often...

John Daub

Mar 31, 2021

Agile Software Development: Architecture Patterns for Responding to Change – Part 3

iOS Leveling Up

In Part 3, John Daub completes his series on how to best architect code to be better positioned to respond to change.

John Daub

Jul 21, 2020

Agile Software Development: Architecture Patterns for Responding to Change – Part 2

iOS Leveling Up

Responding to change is a key tenant of Agile Software Development. Predicting change is difficult, but software can be developed in a manner that...

John Daub

Jul 14, 2020

Agile Software Development: Architecture Patterns for Responding to Change – Part 1

Clients iOS Leveling Up

Responding to change is a key tenant of Agile Software Development. Predicting change is difficult, but software can be developed in a manner that...

John Daub

Jul 8, 2020

A Quick BNR Guide to Remote Working

Leveling Up Remote Work

Some tips, tricks, and best practices from the Nerds Working remotely is woven into the fabric of our daily lives at Big Nerd Ranch....

John Daub

Mar 13, 2020

Git Smudge and Clean Filters: Making Changes So You Don’t Have To

Git Leveling Up

Oops… I Didn’t Mean To Commit That Sometimes software development requires us to make local changes to files to perform our daily work, but...

John Daub

Mar 10, 2020

SiriKit Part 4: Custom UI

iOS

Siri is Apple's intelligent personal assistant. Siri allows you to use your voice to interact with your iOS, watchOS, tvOS, and macOS devices. This...

John Daub

Oct 10, 2017

SiriKit Part 3: Finishing Touches

iOS

Siri is Apple's intelligent personal assistant. Siri allows you to use your voice to interact with your iOS, watchOS, tvOS and macOS devices. This...

John Daub

Oct 2, 2017

SiriKit Part 2: Resolve, Confirm, Handle

iOS

Siri is Apple's intelligent personal assistant. Siri allows you to use your voice to interact with your iOS, watchOS, tvOS and macOS devices. This...

John Daub

Sep 27, 2017

SiriKit Part 1: Hey Siri, How Do I Get Started?

iOS

Siri is Apple's intelligent personal assistant. Siri allows you to use your voice to interact with your iOS, watchOS, tvOS, and macOS devices. This...

John Daub

Sep 18, 2017