13 Scary Cool Things I Learned at CSS Dev Conf 2013
Conferences Front-End Full-Stack WebLast week, I attended CSS Dev Conference, the “conference devoted solely to CSS, the design language of the web.” It was held in Estes...
Big Nerd of the Month: Matt Raufman
Last time, we declared Project Strategist Jenn Green Big Nerd of the Month, but who reigned supreme this month? Drumroll please…
Build a Business, Not Just an App: How We Built Roominant
ClientsHave you tried selling an app in Apple’s store? You’ll quickly find out that there’s a lot more to building a successful business than...
dotRB: Getting Plugged In at a Wireless-less Conference
Back-End Conferences Full-Stack WebLast week, I got to attend a tech conference... without internet access. I was lucky enough to go to dotRB, a unique Ruby conference,...
Learning, bikes and app development at GOTOber Berlin
Much of my life is about finding the groove where learning, bikes and app development intersect. Little did I know that my time in...
My Dream Job Checklist and Working at Big Nerd Ranch
Leveling UpI’ve been here for a couple of months now, but before I came to Big Nerd Ranch, I gave some consideration to the things...
A Crash Course In AWK
AndroidA while back, MarkD wrote a great series of posts on DTrace. I’d never been exposed to DTrace—I assumed it was similar to strace....
Should I Use a Property or an Instance Variable?
iOS MacOne of our interns recently asked what seemed like a fairly innocuous question: “What are the scenarios where the use of instance variables would...
Equal opportunity and unending inspiration at the Grace Hopper Conference
I got to attend the Grace Hopper conference last week in Minneapolis. For those of you who don’t know about this conference, let’s talk...
Rock Heads: Tools for Debugging
Leveling Up MacThe Instruments Time Profiler is a common tool to use when finding out how much CPU time is being consumed for an operation, either...
Digging Ruby in the Rockies: Rocky Mountain Ruby 2013
Back-End Conferences Full-Stack WebI recently went to Boulder, Colorado, for the 2013 Rocky Mountain Ruby conference. More than 300 Ruby enthusiasts gathered there to attend workshops, presentations, drink...
