Journey Extending Basic Scripts: Putting Variable, Echo, and Functions to Work Since we're now super awesome scripting professionals... it's time to expand on that knowledge!
Journey Getting started with script automation At one point (fairly recently), I didn't have a want/need for any scripting or automation in my life. Boy, was I missing out. Writing small/quick scripts to accomplish repetitive tasks is the best thing ever.
Journey This is gross.sh Shell scripts, legible code, and command line customization. Why in the hell is a former print designer talking about this stuff anyway?
Journey Chasing the Future This is a story about my move to a language that I really love and wish I could spend all my time in, but have had to leave it, going back to some of those “old”, “lesser” languages and facing some hard truths about my decisions and where I see my career going.
Journey Hive Mind - How Do You Learn? - Issue 2 Curiosity is at our core (it’s right there in the name) and with that comes a lot of learning. Whether it is diving into a new idea or picking up a timeless skill, the process has to start somewhere.
Hacking You Want the Impossible For as long as I have been doing web development, I have always had a Mac. It seemed like what everyone who did any Ruby programming used. I would only hear horror stories
R&D First Try: Blendid A unique approach to Gulp front-end workflows In my work, my teammates and I frequently switch between many projects, needing to quickly set up front-end workflows that incorporate current best practices. Being able
Games A Killer Time You are a zombie. You are looking for a good killer time. What else is there to do but tear your head off and see how high and for how long you can
Journey Hive Mind - What Have We Been Up To? - Issue 1 Recently we asked the collective, what is the coolest thing you've worked with lately, or want to work with next? Here are the answers! Ryan Grab a Sparkfun Pan/Tilt Bracket, Joystick shield,
Hacking The Coffee Machine has WIFI Part II << Read Part I After taking some time off from this experiment, some co-workers brought it back up and pushed me to keep trying. My prior attempt at finding a user manual
Problem Solvers Finding Joy In All the Weird Places It should have been a very straightforward server app. It needed to respond to messages coming across a socket connection, occasionally make outbound web requests, and have some basic inputs to control the
Problem Solvers Using hash and all with promises in Ember Starting to learn something new can be difficult all on it's own. There is a lot to learn when it comes to Ember and it can feel daunting. If you have never used
Hacking The Coffee Machine has WIFI? One day a new shiny office coffee machine showed up. Unlike the previous one, this machine had a large touchscreen instead of buttons. Of course, the first time I try to use it
