All Posts For: May, 2012
May
31
2012
Yankee Stadium photo courtesy of Torin Olsen. (Godzilla Added by MarkD)
At a recent class, I was asked a couple of innocuous questions that ended up having the same root problem. “My app runs fine on my phone, but can’t find some resources when run from the Simulator.” Another was “I’m getting iPad graphics even though I removed the file.” I personally have encountered a problem with “It runs great on my machine and my device, but breaks when someone installs a beta build because it can’t find some images.” The three of us got bit by the cruftmonster.…
May
31
2012
As you’re probably very well aware at this point, Highgroove is a Results Only Work Environment which means that it doesn’t matter when or how we get our work done, as long as we get it done. This means that working from the beach is okay!…
May
29
2012
At Highgroove we love giving presentations. We sponsor the Atlanta Ruby Users Group (ATLRUG), we each attend at least one conference per year where we are highly encouraged to speak rather than simply attend, and we give weekly tech talks at the office.…
May
24
2012
I got a question from a friend of mine the other day:
“I changed an instance variable from a float to a NSPoint, and I updated -description, but it’s not working”
Basically, the object looked like this after the change
@interface XYZEvent : NSObject {
  NSInteger _someStuff; // 0, 1024, 2048 ...…
May
24
2012
Last month on the 37signals blog, DHH wrote about testing like the tsa. In the article David argues for less strict test driven development and quotes Kent Beck in saying:
I get paid for code that works, not for tests, so my philosophy is to test as little as possible to reach a given level of confidence (I suspect this level of confidence is high compared to industry standards, but that could just be hubris).…
May
23
2012
As rubyists, we do not suffer for a lack of conferences. Nor for Rails events. Each and every one of these conferences allows us to showcase one of the foundational strengths of ruby, our community.
To be an awesome conference attendee, an amazing community member, and get the most out of any conference, follow our super easy guide to being awesome at a conference.…
May
22
2012
I am pleased to announce that this week is my 1 year anniversary as a Developer at Highgroove! Because of this important milestone, I thought it would be appropriate to write a blog post summarizing my experiences with Highgroove thus far.…
May
20
2012
Special guest post by Emily Herman, Director of Software Products.
“The whole world is waiting for a first draft.” I once worked with someone who said this while I was struggling to craft a flawless business plan. Her point? We all love to play editor.…
May
17
2012
Special guest post by LeAnn Boucher, Ranch Public Relations.
This fracking blog has been taken over: A conversation with Big Nerd of the Month Chris Aquino
By now you’ve likely heard that Chris Aquino was named the May 2012 Big Nerd of the Month.…
May
16
2012
There is a new drama in the software development community, and it’s about whether you should learn to code or not.
I think the best ideas are somewhere in the middle of all the extreme statements and blog post titles that get upvoted on Hacker News.…
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