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Haskell Influenced Coffee
Aug 20, 2012I’ve been learning Haskell. It’s been a very interesting experience to learn to think in the Haskell way, but I have been unsure whether it will actually have any practical benefit in my day to day... -
Global Virtual Collaboration
Aug 08, 2012I have a feeling that the current age could be described as the dawn of the open-source model. It’s not just software that can benefit from a workflow that is distributed, versioned and collaborative. And it’s not only “open” products that benefit from these tools. Here’s a great example of this at work in the latest Mars rover:
Why Designing a Mars Rover Like Curiosity Just Got a Lot Easier
“Global virtual collaboration” really stuck out for me. It’s rather obvious how this enables far more productive engineering teams when put this way. What’s not always obvious is how and where this workflow really should be introduced in other fields.
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Declarative Data
Jul 15, 2012There seems to be certain mystique surrounding declarative programming and how it applies to the real world. There are not many technologies in the average web programmer toolkit that are truly declarative... -
Digital Archiving
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Old Projects onto Github Pages
Jun 07, 2012I’ve moved my blog over to Github Pages, and it’s working out pretty well so far. I’m using Jekyll to generate it, which works awesome for a simple blog like this. And in the spirit of embracing Github... -
MVC-r The pattern you already use
Apr 15, 2012The pattern you already use MVC has long been the defacto standard for building web and desktop applications. There are many variations on the theme, but I think the acronym is missing one component... -
Copy Path to Clipboard
Mar 13, 2012Finder makes it a bit difficult to get the full path to a file; like when you’re pasting it into config files or Terminal.
So here’s a little script that makes it this easy: Browse in Finder, right click a file or folder and choose ‘Copy Path to Clipboard’.
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Global Day of Code Retreat
Dec 07, 2011This past weekend my co-worker, Jon, and I participated in the Global Day of Code Retreat, an event that focuses on two things: Test-Driven Development (TDD) and Pair Programming. Neither of which... -
Guru Graduate!
Mar 04, 2011Well, today was my last day at Guru Digital Arts College. It’s been an amazing six months! I had a great feeling about the school from the day I walked in for a tour, and they didn’t disappoint. The...