So recently at work I’ve gotten tasked with making a kids/educational game for the iPad. At the time of the project inception I hadn’t had the mobile training that I received up to this point. So, being a good web developer and JavaScript aficionado I chose a JS/HTML approach. The Framework Rather than re-invent the wheel… Read More »
Have you ever had to sit down and explain to management the hows/whys starting from the very very basics of how a technology works? To the point you just want to scream? It can be a frustrating, time-consuming, seemingly non-productive experience which can be compounded even more the bigger the knowledge gap (or “management gap”… Read More »
If you’re not familiar Grunt (gruntjs.com) is a “task-based command line build tool for JavaScript” along the lines of Ant or Maven for those of you from the Java world. One big reason I love this tool is no Java is required. This is already a huge plus for me since I don’t like to… Read More »
A couple weekends ago another Colorado Give Camp was brought to a close, this time in the picturesque town of Colorado Springs. If you haven’t ever participated in a Give Camp the basic premise is a bunch of developers, project managers, and designers show up, are assigned to a non-profit charity, then spend the entire… Read More »
This past January I took the plunge and bought myself an e-reader. The idea was to have my books, both technical and for fun, always at hand. Now I have small children, a house, a car, etc etc and don’t make the “big money”. So the outlay of $150 for myself was kind of a… Read More »
With all the hoopla lately about Windows 8 I finally decided it was time to take a look. After running through the many options of installing it as my OS, or making a VHD and booting off a USB I took the path of least resistance and created a VM on VirtualBox (free). The “install”… Read More »
The past weekend I was fortunate to again attend SQL Saturday down in Denver, Colorado. I know I say this about every SQL Saturday I attend, but the event was just awesome. For those that don’t know what a SQL Saturday is here’s a snippet from their website: PASS SQLSaturday’s are free 1-day training events… Read More »
So recently the question was posed to me as to what some deal breakers are in an I.T. job. When I say deal breakers I mean the “conditions or circumstances that you could absolutely not work under or that would cause you enough difficulty to quit”. The first thing that comes to mind for most… Read More »
JQuery is the awesomesauce. I mean it’s the bomb and John Resig (the creator) is a JavaScript god. JQuery is a very useful tool…..in the right scenario. If you don’t know what JQuery is it’s a JavaScript library that greatly simplifies accessing the DOM in the web browser.. For example, instead of selecting all the content with… Read More »
So last weekend we held the Northern Colorado GiveCamp. A quick synopsis of GiveCamp: GiveCamp is a weekend-long event where technology professionals from designers, developers and database administrators to marketers and web strategists donate their time to provide solutions for non-profit organizations. Overall we had about 20 I.T. professionals onsite helping out 6 charities. Not… Read More »
