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Prototyping Animation with Keynote

Animations in user interfaces can be a tool to help users transition between screens. Apple’s Keynote program is a surprisingly effective way to prototype those animations.
Andrew Cohen
October 13, 2014
- Design
Refactoring From Model to View Helper to Null Object

We are working to add more thorough progress tracking to upcase.com. Chad...
Tute Costa
October 10, 2014
- Web
- Rails
- Ruby
- Upcase
Back to Basics: Anonymous Functions and Closures

Anonymous functions and closures are a useful concepts included in most...
Britt Ballard
October 10, 2014
- Web
- Back To Basics
- Good Code
- Ruby
- JavaScript
How to Stop Voodoo Programming

Voodoo programming is when we write code that we don’t really understand. We know we shouldn’t do it. But how do we stop?
Rich Rines
October 7, 2014
- Good Code
Writing Vim Syntax Plugins

Write syntax plugins to highlight and indent languages in Vim.
Keith Smiley
October 6, 2014
- Vim
- Swift
Upcoming Events for October, 2014

Each month we organize and attend events at our offices and around the world. Here is a summary of what’s happening in October, 2014.
Chad Pytel
October 3, 2014
- News
- Web
- iOS
- Design
Hound Reviews JavaScript For Style Violations

In addition to Ruby and CoffeeScript, Hound now reviews JavaScript code for style violations using JSHint.
Scott Albertson
October 2, 2014
- Web
- Hound
- JavaScript
- Ruby
Design Sprint Case Study: Merck Development Portal

A look into a recent product design sprint.
Kyle Fiedler
October 2, 2014
- Design
IO in Ruby

Learn about Ruby’s beautiful, duck-typed approach to Input/Output.
Joël Quenneville
October 1, 2014
- Web
- Ruby
- Unix
Card Sorting

When we design a product, we choose words and group content to help users use the product. Those decisions form the basis of the product’s “information architecture.” To combat against our biases, we run design exercises. One exercise is called card sorting.
Lisa Sy
September 30, 2014
- Design
- Information Architecture
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