Stories by Metal


Design

Metal Toad University #5: The Gathering

OMG, no video! For shame! We had some technical difficulties (read: Dan was a doofus), so there was no audio on the video. So while you could watch...

Drupal

Top 5 Blog Posts of 2012

What an awesome year! Even though we are almost a month into 2013 I still can’t help but look back at 2012 and at all the great content that came...

Git

Second Class of MTU

If you missed our first class, you can read up and watch the video here.

Metal Toad University

It started with my Dad. He was recently laid off from Comcast after almost 30 years. He wasn't sure what to do with himself, but since he's the one...

Drupal

Crafting an Apache Solr Schema.xml

Using Apache Solr with Drupal is fairly simple thanks to the apachesolr module, but recently we were tasked with making Solr a vital component of

Drupal

Book Review: HTML5 Boilerplate Web Development

This book is packed with a ton of various tips and tricks for the novice or the pro. Even with 13 years of experience it still taught me a few things...

Business

It Begins

“The beginning is the most important part of the work” - Plato

Project Management

Goldilocks & the 3 Process Options

Balancing creativity and structure is crucial for effective processes in any company. Discover how Metal Toad navigates this challenge to foster...

Drupal

Behat with Drupal Domain Access

Learn how Metal Toad leverages Behat for behavior-driven testing on multi-domain Drupal sites, automating tests and compiling results into a...

Design

Hey Project Managers! Let's Not Talk Tools.

Learn why project managers should create flexible, accepted, and evolving processes before choosing tools for productivity in project management.

Drupal

ToadCast 011 - Drupal, BADCamp, and dev tools

On ToadCast 011 we discuss Drupal, BADCamp, and developer tools with Dan Linn, featuring insights on Panopoly, Pantheon, Retina Display Media Query,...

Artificial Intelligence

Developer or Software Engineer?

Let's explore what these titles communicate and how that influences various things about our professional world.

Artificial Intelligence

Improving Our Use of PHP Namespaces

Let's take a minute to step back and think about why we use namespaces, and how to use them to improve code quality. I suspect there's a lingering...

Design

It's Not the Pen

As developers and tech-heads, we all have our personal biases. I dare you to estimate how many times you have partaken in, or broken up, heated...

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