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Gender Diversity in Tech Requires Applicant Diversity
I would love our company to show more gender diversity, but where are the female applicants?
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To Plan or Not to Plan (spoiler alert: We Do)
The importance of an creating an overarching technical plan at the beginning of a project is often debated. Based on past experience, it isn't always...
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Project Management Chronicles: Being a Better Listener
Listening is one of those skills that many take for granted. It's one thing to listen to what is being said, and it's a much more involved exercise...
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Web Agencies Need Code Review
Web design and development agencies are lacking in code review practices, and our collective clients are suffering as a result.
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Phonegap Day! Pamela Fox on Phonegap Pain Points
Pamela Fox - @pamelafox She used to work for google, was on the Wave project.
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Phonegap Day! Fil Maj on what's new in PhoneGap 2.0
We have two toads at PhoneGap Day here in Portland - you can follow the conference on Twitter #pgday. I'll be live blogging the event.
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PhoneGap Day! Andrew Lunny and Hardeep Shoker on Phonegap Build
Andrew Lunny @alunny & Hardeep Shoker @hardeepshoker
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WebVisions PDX Interview Series 2012
The WebVisions Conference came through Portland last week - and Metal Toad was there to capture as many interviews as we could.
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A Company Organization Chart You Can Believe In
As our company has grown, we've had to think about the way we can support a larger organizational structure. This meant creating things like a...
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An update on our Mobile Traffic
Predictably, our mobile traffic continues to grow. The most popular visitors are on iOS devices such as the iPhone and iPad (#1 and #2 respectively)....
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Simplify your WordPress Deployments
Deploying code to WordPress installations has always been a bit of a struggle. Although there are a few WordPress plugins that help in deployments,...
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When it comes to Mobile Development, Stop Worrying about Bandwidth
When it comes to mobile development, I've seen a lot of buzz recently on how CSS3 can help people eliminate images and cut the bandwidth requirement...
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Takeaways from Curve Fitting for Project Estimation
The recent blog post, "A MOET and POET Curve-Fitting Approach to Project Management & Meeting Tim
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A MOET and POET Curve-Fitting Approach to Project Management & Meeting Time Estimation
Find the curves to estimate meeting and project management time (almost) perfectly for your projects!
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Responsive Web Design and HTML5 are the Future
With the latest launch of the Amazon Kindle Fire Tablet, the world is now up to more than five major Android hardware providers. Among each of these,...
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Mobile First – a mirage?
You've heard the hype. The mobile web is exploding, and device sales will soon outstrip PCs. Our desktops and laptops will join VCRs and fax machines...
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How we made the Metal Toad site more mobile-friendly with media queries
There’s been a lot of buzz lately about Responsive Web Design, and in particular about CSS3 Media Queries.
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What You Should Know About Facebook Places
Facebook Places Last August the CEO of Facebook, Mark Zuckerberg, announced a new Application called "Facebook Places" which aimed to accomplish...
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2011 Knight News Challenge
If you haven't heard (or applied) be sure to check out the 2011 Knight News Challenge. It's an opportunity to pursue $5 million in funding for your...
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We've just selected our volunteer project for 2011. What's yours?
Every year we try to give back to the community in a real and tangible way.
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The Survey For People Who Make Websites, 2010
The annual Survey for People Who Make Websites from our friends at A List Apart has gone up, and I encourage you to take ten minutes to parti
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Top 5 reasons why web designers should love Drupal
If you are a web designer and you haven't worked with Drupal before, you should really give it a try. Here are the top 5 reasons why...
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New York Times Claims HTML5 is a "Pandora's Box" of Privacy Risks
Alarmist rhetoric from news organizations about the web is nothing new, but today's front-page headline on the New York Times still caught my eye: "
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What Makes HTML5 so Great?
When the W3C started working on HTML again in 2007, they posted a set of guiding principles for the new version, emphasizing compatibility
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Who Owns Your Code? (hint: you should be using the GPL)
It's been a long time coming, but after a short talk with my Lead Drupal Architect, we've officially changed the idea rights in our default proposal...