Artificial Intelligence
Android P and Wi-Fi RTT
Recently, Google launched the first developer preview build of Android P.
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Git (4)
AWS DevOps
How to Integrate GitHub PRs with Bamboo CI
Bamboo / GitHub integration isn't perfect – perhaps because Atlassian wants to steer you towards Bitbucket (their GitHub competitor). Out of the box,...
Machine Learning
Spatial analysis with PostgreSQL and OpenStreetMap
I've always been a map geek, dating back to the 1980s when I would take a road atlas and some tracing paper and draw in my own road network. And one...
Artificial Intelligence
The Four Quadrants of IoT Revenue Streams
The next decade will bring a society-changing transformation to smart, connected things throughout our personal, professional, and public lives....
Artificial Intelligence
The 3 Paths for Digital Transformation
There's a lot of talk about digital transformation these days. I think undoubtably this movement - transforming as many processes from analog to...
Artificial Intelligence
Turning Your UI Into a Well Organized Symphony With Conductor
User interfaces have evolved over time.
SaaS Application
Angular 5: Making API calls with the HttpClient service
Angular 4.3 introduced a new HttpClient service, which is a replacement for the Http service from Angular 2. It works mostly the same as the old...
Artificial Intelligence
Django 2.0 - Is your project ready?
Django 2.0 is in beta now. It's expected to be released in December 2017. The question remains, is the rest of the world going to be ready? Let's...
Database
Proxying MS SQL connections using PuTTY
Connecting to a Microsoft SQL Server database isn't too hard, most of the time.
Artificial Intelligence
The Art of Sprinting: It’s Not Just for Software Development
As a sequel to the article I wrote last month about the process and technology i
Git
Git: Push All Branches to a New Remote
Learn how to push all Git branches to a new remote without checking out each branch or modifying your working copy.
SaaS Application
BackstopJS Part Deux: Javascript Config and Makefile
I’ve written previously about my setup for BackstopJS (which I’m still excited to say is the creator-recommended
Artificial Intelligence
Is your company going to be digital or not?
A month after opening our 2nd office and meeting with people in Los Angeles, CA, one thing is
Business
Mentorship (It's Not Just For Twenty-Somethings)
I arrived in Portland two years ago with the intention of rebooting my career.
Business
"It Matters”: Design, Leadership, and Living By a Different Code
Recently as a leadership exercise, our COO Tim Winner asked the leadership team to “come up with the title of your book.” This book, he explained,...
Artificial Intelligence
Top 5 Ways Executives Destroy Agile Companies
A few months ago, a senior executive of a large company asked me, “With our Agile transformation, how am I going to screw it up?” The question shook...
Git
How to Hack It: 5 Tech Tips to Improve Your Productivity
Boost your productivity with these five tech tips, from text substitution to digitizing sticky notes, tailored for efficiency.
AWS DevOps
Managing IIS Configuration With Puppet Powershell DSC
Streamline IIS configuration with Puppet and PowerShell DSC. Learn how to manage your Windows deployments efficiently without System Center.
Business
Hidden Features in Product Builds
Once we get past POC and MVP, we need to start thinking about the entirety of the product we’re building.
Business
How RFP Software Helps Metal Toad Be More Effective
Recently I had the pleasure of being interviewed by one of our vendor partners, RFPIO, to chat about RFP response.
Artificial Intelligence
An Engineering Firm with a Design Sensibility
We live in a man-made (or woman-made) world. Everything not sprung by nature was created by a human and has been designed.
Artificial Intelligence
Secrets to Project Happiness Using Git
I have worked with dozens of projects over my career, on platforms ranging from Drupal to Yii to Django to AngularJS
SaaS Application
Extending Drupal 8 Fields That Contain Data
Data protection is one of the primary advantages of Drupal, but sometimes there are exceptions to the rule and you might need to modify a field to...