A comedic look at unboxing the new Nexus 7 Android tablet.
Nexus 7 Unboxing Montage
16 Jul 2012
Make It Happen: YACHT
13 Jul 2012
Was pleasantly amused to see this appear on YACHT’s Instagram feed a few weeks ago. Perhaps you’ve heard their music before.
They #MakeItHappen.
How you describe Story Points affects client expectations
13 Jul 2012
Nothing sinks a project faster than a poor estimate, or rather, an estimate that sets the wrong expectation. Part of the problem with setting expectations is finding the right words to paint an idea of the development effort.
Then run even faster.
11 Jul 2012
It’s a hard, simple calculus: Run until you can’t run anymore. Then run some more. Find a new source of energy and will. Then run even faster.
This reminded me of a time when Gary and I were running near the waterfront in downtown Portland. He said something along the lines of that when I get towards the top of a incline that I should push myself even harder. He had some explanation that involved how our bodies burn energy, use oxygen, etc... I don't recall the specifics. <br /><br /> Anyhow, a few years later, I recall this conversation each time I find myself overcoming the hardest part of a challenge. Below the surface... and a few layers below that, there is always more energy inside of me... yearning to be burned.
The Web was done by amateurs
11 Jul 2012
The Internet was done so well that most people think of it as a natural resource like the Pacific Ocean, rather than something that was man-made. When was the last time a technology with a scale like that was so error-free? The Web, in comparison, is a joke. The Web was done by amateurs.
Welcome to the FamilyLink Network!
10 Jul 2012
We’re so very proud and excited to announce that our project with partners iKare has launched! An idea that was more than a year in the making, the FamilyLink connects families and friends to their loved ones through a device that shares photos, videos chats, messages, but more importantly provide an ease of mind.
Me: The Play!
10 Jul 2012
Empathy – and realizing that the other person is actually a whole separate person, not an actor in your own production of Me: The Play! – is the core thing in every human communication difficulty.
but... but... as far as I can see, the world revolves around me.
Planet Argon launches FamilyLink
10 Jul 2012
Planet Argon recently helped launch FamilyLink, a device and service that enables caregivers and family members of older generations to interact with and monitor their loved ones remotely, while also maintaining the senior’s ability to live independently at home.
Managing Real World Rails apps
9 Jul 2012
Our hosting partners, Blue Box, up to the north of us1 have recently published a series of articles about managing larger Ruby on Rails applications titled, Managing Real World Rails Apps at Massive Scale (also see parts 1, 2, and 3). These posts came out of a few interviews at RailsConf 2012. Definitely worth reading through to get a few ideas on how best to monitor and evaluate application performance.
1 We’ll forgive them for being fans of the Seattle Flounders (Sounders). ;-)
Portland boasts about 6,000 jobs in app development
5 Jul 2012
The Portland area has emerged as a leading center of mobile-application development, a field Apple essentially created with its iPhone and iPad. A recent study credited the app development industry with about 6,000 local jobs.
Even I was a bit surprised to read these numbers. There's heavy competition in Portland!