September 2011

CloudSpring: Five Reasons You Need a VPS

By Adam Bolte | September 25, 2011 | Web hosting and domains

Like many people in tech, I run my own online server. I’m a bit old fashioned though – instead of paying a provider for my own Virtual Private Server (or VPS), I run a Xen server off my home... Read More

RubySource: .NET to Ruby: Methods and Variables

By Gavin Miller | September 25, 2011 | ASP.NET | Programming

In the last post in our series on Switching from .NET to Ruby, we looked at Classes . Classes were a real in depth topic since there’s a large number of class differences between .NET and Ruby.... Read More

RubySource: Ruby Colored Glasses: Elixir

By Craig Wickesser | September 25, 2011 | Programming | Software

Today makes our first post in a new ongoing series called Ruby Colored Glasses . This series aims to briefly study items outside the Ruby community that are interesting. These items may have... Read More

BuildMobile: Android Layouts: Resolution and Orientation Solutions

Android applications face a number of challenges that other mobile platforms may not have to deal with (yet). Android is available on a wide variety of hardware, each having a different screen size... Read More

BuildMobile: Creating a Graph With Quartz 2D

When I joined the team I have been working with recently, they were trying to create a graph using Core Plot, a popular third party library. It didn’t go well though, there were two big problems.... Read More

DesignFestival: The 3 Most Prevalent Movie Poster Design Trends of 2011

Well, the big summer blockbusters have come and gone at this point. With Harry Potter’s last installment over with and the latest round of Marvel movies exiting theaters everywhere, we’re... Read More

DesignFestival: Surviving logo design in the real world: Designing for Applying

By Felix Mak | September 25, 2011 | CSS | Programming

Continuing on from the last instalment in “Surviving logo design in the real world,” Felix writes about designing logos for application. Most of the time as a designer, you will walk around with... Read More

What’s a Buying Cycle and Why Should I Care?

By John Tabita | September 25, 2011 | Business

Don't be too quick to hop on your sales cycle and pedal over to meet with that "hot prospect." Understanding the consumer buying process will save you time and energy. John Tabita tells you how.Read More

Unleash the Power of Hardware-Accelerated HTML5 Canvas

By Cameron Laird | September 23, 2011 | HTML | HTML5 | Programming

HTML5 gives web developers a chance to leap forward in functionality, performance, and speed. Here's what you need to know about hardware acceleration of the HTML5 canvas element. Read More

Creating a Graph With Quartz 2D

By Alexander Kolesnikov | September 22, 2011 | iOS | iOS Tutorials | Mobile

Alexander Kolesnikov concedes that there are many third party libraries created to shield developers from such level APIs, nevertheless in this article he picks up Quartz 2D to create some stunning... Read More