Tips
7 things you probably didn’t know about iBeacons
Last year Apple announced iBeacons at the WWDC conference in June, and while most people know what it is, most have the wrong idea of what iBeacons can really do. You can also read the two earlier posts about iBeacons: part 1 and part 2 to learn more. My team and I decided to build […]
Three Tips for Choosing the Right SaaS to Build On
Recently Springpad, a well-adopted service that provided a visual way to clip, save, and organize content and lists online shut down. It was quite sudden, quite disappointing, but also quite confusing. Springpad started in 2008, raised over $7MM in funding, had some great reviews and loyal users, was rich with relevant features, and had so much […]
Math Driven CSS
As recently as a few years ago front-end developers had to rely solely on images, JavaScript, or Flash when trying to build complex layout components and animations. Fortunately things have changed. The W3C’s new standard was thankfully broadly adopted, leading to a big step in a front-end developer’s capabilities. Difficult problems we once faced can now […]
Tips for Selenium Testing Newbies
I recently became very interested in test automation. I had worked with some tools like Selenium IDE (Firefox) or JMeter previously, but not extensively. Although automation requires some programming experience, I didn’t let myself become intimidated by the challenge. When my first opportunity to automate testing presented itself I first had to select the right tool […]
5 Tips for Getting the Most out of Your BaaS
I recently launched an iOS app called 2by2. The app allows users to combine digital artwork to create new “double exposure” art, which users can share or combine again. I decided to use Parse for the backend since it provides time-savers like social login, push notifications and data storage out of the box. The infrastructure handles security and scaling […]
Three Tips for Improved Online Account Security
The recent meltdown of Japan-based bitcoin exchange Mt. Gox and the potential threat of leaked personal information motivated me to update security settings for my key online accounts. Throw in some free credit monitoring thanks to Target’s recent security breach, and I feel like I have a fighting chance to stay solvent this year. Identity […]
WordPress Tips I Wish Someone Had Told Me
Over the past few years, I have had the opportunity to work on several internal and external WordPress-based R/GA websites. My experience and knowledge of the WordPress CMS has grown with each new project, and here are the tips and tricks that I’ve used most often.
Hackathons: It’s about innovation.
During the last six months members of R/GA’s Buenos Aires (BA) office have participated in a number of hackathons. Hackathons are no longer the geeky playground of full time techies. The best hackathons unite people from a variety of disciplines and backgrounds to focus participants on interesting, rewarding, and unique problems. This has lead to […]
Three Tips for Developers at the Start of Projects
Here in Brazil we just launched two major projects. If I had to start them over again, here are three tips I would take with me. Tip #1 Automate. People underestimate the amount of time it takes to perform routine tasks like deployment. Automation doesn’t just save time it keeps teams motivated. Automate any routines […]
Three tips to improve your XCode4 skills
Help Xcode 4 help you! Work more efficiently with these tips, focusing more on the code and less on the IDE. Tip #1 Use separate tabs for different tasks (editing source, editing nibs, debugging, building, etc). Cmd+T opens a new tab. Each tab will remember its layout, so you can configure it to fit a […]