DART – Google’s new programming language of tomorrow
The opening keynote at this year’s GotoCon in Denmark gave us our first view of Dart, Google’s new programming language. This post is about the findings and discussions that were circling at the conference, starting with why this has come about in the first place. Javascript has had a colourful history. It hasn’t always been […]
10gen Presents mongodb For Developers at R/GA U
If there’s one thing we’ve come to expect from our clients it’s that they will come to us with interesting problems that require creative solutions. Sometimes these solutions take us into uncharted territory. For that reason, it’s essential we stay on top of the latest industry trends. A few years ago R/GA University was established […]
Maker Faire Visits NYC, R/GA Visits Maker Faire
This past weeked the Maker Faire visited NYC. Landing at the Hall of Science in Queens – an attraction that’s worth visiting the other 51 weekends of the year – this sprawling celebration of makers and the things they make filled my heart with geeky joy. Looking for a giant iron fire breathing dragon that […]
Metro Apps – An opportunity to reach 250 million machines
At the BUILD conference this week, Microsoft unveiled the closely guarded secret that is Windows 8. Understanding that the landscape of computer-mediated devices and services is evolving rapidly, Microsoft has taken a new tack while remaining on the course of offering backward compatibility. They say that any computer problem can be solved by adding another […]
Lessons Learned with a Global Team using Agile
A global, multi-vendor project using the agile methodology – 6 different teams in 4 different time zones – and though there were many opportunities for the process to falter, it ended up being one of the most inspiring, collaborative and successful projects I’ve been a part of. It was successful not in that it was […]
Upcoming R/GA talks
In the coming weeks, members of the R/GA Technology team will be appearing at several conferences. Join us live if you can and keep a lookout for commentary and pieces of their presentations appearing on the Tech Blog. UPDATE: We’ve added slides for “Selling the Mobile Web.” Breaking Development – September 12-14, Nashville, TN […]
An EPIC Twitter hack to analyze tweets in real-time
The NBA is synonymous with players having clutch moments and being the talk of everyone, especially on Twitter. With many talented athletes on NikeBasketball’s roster, EPIC visualizes those moments in real-time by ranking the NBA players according to each one’s tweets per hour calculation. Coming up with an accurate tweets per hour calculation for each […]
Fail Tales #1 – The Highlander Constraint – Designing for 65% Availability
In this installment of Fail Tales, we’ll take a look at the business, user experience and technology design implications of the Highlander Constraint and a few fundamental mitigation tactics. For those unfamiliar with the Highlander tale of film and television, the worlds fortune rests on one person who, by virtue of competitive mortal combat, wins […]
Build Apps Linked to Times Square!
Now, for the first time, your app can link directly to 19,000 square feet of LED screens in Times Square with one AJAX call. What makes this possible is a new API created by R/GA in collaboration with TS2 the Thomson-Reuters/NASDAQ alliance. This simple collection of methods (code named Pomegranate) enables apps to push text and images to fourteen […]
The Home Automation of Tomorrow, Today
With the release of Android @Home, it’s increasingly obvious that big companies are finally getting behind home automation. But what if you want to control your appliances from anywhere in the world and not just from within your home with your phone? Here is system that I developed to allow you to do just that. […]










