Hacking Lumi Deco Nails
On my last trip to Tokyo, I picked up a set of tiny nail stickers called Lumi Deco Nails, released by a Japanese toy company called Takara Tomy Arts in April of 2014. They’re touted as the world’s first nail stickers with embedded LEDs that glow near NFC enabled mobile devices. Best part – no batteries required. […]
Let’s Ship! A (Speculative) Lesson Learned from the iOS 8.0.1 Launch
iOS 8.0.1 was not a big success. It was released about a week after iOS 8.0 officially launched. The build’s goal was to fix a few bugs, but instead, 8.0.1 turned into a debacle that will cost Apple time and money. Worse yet, it’s bound to lower people’s lofty perception of Apple’s commitment to quality. […]
Data Driven Automated Testing
There are times in software testing when you have a lot scenarios or features to validate but not a lot of time for testing. This may also involve running the same tests repeatedly over a period of time. In cases like this, I recommend using a method of test automation known as data driven testing. For example, […]
Building the Nike 10K Registration for Scale
A few months ago we launched a registration site for the Nike 10k race in Buenos Aires. Keeping the site performing while under load was a major concern for the client, so we carefully considered the site’s architecture. Ultimately we mixed and matched best-of-breed tools to create a solid infrastructure. Our backend consisted of: AWS, with a Elastic […]
Tech + Journalism: HackHackers Media Party @ Buenos Aires
We recently took part in the 3rd annual HackHackers Media Party in Buenos Aires, an event that combines Technology with journalists from all around the world. The goal was to share, learn, and create new ways to consume and produce media. We were mesmerized by some of the trends in this space, from how to […]
The Rebirth of Webcam Apps
The release of the first commercial webcam in the mid ’90s (the Logitech QuickCam) sparked a flurry of interactive webcam applications that continues to this day. Apps have ranged from mini-games to creative visual filters to video recording to rudimentary motion tracking. Over the last decade the webcam went from being a specialized peripheral to a […]
Determining Indoor Position using iBeacon
iBeacon provides a convenient solution for indoor proximity detection. Integrated within Apple’s Core Location framework, it supports the following modes: Monitoring – detects if the user is inside predefined region, covered by one or multiple beacons with the same identifier. Ranging – determines how far the user is from a beacon, providing output such as proximity (e.g. […]
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 […]
Cast Your Vote For R/GA Panels At SXSW
The 2015 SXSW PanelPicker is now open for public voting, and multiple R/GAers have submitted presentation proposals. We’ve compiled a list of the proposals below. We hope you will be inspired to vote! Click through the links to find out more information about each topic: Sue Davidson & Piedad Rodriguez – Don’t Let Your Great […]
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 […]
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