R Blank

Embracing Uncertainty

February 21, 2012 in Business, Community, Tech

They say the first step is admitting you have a problem. In this case, I’d say the first step is more about admitting that the entire industry has a problem. Now, I’m sure there are plenty of you out there who would respond “there’s no problems, everything’s copacetic.” And, if that’s the case, congratulations! Of [...]

R Blank

The Major Trend in Interactive Development

January 30, 2012 in Business, Tech

The current trend towards HTML5 as the medium for rich browser experiences is leading to changes in large segments of the interactive industry. As people learn the details about HTML5 feature-support, how these features are implemented in various browsers, and what tools and frameworks exist to expedite and simplify this process, they are sharing their learnings [...]

Amir Nathoo

You’ve Probably Underestimated Just How Big This Is

January 28, 2012 in Business, Tech

I met a team at a mobile dev shop a couple of weeks ago and in the discussion I casually mentioned that mobile app usage exceeds web usage. Eyebrows were raised. I couldn’t remember where I’d heard it. No big deal, everyone knows mobile is important, we moved on. It bothered me afterwards though so [...]

Cucumber and JS: Getting Started with cucumber.js

January 27, 2012 in Tech

The Cucumber project is a Behavior Driven Development (BDD) tool originally designed to work with Ruby. However, since its inception its popularity has grown and there have been implementations of Cucumber written for different languages including Java, .Net, Flex, and JavaScript. Cucumber understands a language named Gherkin