Core Data in Motion - 2nd Edition

It seems like just yesterday that I finally finished my book, Core Data in Motion. Looking back though, it’s been two years (!?!) since I finished primary writing and submitted the final chapter for my reviewers to critique.

3 Steps To Solving RubyMotion Build Woes

Seems every few months, there is another weird build error that someone is attempting to track down when running rake to build their project in RubyMotion. The context of these errors is generally unique to the project they are running in, and often surface while compiling an included gem (ie, not in your code), and so it is difficult to Google your way to an answer on Stack Overflow ;-)

Life In Lethbridge

It’s been 2.5 years since we moved out of Calgary, and down to my old home town of Lethbridge. So far, we have really enjoyed the experience of living in Lethbridge. I moved away in 1982, so it’s been quite some time since I called Lethbridge “home”. Lots has changed. And lots has stayed the same.

Decidedly Jazz

Recently came across a discussion on Twitter about how programming was part math and part jazz. The jazz part, of course, is about improvisation. I don’t know, maybe we are all comedians?

Don't Go Into Management

It was quite a while back, but I saved this tweet, because I thought I could write up a fairly epic blog post, related to the topic, so here goes.

Why Python?

I’ve been hearing a number of questions, in relation to the National Learn to Code Day workshop, so I thought I should address those questions in a little more detail than you will find on our workshop registration page.