Category Archives: Uncategorized

Pablo’s Fiesta is Back!!

Posted on April 25, 2013 by John Teague

The Details: When: October 25 & 26 Where: Austin TX, St. Edwards PEC (location) We took a little haitus last year, but we’re coming back this year for our Third Pablo’s Fiesta Open Space conference. What is it? Pablo’s Fiesta … Continue reading →

Also posted in LosTechies, members | 2 Comments

Huboard – socket.io backend

Posted on March 18, 2013 by Ryan Rauh

huboard.com! Your favorite open source kanban board built on top of the GitHub api has gotten a little bit more awesome. I’ve decided to release the socket.io backend that is keeping huboard.com all up to date and super fancy. Why … Continue reading →

Also posted in git, presentation | Leave a comment

Polymorphism Part 2: Refactoring to Polymorphic Behavior

Posted on March 3, 2013 by John Teague

I spoke at the Houston C# User Group earlier this year.  Before my talk Peter Seale did an introductory presentation on refactoring.  He had sample code to calculate discounts on an order based on the number of items in the … Continue reading →

Also posted in altnetconf | Leave a comment

Polymorphism: Part 1

Posted on February 21, 2013 by John Teague

Note: I am teaching a course in Austin TX on Object Oriented Programming in March. I’ll also be speaking at the Austin .Net Users Group on this topic. To say that understanding polymorphism is critical to understanding how to effectively … Continue reading →

Also posted in funny, Linux, Ubuntu, xkcd | Comments Off

Huboard redesign (gif edition)

Posted on February 14, 2013 by Ryan Rauh

Huboard! I’ve been working on a big redesign of huboard since around September or so. I’m finally ready to reveal all of that hard work. So what better way to show off all the new features than animated gifs, right? … Continue reading →

Also posted in git | Comments Off

Ruth’s Story

Posted on February 4, 2013 by Ryan Svihla

Ruth Ann Svihla came into this world screaming and angry on October 30 2011 at 6:57 am. She was and has always been a beautiful, intelligent child that brought us a great deal of joy, but she was born with … Continue reading →

Also posted in Linux, Ubuntu | 2 Comments

Combining Modules in Require.js

Posted on December 14, 2012 by John Teague

Here’s a quick tip that I learned today the hard way, because it’s actually in the documentation. In one of my projects, I’ve got a bunch of commands that I want to attach to an event based on what menu … Continue reading →

Also posted in altnetconf | 2 Comments

Node.js Must Know Concepts: Asynchronous

Posted on November 30, 2012 by John Teague

When writing node applications, there are a few concepts that are important to understand in order to create large-scale applications. I’m going to cover a few concepts that I think are important when building non-trivial sites with node.js.  If you … Continue reading →

Also posted in Blogs, Community Server, Tools | Comments Off

A Good Night’s Rest

Posted on November 27, 2012 by Sharon Cichelli

I am not the only techie who struggles to get enough sleep. I’ve recently instituted a lifehack that is giving me some relief, and I want to share it. To my sleep-deprived sisters and brothers, this one’s for you. Although … Continue reading →

Also posted in Personal | Comments Off

Separating Concerns – Part 1: Libraries

Posted on November 22, 2012 by Chris Patterson

Introduction In large applications, particularly in enterprise applications, separation of concerns is critical to ease maintainability. Without proper separation of concerns, applications become too large and too complex, which in turn makes maintenance and enhancement extremely difficult. Separating application concerns … Continue reading →

Also posted in ruby | 8 Comments