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Monetizing Failure
If I told you that a company has recently made over 3 million dollars monetizing failure, would you believe me? Well, its true. Keep reading for more info.
2014.02.26Read →Only Perform The Most Valuable Task and Outsource the Rest
Get your time back. Learn how to break down a task so that you can identify your most valuable input and how to outsource the rest.
2014.01.30Read →How To Hire Outsourced Developers
I devised a process on how to hire outsourced developers using a simple four step process - Job Posting, Prelim Review, Programming Challenge and Final ...
2014.01.15Read →How to Hire Programmers
I figured out how to hire programmers while saving time/money using a four step process - HR/Tech Screening, Programming Challenge and culture fit eval.
2014.01.13Read →Robolectric ShadowTaskStackBuilder
Robolectric has no ShadowTaskStackBuilder, so tests relying on TaskStackBuilder fail. Here's a minimal custom shadow to get them passing again.
2014.01.06Read →Working Remote
Happier & more productive employees work remotely. Working remote has proven to be more effective for a company. This is a review of the book, Remote.
2013.11.12Read →Android Bootstrap and Android Studio
Porting Android Bootstrap to Gradle and Android Studio, plus AppCompat, a navigation drawer, and Picasso -- and why raising minSdkVersion to 15 makes sense.
2013.11.09Read →Loading Remote Images in Android with UrlImageView
Tired of scattering Picasso calls across your Android codebase? Wrap it in a custom UrlImageView with Dagger injection. Code included.
2013.08.15Read →Android Bootstrap Updated to Include a Navigation Drawer
Android Bootstrap gets a navigation drawer via SimonVT's Menu Drawer library, plus updated Dagger, Otto, and HTTP-Request dependencies.
2013.07.09Read →Android Studio – Tips and Tricks Part 2
Part 4 of my Android Studio series: create layout files on the fly, generate XML drawables in seconds, and speed up day to day coding.
2013.06.21Read →Android Studio – Tips and Tricks Part 1
Part 3 of my Android Studio tips and tricks series: quick file navigation, plus creating string and dimens.xml resources on the fly.
2013.06.06Read →Android Studio – Setting up an Emulator
Part 2 of my Android Studio video series: where the SDK actually lives now, and how to set up and launch an emulator for development.
2013.05.20Read →