3 Things Companies Can Do Right Now To Improve Diversity in Tech
Last week I sat down with Jared Wiener, Software Industry Liaison at the Portland Development Commission, to talk about PDC’s new Tech Diversity Pledge.
Continue Reading12 Content Hacks To Grow Your Business From Kemp Edmonds
For the first post in our new DevelopmentNow Business Insights series, Kemp Edmonds from HootSute shares his best content hacks that businesses can use to grow.
Continue Reading5 Things I Learned at Layers
Layers was a fantastic event: welcoming, thought-through, polished and full of too many great talks to cover here. I have a feeling tickets will go pretty quick at its next instantiation. But more importantly, I got a great deal out of a design conference even though I’m primarily a developer.
Continue ReadingArcadeNow: Connecting Commuters Through Retro Gaming
What happens when you mix one beloved retro game, a team of talented developers, and an office view of Portland, Oregon’s busiest bridge? We wanted to know too.
Continue ReadingDevelopmentNow Announces New Chicago Branch
Land of deep-dish pizza, land of Chicago style hot dogs, land of the Blackhawks! Now, even more reason to celebrate Chicago– DevelopmentNow has expanded to the Windy City!
Continue ReadingExperimenting with the Parent-Child Concurrency Pattern to Optimize CoreData Apps
When managing large quantities of records with Core Data, lengthy data reads (fetches), writes (saves), and manipulations can result in long-running tasks. A consequence of performing a long running task on the main thread is a frozen user interface, something you definitely don’t want in your application!
Continue ReadingGoogle Announces Mobile Search Algorithm Change: Is Your Site Ready?
Google announced this month that the company’s search algorithm will change to favor mobile optimized sites. This change will go into effect on April 21. Citing the motivation to deliver a better search experience to mobile users, Google is calling for all web developers to test their sites for mobile-friendliness in preparation for the change.
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