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Me and Jonathan Chan (@jonishungry) had quite the adventure last weekend.

I had a scheme, which I still use today when somebody is explaining something that I’m trying to understand: I keep making up examples.

Introducing Rocketship: a Rack based template that integrates multiple micro-frameworks. github.com/gnarmis/rocketship I recently came across some useful Sinatra templates and ended up having to integrate several things together in a service I’m currently…

Northwestern’s CATS group is an amazing mix of technical and creative talent, and I recently had a great opportunity to help people interested in web development get their feet wet.

When developing locally, I find it useful to have the full development server logs available.

Do you use Sass and CoffeeScript?

Update: this is hopelessly out of date, so don’t follow this guide!

After exploring some static site recipes in my staticRack project, I wanted to explore the world of simple, static Content Management Systems.

Have you ever looked for a way to quickly build a live prototype as a static site that nevertheless had some sensible version control and had potential for future extension?

Windows users have long enjoyed OneNote, a truly great solution that has sensible note-taking and note-management.

At the culminaton of NUvention:Web, a two part course that teaches the fundamentals of building a web startup, our team is putting the final touches on our product: MassiveStart.

originally published in North by Northwestern During that mystifying, exhilarating event known by us as the Big Bang, when matter and energy exploded into existence, the evolution of that pregnant chemical soup into Max Powers, a prime specimen of the hig…

When your body is black and blue And your mind is a hot snafu, Remember the tale, mind it well, Of the clumsy giraffe who in a ditch he fell.