Estimate the value of any website or blog:
Website Valuation Calculator
Aug 19, 2012
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Create a Distribution Build in Xcode 4
Aug 18, 2012
Follow these steps to create a distribution build in Xcode 4:
http://soulwithmobiletechnology.blogspot.com/2011/03/how-to-create-distribution-build-with.html
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Scaling Startups
Aug 18, 2012
An oldie but goodie on how to quickly grow your team while keeping the right culture.
Some tidbits from the article:
“First, to scale a startup, you should always remind yourself why people work at startups in the first place:” - they like to move fast - they want to make impactful …
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Use Amazon AWS for a Subdomain
Aug 18, 2012
Amazon AWS documentation for using AWS with your subdomain:
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Creating a Website To Allow Over-the-Air Installation of Your iPhone Apps
Aug 17, 2012
There are 3 common ways to distribute your iPhone app to testers.
The first is to get the tester’s UDID, and then build the app into a MyApp.ipa file. Testers then get a provisioning profile and the MyApp.ipa file, and drag them into iTunes on the same …
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Quickstart Guide to Setting Up Amazon AWS
Aug 17, 2012
The steps to completely configure a basic Amazon AWS:
- Create Load Balancer “MyProduct_LoadBalancer”
- Create Security Group “MyProduct_SecurityGroup”
- Create Key Pair “myname_keypair”
- Create Auto Scaling
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as-create-launch-config MyProduct_LaunchConfig --image-id ami-0f904366 --instance-type t1.micro --group MyProduct_SecurityGroup --key myname_keypair
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as-create-auto-scaling-group MyProduct_AutoScalingGroup --launch-configuration MyProduct_LaunchConfig --availability-zones us-east-1a,us-east-1b --min-size 1 --max-size 10 --load-balancers MyProduct_LoadBalancer
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as-put-scaling-policy MyProduct_ScaleUpPolicy …
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The Best iPhone Tripod
Aug 17, 2012
I’ve tried a lot of combinations of docks, tripods, and cases, and one definitely stands out as a top choice. I use an iPhone mount combined with this flexible tripod with magnetic feet to give me one of the best methods of holding up your iPhone.
Flexible tripod
Mount …
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Effectively Use Visual Marketing
Aug 12, 2012
“Less text please, more graphics – we’d rather see it than read it”
Some things that the company did to effectively use visual marketing:
- Use a team picture in the newsletter to show the faces of the company
- Make their product photos look different, stand out, and have a theme …
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10 Simple Steps to Run Your Xcode Project on Your iOS Device
Aug 11, 2012
A great front-end developer I know is getting into iOS development (horray!), and he had a simple question that he wanted answered in a minute without having to go through all the Xcode and iOS tutorials:
How do I run my Xcode project on my iPhone?
So here it is …
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Creating a Thriving Engineering Culture
Aug 11, 2012
Some tips on building a great culture include:
- Maximize engineering happiness
- Deploy multiple times a day
- Track every release
- Measure everything