Mathew Piccinato

"If your clients still want your bid to compare “apples to apples”, you haven’t communicated your..."

Sat, 24 Jul 2010 18:14:11 -0400

“If your clients still want your bid to compare “apples to apples”, you haven’t communicated your orangeness.”

- via @charliecurve (via balanon)

Vote on it: http://faveone.com/vs/573 cleveridiot: A New...

Thu, 15 Jul 2010 02:24:14 -0400

Vote on it: http://faveone.com/vs/573

cleveridiot:

A New Challenger Emerges

Codeigniter Sessions in MongoDB

Sat, 03 Jul 2010 09:03:46 -0400

Codeigniter has the option to use a SQL database to store sessions. One of my projects however uses MongoDB. I didn’t want to have to run an instance of MySQL just for sessions so I modified the session libray for Codeigniter to use MongoDB instead. This is a first run at it and requires modifying one of Codeigniters core files and is not the best solution.

This modification assumes you have created a Mongo library for your Codeigniter application like the one from this post at Stack Overflow.

So you can access Mongo like - $this->mongo->db->findOne();

Once you have that working with your application, download the modified Session.php file here and place it in your ‘system/libraries’ folder overwriting the Session.php file which is already there.

jwphillips: iPhone 3GS on the left, iPhone 4 on the...

Wed, 23 Jun 2010 17:05:44 -0400

jwphillips:

iPhone 3GS on the left, iPhone 4 on the right.

Wow. Image snagged from the iPhone 4 review on Engadget.

Finally, I actually want an iPhone

Tue, 08 Jun 2010 10:24:00 -0400

iPhone 4 simply looks like an amazing device. It has just about everything on it that I want to fit into my pocket; phone, camera, HD video recording, mobile gaming and video conferencing. And finally allows for multitasking. The only issue that I have with the device now? It is still locked to one carrier.

From SQL to Mongo

Thu, 06 May 2010 16:23:00 -0400

With all the Not Only SQL (NoSQL) buzz going around I thought I would check out one of the many options available for a new project. After reading about a few I decided to check out MongoDB; a document-oriented DBMS. You can check it out here

MongoDB bridges the gap between key-value stores (which are fast and highly scalable) and traditional RDBMS systems (which provide rich queries and deep functionality).

Going from a relational database to a non-relational document database takes a bit of a mindset change when thinking about how to structure your data. The biggest issue I have ran into was how to store relations.

The answer? Just duplicate the data I need while using the MongoDB _id field to store a relation when needed for an update or link reference.

So lets say I have a table of comments in a SQL database. I would have a column in that table called “user_id” which would allow me to relate back to the user table to display who made a particular comment.

In MongoDB I will also have separate collections for comments and users. But within a comment object I would embed certain parts of the user object.

Now when I query for comments of a particular post I will have all the information I need to display the comment listing in one query. However, now the user data is duplicated and if the user updates their email we have to make sure to update all their entries in the comments collection as well.

There will be more to come as I work with Mongo and learn more about it.

twohungrydudes: Submitted by Becky Johns Just in time for Cinco...

Wed, 05 May 2010 17:01:10 -0400

twohungrydudes:

Submitted by Becky Johns

Just in time for Cinco de Mayo. Fiesta!

New Personal Project: TappGala

Fri, 30 Apr 2010 16:51:52 -0400

New Personal Project: TappGala:

jwphillips:

A little over a month ago I was helping a colleague find resources for UI design for the iPhone. Since he doesn’t own one, I was trying to link him up to a design gallery. There are a billion and one…

Would you rather... Swim in a pool of jello or Swim in a pool of bird seed

Thu, 29 Apr 2010 13:56:26 -0400

Would you rather... Swim in a pool of jello or Swim in a pool of bird seed

twohungrydudes: 365 Days of Food #92 Bell’s Oberon (via...

Sat, 03 Apr 2010 11:47:35 -0400

twohungrydudes:

365 Days of Food

#92 Bell’s Oberon (via JoeFoodie)

One of the first signs of summer in Michigan is finding 6 packs of Bell’s Oberon on store shelves. Like a sunny day, Oberon is light, golden, & refreshing. A quintessential wheat ale.

Kickstarter - i3 Detroit v2.0

Wed, 31 Mar 2010 14:30:46 -0400

Kickstarter - i3 Detroit v2.0:

drintelmann:

lishdorset:

Don’t forget to help out this very important Detroit cause - i3Detroit

"Implementing caching would take thirty hours. Do you have thirty extra hours? No, you don’t. I..."

Fri, 26 Mar 2010 10:57:50 -0400

“Implementing caching would take thirty hours. Do you have thirty extra hours? No, you don’t. I actually have no idea how long it would take. Maybe it would take five minutes. Do you have five minutes? No. Why? Because I’m lying. It would take much longer than five minutes. That’s the eternal optimism of programmers.”

- Professor Owen Astrachan during 23 Feb 2004 lecture for CPS 108

Two Hungry Dudes: Eatup at Traffic Jam & Snug

Thu, 18 Mar 2010 09:05:57 -0400

Two Hungry Dudes: Eatup at Traffic Jam & Snug:

On March 25th at 7:30 PM, we will have our 3rd eatup of 2010 at the historic Traffic Jam & Snug in Detroit, MI. That same day Traffic Jam will be releasing their Owosso Wheat beer. To celebrate the release of this beer made with local Michigan wheat, all appetizers will be half price and pints &…

detroitsxsw: High-Five SXSWi 2010 - High-Five Montage...

Wed, 17 Mar 2010 15:57:42 -0400

detroitsxsw:

High-Five SXSWi 2010 - High-Five Montage Tribute

Brandon and Henry are big fans of the high-five montages from Almost Twins on Funny or Die and decided to make a tribute video while at SXSWi 2010. The whole thing turned out to be a fun little project.

Thanks to everyone that showed up in our video. You just might recognize a few of their faces.

Special thanks to our camera crew: Audrey Walker (@techsocialite), David Murray (@davemurr), Joe Pezzillo (@ejoep), Dom Segolla (@dom) and David Benjamin (@davebenjamin)

Check out the original High-Five Montage here: http://bit.ly/9kKlXn

Some of the cool people in our video:

iJustine

Dom Segolla - co-creator of Twitter

Gary Vaynerchuk

Guy Kawasaki

Tony Hsieh - CEO of Zappos

Jeremy Tanner

Shannon Paul

Christopher Barger - GM/Chevy

Lewis Howes

Wayne Sutton

Peter Shankman - HARO

Aaron Strout - CMO of Powered, Inc.

David Meerman Scott

@Naveen - Foursquare

Steve Garfield

Sarah Austin

Mike Schneider

Scott Stratten

JessicaKnows

Ben Huh - I Can Haz Cheezebuger/Fail Blog

Trendhunter

Nicole Carriere - OnStar

Natasha Westcoat

Shannon Paul

Valeria Maltoni

Christine Major

Heather Macdonaold,

Jason Sadler - I wear your shirt.com,

Joseph Jaffe

David Spinks

Frank Gruber - Tech Cocktails

Ben Bator - Texts From Last Night

If we missed you in the description, let us know in the comments.

Windows Phone 7 Apps: Everything You Need To Know

Mon, 15 Mar 2010 14:00:13 -0400

Windows Phone 7 Apps: Everything You Need To Know

Video

Tue, 02 Mar 2010 08:34:54 -0500

jacob: I always have to stop and think when setting a border...

Mon, 01 Mar 2010 13:43:45 -0500

jacob:

I always have to stop and think when setting a border radius in CSS, so I built a tool for it: border-radius.com.

davidkaneda: The use of motion in the Windows Phone 7 Series...

Thu, 25 Feb 2010 10:08:49 -0500

davidkaneda:

The use of motion in the Windows Phone 7 Series user interface is brilliant.

A shot of Anberlin from back when I used to do concert...

Wed, 24 Feb 2010 10:26:40 -0500

A shot of Anberlin from back when I used to do concert photography.

twohungrydudes: 365 Days of Food #49 Dark chocolate dipped...

Fri, 19 Feb 2010 10:33:45 -0500

twohungrydudes:

365 Days of Food

#49 Dark chocolate dipped potato chips (via JoeFoodie)

I had some 70% dark chocolate and a bag of ridged potato chips. There are very few things that taste better together than salt & dark chocolate.

Melt the chocolate in the microwave and dip the chips in the melted chocolate. Place the chips on a wax paper lined plate or cookie sheet. Refrigerate for about 30 minutes. Enjoy immediately.