November GUSH! List

Hey friends!

Its been almost a month!  Eep!  This is going to be more of a GUSH! list of amazingness, so here goes:

• If you still haven't checked out Codewars I don't know what you are doing in life. 
• Web Dev training is going awesome!!  I'm about 50% done with Treehouse's 'Ruby on Rails' track.  It includes 13 sections including  Responsive Web Design, jQuery, Ruby, and Rails to name a few.
• Buffer This fantastic social media manager has given me the opportunity to really come into my own as Imagine Me's community manager.
• How NOT to Suck Online - I printed out the PDF and its hanging, framed, on my desk.
• Web Development Tools!  Gosh, way to many to list here - I am like a little kid in a candy store with all the goodies I've found lately.  Here are a few:
• Pattern Lab - An awesome way to save time, space, and resources when building web sites!!
• Subtle Patterns - You all probably already knew about this gem, but it has been a tantalizing 'goodie' for me full of subtle patterns to tile to my little hearts content! 
• Brad Frost - A web design god in human form. (Twitter: @brad_frost)
• Responsive Design Resources - Awesome set of tools from said god (see above)

Its been a month full of learning amazing things and I couldn't be more excited!  

There was never a good war...except CodeWars!

Hello friends!

Its been a crazy fall so far.  For those of you who don't know, I have been working with the indie game Imagine Me from KinifiGames and its launch for the Nintendo Wii U.  Paired with this launch, there will be a Mac, PC, and Linux version of the game.  I was originally part of the Kickstarter back in 2011 and it has been so much fun picking it up again.  If you are at all interested in finding out more, please visit the website or find us on Twitter.

As for the other projects, I'm elated to share with you my most recent passion - CodeWars.  Codewars is a compilation of code challenges for JavaScript, CoffeeScript, and Ruby.  You earn kyu (Japanese term used in modern martial arts and academic tests) by completing Kata (the detailed choreographed patterns of movements in martial arts).  The challenges are mainly community written - and pretty fantastic!  I absolutely love that I can use it daily to refresh myself on JavaScript and Ruby syntax. I definitely recommend the site.  Once you sign up, let me know what you think!! :D

Projects Galore!

I've been super busy getting a little project started and haven't had too much time dedicated to learning Ruby or JavaScript.  That little project is entitled Imagine Me.  I'm working with a small team as they develop the adventure platfomer puzzler for the Nintendo Wii U. :)  My job is both administration and community management.  I've set up a little website at ImagineMeGame.com and have connected all of our social networking apps to the site (Twitter: @ImagineMeGame, facebook: KinifiGames, Google+: ImagineMe, and Instagram: kinifigames).  To manage all these social outlets, I am using Buffer.  It allows me to use custom scheduling, multiple accounts, and give other team members access to post things as well!

Our team is kinda small so the game designer and I are also the support desk.  We are chose to use ZenDesk and it is pretty much amazing.

As for learning/coding, I'm almost exclusively back to JavaScript.  I have been using treehouse and c<>deschool.  So far, I have preferred c<>deschool, but that may change.  I'll keep ya posted!  I also have a couple of awesome books, but more on those later.  For now, enjoy this awesome tip from c<>deschool: