Tag: Fast

Today we’re going to talk about how to setup Google Cloud Storage to host images on your Rails app. This builds from my experience hosting pictures for Uff! a Ruby on Rails web app to discover street artists. Uff Home Screen — With Active Storage + Google Cloud A...

When Apple announced this event last week speculation was high about what or rather how they would deliver whatever it was we were about to be getting. First I guess I need to put my hands up and wipe the egg from my face! Yesterday I was pretty cock-sure that we’d be getting more...

Sitting writing this story, Apple’s Scary Fast event is only a few hours away. Apple has thrown us at every touch and turn this year — first with that gold rush of goodies in January and then the big one — WWDC and the unveiling of Vision Pro. Of course, the iPhon...

Continuing my series on our time working in an orphanage in Bangkok…As empty nesters, my husband, Michael, and I volunteered at the Mercy Center with Father Joe, an American priest, for many years. As I go, I am wearing you Our days fly by here. And every day brings miracles and sorrows...

The bustling city is transforming several neighborhoods, de-emphasizing cars while promoting walking and neighborhood livability. Carrer del Comte Borrell in the city’s central Eixample district has been transformed from a standard four lane asphalt steet into a pedestrian zone. More gr...

Kicking — off the first week at Ironhack’s UX/UI Bootcamp comes our first challenge: how to use design thinking to tackle a wicked problem such as city mobility. Or more precisely for my team: how might we organize the variety of people navigating the streets of Berlin to provide a ...

If you happen to be subject to a modern phenomenon called “permanent music” in your work environment, you might have already realized that there’s a very familiar song that has dominated the airplay. It’s a cover of Tracy Chapman’s timeless classic, “Fast Car,&rdq...

Losing weight doesn’t have to be hard. You don’t have to suffer either by not eating enough and eating drab foods that are good for you. Eliminate bad things from your diet one at a time and you will see results. Stop Consuming What Makes You Fat You don’t have to eliminate e...

Let’s be real: When I set out to learn German, I wanted to do it yesterday. The internet promised me swift fluency, and I, fueled by dreams of chattering away in German cafes, was all in. But as anyone who’s ever tried to learn a language knows, it’s more marathon than sprint. S...