Webdesign and Development Blog at Notion Design http://www.notiondesign.ca/blog/ Our ramblings on website design, web application development, programming, scalability, code frameworks, or whatever. How Not to Build an API http://www.notiondesign.ca/blog/story/how-not-to-build-an-api/ http://www.notiondesign.ca/blog/story/how-not-to-build-an-api/ Tue, 15 Jun 2010 10:26:13 -0500 We recently wrote some code to interact with an online service via their API. The service provider handles donation gifts and donor records. Their API is lacking in several areas ...

]]> Don't Call Me a "Techie" http://www.notiondesign.ca/blog/story/techie/ http://www.notiondesign.ca/blog/story/techie/ Sun, 18 Apr 2010 11:03:38 -0500 The word "techie" gets tossed around these days as if it were a proper designation. It's not. I think it's a derogatory term which indicates that the person ...

]]> Bodega - Easily Find and Update Your Mac Apps http://www.notiondesign.ca/blog/story/bodega-easily-find-and-update-your-apps/ http://www.notiondesign.ca/blog/story/bodega-easily-find-and-update-your-apps/ Wed, 7 Apr 2010 10:19:58 -0500
Find apps with Bodega
Most Mac users know there are a ton of awesome Mac apps out there just waiting for you and I to find them. There in lies the problem, however: you ...

]]> Where the Rubber Meets the Road http://www.notiondesign.ca/blog/story/where-the-rubber-meets-the-road/ http://www.notiondesign.ca/blog/story/where-the-rubber-meets-the-road/ Wed, 2 Dec 2009 10:17:03 -0600 I've always believed that it is immensely important for any service provider to truly understand their client's business. What I see in the web design industry today is ...

]]> Arrays of Parameters are Bad: Abstract Data Structures in PHP http://www.notiondesign.ca/blog/story/abstract-data-structures-in-php/ http://www.notiondesign.ca/blog/story/abstract-data-structures-in-php/ Thu, 5 Nov 2009 12:25:33 -0600 So you're starting to work with a new class structure and you need to know what parameters you can pass through a method. You decide to check the API ...

]]> An Introduction http://www.notiondesign.ca/blog/story/an-introduction/ http://www.notiondesign.ca/blog/story/an-introduction/ Tue, 27 Oct 2009 14:41:44 -0500 Welcome to the Notion Design blog. My name is Darcy Hastings and Notion Design is my company. We're a passionate and dedicated group of designers and developers. We've ...

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