The Big Nerd Ranch Blog

I wonder, however, if Cloud-related technologies have received all the attention and left no space to discuss other trends. In this post, I thought I would mention some interesting stuff that the web team at Big Nerd Ranch is working on.

Big Nerd Ranch was founded on the idea that developers learn best when immersed in a distraction-free environment. Today I want to talk to you about a new path to advance your skills; one that doesn’t look like anything we’ve offered before.

If current trends continue, most babies born today will never own a laptop or a desktop computer. They will carry a smart phone, and at home they will have a streaming device connected to their TV. That streaming device will run apps. And that leads us to why your company needs a tvOS app.

Should you use BNNS or TensorFlow to add artificial intelligence to your iOS or Mac app? The answer is… both.

When Apple announced Swift, I heard a few people say “Hurray! Now I can be an iOS developer without learning Objective-C!” I have three messages for these people:

Like most people over 40, I have lots of opinions about how people should live their lives. Recognizing that no one wants this unsolicited advice, I work hard to keep these opinions to myself. However, today Tasha (who curates our blog) asked me to write some advice to the young people who are graduating this spring. Thus, I’m about to blurt out some advice that I sincerely hope will be useful to you; I apologize in advance for being a preachy loud-mouth.

This post is about why starting a company is just dumb. And I know: I started a successful company.

Voices that Matter is going to let me do the keynote on the first morning of their iOS conference this spring. The conference is April 9 and 10 in Seattle. You should come – it is a well-run and informative gathering. (Early-bird pricing ends on Feb 25, so sign up now.)