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Since 2001, the Big Nerd Ranch logo has featured a nerdy propeller affixed to a 10-gallon hat. This friendly little chap perfectly embodies our character and culture, but it was time for a makeover. Our Design team carried out some small but key changes to make our brand look more modern.
August's Big Nerd of the Month took home the title in a landslide vote. Word around the office is that Project Strategist Kathryn Thomas exemplifies Nerd values, bringing our best to client projects.
Our first roadshow is bringing one-day classes in Swift and iOS 8 to a city near you.
Ever wonder how Ruby handles Arrays or Hashes? Join our Data Structure Hack Night on Monday, August 25, and re-implement some of the Ruby core!
Microsoft Azure, a cloud storage and computing platform, is a one-stop shop for virtual machine hosting, web hosting, machine learning analysis, web-enabled databases, content delivery and more. Here's how to get started.
At Big Nerd Ranch, we love certain things. We love coffee, we love fitness and we really love technology. When Apple announced Swift, I found it really hard to resist cracking open the free books and seeing what it’s all about.
Swift helps you write code with fewer bugs. But even more intriguing are the possibilities to change “things I have to worry about” in Objective-C into “things I can let the compiler worry about” in Swift.
On your mark. Get set. Whoa! The act of running and completing a marathon is no small feat. Neither is the process of designing an app. Both events require weeks of preparation and work. And sprints are only a small part of the story.
A few weeks ago, I had the pleasure of helping to teach the Big Nerd Ranch Ruby on the Server course with fellow Nerd Zac Stewart. This opportunity has been a year in the making, and it didn’t disappoint.
How can designers and developers get better at what they do? They should each learn what the other does. Our iOS and Android Design bootcamp can help.