Andrew McCloudhttps://amccloud.com/https://amccloud.com/blog/abstract-black-history-month-spotlight/https://amccloud.com/blog/abstract-black-history-month-spotlight/Abstract featured me for Black History Month. I talked about growing up in my dad's recording studio and what makes the team special.Fri, 01 Feb 2019 00:00:00 GMThttps://amccloud.com/blog/abstract-downloadable-assets/https://amccloud.com/blog/abstract-downloadable-assets/With Assets, developer handoff becomes even more seamless. And for Enterprise teams, features like SSO and advanced Project organization enable growing teams to move projects forward, faster.Tue, 19 Mar 2019 00:00:00 GMThttps://amccloud.com/blog/backbone-bindings/https://amccloud.com/blog/backbone-bindings/Bind element properties to Backbone model attributes with optional transformations, inspired by Cocoa bindings.Sun, 13 May 2012 00:00:00 GMThttps://amccloud.com/blog/backbone-dotattr/https://amccloud.com/blog/backbone-dotattr/A utility for accessing deep attributes in Backbone.js models with dot-syntax notation.Fri, 11 May 2012 00:00:00 GMThttps://amccloud.com/blog/backbone-safesync/https://amccloud.com/blog/backbone-safesync/Race conditions in async requests can corrupt Backbone collections. backbone-safesync fixes this by aborting stale requests.Wed, 04 Jul 2012 00:00:00 GMThttps://amccloud.com/blog/custom-facebook-chat-smileys/https://amccloud.com/blog/custom-facebook-chat-smileys/Use Facebook profile IDs to create custom chat emoticons, rage faces, Domo Kun, Pikachu and more.Sun, 18 Dec 2011 00:00:00 GMThttps://amccloud.com/blog/developer-handoff-for-designers/https://amccloud.com/blog/developer-handoff-for-designers/Creating a better process requires intentional collaboration. Here's how to think like a developer when you're designing.Mon, 01 Jul 2019 00:00:00 GMThttps://amccloud.com/blog/django-custom-user-geomanager/https://amccloud.com/blog/django-custom-user-geomanager/How to use GeoManager with Django 1.5 custom user models by creating a mixed manager.Fri, 14 Dec 2012 00:00:00 GMThttps://amccloud.com/blog/django-firstclass/https://amccloud.com/blog/django-firstclass/django-firstclass, a proxy email backend for Django that automatically creates plain text versions and online-viewable emails.Tue, 10 Jul 2012 00:00:00 GMThttps://amccloud.com/blog/first-socialswag-twitter-shirt/https://amccloud.com/blog/first-socialswag-twitter-shirt/Today I finished up and am now releasing my first t-shirt, a custom Twitter shirt via Zazzle.Thu, 01 Jan 2009 00:00:00 GMThttps://amccloud.com/blog/hello-world-again/https://amccloud.com/blog/hello-world-again/After a year of nothing but a dark placeholder page, amccloud.com came back to life on Posterous.Thu, 14 Jul 2011 00:00:00 GMThttps://amccloud.com/blog/hello-world-the-internets/https://amccloud.com/blog/hello-world-the-internets/Welcome my world, "the internets". Who am I and what do I do? My name is Andrew McCloud, and thus I claim amccloud.Fri, 26 Dec 2008 00:00:00 GMThttps://amccloud.com/blog/hiding-tweetie-dock-icon/https://amccloud.com/blog/hiding-tweetie-dock-icon/A quick trick to hide Tweetie for Mac's dock icon using a property list edit.Sat, 02 May 2009 00:00:00 GMThttps://amccloud.com/blog/htc-vive-mounts-stands/https://amccloud.com/blog/htc-vive-mounts-stands/A comprehensive guide to alternative lighthouse base station mounts and stands for the HTC Vive, from floor-to-ceiling poles to tripods and wall mounts.Wed, 29 Jun 2016 00:00:00 GMThttps://amccloud.com/blog/introducing-inspect/https://amccloud.com/blog/introducing-inspect/No more exporting files, Inspect provides one place to access the information needed to implement any design with easy-to-access design specs!Thu, 21 Jun 2018 00:00:00 GMThttps://amccloud.com/blog/lion-ichat-growl-notifications/https://amccloud.com/blog/lion-ichat-growl-notifications/Getting Growl notifications working with iChat on OS X Lion after Chax dropped support.Mon, 26 Sep 2011 00:00:00 GMThttps://amccloud.com/blog/msn-love-for-ichat-messages/https://amccloud.com/blog/msn-love-for-ichat-messages/How to connect MSN to iChat 6.0 and Mountain Lion's Messages using the Cocoon plugin.Thu, 16 Feb 2012 00:00:00 GMThttps://amccloud.com/blog/my-django-project-template/https://amccloud.com/blog/my-django-project-template/A custom Django project template with sensible defaults, including git, pip, virtualenv, and more baked in.Fri, 30 Sep 2011 00:00:00 GMThttps://amccloud.com/blog/my-first-goal/https://amccloud.com/blog/my-first-goal/My first goal and probably the last I'll achieve, becoming a top Google result for my name.Sat, 27 Dec 2008 00:00:00 GMThttps://amccloud.com/blog/pixelcloud-closing/https://amccloud.com/blog/pixelcloud-closing/After a year of building Pixelcloud, we are shutting down. Some thoughts on what it meant.Sat, 20 Oct 2012 00:00:00 GMThttps://amccloud.com/blog/pixelcloud-on-venturebeat/https://amccloud.com/blog/pixelcloud-on-venturebeat/VentureBeat covered Pixelcloud, the design collaboration tool I built. Here is what went into it.Fri, 12 Aug 2011 00:00:00 GMThttps://amccloud.com/blog/quick-optional-model-fields-trick/https://amccloud.com/blog/quick-optional-model-fields-trick/A DRY Python trick for Django optional model fields using dictionary unpacking.Tue, 27 Dec 2011 00:00:00 GMThttps://amccloud.com/blog/splicd/https://amccloud.com/blog/splicd/I built Splicd to solve a simple problem with YouTube videos. Within a week it was on Lifehacker, CNET, and Revision3.Sat, 04 Oct 2008 00:00:00 GMThttps://amccloud.com/blog/split-amazon-payment/https://amccloud.com/blog/split-amazon-payment/A simple workaround to split payment across multiple credit cards on Amazon using gift cards.Fri, 17 May 2013 00:00:00 GMThttps://amccloud.com/blog/textmate-2-bundle-directory/https://amccloud.com/blog/textmate-2-bundle-directory/Where to find the TextMate 2 bundle directory, which has been renamed to avoid conflicts with TextMate 1.Wed, 01 Feb 2012 00:00:00 GMThttps://amccloud.com/blog/the-best-10-of-2008/https://amccloud.com/blog/the-best-10-of-2008/Everyone else is doing it. I bring you recursion at its best.Sun, 28 Dec 2008 00:00:00 GMThttps://amccloud.com/blog/the-django-critter/https://amccloud.com/blog/the-django-critter/My first time using Illustrator, recreating the Django critter inspired by Eric Walstad's daughter.Fri, 13 Mar 2009 00:00:00 GMThttps://amccloud.com/blog/wordpress-is-annoying/https://amccloud.com/blog/wordpress-is-annoying/The moment I abandoned WordPress. A dark page with nothing but an email address and a declaration.Tue, 02 Mar 2010 00:00:00 GMT