Icelab A design and development studio in Canberra. Fri, 03 Feb 2012 00:01 +1100 Customising ActiveRecord’s attribute formatting on inspect Fri, 03 Feb 2012 00:01 +1100 Fri, 03 Feb 2012 00:01 +1100 Tim Riley http://icelab.com.au Make your Rails console a tidier place.

]]> Render Single-Line Markdown Text with Redcarpet Tue, 24 Jan 2012 13:39 +1100 Tue, 24 Jan 2012 13:39 +1100 Tim Riley http://icelab.com.au For when you want Markdown without the block-level elements.

]]> New Relic, Heroku and Rails Streaming Responses Fri, 20 Jan 2012 14:12 +1100 Fri, 20 Jan 2012 14:12 +1100 Tim Riley http://icelab.com.au You can make them all work together.

]]> Icelab in 2011 Thu, 12 Jan 2012 13:37 +1100 Thu, 12 Jan 2012 13:37 +1100 Tim Riley http://icelab.com.au Icelab at WebDirections South 2011

Like sand through the hourglass…

]]> Decaf Sucks Launch Countdown: A Restrospective Fri, 23 Dec 2011 11:01 +1100 Fri, 23 Dec 2011 11:01 +1100 Tim Riley http://icelab.com.au Decaf Sucks App in Hand

A look back at the first 100 days since the app’s release.

]]> Dispatch’s First Birthday Fri, 09 Dec 2011 16:25 +1100 Fri, 09 Dec 2011 16:25 +1100 Tim Riley http://icelab.com.au Dispatching with a beer

8 countries, 91,000 kilometres, 10,000 cups. A look back at our first year of Dispatch.

]]> Discovering Mildenhall’s Canberra Sun, 04 Sep 2011 17:06 +1100 Sun, 04 Sep 2011 17:06 +1100 Hugh Evans http://icelab.com.au Mildenhall - Home

Uncovering a fascinating treasure trove of archival photographs from Canberra’s establishment period.

]]> Announcing Decaf Sucks for iPhone Tue, 30 Aug 2011 10:53 +1100 Tue, 30 Aug 2011 10:53 +1100 Tim Riley http://icelab.com.au Decaf Sucks App in Hand

We’re thrilled to announce that Decaf Sucks for iPhone is now available on the App Store!

]]> Decaf Sucks Launch Countdown: Development Complete! Tue, 23 Aug 2011 12:54 +1100 Tue, 23 Aug 2011 12:54 +1100 Tim Riley http://icelab.com.au Decaf Sucks App: List and Map Screens

After another two weeks of hard work, the Decaf Sucks iPhone app is finished and submitted to the App Store!

]]> Decaf Sucks Launch Countdown: Un-Designing the App Sat, 06 Aug 2011 17:19 +1100 Sat, 06 Aug 2011 17:19 +1100 Tim Riley http://icelab.com.au Decaf Sucks app: removing the tab bar

On moving to Heroku, choosing Objective-C libraries, and reducing the app’s UI surface area.

]]> Decaf Sucks Launch Countdown: Finishing the API Sat, 30 Jul 2011 17:07 +1100 Sat, 30 Jul 2011 17:07 +1100 Tim Riley http://icelab.com.au A look into building an authenticated API that integrates with 3rd-party OAuth providers, along with some general tips for building RESTful JSON APIs with Rails.

]]> Decaf Sucks Launch Countdown: Getting to Work Sat, 23 Jul 2011 15:06 +1100 Sat, 23 Jul 2011 15:06 +1100 Tim Riley http://icelab.com.au Decaf Sucks App Screenshots - 2 - Reviews screen

An update at the end of week #1.

]]> Decaf Sucks Launch Countdown: Starting Again, Again Fri, 15 Jul 2011 10:34 +1100 Fri, 15 Jul 2011 10:34 +1100 Tim Riley http://icelab.com.au Decaf Sucks App Screenshots - 1

By the 5th of September, we will release Decaf Sucks for iPhone.

]]> Icelab Goes Camping Tue, 14 Jun 2011 11:02 +1100 Tue, 14 Jun 2011 11:02 +1100 Tim Riley http://icelab.com.au RailsCamp 9

Just what happens when 150 hackers camp out for a weekend.

]]> Tasteful Routes Ruby Gem Tue, 07 Jun 2011 10:02 +1100 Tue, 07 Jun 2011 10:02 +1100 Hugh Evans http://icelab.com.au Crafting clean URLs is an essential part of modern web development.

]]> Two new interactives for the National Museum of Australia Mon, 06 Jun 2011 10:14 +1100 Mon, 06 Jun 2011 10:14 +1100 Michael Honey http://icelab.com.au Flemington interactive

It was a fun night out for the Icelab team at the launch of the National Museum of Australia’s Landmarks gallery.

]]> Watch me work Fri, 03 Jun 2011 16:17 +1100 Fri, 03 Jun 2011 16:17 +1100 Max Wheeler http://icelab.com.au WIP Avalanche Screengrab

Yesterday I made a little timelapse of my screen while I worked up an interface for an application that we’re working on.

]]> Run Your Own Piece of Heroku with Foreman Fri, 03 Jun 2011 09:05 +1100 Fri, 03 Jun 2011 09:05 +1100 Tim Riley http://icelab.com.au Running foreman start on the terminal (non-transparent white background)

Simplify your web app’s background task management.

]]> Using Apple’s Keynote for museum interactives Wed, 01 Jun 2011 08:12 +1100 Wed, 01 Jun 2011 08:12 +1100 Michael Honey http://icelab.com.au NAA interactive in situ

We’ve built touch-screen interactives for several museums, and until recently they were mostly built in Flash. These days we’e using HTML5 + JavaScript, but recently a project came up for which the right platform ended up being Apple’s Keynote.

]]> The benefits of a local Typekit sandbox Mon, 30 May 2011 12:54 +1100 Mon, 30 May 2011 12:54 +1100 Andy McCray http://icelab.com.au Local typekit example styles.

Save your styles and time with a local playground for Typekit fonts.

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