Charlie Pratt

Building a Manufacturing App for Sid

Charlie Pratt - Friday, April 5th, 2013 in Design, iOS, Mobile, Tech

This quarter, I’ve been hard at work building an iOS application designed for manufacturing and production. This product was born out of a simple revelation: communicational waste is a core issue plaguing factories around the world. Billions are spent securing top-of-the-line machinery, custom ERP solutions, and manpower, but the most common and frustrating problem we see is the consistent, systemic waste in the area of plant-wide communication.

A few months ago, I spent three days with the men and women that would be using the application we were building. That’s where I met Sid, the man who galvanized our vision and, though he doesn’t know it, changed my perspective on technology.

My Fantasy Minimalist Office Design

Charlie Pratt - Thursday, January 3rd, 2013 in Design

I’m a minimalist in many things, not the least of which is my working environment. This is my office.

Pretty stark, I know. I like it that way. But I started to wonder what I would do to make it better. I started to imagine my fantasy minimalist office.

On Belief

Charlie Pratt - Thursday, November 15th, 2012 in Opinion, Stuff I Can't Prove, Writing

Illustrated by Mark McGinnis

Illustrated by DKNG Studios. I freakin’ love this, you should buy a print.

I don’t post much about my faith, mostly because it’s rare that anyone’s words of faith are taken in proper context anymore. Even before a thought sinks in, a label is slapped on and compartmentalization takes place.

I’ve always found it interesting that so many designers in my realm are Christians. Many aren’t, and that’s okay too. Maybe it’s all a strange coincidence or just one of many perspectives on the matter. I don’t know.

Your Guy Sucks and So Do You

Charlie Pratt - Wednesday, October 17th, 2012 in Current, Opinion, Politics

Gone are the days when people used their passion to champion their issues. Or their candidate’s issues. The Hunger Games is on, and it’s political.

I’ve watched every minute of the Presidential debates between Mitt Romney and Barack Obama, and I’ve spent copious amounts of time perusing the web for reactions and thoughts. I’ve tried hard to get a sense of what people are really feeling, in spite of the noise and the rhetoric.

What I found is quite simple, and it’s got a name: bloodsport.

Sublime Text: Incarcerating Remote Files and Killing Orphans

Charlie Pratt - Friday, September 7th, 2012 in Tech

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	"caret_style": "phase",
	"color_scheme": "Packages/Color Scheme - Default/Cobalt.tmTheme",
	"font_size": 12.0,
	"wide_caret": true,
	"word_wrap": true,
	"open_files_in_new_window": false,
	"close_windows_when_empty": true
}

This is a nerd post. Sane humans, look away. LOOK AWAY FROM ME.

What you see above are my user settings in Sublime Text. This is a lovely setup and I recommend it. A few of these little gems are credited to the knowhow of Sam Hernandez (@sam_h), a wonderful fellow and coworker of mine at Bold.

What I’m here to show you today is a small but crucial change to the default settings that will make your life easier. NOTE: This is for the OS X version of Sublime Text.