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Scala FAQ: Can you share some examples of using tuples in Scala?

A Scala tuple is a class that can contain a miscellaneous collection of elements. I like to think of them as a little bag or container you can use to hold things and pass them around.

You create a tuple with the following syntax, enclosing its elements in parentheses. Here's a tuple that contains an Int and a String:

Mac batch image resizing FAQ: How can I "batch resize" images (photos) on Mac OS X (for free, preferably)?

A long time ago I wrote about how to batch resize images on Mac OS X from the command line in my How to batch resize images on Mac OS X using ImageMagick. That approach is fine for techies who don't mind cracking open the Mac Terminal application, using the Unix command line to navigate to their folder, and then process their images. But what about regular Mac users, those who don't want to ever see a Mac Terminal window?

Just a quick note today that I'm slowly building a new front page design for this website. My goal is to create more of a "Tumblr" design, where I can list everything that's new on the front page, including blog posts, bookmarks, short text blurbs, source code snippets, and photos. At the moment, all that shows up on the front page are blog posts, so if you only see the front page, you're only getting a very small idea of "What's new" here.

After looking at my website (alvinalexander.com) yesterday on my iPad, I thought maybe I should create a custom version of the website for mobile devices. However, after looking at the stats, it appears that there's a 10:1 ratio of stationary devices to mobile devices, which you can see in this graphic, courtesy of Google Analytics:

Who's using Scala? With the recent blog post by LinkedIn (LinkedIn is using the Play Framework), showing that they're using the Play Framework, I thought I'd take a quick look at who we know is using Scala these days.

According to the Scala in the Enterprise page (and general knowledge), the following companies are using Scala: