Make online learning work for you
Here’s something you probably don’t say to yourself very often: “I have too much time.” The thought of adding one more entry to your list of things to keep track of is probably daunting to most people …
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Snake your way into programming with Python
Snakes can be a peculiar thing. Some people hate them, and others love them but no one can deny their — wait, what? Oh, the development language. Who’s ready to talk about Python? …
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Have some Raspberry Pi! The tiny computer that makes a big difference
I remember when I was young and my mom would put out a fresh raspberry pie. I would sneak downstairs and peel off the crust, just enough to get a little filling, and then would run away to her screams …
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Job profile: Become a UX designer
UX or User Experience — sometimes called UXD, for user experience design — is one of my biggest areas of focus in 2020, and we need it now more than ever. When developing an application or …
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Baked-in Bias: AI may not be forged from as many viewpoints as it should be
Artificial intelligence (AI) is an amazing realm and direction of research that promises to speed up the development of computer systems able to perform tasks that normally require human …
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Job profile: Become a Java developer
Java, not just a reason to stop by the local Starbucks anymore, has become a very propitious programming language to learn. Developers with strong Java fluency are in high demand. A search I ran …
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Getting trained and/or certified in agile development
Computers have been around longer than I have, but what I’m writing about today has not. Despite being relatively new, however, agile development has quickly become the holy grail of software …
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Job profile: Become a product manager
This article couldn’t be more timely for me. I/we really need a product manager at my current firm. It’s important to really detail out the need. So what does a product manager do, exactly, and why …
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Look! Up in the sky! The growing importance of drone technology
We love things that fly. Flying and flying things have always been a source of fascination for humans, and the latest fascination-with-flying trend could have an impact similar to the invention of the …
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Job profile: The job of webmaster has constantly evolved since the 1990s
Wow, it’s 2020 already — a year filled with “vision” statements and “hindsight” innuendos. It’s a year of change and forward movement, but most of all it is a year filled with technology and new …
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