Tag: Software
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What's in a name?
Posted on May 4, 2020, Level intermediate Resource Length long
Often when we talk about accessibility problems, we end up talking about a number of different errors that all boil down to a missing accessible name: form fields without labels, images without alts, icon buttons without readable text, and many more. Written by Sarah Higley.
Tags web-development ux software css frontend
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How to unlock Windows systems with a bootable flash drive
Posted on May 2, 2020, Level advanced Resource Length long
Accessing a locked system is always a challenge. Full-disk encryption presents an immediate challenge to forensic experts. When acquiring computers with encrypted system volumes, the investigation cannot go forward without breaking the encryption first. By Oleg Afonin from ElcomSoft.
Tags infosec programming software
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A Guide to software delivery value stream mapping
Posted on April 27, 2020, Level beginner Resource Length medium
Value-stream mapping (VSM) is a lean manufacturing technique popularized in the 90s after its successful applications in the manufacturing industry with companies like Toyota. Written by Tiffany Jachja.
Tags software cio management agile
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How to use Roam Research: a tool for metacognition
Posted on April 24, 2020, Level beginner Resource Length long
A few weeks ago I discovered Roam which brands itself as "a note-taking tool for networked thought." Let's have a look at how to use Roam Research to achieve your personal growth goals. Written by Anne-Laure Le Cunff.
Tags data-science big-data management machine-learning software
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Product and service update emails -- best practices and examples
Posted on April 19, 2020, Level beginner Resource Length medium
Nataly Birch wrote this article about importance of well crafted product update email. The product update email is a unique type of newsletter. Although it seems that it does not differ from others, it is a collaboration between marketing and product teams.
Tags agile software management
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Building a CLI chat app with Go and WebSockets
Posted on March 18, 2020, Level beginner Resource Length short
In this tutorial you will elarn about more about the WebSockets protocol. Go provides a WebSocket library, but the Go team advises to use other solutions built by the community. By Gustavo Caso.
Tags programming golang software
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Variable fonts: Is the performance trade-off worth it?
Posted on March 8, 2020, Level beginner Resource Length long
Anna Monus wrote this piece about variable fonts. Variable fonts are popular for two reasons: they expand design possibilities and improve website performance. While the former statement is definitely true since variable fonts do provide infinite typographical choices, the latter only holds under certain conditions.
Tags ux software web-development teams
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Can wearables keep up with us?
Posted on February 10, 2020, Level beginner Resource Length medium
Brinnae Bent and Jessilyn Dunn form Duke University wrote an article about wearable technology. Wearable technology has the potential to transform healthcare and research through accessible, continuous, and longitudinal health monitoring.
Tags software big-data data-science miscellaneous
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Embodied Learning is essential to Artificial Intelligence
Posted on February 9, 2020, Level beginner Resource Length medium
Jeff Hawkins has a principle that intuitively makes a lot of sense, yet is something that Deep Learning research has not emphasized enough. This is the notion of embodied learning. That is, biological systems learn from interacting with the environment. By Carlos E. Perez.
Tags software big-data data-science miscellaneous
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Quantum computing for the very curious
Posted on February 2, 2020, Level intermediate Resource Length long
If aliens have computers, it's because computers are the answer to a question that naturally occurs to both human and alien civilizations. By Andy Matuschak and Michael Nielsen.
Tags how-to cloud data-science machine-learning big-data software
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Here's what I learned about SaaS during my 5 years at Buildium, after it sold for $580M
Posted on January 29, 2020, Level beginner Resource Length medium
I think it's clear that the world of technology start-ups is pretty screwed up when it comes to financial valuations. Only in this world is whether or not your company is profitable so often seen as being of secondary importance. I digress. By Geoff Roberts.
Tags software-architecture startups how-to software
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How to apply Lean Principles to your startup's productivity and time management
Posted on January 10, 2020, Level beginner Resource Length medium
John Rampton wrote this article about how focusing on one thing at a time is a very good start to your productivity.
Tags agile frameworks miscellaneous software how-to