Chuck

Jul 162014
 

Here is a good reference for aspiring and professional programmers.  By Joel Lee at MakeUseOf.com…

If you want to succeed as a programmer, you need to immerse yourself in the programming culture. This is more true if you’re still a pupil. The field of programming is so broad and there’s so much information to absorb that you’ll never come out on top if you participate from a distance. Fortunately, blogs are a readily accessible medium keep you in the loop.

via 7 Blogs You Should Really Read If You Are A Student Programmer.

 Posted by at 7:36 am
Jul 132014
 

Wow.  I learned a few tricks in this article by Ryan Dube at MakeUseOf.com…

Hidden features you say? Absolutely. They include keyboard shortcuts, secret tricks and other interesting features that most long-term Windows 7 users never realized existed, and a few features that amazingly were added as late as the last year or two – evidence by the fact that they were just recently added to the Windows 7 New Features download provided by Microsoft.

via 5 Windows 7 Features You Didn’t Know Existed.

 Posted by at 2:11 pm
Jul 022014
 

Life tips!  From TheMindUnleashed.org…

Marc and Angel are the authors of 1000 Little Things Happy Successful People Do Differently. Here’s their amazing list of 30 things to start doing for yourself. If you enjoy this, be sure to visit their website for more inspirational advice and tips for life.

via 30 Things To Start Doing For Yourself. #4 Is Absolutely Vital | The Mind Unleashed.

 Posted by at 10:31 am
Jun 262014
 

What a great collection!  By Anup More at Linux.com…

Often due to some restrictions by the web development company, most of the web developers are forced to use free open source platforms such as Ubuntu. For such developers, it becomes headache to work without the tools that are mandatory and used for developing a website. However, there are some similar tools available for Linux that can be used in the web development.

via Web Development Tools for Linux & How to Install Them | Linux.com.

 Posted by at 3:55 pm
Jun 262014
 

An impressive list of upcoming changes to Android, ChromeOS, Chromecast, Google Docs, and more.  By JR Raphael at ComputerWorld.com…

The big G kicked off its annual Google I/O developers’ conference with a massive two-and-a-half-hour keynote this morning — and this one was positively jam-packed with huge consumer news. Last year’s I/O may have been relatively quiet, but El Goog more than made up for it with this year’s avalanche of announcements.

via Google I/O condensed: The 33 most important things to know | Computerworld Blogs.

 Posted by at 8:14 am
Jun 232014
 

While I appreciate the good intentions behind it, here comes another unfunded mandate increasing the costs in higher education.  Next story line (from a different author) will be something like “The Soaring Costs of Tuition in U.S. Higher Education.”

By Karen Farkas at Cleveland.com…

In a continuing effort to curb campus sexual assaults, the U.S. Department of Education officially proposed a new rule that requires colleges and universities to compile statistics for incidents of dating violence, domestic violence and stalking, Inside Higher Ed reported.

via Universities may be required to keep statistics on dating violence, domestic violence and stalking: Higher Education Roundup | cleveland.com.

 Posted by at 3:43 pm
Jun 192014
 

I’ll be checking in on this interesting initiative.  I have three family members going to school here.

By Conner Forest at TechRepublic.com…

Virginia’s Chesterfield County Schools recently announced that it will launch the largest education deployment of Chromebooks to date. Here’s what you can learn from it.

via 32,000 Chromebooks: How a Virginia school system bet on Google’s PC platform – TechRepublic.

 Posted by at 3:38 pm