Martin Fowler
MARCH 27, 2018
Nearly twenty years ago, I wrote "Refactoring", which is probably my most successful book. It's still a useful book, as the technique is one that doesn't change much with new languages and technology. But given that, a book that uses java.util.Vector is showing its age a bit. So, for the last couple of years I've been working on a new edition.
The Parallax
MARCH 20, 2018
VANCOUVER—If you’ve been looking for another reason to replace your old Wi-Fi router, here it is: A group of hackers could be using it to hide the origins of its online attacks. Inception Framework’s attack methodology has evolved since it was first detected in 2014 in part by Waylon Grange, senior threat researcher at computer security company Symantec.
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Let's Grow Leaders
MARCH 27, 2018
Do you ever feel like you’re just a bit under-qualified for your current role? Are you constantly waiting for the other shoe to drop? Do you lie awake at night, thinking of ways to cover up your weaknesses so no one will […]. The post Imposter Syndrome: 4 Ways to Defeat Self-Doubt appeared first on Let's Grow Leaders.
Henrik Warne
MARCH 13, 2018
In the book club at work , we recently finished reading Exercises in Programming Style by Cristina Videira Lopes. The book consists of a simple program implemented in 33 different programming styles. It is a great way of showing the different styles, and the book was quite popular in the book club. The book is relatively new (it was published in 2014), and I don’t think it is as well-known as it deserves to be.
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O'Reilly Media - Data
MARCH 6, 2018
The O’Reilly Data Show Podcast: Ofer Ronen on the current state of chatbots. In this episode of the Data Show , I spoke with Ofer Ronen , GM of Chatbase , a startup housed within Google’s Area 120. With tools for building chatbots becoming accessible, conversational interfaces are becoming more prevalent. As Ronen highlights in our conversation, chatbots are already enabling companies to automate many routine tasks (mainly in customer interaction).
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Martin Fowler
MARCH 6, 2018
Several years ago, Diana Larsen and James Shore came up with their Agile Fluency model. This categorizes agile usage into four zones, where later zones produce more benefit, but also require greater investment. I've found this model a useful way to understand how different groups of people use agile ideas in varying ways. James and Diana have revised their article, renaming the zones, and adding more material on the benefits from each zone, the proficiencies they expect to see, and the investmen
The Parallax
MARCH 12, 2018
CANCÚN, Mexico—“Give me bitcoins now, or prepare to die.”. The declaration, a clear reference to the cult classic The Princess Bride, came from an otherwise-friendly Nao robot featured in a video designed to demonstrate that, like their computer predecessors that can’t walk or roll down the street, humanoid robots like SoftBank Robotics’ Nao and Pepper are susceptible to ransomware attacks.
Let's Grow Leaders
MARCH 20, 2018
When done well, corporate town hall meetings are an inspiring way to get everyone on the same page, to communicate your MIT priorities, to hear what’s on the minds of the people closest to your customer, and to say thank you. We’re […]. The post Town Hall Meetings: 6 Mistakes to Avoid in Your Leadership Message appeared first on Let's Grow Leaders.
General Leadership
MARCH 30, 2018
“There is something in you that you have to offer other people that is refreshing to them because it represents something that they don’t have. Finding your confidence in that is much more valuable than trying to compensate by pretending to be efficient in areas that you are not. -Steven Furtick. I find that observing the challenges of my children offers some very good insights into relationships and leadership.
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O'Reilly Media - Data
MARCH 29, 2018
The O’Reilly Data Show Podcast: Jesse Anderson and Paco Nathan on organizing data teams and next-generation messaging with Apache Pulsar. In this episode of the Data Show , I spoke with Jesse Anderson , managing director of the Big Data Institute , and my colleague Paco Nathan , who recently became co-chair of Jupytercon. This conversation grew out of a recent email thread the three of us had on machine learning engineers , a new job role that LinkedIn recently pegged as the fastest growing job
NeverFriday
MARCH 8, 2018
Haven’t posted about marketing in a while so here’s a good one: Someone spent thousands of dollars on buying things just to be able to post about them on Instagram. Invest in your business, consider the ROI. Calveiro would treat herself to monthly $200 shopping sprees so she wouldn’t be seen on Instagram wearing the same outfit twice. Imagine spending $200 a month on Facebook ads, Google ads or a LinkedIn Premium Sales Navigator ($65/month for individual account, $100/month for a tea
Martin Fowler
MARCH 1, 2018
Ham completes his article on showing how to use test pyramid in practice by looking at acceptance tests and exploratory testing. He also finishes with a few words on pipelines and the need to avoid duplication in testing between the layers of the pyramid.
The Parallax
MARCH 13, 2018
CANCÚN, Mexico—You can add gas stations to the growing list of real-world hacking targets. Two security researchers in Israel have new evidence that gas station systems, from cash registers to fuel pumps, are connected to the Internet and exposed to malicious hackers. The researchers who discovered the vulnerability, Ido Naor, a senior security researcher at Kaspersky Lab, and Amihai Neiderman, an independent researcher formerly at Azimuth Security, found gas stations connected to the Internet t
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Let's Grow Leaders
MARCH 15, 2018
When we talk about developing leadership skills in children, we’re often met with a sigh, “Oh my kids not ready for that…” And yet, most of us take a deliberate approach to developing other skills in our kids early on. We teach them […]. The post Developing Leadership Skills in Children: 11 Ways to Grow Your Kids appeared first on Let's Grow Leaders.
CTOvision
MARCH 31, 2018
None of us wanted this cyber war. But now that it is here all of us are targets. Even before the cyber war we were being overwhelmed with data. The average citizen is surrounded with information from TV, radio, entertainment, the Internet, social media, co-workers, neighbors, family, schools, the government as well as old sources […].
O'Reilly Media - Data
MARCH 8, 2018
How to find promising candidates for upskilling within your organization. Big data is often called one of the most important skill sets in the 21st century, and it’s experiencing enormous demand in the job market. Hiring data scientists and other big data professionals is a major challenge for large enterprises, leading many to shift their efforts to training existing staff.
Erik Bernhardsson
MARCH 26, 2018
I’ve been reading up on operations research lately, including queueing theory. It started out as a way to understand the very complex mortgage process (I work at a mortgage startup ) but it’s turned into my little hammer and now I see nails everywhere. One particular relationship that turns out to be somewhat more complex is the relationship between cycle time and throughput.
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Martin Fowler
MARCH 5, 2018
Evan Bottcher has been involved with several of our clients with microservices and platform building over the last few years. A couple of years ago, at one of our radar writing meetings, he gave a great presentation on what makes an effective way to think about platforms. We urged him to turn it into an article, but for a long time he was too busy to write it down.
Toptal
MARCH 29, 2018
As a good JavaScript developer, you strive to write clean, healthy, and maintainable code. While you solve interesting and unique challenges, you’ve likely found that you’re often writing code that looks similar to the code for an entirely different problem you’ve handled before. You may not know it, but you’ve used a design pattern.
Let's Grow Leaders
MARCH 8, 2018
Whether you’re a PMI certified project manager working to spearhead several large-scale projects, or a manager balancing a critical project while still doing your day job, you know the importance of communication. And yet, people typically don’t communicate well. Especially not about […]. The post How to Run a Better Project: A Communication Tool For Project Managers appeared first on Let's Grow Leaders.
CTOvision
MARCH 11, 2018
Bitcoin was the first implementation of a working blockchain technology. The idea has been built on with several other implementations. One of the most exciting is Ethereum. In some instances Ethereum's coin, Ether, is compared with Bitcoin, and you see both cited in cryptocurrency value listings. But Ethereum's implementation of blockchain goes far beyond the […].
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O'Reilly Media - Data
MARCH 15, 2018
The O’Reilly Data Show Podcast: Ameet Talwalkar on large-scale machine learning. In this episode of the Data Show , I spoke with Ameet Talwalkar , assistant professor of machine learning at CMU and co-founder of Determined AI. He was an early and key contributor to Spark MLlib and a member of AMPLab. Most recently, he helped conceive and organize the first edition of SysML , a new academic conference at the intersection of systems and machine learning (ML).
Change Starts Here
MARCH 6, 2018
One of the prescriptions to avoid causing resistance is to make change something that we do with people, not to people. When we do change to people, it feels forced, and people are more likely to dig in their heels to slow it down or stop it. People are less likely to respond negatively to […].
Women on Business
MARCH 8, 2018
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Toptal
MARCH 27, 2018
Gestalt principles are an important set of ideas for any designer to learn and their implementation can greatly improve the aesthetics of a design as well as its functionality and user-friendliness.
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Let's Grow Leaders
MARCH 13, 2018
Early in my career, I made a critical mistake that’s very common, even when you’re a leader who cares and wants to motivate your team. I discovered my mistake when Joanne handed me an envelope. Inside was a single page. I unfolded […]. The post Motivate Your Team – Avoid This Mistake appeared first on Let's Grow Leaders.
Next Level Blog
MARCH 13, 2018
Think about the last time you made a big purchase like a car, a major appliance or a mattress. With the possible exception of the car, there’s a pretty good chance you bought the product online after reading a lot of customer reviews. Why was that the case? Of course, one reason is that Amazon and other online retailers make it really easy to buy things online.
O'Reilly Media - Data
MARCH 22, 2018
A deep dive into model interpretation as a theoretical concept and a high-level overview of Skater. Over the years, machine learning (ML) has come a long way, from its existence as experimental research in a purely academic setting to wide industry adoption as a means for automating solutions to real-world problems. But oftentimes, these algorithms are still perceived as alchemy because of the lack of understanding of the inner workings of these model (see Ali Rahimi, NIPS '17 ).
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