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Professional Oaths
The word “profession” comes from the Latin “professus”, meaning to “affirm publicly”. Is it time to bring more written oaths of conduct into our professions to keep the quality of our work as high as possible?
Poisonous People
As your community expands, you’ll certainly have to deal with the associated growing pains. One issue that can be detrimental to the health of your community are poisonous people. Whether they know it or not, they can bring a healthy community to a standstill. Learn how to spot and deal with these types of folks before it’s too late.
A few things you might not have known about email
Sometimes email is considered a Web 1.0 technology, when in fact it predates the web. SMTP is part of the most basic plumbing on the net and has several advantages over newer, faster, “real-time” interactions.
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Ada Lovelace Day: Florence Nightingale
March 24th is Ada Lovelace day with the intent of highlighting the achievements of women in technology. My contribution to this effort is an article about Florence Nightingale and her invention of visualizations and methods to improve the health and lives of everyone.
Print on Demand
The world of print has always been too complicated, expensive and elusive for most people, but now under economic pressures, doors that were never available are slowly being pried open so that we can print to a heidelberg just as easy as an inkjet.