Seth Godin starts our day with a post on the power of fear. As usual, it is an excellent post that you should read. KD Nuggets gives us some information on the best advice from Quora on “How to learn machine learning”. It is a solid summary of the Quora discussion with a bunch of… Read More Geek Reading October 19, 2015
Yes, you get a double dose of geek reading today, thanks to my terrible short term memory. In the “other stuff” category, we have two very interesting posts. First, Dilbert (yes, the comic) has an excellent way to start your day. Anyone who writes typical software will know how that feels. Next, TechCrunch reports on… Read More Geek Reading October 16, 2015
VentureBeat leads the day reporting on the growth of computer science as a major for women at Stanford. Obviously, this is just one school and it is near Silicon Valley, but this could be the start of a larger trend. The Guardian tells us about more carmakers that have issues with their diesel emissions tests.… Read More Geek Reading October 12, 2015
Now that the holiday in the US is over we can get back to our normal programming. Today we are going to focus on performance. First, on msol, they talk about why you are probably wrong about caching. The idea is that caching is not entirely easy and it opens up a different class of… Read More Geek Reading September 8, 2015
Happy Labor Day to all of you in the states! The weekend did not have a lot of news, but it did bring us some good reading. There is plenty to read in the development section, but I am going to focus on machine learning today. First, WildML gives us a nice example of building… Read More Geek Reading September 7, 2015
I want to apologize to the 3 people that really await this post every day, I was sick on Friday and unable to post:) That means we have a lot of articles today. Leading the weekend edition, Reuters reports on another Earth-like planet discovered using the Kepler telescope. There seems to be more excitement surrounding… Read More Geek Reading July 27, 2015
Today is all about the job and containers. First, Johanna Rothman talks about management, humanity and expectations. Basically, people are human and have emotions inside and outside of work. So, how do you manage that? On Both Sides of the Table, Mark Suster talks about exclusivity in deals for a startup. Basically, it totally makes… Read More Geek Reading June 24, 2015
Today we have a big mix of good articles. On Both Sides of the Table, there is a good discussion of understanding your character as an entrepreneur. This also applies to most of your career, so take a long look at it. In development, Henrik Warne has a great list of lessons learned in software… Read More Geek Reading April 21, 2015
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