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How to write a Short Biography for your CV and LinkedIn profile
I have been asked a few times on how I have compiled my biography on my LinkedIn Profile so have written this post to help. There are many ways to do this and different formats. A biography or simply bio is a detailed description or account of a person’s life Bibliography (n.d.). Biography. Retrieved from…
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Take a Reading Break
We are constantly in a state of learning, reading computer screens and documents, however when was the last time you read a book or a chapter of a book? I usually find that I have read so many pages of text these days that sometimes a book is the last thing to pick up and…
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Is Upgrading to Windows 10 Plain Sailing?
I decided to take the plunge and join the other 14 million Windows users who have downloaded and upgraded to Windows 10. Expecting a good experience and easy upgrade I was soon put right on my expectations. After backing up my data, I followed the Windows Update method of upgrade. My PC downloaded the Windows 10 upgrade and after…
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Reference Architectures for DevOps and Continuous Delivery
There are a lot of different Reference Architectures available for DevOps and Continuous Delivery. Derek E Weeks has brought together some of the most common ones into two presentations: DevOps and Continuous Delivery Reference Architectures – Volume 1 DevOps and Continuous Delivery Reference Architectures – Volume 2 A useful reference source.
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Visual Introduction to Machine Learning
I came across this “Visual Introduction to Machine Learning” in a forum. This is an experimental site showing statistical thinking with an interactive web page. The page builds as you scroll down and takes you through a journey of Machine Learning. It provides a high level graphical view of: Nuance Drawing boundaries Machine learning Forks Tradeoffs…
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Think about what you Git on the Hub
GitHub is a popular repository for developers and users to leave copies of code and information that can be shared with others in an Open Source manner. However as a recent article highlights (1 in 600 Top Websites Dangerously Exposed) some of the data stored in GitHub without any security enabled may expose a business…
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2015 State of DevOps Report
I last wrote about this annual report on 18th May with the opening of the 2015 DevOps Survey. The results are in, compiled and the 2015 state of DevOps Report has been released from Puppet Labs and it can be downloaded from: https://puppetlabs.com/2015-devops-report Key findings include: * • High-performing IT organizations experience 60 times fewer failures and…
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Habits and Patterns
During my recent vacation I was staying along the “Dinosaur Coast” in the UK and took my son fossil hunting along the coastline. Along the way were several other fossil hunters ranging from Amateurs to Semi Professionals. The thing I noticed observing the other hunters was their habits and methods used in searching the rock faces…
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Microsoft Free e-Books
Microsoft have released a large number of free ebooks across a number of subjects via a MDSN Blog. The subjects covered in the books are: .Net Azure Dynamics Hyper-V Lync Office Powershell Sharepoint SQL System Centre Surface Windows 7 Windows 8 Windows 10 Windows Server Link to MSDN Blog – Free Books
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Learning Data Science – Useful References
Firstly thanks to Tim Osterbuhr who prompted me to create this list of resources that I have found useful in learning about Data Science after he read my blog post on Learning Data Science. Tim has also provided some of the likes below as well. Here is the list of Useful References for Learning Data Science.…