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IoT Cloak of Invisibility
With the upsurge in the IoT (Internet of Things), wearable tech and the desire to be constantly connected within the world, there is also now an emerging market of other things to protect yourself as security devices. Once such item is an RFID Blocking Wallet that protects your debit and credit cards from giving off data…
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Testing your base R skills
Fancy testing your R skills? There is an Base R Assessment written by Francis Smart now available. Presents a good challenge on testing your skills based on 5 different skill levels. The tests are slightly slow at the moment but worth a go to challenge yourself. Source: http://www.econometricsbysimulation.com/2015/02/base-r-assessment.html
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Walking and Thinking
Having read two interesting articles recently-“Thought experiment walking conference calls sitting is killing me” and “Hiking makes you happier“, I have been thinking about how much as slave to the keyboard I have become recently and need to break away from it. Unfortunately there is the need to still sit at my desk and type lots…
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Architecture in Practice
Having worked as an Architect for many years its always good to look at different methodologies and practices as they come up and to refresh your thinking on today’s Architecture practices. One of the recent additions to the Microsoft Virtual Academy is the “Architecture in Practice” course which brings Microsoft’s latest views on Architecture using…
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CPD is a two way street
Another comment from the CPD and Learning Survey: CPD is a two way street. It requires commitment from both the employer and the employee. In the main CPD should be a two way street, however there are some cases where this may not apply, such as a contractor who gains their skills through experience, or someone…
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Statistical Inference Resources
Here are some useful links and resources to learning Statistical Inference Statistical Inference -Coursera Data Science series. An Introduction to Statistical Learning with Applications in R DSO 530: Applied Modern Statistical Learning Techniques The Elements of Statistical Learning Wikibook of Statistics Introduction to Statistical Thought Advanced Data Analysis from an Elementary Point of View simpleR – Using…
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Rocking your skills in February
Microsoft have set out a challenge for February through the Microsoft Virtual Academy to Rock your skills over the month through a series of Challenges based on 8 different tracks: Cloud Development Game Development Mobile Development Web Development Hybrid Cloud Identity & Access Management Office 365 Sharepoint I have decided to opt for the Identity…
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No Batteries Required: My Personal Journal
As illustrated in my blog post on Personal Knowledge Management, I have been keeping a journal since 2007 of personal thoughts and events in a Moleskine rather than putting everything online. Just at nearing the final pages of number 13 to move onto the next one, I went back to the previous Journals and found that…
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Have you tried R yet?
If you have not yet had a chance to try “R” as a language, here is a good site for having a go at some of the functions and power of the R programming language. Code School – Try R There are 8 lessons in this group Using R Vectors Matrices Summary Statistics Factors Data…
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Max Hemingway 