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  • Results from IT Professionals and CPD Survey

    I have analysed the results for the IT Professionals and CPD survey I have been running recently and this blog post is to show them. There were 21 replies to the survey. I would have liked more, however the results illustrate a sample of what IT Professionals are doing for development and CPD. Remembering of…

  • Data Science Tools and Cloud Usage

    At the end of 2014 O’Reilly published a Data Science Salary Survey report. Two areas of the report that caught my attention not because of the Salary side, but because of the other data collected and the trends it shows. The first of these is the popularity of Tools that help enable Data Scientists. R and Excel…

  • Open Source for DevOps Practices in a Microsoft Environment

    Microsoft have just released the slides and training for Open Source for DevOps Practices via the Microsoft Virtual Academy. The training covers 4 sessions and uses some Microsoft Tools/Services in the demonstrations/training: What DevOps Means Here; Common DevOps Practices and Supporting Open Source Tooling Version Control as a Communication Tool; Issue Trackers as a Coordination…

  • The Echo Chamber Effect

    I was chatting with a colleague in the office about the survey I am currently conducting and he suggested that I be aware of the “Echo Chamber Effect” when analysing the results. So I went off to look further into this. So what is the “Echo Chamber Effect”. A line from Wikipedia sums this up…

  • Survey on IT professionals and CPD Hours

    Following on from my blog on IT professionals and CPD Hours and the survey I have been running to look at I am going to keep the survey open for another week as there has not been a high response so far. I am hoping for some more responses before starting to analyse the results…

  • Machine Intelligence Landscape

    A great info sheet from http://www.shivonzilis.com/ Larger version of this can be found at: https://www.dropbox.com/s/qobt07e9skpk1z2/Machine_Intelligence_Landscape_12-10-2014.png?dl=0

  • Doctor Who: Friendly Dalek teaches you to code

    The BBC has announced a novel way to bring coding/programming to youngsters ( following the latest UK Governments initiative to bring the next generation of IT professionals) Using a Time Lord and their most dangerous adversary to teach 6 to 12 year old’s how to code. The BBC has unveiled a computer game called The…

  • Learn a Programming Language – But which one?

    If you want to get into the realms of programming and coding by learning a language or learn a new language, then this infographic from carlcheo.com is a good place to start. (Click diagram for a larger version) PDF Version available at: http://cdn3.carlcheo.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/12/which-programming-language-should-i-learn-first-pdf.pdf Comparing coding languages as characters from Lord of the Rings, rating them on difficulty,…

  • Continuous Delivery Visualisations

    In one of my researching “DevOps and current state in the marketplace” moments, I came across these 4 drawings by Nhan Ngo (Engineer at Spotify) – (Distributed under a Creative Commons licence), that she created whilst reading a book called “Continuous Delivery: Reliable Software Releases through Build, Test, and Deployment Automation (Addison-Wesley Signature Series (Fowler))”…

  • IT Professionals and Continuing Professional Development (CPD) Hours

    After a recent conversation with someone who works in the Dental Industry on development and learning, I learnt that they have to complete a number of CPD (Continuing Professional Development) hours a year and a minimum number over a 5 year period. Following this I carried out a short investigation into the amount CPD requirements…