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  • 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…

  • Data Scientist Skill Set

    O’Reilly released a free downloadable report a while back that presents the results of a survey of Data Scientists across the industry – circa 250 respondents. The report looks at a list of skills and classifies Data Scientists into 4 main categories: Data Businessperson Data Creative Data Developer Data Researcher Under each of these headings…

  • Pen based Productivity Tools – The Chronodex

    Back on the subject of paper based tools today as one of the tools that I use has just had its 2015 release – the Chronodex by Patrick Ng. This is released in two halves and is available as a download  for the first half of 2015. (You will need a printer after downloading and…