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The Future of College is Virtually Unknown
Last month my family and I received an email we had been dreading. The subject line seemed fairly innocuous Fall 2020 Updated Housing Options, but it delivered the message that our 18-year-old daughter would not be spending her Freshman year at college on campus.
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The Impact of the Cloud on Universities
An Executive Interview with Chris Manriquez, Vice President for Information Technology/CIO at California State University, Dominguez Hills I’ve been chatting (virtually) with some of the execs I admire—from across a range of industries—to get insights on how they’re using cloud tech
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The Impact of the Cloud on Higher Education
Carmen Lidz is the Vice Chancellor and Chief Information Officer at Los Angeles Community College District, where she shapes the technology vision and implements strategies, infrastructure, and enterprise systems and services to support the entire...
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ToadCast 014 - Everyone's got a phone and a toilet
Joining me for our 14th ToadCast is Chris Trahey where we talk about doing what is right for your clients and the benefits of developers as technical sales. We also discuss notification overload, the anxiety surrounding a desire to know everything, and managing your todo list.
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ChickTech High School Workshop
All developers know the feeling of accomplishment that comes with completing a tricky section of code. To me that feeling is a distant second to the accomplishment felt when teaching someone else the joys of this hobby/career that I hold so dear. This past weekend (Jan.
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Getting Kids Interested in Programming with MIT's Scratch
By day, I am mild-mannered web developer, but by night I go by another title: "Dad". Like most parents, I hope that my children will spend their days doing something constructive instead of wasting precious early development time absorbing mindless entertainment.