Practical IOT
The use of IoT and lots of data is allowing governments to better serve their citizens.
2022-11-12
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Editorials
Losing Skills Because of Automation
When I was younger, it seemed that everyone I worked with in technology knew how to build a computer. Most knew how to work with a BIOS, were comfortable with command lines, and could assemble complex compiler directives into a Make file. Over time, it seems many people, especially Windows and MacOS users, became focused […]
2022-11-11
201 reads
Psychological Safety
Building psychological safety inside of a company is hard, but it is important to build trust and develop a team.
2022-11-09
77 reads
DevOps is Culture
A big part of adopting DevOps and becoming better at building software is establishing culture.
2022-11-07
196 reads
Life Organization
For years, those of us in technology have often worked outside of the core working hours for the rest of our organization. Whether this is being on-call, staying late, or coming in when asked. It's not uncommon for many developers and Ops staff to work 60, 70, or more hours to get things built/deployed/supported for […]
2022-11-04
170 reads
From Compass '99 to Data Community Summit 2022
Steve looks back at Summits past and his excitement for this year.
2022-11-03 (first published: 2022-11-02)
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2022-10-31
227 reads
Friendship and Your Career
PASS Data Community Summit is coming up like an out of control freight train. Another couple of weeks and it'll be here. I'm excited about it every year and I really hope to see you there. Please, consider this a personal invite to say hi if you see me around. I'm bringing all this up […]
2022-10-29
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2022-10-28
144 reads
Cone of Uncertainty
Our design and modeling is often done with some level of uncertainty. Steve has a few guidelines today.
2022-10-26
166 reads
Blogs
Advice I Like: Experience and Aptitude
By Steve Jones
Experience is overrated. Most breakthrough accomplishments were done by people doing them for the...
Plan Time for Self-Development
By Brian Kelley
As you begin the new year, if you don't already have time set aside...
BK’s Bookshelf: Never Split the Difference
By Brian Kelley
I picked up Never Split the Difference: Negotiating As If Your Life Depended On...
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