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Dayton, OH
Joined February 2008
Michael Bowman retweeted
The biggest challenge the software engineering industry has today is not related to engineering. It's related to teaching. How can we train (very) junior engineers to get to a level where they are autonomous enough, in a reasonable timeframe? Can we do this in a remote setting?
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NIGHTINGALE HAS ONLY 4 DAYS LEFT ON OUR SUBSCRIBER DRIVE AND ONLY NEED 75 MORE!!!!! We need your help! @DataVizSociety
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So... I wrote this article a couple of weeks ago, without any of the context of what's happening now. It's just by chance it's coming out now, but it's actually pretty timely. Your Team is Not "Them" css-tricks.com/your-team-is-…
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the greatest philosophers of our time were found on Yahoo Answers
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3D Terrain is now in @mapbox Studio! A quick toggle and exaggeration to your liking - all you need to do to turn it on.
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I've created a website collecting some tips and tricks that I always use to create web applications which are both responsive and accessible out of the box. It's important to makes sure that our web apps can be used by all users on any device! responsibleweb.app/
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1. Practice empathy 2. Do more thinking than coding 3. Read the docs and make them better 4. Write a thank you note to a teammate 5. Build real human connections 6. Use your influence to lift up others 7. Teach vulnerability by example
Pro athletes do drills to improve. Developers can too: 1. Practice new keyboard shortcuts 2. Do coding katas 3. Read open source code 4. Write a lib/framework 5. Build the same app in multiple languages 6. Use your app blindfolded with a screen reader 7. Teach others
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More love, more compassion, more justice, more good in 2021. Amen.
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After a deadly mistake sapped public confidence in inoculations, the medical community found an unlikely ally in the King of Rock ’n Roll. politico.com/news/magazine/2…
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2020 in Graphics: my team @usatgraphics created many graphics trying to explain visually some of the big news of 2020. Here are a few of them: @USATODAY usatoday.com/in-depth/news/2…
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Title: Mercator Me: *eye twitch*
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happy birthday to Paul Simonon and shoutout to Pennie Smith for capturing one of my favorite photos in music history and shoutout to that p bass for its service
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3D Maps + Camera API + Sky API Launch: @Mapbox GL JS v2 mapbox.com/blog/mapbox-gl-js…
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I started using @observablehq almost a year ago, I gathered all the steps and resources that helped me create and learn so much this year, as well as my process 🎁 observablehq.com/@makio135/c… #svg #javascript #p5js #glsl #100thPublicNotebook 🎉
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CSS in JS
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Instead of spending $5 Billion for a portion of the wall, how about giving every single state $100 million to boost teacher pay and upgrade the classroom? Seems like a better investment to me...
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