“In order to be an effective programmer, you need to possess a combination of traits that allow your skill, experience, and knowledge to produce working code. There are some technically skilled developers who will never be effective because they lack the other traits needed. Here are seven traits that are necessary to become a great programmer.“
Digital Experience is Content by Another Name: Finding the Diamond in the Coal | Co.Create: Creativity \ Culture \ Commerce
“Digital technology has vaporized throughout our world, so much so that the very word “digital” has lost its association with technology and has become shorthand for the content we distribute through this channel. In this video, the first in the weekly series of Scrubber Bar Stories, Rob Davis, Executive Director of Ogilvy & Mather’s Advanced Video Practice, explores content strategy and the role of content in the purchase funnel.“
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ACLU, EFF sue for license plate record disclosure in Los Angeles | Ars Technica
” We’ve published stories showing how people crossing the US-Mexico border are routinely subject to license plate scans, which is in turn, shared with insurance companies. An intrepid data scientist claimed to have found the location of Minneapolis’ stationary LPRs based on studying public records of the complete log file that he had requested. ”
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Beer Drones To Deliver Brew to Concertgoers [VIDEO]
“During August’s OppiKoppi Music Festival, attendees can order beers from their phones to be delivered the event’s District 9 campsite. The beer-equipped drones will swoop down and deliver beer via parachute to the appropriate customer, as explained in the video above. The organizers say the beer drones are now hand-guided, but in the future they’ll fly on a GPS grid.”
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Sump pump alarm sends text message as water rises
We’ve got some friends who have two sump pumps. One is a backup and sounds an alarm when it is switched on. But this only works as long as they’re home to hear it. [Felix Rusu] came up with a solution what will text him if the sump pump fails. This way he can head home, or call someone to check in on the problem if he’s away.
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