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My List of Candidates for “2020 Word of the Year”…
2020 started out with the the hope, optimism excitement of a newfound decade of reimagined “Roaring ’20’s” ahead of us, as champagne glasses clinked ringing in the new year last January 1st. Then things changed. We’ve adjusted our lives in previously unexpected ways and we learned a bevy of new vocabulary. Every year has it’s top entries for “Word of the Year” but 2020 brought us a rapid array of terms that quickly sprouted up and found roots in the news and media of all types. My tops candidates for “2020 Word of the Year” are: Coronavirus/Covid-19/Pandemic–Obviously. New Normal Pivot Digital Upskilling Election/Vote
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Learning To Program Is Hard…
Learning to program is hard. Learning to program on your own is REALLY hard. In my journey, I’ve come across many different courses, books, videos and other seemingly endless ways of learning. Some more confusing than others. But by way of self-studying, while frustrating, I’ve also gained the confidence of accomplishment from learning on my own and knowing how to get the information I need. There are time’s I want to quit. Many times. Sometimes, just having the right learning materials and methods of instruction can make ALL the difference. I firmly believe this. Similar to what separates a good trainer from and bad trainer, or a good teacher from…
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Vim–The Vi IMproved Text Editor
As happens SO MANY times when I am learning to program, I start off on one topic, and then, the journey quickly swerves into unchartered territory and I find myself in the deep reaches of the Google-verse searching up topics I didn’t even know existed or previously knew little to nothing about. It was during one such journey that I stumbled across Vim. Upon first learning about it, I quickly opened it up in my command line to see what it was, and then, just as quickly, I ended up hating it. As seems to be the norm for many a Vim newbie. But seeing that is was a lightweight…
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“Facts do not cease to exist because they are ignored.”
Remember… “Facts do not cease to exist because they are ignored.” Aldous Huxley, writer & philosopher
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Essential Music: “Outstanding” by The Gap Band
Growing up around music, some tunes just stuck in my head, even if I didn’t know what they were at the time. One of these songs is “Outstanding” by The Gap Band. You will hear this song at many a family function and cookout. The hook to this song makes you want to throw your hands in the air and do a two-step. Just see how people feel about this song from the comments section on YouTube: “If this track aint played at family function its ain’t right!!!!” “Feel good music…the way it’s supposed to be.” “Great song and what I really love is everyone is dancing and don’t have…
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Music.
Music is everything. It gets us through the good times and bad. I grew up in a family that enjoyed music so I always had music around. My father had a huge record collection and my oldest brother was the epitome of cool to me back then, so anything he listened to was naturally the cool thing that I wanted to listen to. Some tunes just stuck in my head.
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Dual Economy Continues to Emerge as Millions Have Lost Jobs But Hiring Booms In Some Sectors…
It’s a tale of two economies. We keep hearing about dueling aspects of the economy as this new normal emerges. Many are referring to this as a “K-shaped” recovery, where some industries are rebounding and continuing to due well, especially in the tech sector (but also real-estate and financial services), while others tied to the hospitality and service industry continue to suffer. An article in the WSJ highlights this trend that the tech sector is soaring, due to a variety of factors ranging from effects of the Covid-19 (coronavirus) crisis including remote work and stay at home quarantine orders, which has led to increases in everything tech from cloud-computing to…
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Learning To Program Frustrations…
Sometimes I get so frustrated learning this programming. I find myself just seeming to go through the motions of reading and re-reading the material, analyzing each chapter over and over again. I follow the exercises, typing them in repetitively and seeming to just go through the motions. At points it feels like nothing is sinking in and that I’m not even recalling the previous lessons I’ve learned, which further adds to my frustration. It’s these lows that counter-balance and depress the highs that I receive when I actually get a concept and it seems to sink in.
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Big Tech Companies Bet on NYC’s Return…
“We know that talent attracts talent, and we believe that the creative energy of cities like New York will continue to attract diverse professionals from around the world,” said Ardine Williams, Amazon’s vice president of work force development. Executives at the companies said their investments even during one of the city’s darkest periods reflect their belief that the features that set New York apart — its diversity, culture, regional transportation network and numerous colleges and universities — will keep luring people after the pandemic. “The big takeaway here is that New York will always be a tech hub,” said William Floyd, director of external affairs for Google’s New York offices,…
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