This week, we spoke about books, alternate podcast ideas, electronics, statistics and journaling.
Join us here: https://embedded.fm/episodes/507
Here's an excerpt from the show:
#NewPodcastAlert #TechPodcast #EmbeddedSystems
#IoT #ElectronicsDesign #HardwareEngineering #Microcontrollers
#CircuitDesign #STEMEducation #ContinuousLearning #ProfessionalDevelopment
#EngineeringLeadership #ProductDesign
This week on Embedded, Chris and Elecia talk about books, courses,, alternate podcasts, electronics, statistics, journaling and some Winnie the Pooh.
Join the chat here: https://embedded.fm/episodes/507
The transcript( https://embedded.fm/transcripts/507 ) from the show is also available now!
Thank you Mouser Electronics for sponsoring the show!
#NewPodcastAlert #TechPodcast #EmbeddedSystems
#IoT #ElectronicsDesign #HardwareEngineering #Microcontrollers
#CircuitDesign #STEMEducation #continuouslearning
Neuer Artikel im Blog:
TYPO3 lernen: Warum alte Methoden dich ausbremsen
https://wwagner.net/blog/a/typo3-lernen-warum-alte-methoden-dich-ausbremsen
Kevin Cox, Amy Norris and Erin Howland have Sessions within the Career Progression track at Nebraska.Code() next week!
Divine Documentation
Dad was about my age when he said that reading the manual was better than hypothesis driven button pressing. For teenage me, that took too long. Sure, I may have crashed a computer or two but following my gut got me there. Of course my gut isn’t that smart. In the decades preceding, devices had converged on a common pattern language of buttons. Once learned, the standard grammar of action would reliably deliver me to my destination.
Image of a nebula taken by the Hubble Telescope.In programming I was similarly aided by the shared patterns across MATLAB, Python, R, Java, Julia, and even HTML. In the end however, dad was right. Reading documentation is the way. Besides showing correct usage, manuals create a new understanding of my problems. I am able to play with tech thanks to the people that took the effort and the care to create good documentation. This is not limited to code and AI. During the startup years, great handbooks clarified accounting, fundraising, and regulations, areas foreign to me.
I love good documentation and I write documentation. Writing good documentation is hard. It is an exercise in deep empathy with my user. Reaching into the future to give them all they need is part of creating good technology. Often the future user is me and I like it when past me is nice to now me. If an expert Socratic interlocutor is like weight training, documentation is a kindly spirit ancestor parting the mist.
Maybe it’s something about being this age but now I try to impart good documentation practices to my teams. I also do not discourage pressing buttons to see what happens. Inefficient, but discovery is a fun way to spike interest.
Meanwhile, I’m reading a more basic kind of documentation. Writing English. Having resolved to write more, I’m discovering that words are buttons. Poking them gets me to where I want, but not always. Despite writerly ambitions, the basics are lacking. This became apparent recently when I picked up the book Artful Sentences by Virginia Tufte*. It’s two hundred and seventy pages of wonderful sentences dissected to show their mechanics. I was lost by page 5. The book is, temporarily, in my anti-library.
So, I’m going to the basics, Strunk and White, and William Zinsser. I’m hoping that Writing to Learn (finished) and On Writing Well (in progress) provide sufficient context about reasons to write to make the most of S&W, for the how, then somewhere down the road, savor Tufte.
* Those dastardly Tuftes are always making me learn some kind of grammar.
NEW on We 
Open Source
Avindra Fernando shares how learning to skate with his daughter shaped his view on software architecture & team building. Insightful thoughts on continuous learning, system thinking & collaboration.
Read more: https://allthingsopen.org/articles/podcast-build-better-software-stronger-teams
Joel Tosi and Jerry Koske present on Practical Agile at Nebraska.Code().
Jeren Hicks, Tyler Morten, Jerry Nixon, and Caleb Larsen have Sessions on Software Craftsmanship at Nebraska.Code().
Jeremy Clark, Kunle Adeleke, Pichaimani Rajesh Kumar, and Matt Williams have Full-Day Workshops this July at Nebraska.Code().
Mir fällt es immer wieder schwer, neben Beruf, Familie, dem Pflegen sozialer Kontakte und anderen eigenen Interessen einen nachhaltigen Fokus auf's Lesen zu legen. Umso besser, wenn man dafür einen "Accountability Partner" hat, oder einfacher: Teil eines Buchclubs wird. Nun habe ich davon sogar zwei und bin gespannt, ob ich diese Pace auf langer Strecke mitgehen kann. #BuchClub #ContinuousLearning
Was ist passiert, und was lesen wir?
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The only way to win is to learn faster than anyone else. Stay curious, stay hungry for knowledge. #ContinuousLearning
Lately, I’ve been thinking about how rapidly the threat landscape is evolving—and how creativity and collaboration are becoming just as important as technical skills in cybersecurity.
How do you stay inspired and ahead of the curve in this ever-changing field?
Jeren Hicks presents 'Lightning Talks: Sparking Continuous Learning
and a Healthy Culture' July 24th at Nebraska.Code().
Robert Boedigheimer presents on HTTP July 24th at Nebraska.Code().
Future-Proof Your Career: Why It’s Essential for Professionals Today!
Watch the full video here: https://youtu.be/Igt8qgKh7yo and let's embark on this journey to future-proof your career together!
I plan to read more about ASO in bed, but basically that's all for today, I guess. Not a particularly productive day, but that's Mondays for me, work takes most of Monday from me. 
#MondayMood #AppDevelopment #WorkLifeBalance #ASO #ContinuousLearning
#DojoDeProgrammation en ligne mercredi 19 mars de 12h à 14h
Organisé par @swcraftstras
On va coder sur un #KataDeProgrammation pour apprendre, pratiquer et perfectionner des gestes de #programmation.
Tous les niveaux sont acceptés, on s'adaptera.
Détails et liens ici : https://mobilizon.fr/events/f69772db-51b8-4f7c-9f9a-0fd1377843b9
Aspirants Artisans du Logiciel, nous relevons le niveau du développement de logiciels par la pratique et en transmettant nos savoir-faire.
Since then, I've actually set key results to fail more often (and to make people mad more often, and to make more mistakes) 
for myself.
It's a wild thing to make a mistake and then go:
"High five, self! Well done for making that mistake! Awesome job -- now what did we learn?"
It might sound silly, but it feels really good. And really, truly, can change things. Quickly.
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A pivotal insight from my entrepreneurial journey is the POWER of continuous learning! Embracing new knowledge leads to incredible transformation and growth. Have you experienced this in your career? Share your stories and insights—I’m eager to learn! 
#ContinuousLearning #growthmindset101
