Martin Fowler

MARCH 6, 2018

Several years ago, Diana Larsen and James Shore came up with their Agile Fluency model. This categorizes agile usage into four zones, where later zones produce more benefit, but also require greater investment. I've found this model a useful way to understand how different groups of people use agile ideas in varying ways. James and Diana have revised their article, renaming the zones, and adding more material on the benefits from each zone, the proficiencies they expect to see, and the investmen

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NeverFriday

MARCH 8, 2018

Haven’t posted about marketing in a while so here’s a good one: Someone spent thousands of dollars on buying things just to be able to post about them on Instagram. Invest in your business, consider the ROI. Calveiro would treat herself to monthly $200 shopping sprees so she wouldn’t be seen on Instagram wearing the same outfit twice. Imagine spending $200 a month on Facebook ads, Google ads or a LinkedIn Premium Sales Navigator ($65/month for individual account, $100/month for a tea

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Let's Grow Leaders

MARCH 8, 2018

Whether you’re a PMI certified project manager working to spearhead several large-scale projects, or a manager balancing a critical project while still doing your day job, you know the importance of communication. And yet, people typically don’t communicate well. Especially not about […]. The post How to Run a Better Project: A Communication Tool For Project Managers appeared first on Let's Grow Leaders.

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O'Reilly Media - Data

MARCH 7, 2018

Natalie Evans Harris discusses the Community Principles on Ethical Data Practices (CPEDP), a code of ethics for data collection, sharing, and utilization. Continue reading Defining responsible data practices: A community-driven approach.

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Martin Fowler

MARCH 5, 2018

Evan Bottcher has been involved with several of our clients with microservices and platform building over the last few years. A couple of years ago, at one of our radar writing meetings, he gave a great presentation on what makes an effective way to think about platforms. We urged him to turn it into an article, but for a long time he was too busy to write it down.

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Let's Grow Leaders

MARCH 6, 2018

It’s easy to hire for rock stars—the folks with the exact niche skills you need in the marketplace. But don’t underestimate the value of a true utility player for long-term success. How (and Why) to Find, Hire (and Promote) a Utility Player […]. The post 5 Secrets of a Utility Player: How to Hire For Indispensable appeared first on Let's Grow Leaders.

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O'Reilly Media - Data

MARCH 8, 2018

Eric Colson explains why companies must now think very differently about the role and placement of data science in organizations. Continue reading Differentiating via data science.

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NeverFriday

MARCH 7, 2018

I have been making more time for conversations on Twitter and Facebook, feel free to reach out to talk about leadership in the tech industry, software or web development, ecommerce and SEO and digital marketing. Check out the NeverFriday Facebook page. If you’re interested in team training in Angular, Elm or Ruby on Rails you can send me a message on Facebook Messenger through the NeverFriday page.

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Erik Bernhardsson

MARCH 6, 2018

I started writing this blog in late 2012, partly because I felt like it would help me improve my English and my writing skills, partly because I kept having a lot of random ideas in my head and I wanted to write them down somewhere. I honestly never cared too much about finding a particular niche, I just wanted to write down stuff that I found interesting.

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Change Starts Here

MARCH 6, 2018

One of the prescriptions to avoid causing resistance is to make change something that we do with people, not to people. When we do change to people, it feels forced, and people are more likely to dig in their heels to slow it down or stop it. People are less likely to respond negatively to […].

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O'Reilly Media - Data

MARCH 7, 2018

Watch highlights covering machine learning, business intelligence, data privacy, and more. From the Strata Data Conference in San Jose 2018. Experts from across the data world came together in San Jose, California for the Strata Data Conference. Below you'll find links to highlights from the event. Hilary Mason looks at practical applications for intelligent machines and outlines the tools and processes needed to implement machine learning successfully.

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Career Advancement

MARCH 5, 2018

“Those who improve with age embrace the power of personal growth and personal achievement and begin to replace youth with wisdom, innocence with understanding, and lack of purpose with self-actualization.”. ~Bo Bennett~. Gianna had achieved some big milestones over the past year. Instead of coasting on these successes, she wanted to make a plan for building upon them.

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Toptal

MARCH 6, 2018

The market share for mobile and desktop browsing is about 50/50. For designers, this means responsive design is more important than ever, as users expect a seamless experience across all platforms and screen sizes.

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Software leaders who are building applications based on Large Language Models (LLMs) often find it a challenge to achieve reliability. It’s no surprise given the non-deterministic nature of LLMs. To effectively create reliable LLM-based (often with RAG) applications, extensive testing and evaluation processes are crucial. This often ends up involving meticulous adjustments to prompts.

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CTOvision

MARCH 5, 2018

Even though Bitcoin was launched in 2009, it became very popular in 2017. High speculation saw its price rise throughout the year to a high of almost $20,000, up from $1000 at the beginning of the year. Despite its speedy growth in value, this leading cryptocurrency has had its fair share of high volatility characterised […].

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O'Reilly Media - Data

MARCH 8, 2018

Seth Stephens-Davidowitz explains how to use Google searches to uncover behaviors or attitudes that may be hidden from traditional surveys. Continue reading Lessons in Google search data.

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Career Advancement

MARCH 5, 2018

“Those who improve with age embrace the power of personal growth and personal achievement and begin to replace youth with wisdom, innocence with understanding, and lack of purpose with self-actualization.” ~Bo Bennett~. Gianna had achieved some big milestones over the past year. Instead of coasting on these successes, she wanted to make a plan for building upon them.

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Toptal

MARCH 5, 2018

Launch yourself into Ethereum smart contract development with the Truffle framework! In this tutorial, Toptal Freelance Ethereum Developer Radek Ostrowski shows you how to create a practical ?App in the Solidity language, complete with its own ERC20 token.

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Multi-tenant architecture allows software vendors to realize tremendous efficiencies by maintaining a single application stack instead of separate database instances while meeting data privacy needs. When you use a data warehouse to power your multi-tenant analytics, the proper approach is vital. Multi-tenant analytics is NOT the primary use case with traditional data warehouses, causing data security challenges.

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Scott Berkun

MARCH 6, 2018

On Tuesdays I write about the top voted question on Ask Berkun (see the lovely archive ). This week’s question is from Crysel [44 votes]: What is the real motivation for creativity? For most of history people did not use the word creativity very much. They just invented and discovered things in the course of their lives without applying special labels to them.

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O'Reilly Media - Data

MARCH 8, 2018

Using silly data sets as examples, Janelle Shane talks about ways that algorithms fail. Continue reading Sprouted clams and stanky bean: When machine learning makes mistakes.

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SCRUMstudy

MARCH 7, 2018

The success of today’s organizations depends on how well they can adapt to the hurricane of changes sweeping across their industry. How can they do this? Many organizations are looking to Agile as the answer. In spite of its popularity, Agile has not been warmly embraced by large organizations. One of the obvious reasons for this is that large organizations do not undertake major changes unless absolutely necessary.

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Women on Business

MARCH 7, 2018

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Toptal

MARCH 8, 2018

In December 2017, Congress’ tax reform bill, amongst many sweeping changes, reduced the marginal tax rate to 21% from 35% for corporations, and limited their use of interest expense as a tax shield. This article explores the implications of these changes for traditional methods of valuation, including the discounted cash flow (DCF) method and the EBITDA multiple method for the corporate manager and finance professional.

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O'Reilly Media - Data

MARCH 7, 2018

Ben Lorica explores emerging security best practices for business intelligence, machine learning, and mobile computing products. Continue reading Privacy in the age of machine learning.

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CTOvision

MARCH 9, 2018

Computers continue to control vast swathes of our lives – and the trend shows no sign of abating. One day we may work alongside robots, but for the moment we need to nurture AI to reach its potential. This is why it is imperative enterprises get their data in order first to feed AI’s enormous […]. The post Why AI needs ECM to evolve appeared first on CTOvision.com.

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Women on Business

MARCH 6, 2018

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Toptal

MARCH 8, 2018

Hand lettering is an art form in revival and a powerful branding tool. See inspiring examples from the world’s best letterers and learn a step-by-step approach to start your own lettering practice.

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O'Reilly Media - Data

MARCH 8, 2018

Ajey Gore explains why GO-JEK is focusing its attention beyond urban Indonesia to help people across the country’s rural areas. Continue reading Inclusivity for the greater good.

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ShepHertz

MARCH 9, 2018

Push notifications have remained the biggest weapon in app marketing arsenal so far and will continue to dominate 2018 and years to come. Why? Because there is no better way that does not require advertisement and still manages to bring […]. The post 5 Push Notification Best Practices in 2018 appeared first on ShepHertz App42 Blog.

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