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September 2017

History Technology

QWERTY vs Dvorak vs Colemak, and Tangents

I remember trying to learn how to type using QWERTY. It was back in elementary school, and one of my classmate’s dad was volunteering to teach us kiddos how to type. He would wheel over a big cart of chunky Mac’s, and we were each assigned to a numbered computer. It was super exciting stuff; back then, getting access to a laptop in school was a pretty big deal. Obviously, the keyboard…

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Technology

T.I.L.W. Deploying to Heroku

First in a series of posts featuring: “Things I Learned While…” Often times I need to do research to figure out a technical problem. Finding the info isn’t the bad part. It’s re-finding it that always gets to me. I don’t want to waste time re-finding and re-learning things, so might as well get it right the first time round. Another thing; I often get sidetracked when I’m doing work… I’ll start…

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Technology

Power Up Sublime!

Attention: This article is a work in progress. So I’ve been using Sublime for quite a while, but I never really did bother trying to get the most of it. It was not until S.Z. helped me out and change my workflow did I start trying to get more into it. Here’s a couple things I found out you could do with it. The Master Command Remember it now, and don’t forget…

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Language Philosophy

Failure to Perform

So recently I helped host an open session with a dancer by the name Chaz Cabonce. Chaz brought his open session crew over, DJed some old school beats, and we had a blast. Although it was pretty intimidating seeing these great dancers kill it on the dance floor, it was an enlightening one. Everyone was so creative, everyone was so open, and everyone was willing to share their knowledge, acting as both teacher and…

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Engineering Technology

Illuminote: Getting Started

Illuminote, start of a new adventure So I have an app idea, and I’ve been thinking about it for a while. I’m just writing to solidify my learning, but I welcome anyone who’s reading this and wants to learn alongside with me! Would love to learn with people during this journey. Anyways, hopefully by writing stuff down I learn things better, and remember them longer (plus I can always refer to what…

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