Online education still represents a “digital divide” between socioeconomic groups. Notably, young male minority students seem to struggle in online settings. We are now 30…
Poet Ponders the Digital
Author: Poet Ponders
One reason I am writing about learning to code Cocoa apps for OS X and iOS is that I view programming languages as specialized human…
Computer languages are often divided into groups, such as “3GL” and “4GL” — third- and fourth-generation languages. The divisions aren’t perfect, and don’t always represent…
To refresh my programming skills in C and begin my Objective-C journey, I am using the following books. These books are only the beginning of…
Visalia Direct: Virtual ValleyMarch 4, 2013 DeadlineApril 2013 Issue Getting Social to Build Your Business Facebook, Twitter, Foursquare, Yelp and more. If you want to…
This week I am beginning a month (and more) of intense “Cocoa” immersion. Cocoa, for those outside the OS X/iOS development realm of Apple, is…
People have asked me (okay, two people) what “Poet Ponders” is meant to be. What is my purpose? I now will attempt to clarify what…
As some of you know, I decided against renewing my contract with the university where I work. Basically, the choice I faced was either to…
Today I was talking to a partner at a regional marketing firm that specializes in STEM clients (medical devices, computer hardware, etc). He said the…
Visalia Direct: Virtual ValleyFebruary 4, 2013 DeadlineMarch 2013 Issue Infection Prevention: Phishing, Trojans, Viruses and Malware Shock. Horror. Anger. Informing a small business owner that…