The two audio books I’ve listened to most recently are How Democracies Die by Steven Levitsky and Daniel Ziblatt, and Facism: A Warning by Madeleine Albright. Not exactly spiritually uplifting choices, I’ll admit. Levitsky and Ziblatt explain how the…
The most effective technique I use to stay productive is to achieve Inbox Zero every day. “Inbox Zero” is an idea that was introduced by productivity guru Merlin Mann as a Google tech talk in…
I’ve heard a lot of people claim lately that artificial intelligence – or AI – will make programming jobs obsolete in the future. In fact, the book The Fuzzy and the Techie: Why the Liberal Arts Will Rule the Digital World, which I wrote about last month, makes…
In yet another short-sighted move by a higher-education institution, the University of Providence announced that it will be shuttering 19 programs, primarily in arts and humanities disciplines. Providence is not alone, as institutions across the…
Software developers assess their systems using a variety of different tests. They use unit tests to confirm that each piece works well on its own. They use integration tests to confirm that the pieces still…
A 14-year-old FortNite player discovered and reported a major flaw in one of Apple’s most ballyhooed new features, Group FaceTime. Ironically, it took almost a fortnight for the tech behemoth to respond. Apple finally disabled…
I’m a long-time Weezer fan. Of course, like any fan with working ears, I know that Pinkerton and The Blue Album, in that order, are their best, and they clearly went through a resurgence with…
The global shortage of cybersecurity professionals is nearly 3 million. In other words, we could meet the global cybersecurity workforce shortage if all the people in Arkansas earned their computer science degrees, put on their…
In “Phaedrus”, Plato quotes Socrates as having taught, “The parent or inventor of an art is not always the best judge of the utility or inutility of his own inventions to the users of them.”…
One of the most important programs the Department of Computer and Mathematical Sciences at Lewis University offers is Girls Create with Technology. Dr. Cindy Howard, Associate Professor of Computer Science and a supremely innovative educator,…